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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

OF neighborliness and better acquaint-
ance could be aroused. 1t would mean
much for both Norfolk and the visi-
tors.
Strangers in strange town always
measure and gauge the town by Inn
pressions gained from comparatively
insignificant incidents. People who
enter a strange city and find no &C
quaintances, no friends, no warm cor
diality, go home feeling that the com
munity at large Is frosty. On the
other hand, people who are well treat
ed on a irst visit, always remember
the occasion with satisfaction and al
ways carry a good warm spot in theiI
hearts for that city.
1t has been suggested that the bust
ness men OF Norfolk could individu
ally pay for their own plates at sucf
banQuets, and enough more to pay fol
the plates OF the visitors. The invest
ment would do much to bring people
OF all this territory closer together.
Norfolk is getting to be more ant
more a center for conventions and tina
sort of gatherings. More and more thu
city ought to take pains to cordial!
entertain the visitors. And this meth
cd would prove an effective mean'
under all circumstances. q" t-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
FARE REFUNDING.

Some complaint has been made by
visitors in this city on the ground
that merchants who advertised as
members Of the Norfolk Trade Pro
moters association have not in all In
stances paid railroad fares when rail-
road fares were due.
1t Is to be hoped, for the good OF
the whole city and for the especial
good of the individual merchants, that
the matter of fare-refunding, as ad-
vertised will always be given careful
attention. '. '..
BY means of this farerefunding plan
Norfolk merchants have worked out
an idea which is bound, If persistently
adhered to, to bring Norfolk into the
retail prosperity to which, by virtue
of its location, it is entitled.
The plan has been successfully fol
lowed in many cities much larger than
Norfolk. No town Norfolk's size has
ever been heard Of which followed
the idea, because no town on earth
Norfolk's size has the territory to draw
from that Norfolk possesses.
Be it said to Norfolk's credit, there
is no town on earth this size that can
in any way rival Norfolk.
If adhered to persistently and ever
lastingly, this fare-refunding idea is
bound to bring greatly increased bust
yess to the merchants of this city.
Having announced the plan, the
merchants of Norfolk, in justice tc
themselves and the city, must live VI
to their announcement to the very let
| ter.
There is no moral reasoning which
could argue that the out-of-town shop
per must explicitly declare that he OF
she desires to have advantage Of the
fare-refunding plan.
In every instance, the salesman
should make it point to give the re
ceipts, whether they are asked fol
or not.
This is only justice 10 the lndlVld
ual stores and to the retail community
at large.
The integrity of Norfolk's merchant!
as a whole must be upheld by square
treatment. The advertising of the
association must be conscientious!
and aggressively lived up to, If the
town is to benefit and not suffer.
1t is to be hoped, for the sake o
the individual merchants as we'll a!
for the common good, that there ma,
never be basis for such complain
among out.of-town shoppers who com,
titled to, absolutely fair treatment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
BLAME FOR LOWER WAGES

The railroads have come to the con-
clusion that the greatest means in the
world of reaching the public mind and
driving effectually home any argu-
ment, is through the daily newspaper.
And incidentally, through this means,
they are putting up to last years leg
islatures and railroad commissions a
nut to crack.
The following has just been insert
ed in number of metropolitan news
papers as half-page advertisement:
In published interview, the presi-
dent of one of the larger western rail
road companies recently said:
I'VE do not anticipate any further
considerable decrease in gross earn.
ings, but the net earnings of our lines,
in common with those of nearly every
railroad in the country, will be more
or less unsatisfactory for some months
to come. Expenses for the time being
cannot be reduced sufficiently to meet
the reduced volume of traffic and the
many considerable rate reductions
which have been made.
| Wages are still on the high plane
of last spring and prices of materials
have not yet declined materially in
any direction, and not at all in most
ines. The rate situation is still more
lifficult, but it must soon be plain to
our friends in the legislatures and on
! the railroad commissions Gf not al.
ready sO) either that rates must be
high enough to permit profitable op-
GRAFTON of the railroads, or that they
must assume the responsibility of fore,
ing down the scale of wages for all
classes of railway employees.
This responsibility lies with those
who control the rates, and not with
the railway officials. To restore the
Scent rate of fare which existed a
year ago on all western lines would
be 10 add 80 per cent to the present
basic passenger rate"
That argument, which is clearly SCI
forth in the above advertisement, is a
pretty strong appeal to labor After
all, it argues, it is labor which will
suffer most because of the public's
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
MIKKEKS PUNISHMENT.

Governor Sheldon is to be commend
ed for steadfastly insisting that the
law be carried out in the case OF Frank
Barker. the double murderer who hang
ed last Friday.
IL former Governor Mickey had
shown as much regard for the law OF
Nebraska In regard TO murderers, Hig-
gins would never have been lynched
ut Bancroft.
without regard to the merits OF
capital punishment, the plain duty oil
the state executives in the Barker
case was to carry out the sentence
imposed by the court.
So long as capital punishment if
provided on the statute books, Just SO
long should murderers so sentenced
go TO the gallows. = '." y
When the people repeal capital pun
ishment, there'll be time enough "
disregard the present law.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
DOGS AS POLICE.
Animals Brought From Client, eelgi.
UNI, All Trained.

New York, Jan. 1S-The training
of the police dogs brought from Client,
Belgium, has so far progressed that
they will be put out on post next Mon
day.
problem which had to be solved
was to provide muzzle which would
enable them to hold a prisoner with
out tearing him to pieces, permit the
dogs to drink and prevent them from
eating anything, such as poisoned
meat.
Deputy Commissioner Woods said
today that the first thing the dogs had
to learn was implicit obedience to a
man in uniform, and to make friends
readily with policemen. To accom-
plish this the deputy took to the ken
nels policemen from various station
houses, who were put out to work
with the dogs. The dogs were taught
to keep close to the men and not to
wander away, no matter what calls
there might be.
To teach the methods of criminals.
policemen in plain clothes were hidden
behind trees and poles, and when the
policeman in uniform came along he
was attacked, The dogs quickly
learned to defend the policemen, hold
ing his assailants fast until ordered
to release them. If the fugitives tried
to run away, the dogs learned to trip
them up and then hold them.
The dogs on post will wear blan-
kets Of waterproof canvas to shelter
them from the rain or snow They do
not need protection from the cold.
The dogs are fed on dog biscuit with
little meat and many vegetables II
their work proves satisfactory, many
will be added to the force to cover the
outlying districts of the city.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
NnRFoI,K. GATEWAY.

Three different assemblies OF men
brought delegations to Norfolk Mon
day from all over northern Nebraska
More and more is Norfolk proving a
magnet to the great territory out
around this city.
Norfolk, with its location, Is the
gateway to one of the greatest regions
of fertile and prosperous country IN
the United States. More and more
this location Is proving the means OF
centering the interests OF northern
Nebraska in Norfolk. And as the
wears roll on, with a constantly In
, creasing development of this territory
Norfolk is bound to grow more ano
more important as the center OF
great territory.
All north Nebraska, southern Soutf
Dakota, the Black Hills and Wyoming
are directly tributary to Norfolk.
That location, if taken advantage
of to the limit, is bound, one OF these
DAYS, to make Norfolk a city of which
its splendid constituency can be justly
proud.
All of this territory realizes that t1
build a city in it's own midst will worl
benefit to the whole region. 1t is bu
natural that this whole territory doe!
and should feel pride in the growth o
Norfolk the gateway.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
BANQUET THE VISITORS.

A number of Norfolk men and all
visiting racemen were entertained at
a banquet the other night in this city
by the Norfolk Driving association
The plan successfully created new en-
thusiasm for the racing circuit and
brought closer together the men OF
Norfolk with their neighbors from sur
rounding towns. Such a plan would
not be bad for every gathering IN
this city of outside delegations
If Norfolk would give banquet
every time a considerable number OF
strangers are assembled togE;ner for
a single purpose in the town, the re-
suits would be gratifying. Better feel
ing would be brought about not only
between Norfolk and its neighbors
but alike among the business men OF
Norfolk.
over the banquet board the spirit
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
CARNEGIE DEFENDS EDUCATION

CARNEGIE DEFENDS EDUCATION.
1t is satisfying that Andrew Carnegie
has come out with letter replying 10
Richard T. Crane of Chicago, VINO
recently asked Carnegie a number OF
questions and then charged that tech
meal education was a waste OF time
and money Mr. Crane said that Mr..
Carnegie might as well have thrown
his money into the ocean as to have
built a technical university with It,
Mr.. Cranes ideas bordered on an
archy. They were feminist" progress
and Improvement. He claimed that a
man at the bench developed into a
hetter man than the technical school
graduate. But Mr.. Carnegie has an
swered and his statements bring saus-
faction to those who believe that scien-
tific research and study is the greatest
lever known for uplifting the worlds
civilization.
MIR. Carnegie's letter follows:
Dear Mr.. Crane: | have a little
time 10 devote to the defense OF tech
meal education. | do not think 1t needs
any. 1t is speaking for itself, and Will
sneak for itself, and even you VIII ne
satisfied by and by that we are on 'he
right path. You asked me four ques'
tons.
"To the first | answer that when
started in business l did not know OF
one technically educated mechanic
hut several families in Pittsburg were
sending their young men to Troy, ana
especially to Boston.
lone of them happened to be rel
alive, and he has made a great success
and is partner now in one OF the
leading firms for special steels. 1 &c
NOT believe that he would have aehieV
ed this so rapidly had it not been foi
his superior education. II l were IL
business today the young man whon
would take into my service woulo
be the most highly educated mechanic
..This answers all four of your ques
lions and should like to ask you one
in return. The apprentice system Is
a thing of the past. What do you pro
nose as substitute? The best one
and the one better than the original
is to give the instruction to the young
men in the technical schools.
Hopping all this will be OF use l'
Won and with the kind greetings OF th'
season, am always your friend,
Andrew Carnegie
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
HUGHES ALMOST OUT OF IT

The presidential boom of Governor
Hughes in New York seems to have
lost heavily in the recent second fail
ure of the county republican commit
tee in New York City to endorse his
candidacy. 1t is predicted by many
politicians, and particularly Taft men,
that Hughes will not now have the
New York delegation.
The refusal of Hughes to become a
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
RInN Reward. AInn.


The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation OF the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing it's work The
proprietors have so much faith In its
curative powers that they ofret one
hundred dollars for any case that IL
fails to cure Send for list of test imo-
Address: F. ], CHENEY & CO, To-
ledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 76c,
Take Halls Family Pills for cousti-
patton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

We are all struggling forcibly for
fame and money, and will not stop
for anything except to abuse those
who have already succeeded in acquir-
ing that which we are seeking.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

A man may have some liberties
when he is single, but after he is mar
ried he isn't free to add as much as
a tin can to his environment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
KNOX WORKING UP sENTIMEN'


Senator Philander G. Knox of Penn
sylvaria, who has about as much
chance to be Nominated for president
as has Senator Foraker of Ohio, is
working the press agent game to a
finish in an effort to arouse sentiment
in favor of Knox.
The News is in receipt of the follow.
ing news" story, sent out through
the mails by the Knox press agent
which, once 1t is realized the matter
comes from that source. explains its
own mission.
Washington.-A bill of tremendous
importance to hundreds of thousands
of railway employees throughout the
country has been introduced in the
senate by Senator Philander G. Knox
of Pennsylvania, and is now under con,
sideration by the Judiciary Committee
of that body The bill is designed Ia
take the place of the employers liza
bility law which was declared uncon
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
ATcHlSoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

The finest household furniture in
the world will look poor and tired out
when piled in a movers wagon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

Stanton Register: The Norfolk
News has put in an embossing and
engraving department and this step
will add to the popularity Of that wor,
thy enterprise.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

1t is impossible for parents to please
their children. If the children are
INDUCED, they will lay all their failures
to early indulgence. If the parents
are strict with the children, they will
complain that they never had a
chance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

the lines and then stood stock stu,
frozen too stlff with fear to move, Is
Joy of the past. The children who rat
tie OF their pieces with the brszen
assurance of n parrot, are not In the
delightful, homemade, oldfashioncd
amateur class.
Habit is n great thing. An Atchison
young couple who went together for
seven years got married recently.
Instead OF taking wedding trip,
they moved into their new home. They
were married in the morning and spent
their first evening together In their
new home. They sat around the par
Tor until the clock struck ten. The
young man arose, put on his hat, and
hurried out of the door. His bride
had to follow him out the door and
call him back to remind him that he
didn't have to leave. For 365 times
he had been leaving In just that way
and he had momentarily forgotten that
there was a Difference.
Most people will admit that agents
who call upon them with schemes are
nuisance and any information tend.
Ing to show how they may best be dis
posed OF will be OF interest. We
heard n bright life insurance agent
say today that the hard man to work
was the quiet man, who listens re-
specially to the agents story, and
said nothing. II man Interrupts
with questions, he gives the agents
something to talk about, but. IL let
alone, the agent will soon run himself
down. Then, having heard the entire
story, It is easy to say that you have
heard everything. If you say this too
early, the agent will say you have not
heard him out.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

Stanton Register: The racing cir
cult meeting will be held at Norfolk
next Monday Madison has already
fixed the date of their fair, which will
be the second week in September.
The Stanton fair ought to be the first
week in September.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

The Stanton Picket advocates the
erection of a commodious and substan,
tial city hall in Stanton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

folk Saturday night, is Falls City
girl. but clever for all that
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
ABOUT NORFOLK.

O'Neill Frontier: Norfolk passed
the week without a shooting scrape.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

One bunch OF men in Norfolk Mon
day were planning how to make
horses go faster than ever and an
other planned to keep the animals at
home.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

The want ads. can help you to find
tenant who never defaults in the rent.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

The most disagreeable thing in life
is the Afterwards. A man who drinks
champagne for the effect, has a tough
time with his head Afterwards. If he
hears a compliment that pleases him,
he is sure to hear something After,
wards that will be all the more dis.
agreeable, because of the compliment
So far as we know, there is nothing
that has not that word Afterwards in
it, and it is always disagreeable.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

A very exclusive Haven't Had the
Grip" club might be organized.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

An amateur entertainment is not the
delight to the disinterested in the
audience that it used to be. Little
babies, scarcely able to totter alone
now get up on the stage and lisp out
piece" or attempt song, with nc
more fear than If at home with their
mothers. The child that fidgeted
rolled its eyes In agony of terror, lost
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

next Monday. Madison has already
fixed the date of their fair, which will
be the second week in September.
The Stanton fair ought to be the first
week in September.
Nebraska City Press: 1t is told on
a Norfolk woman that she is so con-
trary she could float up stream. Nor
folk is the place where woman shot
her husband, because he wouldn't walk
home with her. If you're a lady of
Norfolk you may be as contrary as
you please, but if you happen to be a
man, it's a different story.
The Commercial club will take
freight rates in an effort to bring
them down.
Why can't people let woman's hair
grow blacker and blacker, whenever
it chooses, without commenting upon
the transformation?
I'm going to stop my paper" said
subscriber eighty-fve years old, yes,
terday, because you're not printing
enough Thaw trial details"
Things generally even up. A Nor
folk girl, envious of passengers in a
passing automobile, said she wished
they'd fall out. At that moment, in
her excitement, she fell over back,
wards in her chair.
Bought your garden seeds?
Monday was cut out to order for
Norfolk and Norfolk's guests.
A very exclusive Haven't Had the
Grip" club might be organized.
The small boy will soon be holding
up those two fingers If this keeps on
| Crana Capnarpp uyhn nnn,ac ~ Nor
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

The small boy will soon be holding
up those two fingers If this keeps on
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

What fun would the Thaw trial be,
anyway, II Evelyn's testimony couldn't
be made public? But then It didn't
make any difference to Jerome-he
would have been inside, anyway.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

People who are well enough to com
plain because it hasn't been in the
paper that they're sick, are on the
road TO recovery.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

There's a good deal in heredity, az
ter all. Little Wilhelmina Koenig-
stein, daughter OF the county attorney,
is already a graceful Walter. And
there aren't many walters on earth
that can beat either her mother or
her father at it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24


Anybody could lead a grand march
with Burt Mapes right behind to fall
back on.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

one volume of Three Weeks has
arrived in Norfolk, 1t Is said. And by
the way, now do you know what T
W meant? Some women profess
ed they didn't, at the time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

II there's any one thing more than
another that, will spur man to get
ting down town early in the morning,
1t is knowledge that a woman in the
neighborhood is keeping tabs on this
feature of his schedule. And they do
that, too. ....... .....
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

Grace Cameron, who comes to Nor
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

The Commercial club will take
freight rates in an effort to bring
them down.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

Monday was cut out to order for
Norfolk and Norfolk's guests.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

The News is going to install new
feature headed: "On the Well And
Strong List" 1t would read some
thing like this: Fred Koerber is
among the few who have not yet fall
len victims to the grip.-Gus Kuhl has
experienced no attack of hay fever
this winter" And that would pretty
nearly be the size of the list
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

Bought your garden seeds?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

Why can't people let a woman's hair
grow blacker and blacker, whenever
it chooses, without commenting upon
the transformation?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

"Im going to stop my paper" said
a subscriber eighty.five years old, yes
terday, because you're not printing
enough Thaw trial details"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
LOCK OUT 5000.
Granite Quarries Suspend Owing to
Dispute Over Wages

Boston, March 2.-More than 5000
granite cutters, quarryYnen and others
employed III the granite industry and
in surrounding centers of Barre, VT,
Montpelier. VT, and Westerly, r. L.,
were affected by a suspension of work
today, due to a failure by the unions
and manufacturers to agree to the
provisions of new wage scale and
working agreement to replace that
which governed the industry up to
Saturday.
Although the Vermont and Rhode
Island unions voted to suspend opera
lions until their demands were met
by the manufacturers, the cutters in
Quincy reported for work today, fol-
lowing a vote to submit the matters
in dispute for arbitration.
A continuance of the present agree
ment, calling for an average wage of
81 X cents per hour is asked for by
the Vermont unions, while the manu-
facturers say they will contract for no
shorter period than three years. The
unions in Westerly ask for a mini
mum compensation Of 40 cents an
hour, in place of the 37A cents.
which they received under the old
agreement. Half a hundred paving
cutters and about as many black
smiths employed in the quarries at
Westerly also struck today for higher
wages.