The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-10-02
FRIDAY FACTS.


d. Mathewson went to Gregory, S.
D., Friday
Mrs. b. T. Reid, who has been sick,
is improving.
Ray Pilger of Plainview Is a new
student at the commercial college.
Alexander Kenney of Stanton is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Joseph
PLANT, at the Pacific hotel.
Mrs. Anna Madsen and daughter,
Miss Opal Madsen, left at noon for
weeks visit in Omaha and Missouri
Valley
e. G.. Wilkinson, who has been Wis
iting Norfolk friends, returned today
to Stanley county, S. D., where he
owns a large cattle ranch. He went
by way of the Rapid City-Pierre route
of the Northwestern.
Frank Nelson of Niobrara, chairman
of the Republican congressional COM
mittee, was in Norfolk Thursday
George d. Butterfield, accompanied
by E. G. Barnum of Dallas, went to
O'Neill yesterday.
Mrs Anna C. Storm of Gregory and
Miss Hazel Armstrong of Butte were
in Norfolk yesterday.
w. A. Witzigman, vice president of
the Nebraska National bank, went to
Lincoln yesterday to attend bankers
convention.
Attorneys Tyler, Koenigstein, Barn
hart, Powers, Weatherby and Hazen,
Court Reporter Powers and District
Judge Welch were in Madison Thurs
day afternoon and evening for a brief
session of district court.
Among today's out of town visitors
were: w. French Winside; Fred
erick Wolf and Miss NJ. Wolf, Greg
Dry; Miss Hazel Armstrong, Battle
Greek; Mrs. James Joseph Kopietz,
Lindsay; j. P. Winters and E. Wat
kins, Creighton; A. A. Welch, Wayne;
Mrs. G. b. Miller and Mrs. julius
Mas, Hoskins.
The grading of Sixth street is COM
pleted. The grading was similar to
country road making-ditching the
sides and piling the dirt in the middle
of the road.
City Attorney NJ. C. Hazen and
family tomorrow will establish a camp
on Kents slough between here and
Battle Creek. They will spend about
two weeks out of doris.
The council committee appointed to
interview interested property owners
living along the dyke in regard to the
use of the dyke as a right of way for
a sidetrack to the cereal mills has not
reported. At a past meeting Of the
council the committee asked for and
was given an extension of time.
A complete auditing of the Nebraska
Telephone company's Norfolk Office
! has just been finished A rearrange
ment of the companys quarters has
also been effected, vacant building
.eing rented for storeroom and more
Office room being given to Manager
. Sprecher and others of the force.
: Rome Miller, proprietor of the rail
= road eating house at the Junction, Il
having a temporary building erected
north of the eating house to handle thu
surplus crowd during the Rosebu
. -ush 1t will be fitted up as luncl
counter and will be torn down whel
the rush is over.
The forest fires which have swep
through the lumber country the las
Q six weeks will not raise the local pric
of lumber according to dealers, VIII
s explain that the damage to actua
n lumber is much less than would be in
o agined. The scene of the fires
4 usually cut land where there is onl
d the underbrush and the smaller tree
q And the trunk of burned tree, whe
" left standing, is said to yield abor
as much lumber as live timber.
s Norfolk people who were acquain
A cd with the Phalen family when NJ
@ Phalen was in the creamery bushes
d in this city and later at Madison wi
, be interested in the marriage at T,
6 kamah at 4 o'clock Wednesday afte
o noon of Clifford Phalen, now cashie
Il of the First National bank at T.
a. kamah, to Miss Mabel Sears, daugl
IS ter of District Judge Sears, the we,
n ding taking place at the Sears res
Y dence in Tekamah The young pc
n pie escaped the aftermath of the we
ding by taking an automobile
Omaha Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Hibben {
W Norfolk were among the guests at tn
!, wedding.
% 1t Is not improbable that the unpr
q dented drought will raise the hay ma