The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-05-14
THE NOREoLE MEENA MEMS JOU III FRlDAY NAY IA 1905

SENTATIVE Ut Nut tIUnu tudpltI luttt
ing of the Eastern Star order at Lin.
coin, have returned to Norfolk. Miss
Viele was accorded an unusual honor
! at the grand chapter meeting being
placed in charge of the ritualstlc
work. Fourteen worthy matrons of
the state took part in the WORK. Miss
iele has had the distinction during
head of an Eastern Star chapter In
the state.
An effort made by Water Commits
sioner August Brummund to improve
the water pressure at Friday after
Moons big blaze in the railroad yards
Oy giving direct pressure from the
pumping station, proved of no avail
on account of the gate at the stand
pipe being filled with bricks and
mud. This was apparently the work
of boys and mad probably been done
some time ago. 1t was impossible to
shut off the standpipe at the time of
the fire, but the water commissioner
tooA steps today to have the trap gate
cleared against future emergencies.
Chief of Police Marquardt and the
railroad authorities are anxious to
put stop to the practice of boys
jumping on the gravel trains which
are now running up the Bonesteel line.
boys have always given trouble by
riding short distances on the steps of
outgoing passenger trains, but the
| slow gravel trains have resulted in
| the practice becoming even more gen
eral Boys said to be high school lads
are among some of the worst offend
ers. Some of the boys steal rides to
..adar and then catch returning trains
back The practice is a dangerous
one and the trainmen have authority
to make arrests.
Norfolk will have three girls on
Tripp county claims. While a good
percentage of the Norfolk men who
drew farms failed to file, the three
young ladies were not frightened by
the scare stories. Miss Della NJ.
Howard has her claim in the extreme
west end of the county. Her next
door neighbors are Lulu Eagle Hawk
Mathew Night Pipe and Julia High
Bear. She is eight miles southwest
of Witten. Miss Charlotte Illgen is
eight miles south of Witten. the two
R. j. Ecles' claim is midway between.
Miss Agnes Raasch is more in the
center of the county, being some sew
en- miles northwest of Colome. She
is thirteen miles from Miss Illgen's
claim.
At the same time that the North
western material yards were ablaze
and the flames rising to such a height
as to cause more or less excitement,
the farm home of Fred Lehman, five
miles east of the city, burned to the
ground 1t was a two-story frame
dwelling The loss was in part COW
cred by insurance with the Farmers
Mutual The furniture was removed
from the first floor. The fire caught
from the chimney. Five or six buck
cts of water were thrown on the
blaze, but it was impossible to sum-
on account of the confusion arising
over the Norfolk fire. The wind
made it impossible to save the build
ing, but had the direction of the wind
been different, all of the farm build
ings would probably have been de-
stroyed.
Superintendent Fisher and the Ne
ligh baseball nine arrived in Norfolk
Saturday noon for the afternoon
game with The Norfolk high school.
Fans" were interested in this open
ing game on account of the possibil-
ity that there might be high school
material which can be switched to
the regular team later in the season.
1t is not denied that the local situa-
tion is far from encouraging just
now. Before baseball is practical in
Norfolk this season, more local ma
terial will have to come to light than
is now in sight. 1t is recognized as
raised to support professional team
and that baseball here, as in other
towns of this size, will have to de.
pend almost entirely on young men
who are willing to play for love of
the game and for the credit of the
town. Remuneration must be an in
cidental feature except where it is
necessary to import players to fill
holes in the team.
Battle Creek Enterprise: The mat
ter of securing an electric light line
from Norfolk has been discussed more
or less in Battle Greek for some time,
and on invitation of business men
and the village trustees E. A. Bullock
of the Norfolk Electric Light and
Power company addressed a meeting
neld for the purpose of discussing the
matter. Mr.. Bullock believes that
Battle Creek can secure excellent
service at a nominal cost, and pre-
sented several propositions, any one
of which is worthy of consideration
The proposition regarded as most fa-
vorable to all, however, is one which
would involve the expenditure of about
$4,000 for line to be owned and con-
trolled by the Bullock interests. Mr..
Bullock does not ask bonus to aid