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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
COUNTY SEAT CONTESTS.
Number of Fights Are Started West Of
the River.

Pierre. S. D.. Feb. 19.-The counties
west Of the Missouri river this year
will not only have the state political
situation to keep them busy, but will
all be torn with county seat and divi-
sion contests. Butte, the largest coun-
ty in the state, shows up with the most
diverse views in regard to division.
Lennon, while on the state line, wants
a county carved out of the northeast
corner of Butte with that as the only
railroad town in the borders, and the
county seat. The people of Meadow, a
new inland town south of Lennon, at
a mass meeting declared against any
division proposition for this year. The
people of Camp Crook, in the north
western part of the county, are in ia
vor of division into three counties,
with one cut off the eastern part of
the county at the Jog" the line be-
tween ranges and 10, with the west
part of the county cut in the middle on
an east and west line, making a new
county in the extreme northwest cor
ner of the state. With so many d.
verse views the division project will
not have the easiest of sailing.
Philip citizens want Stanley county
cut into two counties, and have out
their petitions. Midland residents, who
would be on the county line in such a
division, want things left as they are
for the present Fort Pierre would
not likely put up much of a fight
against such a division, as it might
save them future trouble in county
seat location.
Presho, in Lyman county, is pushing
it's petitions for county seat removal
from Oacoma and is doing everything
possible to keep down division senti-
ment. With an equal division of that
county Presho would be on the division
line and does not care to have any such
movement pushed Among them all
they promise to keep things lively west
of the river. and while some time in
the future county division will come
to all of them, what they will do this
year is yet large sized question.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21

refused to permit his burial and had
the body placed in q vault in the.cem
etery, where she visited It daily for
months, finally discovering signs of
life. The remains were taken back to
the home and the young man was
brought to life, a wedding following
etc
From his investigation of this re.
port, Dr. Heath learned that the street
number given is vacant lot, with no
house in the block. No such person as
named ever lived in Kansas City.
Another of the reports investigated
by DR.. Heath came from Savannah,
Mo. The story was to the effect that
Rev. d. e. Mclaughlin was called to
otliciate at the funeral of young man,
and while conducting the service,
thought he noticed signs of life in the
remains. He called physician, who
administered restoratives, and in a
few minutes the man was sitting up in
his coffin.
The clipping was sent by Dr. Heath
to the minister named in the story for
his verfication, and he replied that no
such incident had occurred there: that
the correspondent who sent out the
story had simply given full play to his
imagination,
Another Of the miraculous instances
of apparently dead persons coming to
life as they were about to be buried
was reported from an Ohio town and
was in substance as follows: John
Smith had the misfortune to lose his
wife by death, and, living near the
cemetery, the remains were carried to
it across lots. In passing over rough
piece of ground, two of the pallbearers
stumbled and dropped their end of the
casket, and, after picking it up, they
felt movement in it, and on remov.
ing the lid the woman was found to
be alive.
DR.. Heath has letter from the
mayor of the town, who says that John
Smith is half-witted old bachelor and
that the story was a fake, manufac-
tured by newspaper reporter.
NOW comes the report" said DR..
Heath, that there is a movement on
foot to prevent persons from being
buried alive by enacting laws compel
ling physicians to know positively that
a person is dead before issuing death
certificate. A better movement would
be to bury alive any newspaper re.
porter sending out such fake stories"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
For County hiah School.

Ainsworth, Neb., Feb. 17.-Special
to The News: The question of i'm
portance in Ainsworth today is the pro-
posed organization If county high
school under the act of 1907. An en-
thusiastic meeting was held in the
town high school building Saturday
evening" attended by large number
of our citizens. Another meeting Is
called for Thursday evening of this
week. The good thing about the move
ment, as about any movement for the
good of the town or county, is that
there is really no opposition-all are
in favor of it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21

valley just little out of the beaten
path of the big storms.
So the Norfolk business man said
last night that Norfolk was a good
place to live because the storms al
ways passed the town up, because it
is a little warmer here in winter and
a little cooler in summer than in other
sections of the state, and because the
same factors that contribute to these
things, a reasonably high altitude and
the absence of moisture laden atmos-
phere, also make Norfolk a very
healthful place.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
BOYD COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
Select Delegates to conventions--In.
struct for Two Men.

Bristow, Neb., Feb. 19.-Special to
The News: The republican county
central committee of Boyd county met
and selected the following delegates
TO state and congressional conven-
tions, both Of which meet in Omaha
March 12:
State conventional. l.. Mccoy, r
II. Harris, George Bell, G. A. Nc
Cutcheon. Levi Bennett, W. Whitla,
Frank Morse; delegate-at-large ]. X.
Moore.
Congressional convention M. T.
Post, George 3, TOnner A. Olson, Rob.
ert Lynn, h w Kenaston, p. F. Dan
ker, Peter Anderson; delegate-at-large,
John A. Davis.
Delegates We're instructed to do all
in their power to secure the election
of John A Davies as delegate to the
national convention and to use the
same effort to secure the nomination
of Robert Lynn for the office of com
missioner OF public lands and build
ings.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
JEWEL CAVE IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Is Made National Monument by Proc
Iamation of the President.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-The president
has just signed proclamation Great
ing the Jewel cave national monument
within the Black Hills national forest,
South Dakota. This remarkable cave,
which is located thirteen miles west
and south of Custer, the county seat of
Custer county, in a limestone forma-
ton, is believed by biologists to be
an extinct geyser channel. The ma
tional monument will embrace an area
Of 1880 acres.
This cave, which was explored as
late as 1900, has been found to consist
of series of chambers connected by
narrow passages with numerous gal
leries, the walls of which are encrust-
ed with magnificent layer of calcite
crystal. The opening of the cave is
situated in He'll canyon, the walls of
which are high and precipitous.
The surface of the country In which
the cave is located consists of high
rolling limestone plateau about 5000
feet above sea level. The area is al
most entirely covered by a forest of
bull pine, a considerable portion of
which is merchantable, while the re-
mainder consists of a vigorous young
growth.
The Jewel cave national monument
will now be given permanent protec-
ton by virtue Of the act of June s,
1905, which provides that objects of
scientific interest may be declared ma
tional monuments If such action is
deemed necessary for their preserva,
ton and protection.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
CHAMPION RUNAWAY BOY.
Jimmie Passick of Omaha, Who Was
CAUGHT in Norfolk.

Jimmie Passick, the fourteen-year-
old Omaha boy who ran away from
Omaha last summer and was stopped
by the police in Norfolk, has just been
caught in Illinois on another runaway
trip.
Jimmie Passick is said to be the
champion runaway boy in America.
He saves up little money and then
strikes out,
This time Jimmie ran away with a
twelye-year-old companion. George
Ross Young Ross has gone some,
too, his last little journey being to
Denver
The two Omaha boys have Just been
located in Mattieson, H. with no
money or means of support. Instruc.
tons have been sent to put the boys
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
SPolLS "PiPES."
Come-sack.to-Life Yarns Traced to In.
dustry Of Correspondent Faker.

Come-Sack'to-llfe Yarns Traced to In
dustry Of Correspondent Faker.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 19.-Dr. S.
W. Heath of Sioux Falls, out of Gu
riosity and in the belief that all such
reports were fakes pure and simple,
has devoted some attention to investi-
eating reports from different parts of
the country in reference to the alleged
coming to life of persons as they were
about to be consigned to the grave.
Anybody prepared by a modern UNI
dertaker for burial will never come to
life, you can rest assured" is a sum-
mary of the result of his investlga-
tiOns.
From Kansas City came one of the
stories investigated by DR.. Heath.
The report gave an account of
the death of young man from
tuberculosis, and stated that he was
engaged to be married; that his fiance
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
NORFOLK ALWAYS ESCAPES.
Somehow or Other Norfolk Is Pecu-
liarIY Fortunate.

Now isn't it just the thing to live
in Norfolk" inquired a Norfolk man
last evening as he read of the troubles
of blizzard-swept Omaha where street
cars couldn't run nor trains nor tele-
graph messages get in or out on any
thing like schedule time.
Norfolk was in the edge of the
Omaha blizzard but as usual 1t was
merely the edge of the storm. Nor
folk is in the good graces of the storm
spirit, Norfolk people who have noted
say. Last summer and fall north Ne
braska was swept with severe wind
and rain storms time after time but
the area of the floods and winds never
quite reached Norfolk.
People who have lived here long
time say that this is nearly always
true, that Norfolk seems in a protected
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
Gregory Democrats.

Gregory, 5. D.. Feb. l9.--The follow
ing democratic delegates to the state
convention were chosen: Hon. f. NJ
Ziebach. d. W. Forbes, Fred II. Won
Seggern, L. r. Slaughter, Karl Leslie
AlmOn Butka, p, j. Donohoe and Mart
Coffman
Alternates: Thos. Donln, w. Stan
dford, Ed Waterbury, Ben Bailey,
VIM. Emery T.. NJ Starcher, Geo. Col
by and Ludger Turgeon.
The delegates were instructed to
use their influence and all honorable
means for the nomination of Hon. f.
NJ. Ziebach as one of the South Da-
kota delegates to the national demo
cratic convention at Denver
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
FREIGHT RATE CIRCULAR,
State Railway Commission Issues In
vitation to Nebraskans.

NSaN'oh " Ncpi dSkdfS.
A copy of circular No %, issued by
the state railway commission, regard
ing the freight rate investigation
which will be held at Lincoln March
"a, and which will be attended by
three directors of the Norfolk Com
mercial club, has been received by
The News.
In part the circular says:
The scope of the investigation will
include:
l. What plan of rate making is for
the best interests Of the state as a
whole? In this connection the com
mission will consider: (a) The ad-
visibility of promulgating a schedule
of fiat rate maximum and minimum
distance tariffs. (b) The advisability
of promulgating schedule of fiat rate
maximum tariffs. (c) The advisable
ity of permitting the carriers to make
a schedule of rates 70 jobbing and dis
tributing centers lower than the sched-
ules of rates obtaining between non
jobbing or Notwithstanding centers.
2. An examination of the present
classification and the readjustment and
correction of any inequalities or dis
ordinations that may exist
3. An examination of the rules as
to minimum weights on carload ship
ments, and the correction of any I'M
reasonable and unjust rules.
4. An examination of the rules and
regulations of the various carriers ap-
plying on business done between sta
tons in this state, and the correction
of any unjust and unreasonable rules.
5. An examination of the schedules
of rates and charges now in effect for
the transportation of merchandise and
all commodities between stations in
this state, and the readjustment and
correction of any and all unreasonable
and unjustly discriminatory rates.
The first hearing is set at the Office
of the state railway commission, Lin
coin, Nebraska, at 10 o'clock a. N. on
Tuesday, the cath day of March, 1908.
At this hearing consideration will be
given more particularly to the ques-
tons presented under sub-paragraphs
(a), 90 and (c) of item 1.
Subsequent hearings will be held at
the office Of the commission at Lin
coin, or at such other places as the
commission may hereafter deem ad-
visable.
Any person or persons having spe-
cific complaints which may properly
be considered under any of the above
items, and desiring to be heard In regard
thereto, are requested, in order to ex-
pedite the hearing, to file their CON-
plants in writing in this Office on or
before the 18th day of March, A, d.
1908.
Persons filing specific complaints
will be duly advised of the time and
place of hearing of such complaints.
All persons interested in the sub.
ject matter will be given an opportu-
nifty to be heard.
Dated at Lincoln, Nebraska, this
18th day of February, 1908.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
klug-Wachter.

The marriage of Robert Klug and
Miss Lesetter Wachter was solemnized
Sunday at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Wachter.
Rev. Mr.. White, pastor of the St.
Pauls Lutheran church, ofticiated at
the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Klug will make their
home on South Eighth street after
March Is. Mr.. Klug operates the
American Cement Block factory.
Both young people are well known
in the community. Following the GER
emory a wedding celebration was in.
dulged in at the parental home, dane.
ing being a feature of the evenings
pleasure.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21

the state Railway Commission.
Showed in by the blizzard which
swept over eastern Nebraska Tuesday
the nine directors of the Norfolk Com
mercial club, Secretary ]. ID. Sturgeon
and II. A. Pasewalk, member OF a spe.
cial Commercial club committee, ate
lunch together at the Calumet restau-
rant and then went to President Dur.
lands Office for an afternoon session.
Freight rates, the chief subject now
engaging the Commercial clubs atten.
ton, were again taken up and dis
cussed The club will have three del
egates to the coming rate hearing and
conference before the state railroad
commission when the subject Of dis
lance tariff for Nebraska comes up
for consideration at Lincoln. The
state railroad commissions call asks
for a representation Of all towns which
may have grievances against the pres
ent system Of rates.
G. d. Butterfield was selected to
represent the club at the state meet
ing of Nebraska commercial clubs to
NC utlu at vi anu lSldlu mdICH 1918.
Mr. Butterfield Is treasurer of the
state association. j. D. Sturgeon may
also go to Grand Island as secretary
of the Norfolk club
Messrs. Degner and Pasewalk re.
ported on the results of their visit to
Meadow Grove to inspect the Evans
Carr hay press. The Norfolk men
spoke very highly of the idea EN-.
bodied in the invention but said that
while the idea in the press was good
one the press itself had not been com
pleted sufficiently in detail to put 1t
in stage where 1t could be taken up
by the club.
1t is generally thought that the
Meadow Grove men have a patent in
their hay knotter which will bring
them money but at the same time Nor.
folk business men have expressed
themselves as doubtful as to whether
or not sufficient ready capital could
be found in this vicinity to get the
design in marketable shape and to
float the manufacturing company.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
BROKAN NOT PROSECUTED
MAN ARRESTED IN PIERCE couN.
TY 10 DISMISSED.
WIFE WOULD NOT PRESS CASE
After Being Chased From cumina
County to Pierce, Frank Brokaw
Was Taken Back to West Point
Only to be Liberated in Court.

West Point, Neb., Feb. 19.-Special
TO The News: Frank Brokaw, the
young man who was arrested in Pierce
county after long chase, and brought
to West Point charged with deserving
his wife and young baby, was ar
raigned in county court.
The woman and her parents evinced
no great desire to prosecute and in
consequence the testimony was not
sufficiently strong against him to war
rant the court in holding him. The
charge against him was therefore dis
missed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21

animation conducted by the board at
Fremont, the returns showing that
twenty.four Of the thirty.fve appli.
cants were successful.
Those who successfully passed the
examination are: Il. w Beranck,
Omaha; Boyd o. Brawner, Springfield;
Herbert G. Goodwin Omaha, Moves
Harrington Newman Grove; Robert J
Hunt Omaha; Fred G. Klouch, De.
witt; Ike Levy Omaha; Albert A.
Lindeman, Crawford; Howard S. Mil.
tonberger, Anselmo; Soren d. Mon.
roe, Bruning; Albert Morseman, Falls
City; Joseph Peschek. David City;
Carrye Peterson. Wolbach; John Rock
hold, Gothenburg; Francis Roeder,
Omaha; Earl Ryerson, Pawnee City;
]. A. Shanks, Centervllle, Iowa; VIII
liam c. Sochor, Omaha Herman
Specht, Audubon, Iowa; John Sulli-
van, O'Neill; c. p. Swarm, Weston ;
j. Edwin Trierweiler Bloomfield
Dwight Il. Wilson, Red Cloud; G. w.
Sourk, Goff Kans.
1t was a north Nebraska embryo
druggist who won the honors in the
examination, A. A. Lindeman Of Craw-
ford getting the highest rating, S1.2
percent.
Examinations will be held at Fair
bury on May 10.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
MAY NOW GET FIRE HORSES
MOVEMENT STARTED IN NORFOLK
TOWARD THAT END.
HOSE WAGON ALREADY ORDERED


dered a New Wagon for Carrying
Hose to a Fire-Council Will be
Asked to Install Horses Then.
A movement is already well under
way to increase the efficiency of the
Norfolk fire department. This move
ment contemplates a regular fire team
and driver and the use of a four
wheeled fire wagon. The wagon has
been ordered by the department.
Norfolk has long been proud of the
efficiency of the city's volunteer fire
department, which in ready service
and judgment is constant and re-
liable factor in the protection of prop
erty. There has also been something
of sentiment for some time that the
department was unfairly handicapped
by lack of regular fire team and fire
wagon that would permit the depart.
ment to get to the scene of the more
distant fires quicker.
The department recently ordered
two new hose carts, which being not
altogether satisfactory were returned
to the eastern manufacturing COM
pany. AS a happy way of getting out
of the resulting tangle the department
has ordered the two carts exchanged
for regular hose wagon. The wagon
will cost about 5000, $500 of which
has already been RENTED to the man
ufacturers.
After the wagon has been received
in Norfolk the department expects to
go before the council with a request
for a regular fire team and the en-
ployment of regular driver.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
GOLD HELPS ICE HARVEST
MERCURY GOT ALMOST DOWN TO
ZERO POINT.
TROUBLE is, IT WON'T LAST
George Sehwenek, With Crew of
Fifty Men and Teams, Began Haul
ing Ice From 6oche Slough to Nor
folk-Almost the Last Chance.

ing Ice From soche Slough to Nor
folk-Almost the Last Chance.
A night of almost zero weather gave
renewed hope to Norfolk people, for
Norfolk has had reason to be alarmed
over next summers ice situation.
The mercury went down to two de-
grees above zero and the air was crisp
and calm Wednesday morning.
George Schwenck began hauling ice
from the Boche slough, southeast of
the city, to his new ice house on the
bank of the Northfork. A half hun
dred men and teams were engaged for
the work.
Fred Schelly has not yet put up any
ice, as the river is not yet frozen over.
Up until Wednesday morning about
one-fourth enough ice for Norfolk's
summer use had been stored away.
The discouraging feature Of the
weather situation was the prediction
of the weather man that the cold spell
would not be of long duration.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
Gregory County Republican DELEGATES

Gregory, s. d., Feb. 19.-The follow
ing delegates from Gregory county to
the republican state convention have
been selected:
Geo A, LETTERS, Fred Bentz, Matt
higgins, Alvin Smith, Ferd Reichmann,
Frank Mullen, John n. Ellerman, Joy
Hacker, w, ]. Hooper, Peter Heggest-
ed and A A. Antics.
Alternates Don II. Foster, VIM.
Bush, NJ. L. Parish, l.. Liegerot, Harry
Foster, w. f. Kinney, H. d. Hansen,
E. T. Spencer, l.. b, Calender and w.
c. Lewis.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
A Great Roast!

Over ton Of Arbuckles' Ariosa
Coffee is roasted ea time, in large
revolving cylinder, which drops the
coffee through heat again and again
until each beam is uniformly roasted.
No other coffee is in suffi-
cient demand to afford such
scientific and perfect prepare
ton.
The sales of ArbuclSles' Ariosa
Coffee exceed the sales of all other
packaged coffees combined, and this
scientific roasting, which no other
coffee can afford, by its very magni.
tude, reduces our cost to a minimum,
and enables us, with our other advant-
ages, to give better value in Arbuckles'
Ariosa Coffee than is possible for any
one else.
Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee is
the cheapest good coffee in the
world and the best of all for
you.
ARBUCISIip BROS, New York City
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
Shin Full Blood Swine.

jenkins Bros, yesterday shipped by
way of the Union Pacific two full blood
Duroc-Jersey hogs to a purchaser in
Wyoming. The fine animals passed
through Norfolk enroute Corl d. Jen-
kins and Fred c. Jenkins comprise the
firm. They are breeders of fin Duroc-
Jersey hogs and Shorthorn cattle.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21

A young man with a sense of gal
lantry decides that if ever he marries
he will be better to his wife than his
father ever was, but a young girl
makes up her mind good and early
that when she marries she will not
be as patient with her husband as her
mother.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
Thomas Resluns as Senator.

Omaha, Neb,, Feb. 17,-Special to
The News Benjamin Thomas.
Omaha's new postmaster, today sent
his resignation as state senator to
Governor Sheldon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21

on train and have the conductor
watch them.
Jimmie Passick, when stopped in
Norfolk last summer was taken back
to Omaha just in time to see the Bar
mum a Bailey circus
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
r. L. YOUNG, AUBURN HARDWARE
MAN, THE VICTIM.
BULLET INTO HIS ABDOMEN
Displaying a Revolver to Prospective
Customer, T. l. Young, a Hardware
Man of Auburn, Neb., Accidentally
Gets the Bullet Himself.

Auburn, Neb., Feb. 1S.-Special to
The News: 7. l.. Young, a hardware
man of this city, yesterday accident
ally shot himself through the abdo-
men, inflicting serious wound.
He was displaying a revolver to a
prospective customer when the gun
was discharged.
1t is thought that he may recover.