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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Not So Rad

Winside Tribune: Really, we do not
know whether we prefer the open pri.
mary to the "closed" one or not. Here
the result has been the same. Two
years ago, because a local man was a
republican candidate with opposition,
and there being no democratic con-
tests, members of the last named par.
ty called for republican ballots and
voted that ticket. This year, with no
contests in their party, the democrats
again voted the republican ticket.
Surely, if candidate gain the support
of any from another party because of
personal friendship or locality, his op-
ponent would also gain such and the
one would Offset the other. Demo-
Gratis in voting for the republican can
didates for judges scattered so that it
did not affect the result.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
SCRAP BOOK.
The Spirit Moved Him.

mo Spirit moVeo MIN.
An old negro preacher approached a
southern physician and offered a scrap
Of paper.
"Please. sab, to read dat" he said.
The physician found 1t to be an ad-
vertisement In which 1t was asserted
that whisky was the only genuine and
reliable specific for malaria.
But you haven't any malaria. un-
cle." he assured the old man: ''none Of
1t around here at ALL
"Whar do dey hab 1t de wust. Mars
JeemsT the other then asked curious
ly.
ITS pretty bad down on Cypress
river" the physician told him. naming
a locality some twenty miles away.
A few days later the physician was
passing the old fellows cabin and OBJ
served him climbing upon a rickety
wagon piled high with household
goods.
Moving. Uncle Ned?" he asked.
where are you going?"
"Mars' Jeems." the old man said SOL
emmy. "Ah done had call. De sperit
done move me TO go wuck In de Lords
vineyard on de banks OBJ Cypress rib
ber"-Harper's Weekly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Speaking of the congressman and
their action in regard to the revision
OF the tariff, leading newspaper
says: Most of the congressman stood
on their hind legs and hollered for tar.
if revision downward until it came to
articles in which they were interested
and then they wanted high protection
How true this is shown in the case of
Senator LaFollette, who raved at New
England over demanding protection
for its cotton industries and yet voted
against any reduction whatever in the
tariff on wood pulp. Wisconsin has
many pulp mills. The same thing is
true of the Minnesota insurgents. 4"
They wanted revision downward on
almost everything but fought des.
perately against any reduction on bar.
ley. Minnesota raises a great deal of
barley.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
STAY AT HOME.

The people who are rushing BY
thousands from different parts of the
United States to take up lands in the
provinces of northwest Canada have
not counted the cost of the change.
They are beguiled, in nine cases out
OF ten, by the prospect of selling at
high prices and buying at low. Lands
which they homesteaded years ago or
bought from railroad companies at
from $3.50 to $500 per acre are now
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 per acre.
These they can dispose of readily,
move over the line and get new land
Of undoubted fertility at the same
price which they paid for their orig
inal holdings in the United States. It
is no wonder that they are tempted by
the immense margin of profit, and this
is the secret of the recent great trans.
fer Of agricultural population from one
country to the other.
The other side of the picture is far
from bright Within a few years. pos
sibly within the present season, these
farmers will begin to realize that they
must go through the same discomforts
and experience the same disadvant-
ages which marked their pioneer life
In this country. They are settled in
bleak land, without fuel, without ade.
quate winter shelter, far from all ordi.
nary comforts of life. They are de.
pendent upon single crop. The land
which they have taken up is at present
suited only to'the cultivation of wheat.
II anything happens in any season to
in1ure this, drouth during the grow
ing season, hail storm when the
grain is ripe, and early snowfall, any
one of half dozen chances may cost
them the labor OF season and leave
them for the coming year without
means Of support.
The American farmer who has gone
to the Canadian northwest will, in.
deed, find cheap land there, but he will
find, also, that 1t yields him only a
cheap living. All above a bare susten.
ance will be absorbed in carrying
charges for his products and in the
high prices which he has to pay for all
the necessaries of life. In a word, he
must make the same fight and suffer
the same losses that burdened his life
here for fully thirty years. Those who
may still be contemplating such a
movement should count we'll the cost
before they decide.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Gregory County FARMING.

Yankton Press and Dakotan: The
editor of the Burke Gazette, a Gregory
county paper, took a ride through the
farming country recently, and, in tell,
ing OF the trip, says the crops are i'm.
mense. Mr.. Monke vas stacking wheat
and, when asked about the probable
yield, he grinned and said the crop was
almost failure this year and wouldn't
go more than twenty-five bushels to
the acre, which struck the editor as
discouraging The crop is also hard
TO handle for the reason that there are
so many shocks in the way that II Ia
almost impossible to find passageway
for wagon between them. The corn
was also a disappointment The large.
rude ears stick out clear across the
rows and the farmers are In a uuan.
dairy as to how it can be shucked, as II
VIII be nearly impossible for a horse
TO make his way against the obstacles.
and no team will be able to pull a wag.
on over the down row." II will be like
pulling over row of hitching posts,
MI Monke is entitled to all the sympa.
thy ne can get, and his experience is
only one OF many thousand showing
the trials and obstacles which confront
and hamper the South Dakota farmer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

There is considerable talk about a
probable car shortage and it is gen.
orally admitted that one is imminent.
A railway official said recently, 81
certainly believe there will be a car
shortage. Last fall practically all the
equipment of the roads was in service.
This fall we will have a much larger
crop movement and, aside from this,
the roads will have an enormous ton
mage of coal, coke, steel and iron, to
move which did not exist last fall.
There has been extensive buying
along all industrial lines all summer
and all these purchases are to be de-
livered this year. This all gives token
of strong, steady return of business
prosperity"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

ton OF more than 5000 head OF cattle
from the range In Trip county
through Dallas as the point OF ship.
ment to eastern markets. Numerous
freight officials have visited Dallas
within the past month; many sections
of school land have been leased upon
which to Craze the cattle while being
driven from the range to Dallas. the
place from which the shipment will be
made. Scores of modern stock cars
are now in the yards waiting to be
hlled with range cattle to be shipped
to the South Omaha and the Chicago
yards for market. Most of this vast
number OF cattle will be shipped this
month and 1t will tax the transporta.
ton facilities to handle them with
rapidity and the care that they de.
mand Government officials are on
hand In Dallas to make the inspection
OF the cattle before their shipment is
made to the eastern markets and all in
all 1t is lively time. Cowboys galore
Will be here from time to time to see
the end Of their last roundup from the
Tripp county ranges and safely land
their cattle on the cars for transporta-
ton to the eastern markets. Billy
Brown. the boss OF the bunch, says
that while the cattle are looking good
and are in splendid marketable condi.
ton, he has seen many better punches
turned off these same ranges. The
reason for this is assigned to the fact
that the season has been a wet one
and the cattle always seem to make
better in a dry season than in wet
one; the grass cures earlier and is pro.
ductive of more of the fattening DUAL.
tiles than when the grass remains
green late into the summer.
The initial shipment was made Sun.
day from Dallas when more than TWEEN
ty carloads were shipped. Next Sun.
day another large shipment will be
made and before the month comes to
a close the U.Cross ranch people ex.
pect to ship 5000 head from the Dallas
yards.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

President Taft's invitation to visit
Texas in his tour of the country, was
presented by messenger in cowboy
costume who was native of the Lone
Star state. The good horse which car.
ried him 1900 miles to deliver the in.
vitation was also a product of the
state. The wording OF the message
was unique and most cordial 1t will
be a great thing for President Taft
and for the country, too, to have the
chief executive see the country for
whose administration he Is responsible
and meet as many of its citizens as
possible face to face.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
AUTO RACING NOT TRUE SPORT

AUTO RACING NOT TRUE SPORT.
The keenest lover OF all forms Of
sport can find little sympathy with the
speed contests between automobiles
which are becoming more and more
frequent each year. Sometimes these
great machines race around and
around an inclosed track, trying to
beat the record and each other. Some.
times they cover long stretch OF
country, prepared for the contest and
lined with gaping thousands who risk
their lives at every turn for the pleas
ure of seeing a cloud OF dust whisk by
We do not think that there Is any
other known form Of amusement that
can compare with this for Stiffness and
lack OF interest to either participant
or spectator.
The great element OF interest in all
sports and open contests OF every sort
is the intelligence, skill and endurance
Of some living thing. Where this thing
Is human being, the interest rises to
the highest pitch. Hence the immense
attendance on all athletic contests.
Next In value Is an exhibition like
horse race, where other living things
have been bred, developed and trained
for the work by human care, where
they have themselves acquired an in
telligence almost human and where
they are directed by riders or drivers
who are themselves experts. At last
comes such events as yacht races,
where the beauty of the sight alone
would be a sufficient attraction, but
where sailing qualities must also be
reinforced by the highest ability on
the part Of the skipper in order to
win. All OF these sports and amuse-
ments have a perfectly understand
able charm of their own.
Not so with the automobile race.
The chauffeur has precious little to do
with 1t except to save his neck If he
can. All depends on the mechanical
construction of the cars; and this is
about as exciting as a contest between
two travelling cranes. The result
counts for nothing. No human being
cares whether one make Of automo-
biles is faster than another or not.
The slowest Of them can make faster
time than should be permitted on any
public highway And no such contest
can ever occur without the danger of
loss OF life. The whole thing is as
savage as the old gladiatorial shows,
and should no longer be permitted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Daniel II. Burnham, chief architect
and director of works of the Worlds
Columbian exposition of 1898, accom-.
plished his work so well that ever
since the citizens of Chicago saw the
spectacle of beauty which was unfold.
ed in Jackson park in 1898 for few
short months. they have dreamed of
beautiful city which should be as
lasting as 1t is possible for cities to be.
This dream and desire has at last re.
suited in a report by the Commercial
club which is entitled "a plan of Chi.
cago." 1t is the work of Mr.. Burnham
and its origin can be traced directly to
the Worlds fair in 1898, which stim.
ulated desire for the Improvement
or the water front. The plan consid.
ers In detail not only the identifying
OF the city but the betterment Of com.
mercial facilities, of methods OF trans.
portation for people and goods and
the increase of convenience. The
homes and surroundings OF the work.
men OF the city and their rest and rec.
reation were also taken into considera.
ton, The plan provides for impress.
sive groupings OF public buildings and
reciprocal relations among such
groups. An effort has been made to
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The city Of Edmonton, in Alberta,
has already become a railroad center
of no mean Importance, as from this
point west to the Pacific the new
Grand Trunk Pacific establishes a
path to the projected city Of Prince
Rupert, few miles south of Alaska
Prince Rupert has magnificent har-
Dor at point some 500 miles north
of Vancouver, this latter city is des-
tined to become great shipping point.
Eventually branch line is expected
from here to Dawson City, opening
the Klondike to railroad service.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Primary Good Way to Settle Il.

O'Neill Frontier: The primary meth.
cd OF nominating candidates has never
been very warmly commended since It
was first tried in this state. This year
open condemnation of the system has
developed. In this county about one.
sixth of the voters showed an interest
In the nominations by attending the
primaries. The election will cost the
county about $1,400. The objection to
the primary system is the cost. 1t is
argued that the little interest in the
nominations is not worth the price.
However. this is not the fault of the
system, but of the voters. 1t has some
commendable features. There were
eight republican candidates this year
for the three supreme Judge nomina.
tons. The primary was a good way
to settle it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

One does not have to leave the
North American continent to find
mountains which have never been
scaled and which present difficulties
sufficient to attract the most strenuous
mountain climber. The loftiest of the
Canadian Rockies, Mount Robson, Is
1900 feet high and still awaits a
conquerer, and the same Is true of
the highest SUBMITS of the Selkirks.
Alaska has peaks which rival the
Switzerland SUBMITS.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

FIG. xx1I-cAPoN READY FOR MARKET.
able to give much high priced feed at
this season Of the year. The charcoal
and grit should be fed all the year
round.
Fattening.
1t is the common practice to let tho
chickens run until along toward fall,
when the cockerels are caught and
sold without any special preparation
for market. At the usual fall prices
the cockerels yield fair profit. This
profit can be greatly increased by fat.
tening them for a few weeks before
marketing, A bunch Of twenty or thir-
ty can be shut I'm a yard together and
fed grain mixture consisting Of two
parts corn and one part shorts. They
Will gain rapidly on such feed and in
two or three weeks will be ready to be
marketed with considerable increase
both In price and weight.
Where a special market for high
class poultry can be obtained II pays
to crate fatten. This is done by confin-
Ing the birds in Slated crates, TERED
up under shed. They are fed some
such mash as ground oats. two
parts; ground barley, one part, and
ground corn one part. mixed with
skimmilk. This is fed In troughs three
times a day, giving the chickens all
they Will clean up in thirty minutes.
From one to two pounds can be put ON
each one In three weeks. and the DUAL.
ny OF the meat Is greatly improved at
the same time, enough to double the
price II a high class market can lie Sc.
cured A still higher quality of meat
can be obtained II the chicks are ca.
ponized when they are three or four
months old.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The Mexican ambassador at Wash
ington afilrms that Diaz will be re.
elected without opposition and infers
that the constitutional dictatorship of
the aged statesman is unimpaired
Diaz governs with as great n degree
of liberty as the conditions will per.
NIT, but when necessity compels he is
remorselessly severe. His ways arc
not admirable, judged by the better
American standards, but Diaz is a
great man for all that, and history will
grant him an enviable record.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Solomon's Privileges.

This story. those who object to light
some handling Of Scripture subjects
are asked to remember. was Arch
bishop Magee's: A Worcestershire lady
was reading the Old Testament to
an old woman who lived at the lodge
and CHANGED upon the passage con-
corning Solomon's household.
Had Solomon really TOO wivesT"
asked the old woman after reflection.
"Oh, yes, Mary. 1t is 30 stated in
the Bible"
"Lor'. num-" was the comment,
"what privileges them early Christians
hadT ...
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The centenary of the nrst savings
bank is to be celebrated next year in
the little town Of Ruthwell, in south.
ern Scotland, The savings bank in
America dates from 1916, when one
was established in Boston and one in
Philadelphia. The benefit which this
institution less than a century old has
been to the common people can hardly
be overestimated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Miss Gertrude Hoffman offered to
do her Mendelssohn Spring Song"
dance in the court room to demon
strate to Magistrate Steiner of New
York that the dance and her costume
are not immodest. Gertrude should
less she wants to be arrested in every
town she visits during the coming
year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

or all the people who enjoy holi.
day outing during the summer, there
are none who come back to work more
refreshed and invigorated than those
who spend their vacation close to ma.
ture in the careless outdoor life of a
camping party. Many a congenial
bunch" of young people go year after
year to different attractive spots and
keep young and merry through these
summer reunions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The South African constitution is
practically an assured thing. Under
its provisions Beers and Britons are
ranked as equals. but the black race
is excluded from participation in poll.
tics or the government. This consum-
nation OF a United Africa after 100
years OF contention is a most happy
one. Whatever may have been the
merits OF the Boer cause in the late
war. It's success would have acted
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The young shah OF Persia Is IL years
old and Is about TO be married. This
is his first venture in the matrimonial
line and will be periodically repeated
till his wives become 80 numerous as
to make trouble for the census taker
as well as for the unfortunate shah.
II is cruel to expect n ruler so ham
pered domestically TO be much OF a
success as sovereign.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Germany has. by the consent Of her
people, endorsed the determination of
her rulers to launch upon great era
of expansion - commercial, colonial,
imperial and naval. The sums of
money required to carry out these
plans is fairly crushing to the people.
But the empire feels assured that the
future will justify the price.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Thomas B. Reeds cleverly defining
of statesman as a successful politi-
clan who was dead is just as true to-
day as it was when he said 1t. The
successful politician who is living
finds disagreement as to his states
manship. But let him pass beyond
this vale of strife and envy, and even
his opposers rise up and pronounce
him a statesman.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The Daughters of the American Rev.
olution celebrated the semi-centennial
OF the discovery of oil, by erecting d
tablet to the memory of Col Edwin IL.
Drake, on the site of the Drake oil
well in Titusville, Pa. What an enor-
nous industry has been developed in
the half century,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Seven out of ten town rows start
in the hope that few mean men may
be punished. But the mean men fight
back, and big row results. In Cool
idge, a new plan has been adopted.
Four expugilsts have been hired and
they work under the direction of a
committee of public decency. The
four pugilists have so far whipped six
mean men, and are looking for an op-
portunity to whip several others. 1t
is believed this plan will rid Coolidge
of it's famous town row.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

against any such unifcation and would
have engendered strife, dissension and
miiitarism. The progressive Beers
see the truth OF this statement and
are content to let the dead past bury
It's dead.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The cola-nut, which is native Of
western Africa, has within the last
decade become widely known and val
ued for its tonic properties. The ex-
plorer Binger was the first to note the
wonderful power OF this nut for elm
mating the effects of fatigue.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The Southern railway now claims
the largest locomotive in existence,
which is the product of the Baldwin
works and weighs, exclusive of the
tender, 100000 pounds.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Buffalo certainly deserves the sym
pathy of the rest of the country in the
affiiction which is soon to be thrust
upon it. The American Press Humor-
lists will hold their next meeting in
that city, September 6 to II, inclusive.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The Pittsburg car strike has result
ed in as great loss Of life as the av-
erage Philippine battle. Boston's MINI
ic warfare is cast in the shade. Penn
sylvania has an arbitration law. but as
usual the car company has nothing to
Arbitrate, although the sympathy Of
the public Is entirely with the strikers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
lHE NORFOLK WEEKLY FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1909

eliminate as far as possible noises.
ugly sights and Ill smells and to plan
for the growth OF the Windy city to q
far greater metropolis. II the dream
is ever realized Chicago will indeed
become a city beautiful.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Dolly Madison is credited with hav.
ing made the first Ice cream. II this
can be proven she should be cananized
ms a great public benefactor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
"cotton TOP, AIberts pIavI,,.

Plainview Republican,: Cotton Top"
Alberts of O'Neill, who used to play
ball at this place, is still in the game
and is playing this season at Platte
and Lake Andes, s. d.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The new chief of police Of Chicago
has been superintendent Of delivery
In the postofiice of that city for some
years. He certainly ought to under
stand what the speed limit Is.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

The Battle Of Boston, Judging from
newspaper reports, was brilliant
combination of blue defenders, red in.
vaders and yellow correspondents.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Eight million bananas arrived in
Boston in one day recently and soon
disappeared. Who says we are not
fruit eating people?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Bio Cattle Shipments.

Dallas News: The operation OF the
Northwestern railroad in the yards at
Dallas for the past week has been very
active preparatory to the transporta.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Lieutenant Shackleton's most i'm.
portant discovery from an industrial
point OF view was that immense depos.
its OF coal exist In south latitude S..