The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-05-28

church Sunday morning, the pastor,
Rev. Edwin Booth, jr,, preaching the
class sermon.
NJ. b. Irwin Saturday afternoon
slipped on the floor and broke one of
the bones in his arm. DR.. Salter re.
set the bone and Mr.. Irwin is reported
to be doing nicely
When V. A. Nenow returns from
Omaha this evening he win find two
sons awaiting him where he left but
one. 4 little boy arrived at the Ne.
now home this morning.
Bovee, the Norfolk ball twirler,
pitched for stanton last week in its
game with Pilger. Stanton won 8 to
3. The Pilger nine punched its err.
rors with Stantons hits in the third
ming and let in six runs.
Charles Johnston, an expert from
one of the Omaha country clubs, ar.
rived in Norfolk from Omaha Sunday
evening and started to work this
morning to lay out the golf course at
the new country club grounds north
of the city. He said that the turf
was ideal for golf course and that
the club was unusually fortunate in
having water near at hand.
Peter Unruh, the Tyndall man who
is waiting trial at Madison on alleged
insurance frauds and who has been
i'll much of the time since his arrest,
has not been deserted by his family.
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been with him, and his daughter is
now in Madison. Mrs. Unruh has also
been to see her husband since his ar.
rest. Unruh was at one time one of
the most prominent and influential
men in Tyndall.
A dislocated shoulder put Dick Wal.
ton out of the game in the second tus-
sic at the Enola wrestling match Sat.
urday night, kid" Jensen winning
the money. Walton got the first throw
shoulder was put to the bad after
about five minutes of wrestling for the
second fall. There was a good sized
crowd present. e. B. Kaufman ref
creed the match. A second match
will probably be pulled off in this city
for a purse of $50 as a result Of the
outcome. Walton is said to weigh 230
pounds, Jensen 100.
Another legal holiday has come in
sight. o. H. Gillespie of Madison has
written Governor Shallenberger sug
costing that one day be set aside in
July or August as weed day, a day
for the destruction of weeds. Mr.. Gil
lespie is particularly interested in
roads but in his letter he makes nc
reference to the fact that for eight
years the law has provided something
in the nature of weed day. 1t pro
vides that it shall be the duty of land
owners in this state to NOW or other
wise destroy all weeds to the middle
of all public roads running along theil
lands at least once in each year, be
tween July Is and August 10. If the
land owners do not do this, the roat
the expense shall be paid by all Of
the taxpayers of the county. The pay
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the county. Mr.. Gillespie's suggestion
is as follows: For several years
have agitated the idea of setting apart
one day each year in July or August
as weed day, and as it has met with
some approval here / would like tt
have you inaugurate a state weed day
The first thing would be to ascertain
the time at which the most good coulC
be done by cutting the weeds, as
believe that great deal depends OF
this, and then to set apart one day
not for a holiday but for a real worl
day. | believe this would be an in
centive to the people to clean up the
weeds in the highways, pastures, bach
yards, alleys, ETC., and would evident
ly result in much good, as people
would become in the habit of destroy
suggestion Mr. Gillespie was appoint
ed delegate to the good roads con
vention at Seattle.
Is Norfolk in danger OF surrender
ing her police and general regulating
authority? The course of the loca
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attorney in the cases against Sadie
Dubois and Mrs. Frank Young may
have set a precedent. 1t is now re
ported that certain dissatisfied ones
instead of appealing to the municipal
authorities, may go direct to the coun
ty attorneys Offices with their loca
grievances The objective point in
the family rumored attack is the III
famed district over the Northforll
river, now within the city limits
From time to time it has been ru
mored that a plan of city regulation
was being drawn up and this plan has
not met with favor in certain hostile
quarters. This faction wants the
houses wiped out altogether. County
Attorney Nichols was approached In
regard to this same matter some
months ago. At that time he init
mated that he thought Norfolk should
look after her own police matters
Since then the city has called Mr.
Nichols up from Madison to prosecute
a case, which he considered merely @
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