The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-22

/ OF the Norfolk Commercial club. Al
/ the annual meeting OF the Wahoo club
r three delegates were chosen to repre-
r sent that city at the state convention
in this city, Albert Killian, one of the
Killan brothers, being one of the
. delegates. George ID. Butterfleld of
this city for several years past has
been treasurer of the state organiza.
. ton of commercial clubs
w. j. Stadelman, of the Norfolk
Long Distance Telephone company,
returned Saturday evening from Lin
coin, where he has been attending
the annual convention of the Nebras.
ka Independent Telephone associa-
ton. AT the convention $50 telephone
companies were represented. Mr.,
Stadelman, who also made an address
before the convention, was elected
a member of the executive board,
which has nine members. The day
following the convention representa-
tives of the independent companies
and the Nebraska companies were
called before the state railway com
mission for a conference in regard to
uniformity in bookkeeping to enable
the commission to inspect conditions
and receive reports.
Fred Ware, who left Norfolk to run
a drug store at Winsde now has
large drug store at Wisner His faith
err, f. f. Ware, took charge of the
Winside business.
The home of George Fink at GlO
Park avenue has been quarantined as
a result of his three-ycar-old son hav-
ing the scarlet fever. This is at
present the only case of contagious
diseases reported in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Williams have
decided to leave Norfolk and to locate
in the south. They will leave in
| couple of weeks for Texas They have
just returned from a three weeks
| trip through Arkansas, Texas, New
Mexico and other states in the gulf
country.
The roller skating rink was closed
Sunday, Mayor Sturgeon requesting
such action in view of complaints
places being open on Sunday. The
made to him against amusement
same ruling would apply to moving
picture shows and like public places,
although moving picture shows have
never run on Sunday in the past.
Leap year failed to give a good ac
count of itself in Madison county.
County Judge Bates record shows that
the marriages in the county were
slightly less in 1908 than in 1907,
despite the fact that the year just
advantage of the leap year proposals.
County officials have pointed out, how
ever, that leap year proposals do not
necessarily mean leap year marriages
and that leap year will show results
in record list of marriages in 1909.
The first two weeks of the new year
witnessed seven marriages in the
county.
Omaha Bee: The craftsmanship OF
the executive committee of the Com
mercial club for the coming year lies |
between w. NJ Burgess and w. H. |
man will be chosen from among the |
committeeman who have been re-
elected and the choice among these is |
narrowed down by various circum-
stances to the two named. Burgess is |
thought to have the better chance i
There are several others who would be
likely candidates, but whose private |
affairs would render it impossible for
them to serve. Either Edgar Allen |
T. A. Fry or C. II. Pickens could have
the position if he desired ii, but it is
declared that none of these does.
The biggest tax payer in Madison !
county, aside from the corporations,
is believed to be a woman 1t is Mrs.
l.. A. Stuart Of Lincoln, president of
the Madison state bank, who formerly |
lived in Madison and who has eX-
tensive land holdings in the county,
who is reputed to pay more taxes into
the county treasury than any other
individual. 1t will be recalled that
something of a stir was created in |
New York City, when it vas disclosed |
that a majority of the ten biggest per
sonal tax payers were women, the
suffragettes at once Selling on the |
fact as a campaign argument. The
biggest tax payer in the county is the |
Northwestern railroad, which pays
$S,457SS. Next to the railroads come
the banks. At least one bank pays as
much as 5000 a month taxes to County
Treasurer Peterson
Saving Bank in the School.