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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
Assessment Gain sss. 1ss.

Madison, Neb., June 16.--Special to
The News: The assessment of per.
sonal property for the current year as
shown by the returns is s56,166 more
than last year, of which gain s2S,532
was made in the city Of Norfolk. OF
course these figures are subject to
change by the board of equalization.
The total assessment of personal prop
erty for the entire county for the
present year is sl.263,359. Last year
It was s1,2O7,59S.
The average assessment of horses in
the different precincts varies nearly
$50 per head. reaching the highest av.
erage of s102S9 in Green Garden pre-.
cinct, and the lowest average of $3.50
in Warnerville.
The average OF mules in the differ.
ent precincts varies still more, the
highest being $127.38, in Green Garden
and the lowest, 5000. in JEFFERSON
precinct.
Green Garden also brought In the
highest average on cattle, It being
$23.35 per head, with Schoolcraft and
Highland few cents less, and New
man Grove the lowest average OF
1851 per head.
The first days session of the board
of equalization opened with the usual
number of kickers, to all Of whom the
board listened with reasonable pa
thence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
Chance for Fast Ball Nine Here.

Norfolk is offered a chance for a
baseball team.
At a time when the local baseball
season is looking very gloomy, the op-
portunity for nine, with arrange
ments which look good to the men
who have had baseball in charge, is
offered by R. Bradley of Omaha, who
last year handled the O'Neill nine and
who is we'll known as baseball player
in north Nebraska.
Bradley offers to come to Norfolk TO
take entire charge of the Norfolk nine,
agreeing to put a winning team for a
bonus of about $400 a month. For
this amount Bradley agrees to meet
all the expenses of the team, to or
ganize fast aggregation and to take
his chances on making money by win
ming games. Games would be played
with the leading mines of the state.
The baseball men here have conf.
dence in Bradley. The baseball COM
mittee decided to put the matter up
to local fans" and by tomorrow even
ing the result will be known.
Nine men were solicited this morn
ing and $S5 a month for two months
was pledged.
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junction News.


Mrs. NJ. p. Ryan and daughter, Kath.
eryn, arrived home from Creighton
last evening.
Mrs. Brown went to Stanton yester.
day for a visit at the home of her sis.
ter.
Miss Lucille Clark is on the sick list.
James Brennan left for Omaha last
evening to attend the wedding OF Mrs.
Brennan's sister.
Mrs. Henry Kennedy passed away
at $3.50 Tuesday evening at the home
of Mr.. Kennedy's parents, east of First
street. The deceased had suffered for
some time with Brights disease.
The Sunday school children OF the
Baptist church gave picnic In Taft's
grove, southwest Of the Junction, Tues
day. A large number attended and
spent very enjoyable day.
Claude Haush went to Long Pine
last evening on business.
Mrs. William Alexander returned "a
her home in Oakdale last evening, af
ter brief visit at the home of her
son, Harry B. Alexander. and family
Harry Johnson and sister, Vera, left
yesterday morning for a visit in Oma
ha.
John ONeil of Brainard, Mimi, and
William Walthauer of Missouri Val
ley, two machinists, went to work In
the shops here today.
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Notice..
Court of Madison


In the County Court of Madison
County, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of F. VIII
liam Boche, deceased
Now, on the 18th day of June, 1909,
came Paul j. Boche, the administra-
tor of said estate, and prays for leave
to render an account as such admins
traitor.
1t is therefore ordered that the 10th
day of July, 1909, at l o'clock p. M,
at my office in Madison, Nebraska, be
fixed as the time and place for ex-
aiming and allowing such account.
And the heirs of said deceased, and
all persons interested in said estate,
are required to appear at the time and
place so designated, and show cause,
II such exists, why said account
should not be allowed
1t is further ordered that said Paul
j. Boche, administrator, give notice
to all persons interested in said es-
tate by causing copy Of this order
to be published in the Norfolk Weekly
News-J ournal, a newspaper printed
and in general circulation in said
county for three weeks prior to the
day set for said hearing.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and AFFIXED my Of
fetal seal this 18th day Of June, A. D.,
1909.
(Seal.)
William Bates,
County Judge.
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Notice..

In the District Court OF Madison
county, Nebraska.
In the matter OF the estate of Jacob
Beehlar, an insane and incompetent
person.--Order to show cause.
Now, on this I'd day of June. 1909.
1t being OF the regular May, 1909, term
of the district court of Madison
county, Nebraska, regularly adjourned
to this date, this cause came on for
hearing upon the petition of Louis
Lederer, guardian OF Jacob Beehlar,
insane and incompetent, praying for n
license to sell lots to 8 OF block 90.
lots II and IL of block 90, lots to IL
inclusive of block "a, lots /, 2 and 3
of block 20, and lots and 4 of block
rs, of Hillside Terrace Addition to
Norfolk, Nebraska; and lots / to OF
block Fl, and lots to II of block 81,
and lots la and 2 of block 90, and lots
to IL of block %, lot of block 2S,
and lots and Of block 2S of Hillside
Terrace Second Addition to Norfolk,
Nebraska; and lot 20, block 4 of Nor
folk Junction; lots 2, 3 and of block
OF Reeses subdivision of block 10
of Dorsey Place Addition to Norfolk
Junction; and lots l and 2 of block 3
of Reese's subdivision of block Is of
Dorsey Place Addition to Norfolk
Junction, all In Madison county Ne
braska, or sufficient amount of the
same to bring the sum of $1,500.00 for
the payment of debts due and owing
by the said Jacob Beehlar. insane and
incompetent, and for the payment OF
mortgages now past due against the
estate of the said Jacob Beehlar in
sane and incompetent, and to provide
for the support and care of the said
Jacob Beehlar insane and incompe-
tent, and the costs of guardianship,
and of this sale; and there not being
sufficient personal property to pay the
Indebtedness of the said Jacob Beeh-
lar, insane and incompetent, and to-
furnish him with suitable care and
support, 1t Is therefore ordered that
all persons interested in said estate
appear bef>re me, on the 18th day of,
July, 1905, at 2 o'clock D. m, at court
house in Wayne, Nebraska, to show
cause why license should not be.
granted to the said guardian to SELF
so much of the above described real
estate of the said insane Jacob Beeh-
lar and incompetent, as shall be
necessary to pay the said debts and
expenses.
And it appearing to the court that
personal service cannot be had upon
the next of kin and those interested in.
the estate of said Jacob Beehlar, in
sane and incompetent, it is ordered
that a copy Of this order be published
in the Norfolk Weekly News, legal
newspaper published in the city OF
Norfolk, in Madison county, Nebraska,
for four successive weeks prior to the
date fixed for cause to be shown.
Dated this I'd day of June, 1909.
Arson A. Welch,
Judge of the District Court
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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY JOURNAL FRDA JUNE is 1909

the evidence showing that he was In.
toxicated at the time of committing
the unlawful act, escaped yesterday
morning while he was out of the Jail.
The section men near Warnerville
saw man OF his description walking
north on the railroad track near that
place yesterday forenoon and II Is
thought he boarded the freight passing
north about that time. Sheriff Glenn.
ents, as soon as he discovered the prls.
oner's absence, notified the police at
Norfolk and other neighboring points
and requested them to watch incoming
and outgoing trains. Fry had about
thirty days more time to serve in Jail,
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William Bates,
County Judge.
Notice.


To Peter Demetrakos. Spires Keffe-
sotis, Chrest Kost, defendants, Will
take notice that on the 18th day of
May, 1909, c. F. Eiseley, a justice Of
the peace in and for Norfolk precinct,
In Madison county, Nebraska, issued
an order of attachment In the sum of
$4,000 in an action pending before him
wherein Nick Gronis is plaintiff and
Peter Demetrakos, Spires Keffesotis
and Chrest Kost are defendants.
That the property of the defendant
Peter Demetrakos, consisting of the
sum of $24.74 in the possession of the
Chicago e. Northwestern Railway
company, has been attached and gar
nished, under said order. And the
property of the defendant Spires Kef-
fesotis, consisting of the sum of
s2O.22 in the possession of the said
railway company, has been attached
and garnished under said order And
the property of the defendant Chrest
Kost, consisting of the sum of $2127,
in the possession of the said railway
company, has been attached and gar
nished under said order. Said cause
was continued until the 9th day OF
July, 1909, at 8 o'clock a. m.
Dated at Norfolk, Neb., June 16,
1909.
Nick Gronis, Plaintiff.
BY Mapes & Hazen, his attorneys.
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pIseRAcEo, HE SHOOTS HIMSELF
Mitchell Man Robbed In Resort at
Rand CITY, Commits Suicide.

mItCnGtt WAN NOpUGo w . NSoS's
Rapid City, Commits Suicide.
Mitchell, 8. D., June 16.--Jesse Gre
go, a night Waterman at the plant Of
the Turner Produce company. COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the mouth, the bullet coming
out of the back of his head. His age
was so years and he had lived here
about five years.
Gregg was found lying on the bed
with a small hand looking glass in one
hand and the revolver lying on the
floor. Papers and letters found in his
pockets indicated that he had friends
at Rome, N. Y, letter having been
received from that place some five
years ago and was signed by man
named O'Mara. There was a small
amount of money found on Crego's
person. .F.
A letter found on his person gave
the cause for the deed. A week ago
he went to Rapid City to file on a
claim and had with him about $3.50 in
cash. He met couple of friends from
Battle Creek, Mich, whom he knew
in former days, and after taking a
couple of drinks with them they sug-
gested that they go to one OF the
sporting houses. He stated in the let
ter that he was "doped." He also dis
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
Escaping Man Was In Norfolk.

Frank Fry, who took an unauthor-
lied leave of absence from the Madi-
son county Jail Monday morning, was
seen in Norfolk Monday afternoon.
Pat Chandler, who was fellow board
er with Fry for several months in the
county bastile, saw Fry here and ma.
turally was we'll enough acquainted
with the prisoner to spot" him.
Sheriff Clements and Deputy Sheriff
Elley were in Norfolk Monday even
ing, but no trace of Fry was found and
the officers returned to Madison.
All trains were watched Monday.
Fry had served about half Of sixty
day jail sentence. His father lives at
Meadow Grove. Before his trial he
was in Jail for six months, so what he
gained by skipping out with a SEN
tence hanging over him is not easily
seen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

Pierce now has four saloons, which
is only three behind Norfolk. H. r.
Barnhart returned yesterday from
Pierce, where his client, B. F. Ryle,
against whom a remonstrance had
been filed, secured license from the
council
Tilden has had second Fourth of
July meeting and decided not to cele-
brate. From reports so far in, the re.
moval of Tilden from the Fourth of
July list leaves Clearwater as the
nearest town on the west main line
of the Northwestern celebrating. Up
the Bonesteel line Pierce is the nearest
town to celebrate. Wakefield has the
nearest celebration on the Sioux City
line. Stanton on the east Northwest.
ern main line celebrates. Norfolk will
have no competition on the Union Pa
cific line. Albion on the branch line
celebrates.
DR.. H. L. Kindred of Meadow Grove,
county coroner, who was in Norfolk
Tuesday, said that he had no intention
of filing at the primaries for re-nom.
nation. DR.. Kindred, however, has
given general satisfaction as coroner
and he will undoubtedly be asked to
allow the voters to put his name on
the ballot again. DR.. Kindred has held
the office for several years. Two
years ago he had no opposition lat
either the primary or the election.
The office of coroner. while there is
not much compensation. is occasion
ally quite important. The past year
has not occasioned much work for the
coroner.
Among the days out-of-town visit.
ors in Norfolk were: Mr.. and Mrs. B.
B. McFayden, Bonesteel, s. D.; s. w.
Suverhribb'e, Blair; Miss Hazel Smith,
Gust P,oer. Creighton; James Brown,
Winnetoon; Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Ray.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18

Rish intends to open a plumbing bust.
ness in Norfolk. Formerly he was in
the same line here.
Only three weeks In this country
from Germany. death made quick
visit to the home OF Paul Pankratts In
Edgewatef Park addition. Alfred, a
7-months old baby. died Sunday. The
funeral was held Monday from the
home. interment taking place In st.
Paul cemetery. Rev. John Witte had
charge OF the funeral.
Home grown strawberries are on the
market. Carl Reiche, whose berry
patch, on his farm south of the city
is always one Of the first In this Sec
ton to bear fruit, marketed home
grown berries last week.
Monday as Flag day was not gen.
orally observed in Norfolk. A few
flags were in evidence from Norfolk
avenue flag poles. while over the city
an occasional citizen thought It worth
while to display the national colors.
Raymond Nix underwent three op-
erations in Omaha last week, having
been taken there to consult nose and
throat specialist. The specialist dis
covered that the boys nose was brok'
en-. Mrs. Nix. accompanied by Mrs,
William Banner, went to Omaha
Thursday and brought her son home
Saturday evening. He is doing very
nicely.
A. T. Hutchinson OF Valley, vice
president of the A. l.. Killian com
pany OF Norfolk, who has been at the
head Of the Valley schools, has given
up school work and Is in Norfolk max
ing arrangements to move to this city
to assist In the management or the
Killian store. Mr. Hutchinson will
come to Norfolk with Mrs. Hutchinson
in two or three weeks. Mr.. Hutchin
son, who is brother-in-law of Mr.
Killian, will relieve the latter of some
of the strain incident to managing 9
big store alone. He has been in the
city a number of times since the XII
liam store opened and already has
quite a circle of friends here.
The Tuesday evening supper at Mar
uuardt hall to decide one way or the
other the future of the Y. M. G. A
campaign was made the subject of the
following note sent to each of the con
| tributors to the fund so far raised
more than year ago, and following
the state convention, the people o
Norfolk started on a campaign. thu
object of which was the securing of
s25, 900 Y. M. C. A. building and equip
ment. The executive committee theI
appointed have secured pledges from
22O people amounting to $4,000. TIT
committee now desires that the con
tributors should express their wishes
as to the future of the campaign. Shal
it be advance or retreat? AS one In
terested you are invited to be presen
at supper given in Marquardt hal
June 10, 1909. Loyalty to the cause
we hope, will secure the attendance o
every contributor. Please send you
acceptance of this invitation on In
closed postai on or before June IL
Very truly, the Executive Committee.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
NORFOLK AVENUE LOT FOR DOG
But the Dogs Were Good Ones and
Sanford Parker Wouldn't Trade.


Sanford Parker Wouldn't Trade.
Hon. Sanford Parker, receiver of
the O'Neill land Office, who has been
in town visiting his son, Clarence Par
ker, cashier of the American Express
company, retains a vivid recollection
of an opportunity which he failed to
take advantage of~in Norfolk at an
early day. It was in the early SOS that
he had been to market to Wisner, that
then being the nearest railroad point,
and he was on his way home. During
his trip he had become the possessor
of two handsome stag hounds, which
he considered quite prize. Stopping
over night in Norfolk, which was then
a small aggregation of frontier houses
huddled around the mill dam, he met
some man whose name he cannot re-
call, who concluded he would like to
own those hounds, and proposed to
trade Mr.. Parker two town lots for
the animals. Mr.. Parker went and
looked at the lots and concluded that
they were too far from town to ever
have any real value, so he continued
Ou Ills way Will tiC iiouhuo' ASSSSA
day he was trying to find the location
of those two town lots, and he con-
cluded that they were either what Is
now the Pacific hotel corner or the
Citizens National bank corner. And
one of the hounds died shortly after
he reached home.
Speaking of old times, Mr.. Parker
recalled the winter of 1867, when he
walked from Niobrara to Deadwood, a
distance of about 450 miles. This was
during the Black Hills gold rush, and
he had become imbued with the idea
that all one had to do was to get to
Deadwood, where gold was to be found
at the root of every spear of grass,
and his fortune would be made. Hav-
ing no other way to get to the prom
ised land. he walked. When he
reached Deadwood he had very little
money left, and the next day he was
busted" Then he went to work cut
ting logs until he earned enough to
ride home.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
AUTO NOTES.

DR.. H. L. Kindred, county coroner,
drove home a new EMF go" Stude-
baker touring car, purchased In Nor
folk from Ellsworth A. Bullock, Tues
day.
Messrs. Caulk g. Wade of Allen
were in Norfolk the first of the week
and purchased three EMF $50" tour
ing cars from Ellsworth A. Bullock,
one of which they will drive across
country Wednesday, the others for flu
ture delivery.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18

Kearney, Neb., June 15.-Special to
The News: Sheriff Summons took
Robert Sutton to the penitentiary to-
day. He was party to the theft of a
horse at Ravenna last November, but
disappeared. He was apprehended
here by Sheriff Sammons last Thurs
day, as teamster with the Hagen
beck show, charged with the crime,
pleaded guilty and on Monday was SEN
fenced to eighteen months in the pen
ifentiary,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18

covered that he had been robbed Of
about 500, and his two friends were
missing. After leaving the house he
went to hotel to spend the remain.
der of the night and In the morning
he discovered that the balance of his
money. $3.50, had been taken from
his clothes. He declared In his letter
that the disgrace was more than he
could stand and so he took his life.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
Lemon Show Was a Lemon.

ONeill Frontier: A suit growing
out of Az Perry's recent circus ex-
perience was filed in the district
court. The case is that of Anna L.
Perry VS.. Franklin V. Lemon, resi-
dent of Dodson, Mo-, and Mrs. Perry
sues for $9,666.67, with interest from
April Fl, 1906, at per cent per an
mum.
The plaintiff alleges in the petition
that she decided land to defendant,
worth above all membranes, $14,-
900, and that she was to receive
therefor one-third interest in a cir
Gus and the property thereof, which
she alleges defendant represented to
her to be worth $4,000 in cash. She
further alleges that the one-third in
terest in said property turned over to
her by the defendant was worth only
$4,000, instead of $11,66667, which
she alleges defendant claimed the
property was worth, and she asks
Judgment for $9,66667 which she al
leges she was wrongfully cheated
and defrauded out of.
The petition is very volumnious
document and enumerates the several
circus animals and articles which
were transferred, including one train
of cars for the transportation of the
employees and animals of said circus.
Plaintiff alleges that defendant repre-.
scented said equipment to be in good
repair whereas the opposite was the
case and nearly all the cars had to
be overhauled and repaired before
they could be used.
The case will probably come up for
trial at the fall term of district
court.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
NorfoIk's Book Bindery,

A Madison correspondent writes that
trial docket record, made by the
Huse Publishing company for w. H.
Field, clerk of the district court, and
a fee book and claims record made
for County Clerk Richardson, have
been received at the court house and
that the officers both speak in terms
of the highest praise for the quality
of the work done and the quality of
the material used.
The books are of the large sized,
heavily bound books used at the court
house, and were made entirely in Nor
folk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
Butte Defeats Spencer.

Butte, Neb., June 16.-Special to
The News: The first game of ball
played in our city was witnessed by
large crowd at the ball park in Butte
Sunday afternoon between Spencer
and Butte, and warm game 1t was.
Up to the sixth inning nothing but
goose eggs were credited, to either
side. Butte then succeeded in landing
one and at the close of the game the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
Big Muddy Wild at Niobrara.

Niobrara, Neb., June 16.-Special to
The News: The Missouri river at this
place is out of it's banks and is still
rising rapidly. Widespread inunda.
tien is threatened.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul railway has many feet of road
under water, caused by the rivers
overflow between Running Water and
Springfield, s. d.
There were no trains Monday be-
tween these points, and passengers
who came to Niobrara had to drive
from Springfield to Running Water to
take the ferry.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
Flao pay at Madison.

Madison. Neb., June 15.-Special to
The News: Flag day was enthusiast
tically observed by the citizens of
Madison yesterday. Flags were wav.
ing from every flag pole, places OF
business and many residences were
decorated with the stars and stripes.
Application for administration in
the matter of the estate of Carl
Pruess, deceased, was made in Judge
Bates court today by Mrs. Carl Pruess.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
SWOOPS DOWN ON AINSWORTH
Prominent Citizens Were Enjoying a
Little Seinjnu-Nets Confiscated.

Prominent Citizens Were Enjoying a
Little Seining-Nets Confiscated.
Madison, Neb., June 16.-Special to
The News: John Donovan, state
deputy game warden, returned yester-
day from Ainsworth, where he made
raid of fish seines.
Seines were surrendered by Burt
and William Dexter and by John
Brady, prominent Ainsworth men. A
large combination seine belonging to
a number of prominent citizens and
in the possession of Fred Muller, an
Ainsworth business man, was also
given up.
No arrests were made, all of the
property being surrendered promptly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
cnnxentInn AT kearnex.

Kearney, Neb., June 15.-Special to
The News: The city is filling up with
delegates to the annual convention of
the Nebraska State Sunday School as
ISOLATION, which opened this morning,
and continues three days. An attrac-
tive program has been mapped out in
which some of the greatest Sunday
school workers of the country will par
ticipate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
INVESTIGATE MADISON WRECK
Prominent U. p. Officers In Madison.
Look Into Matter of New Depot.

Prominent U. p. Officers In Madison.
Look Into Matter of New Depot.
Madison, Neb., June 16.-Special to
The News: w. r. Cahill, assistant
general manager of the Nebraska di-
vision of the Union Pacific railway
system, Mr.. Putnecamp, general SUI
perintendent of roadmasters, and Tom
Wade, branch roadmaster of the &C.
noa and Norfolk branches, were to
reach Madison today in gasoline
motor inspection car, and while here
were to be entertained by the Com
mercial club. They come primarily
to investigate the cause of the wreck
of the southbound passenger train, No.
&c. which occurred here last Friday
and incidentally to look into the mat.
ter of new depot at this place.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18

score stood and in favor of Butte.
Batteries: Spencer, Hill and Wall.
ing, Butte, Ford and Cord: Umpire,
Ben Welbaun. IL was the second
game of the season and the boys have
done very little practicing. but are all
home boys and are the making of a
winning team.