The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-06


he intends TO sell out as suou as hc
can and "l,t some other fellow nave q
show When he has wound up bis
affairs at Hoskus Mr. MCCCrrigau will
move to Norfolk
If Norfolk Republicans were inclined
to be "squcalish' they might raise
complaint over the DETACHMENT of
Judge Tar's picture appearing ON
campaign posters recently placed ON
Il billboard west of the Queen city
hotel. The judges face has been care.
fully erased and through the apcr.
twc thus created dainty line OF
chorus girls from the next poster are
seen TO march out ON the huge cam.
patgu dOdgCr.
Prof. Alvin Koysor of the Uniycr-
sily of Nebraska. who will give
farmers institute lecture at the Nor.
folk corn show, has been engaged by
the Colorado agricultural college as
head of the department of plant in.
dustry and agronomy, MI kcyscr
will take up his now duties in Janu-
AIRY. The Nebraska authorities sought
to keep Mr.. KCysCr, Chancellor An
drcws referring to him as IAN CNtraor-
dinarily desirable man"
ASA * Leonard. who for the last
week has been duck hunting along the
l1lkhorn, got back to his place of bust.
ness yesterday. Mr. Leonard who has
been camping north of Battle Creek
and south of the river, said that sew
Cral days this week the hunting was
very good, mallard. teal and jack
snpc forming the main ingredients OF
the bag. Mr.. Leonard, like all true
spOrtsmCn is sadly rcgrctting tnat he
was unable to stay with them longer.
u. PAUL.. Western Union manager
in Norfolk, yesterday afternoon scri-
ously cut Il large vein in his right
wrist on Il battery jar. The cut blcd
profusCly and the telegraph man lost
considerable blood before a physician
could be secured. DR.. Pilgcr dressed
the wound About the same time that
the accident happened the Norfolk of.
| flee was dropped as relay station
which it has been during the Trip
rush, the dropping of the extra OPP
| orator coming at rather inCOnvCniCnl
! time for Manager PAUL..
The Sturgeon music store is being
entirely romOdClCd preparatory to tn,
addition Of two new stocks to tn,
present line of business conducted by
j. ID. Sturgeon. Mr.. Sturgeon is tt
unite his own stock of goods the
stock of the O'Brien bargain store
which he recently purchased at {
trustees sale, and the Pollok 4 TaS
lor stock at Madison, which he SC
cured some weeks ago. At Madison
Mr. Sturgeon starts a sale before NOV
ing his Madison stock to this city
Meanwhile the Sturgeon store is be
ing entirely altered. The music dc
partment is to be in the rear of tn,
store, separated by a partition from
the new stocks in front. 1t will prot
ably be until December | before Nj
Sturgeon has all lines complete, bu
business will be continued in the in
LCrval. Carpenters are now at WOrl
on the Sturgeon store.
A local land agent sold iifty-thre
farms in 1907. This year he has no
disposed of single quarter section
He has made some farm trades AM
sold some town lots this year, but ha
not sold any farms outright. He al
tributes the slump entirely to on
cause.-the panic of last fall whic
has checked purchases of improve
farms by eastern farmers. 1T is true,
he says, that Nebraska is prOSpCrOu
and its farmers are in better financial
condition than the same class in tn
east But Nebraska farmers are nc
buying of each other, and we Ian
agents have to depend on eastern il
VeStOrS, who are aStoniShingly fey
this year. At present the trend {
eastern investment is in the dircCtiO
of the Texas and the Southwestern
country, where lands are cheap be
cause tucy are raw and undcN"lUpc,
\ failur" of crops for one or two So;
SONS in the southwestern cOuntr
would tremendously revive the Dc
mand for the higher priced Ncbrask
lands, which can be relied on to rails
crops, besides being nearer to ma
kCt." IL has also been suggested tina
the prospective opening of the ROs'
bud checked real estate transfers du
ing the fall and summer.