The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27

NOftOlk national Dank Dy committee
from the board OF directors, consisting
Of Senator +. J. Hale of Atkinson, DR..
A. Bear and II. H. Hardy, came at a
time when the banks cash funds are
moving season at hand. S65900 in
cash funds. that is in currency, gov.
eminent notes and bank notes, was
counted during the morning The
operation took two and a half hours.
Two years in the penltentiary Is the
sentence given Len Loeniger by Judge
A. A. Welch at Pierce. Loeniger was
convicted of assault with intent to do
great bodily harm, the victim of the
assault being Pierce county farmer.
Judge WEIGH after adjourning court ut
Pierce was in Norfolk Tuesday noon
on his way back to Wayne. One of
the Pierce contest cases, dating back
to January 1907 and involving the of.
flee of county commissioner now held
by Commissioner Beyhl, was taken
under advisement by Judge Welch.
Norfolk bankers have received dur
ing the past week copies of an ad-
dress delivered by e. r. Quincy, vice
president of the First National bank
of Fremont, before the Wyoming
bankers association and entitled,
THE Imminence OF the Postal Savings
Bank" The unique thing about the
pamphlet is that 1t is published by Ell.
bert Hubbards "roycrofters" at East
Aurora, n. Y, in true roycroft style.
With the pamphlet, which is mailed
from East Aurora, is slip asking for
letters to congressman and senators
against the postal savings banks.
The cement sidewalk season is vir-
tually over, the final appearance of
cold weather putting a veto on the
work Unusual progress has been
mad> turing the year in getting a
moe systematic arrangement of walks
over town. The Sidewalk campaign
has now reached the stage where
walks are being called for on both
sides of every street, avoiding the dis
elimination against property owners
that exists when the burden Of main
one side of the street. One bad gap
remains on Madison avenue near the
railroad tracks, gap which the mayor
has ordered closed by the contractor.
The libarary board has started out
to collect the subscriptions pledged to-
wards the purchase of the Norfolk av-
enue site for the Carnegie library. The
securing of a deed to the land is the
next step towards getting a public
library and Is a formality depending
upon the collection of the subscription
pledges. The library plans will also
Carnegie. The plans are still on eX-
hibition for public criticism. One
change from the usual plan OF public
libraries is to be noted in the Norfolk
plans. The stack or book room IS
pushed into the back ground, arrange
the reading rooms lined with books
in easy access to patrons. The stack
room, which is a relatively small room,
will be used as additional room is de-
manded. Mr.. Stitt, who drew the
plans, says that the new library would
have a book capacity of 10000 books.
The plans were recently submitted to
Miss TempletOn, the state librarian.
She suggested alterations in two doors
and change in the arrangement of
stacks in the stack room but other
wise thought that the plans were
thoroughly in accord with modern H.
brary demands. One of the difficulties
which may confront the board may be
to keep the building within the $780,
900 limit which Mr. Carnegie's do
nation imposes. 1t is the desire of the
board to let the contract sometime in
January, as it is considered that the
best terms could be secured from con-
tractors at that time