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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

No utterance Of President Taft dur.
ing his western trip has had more en-
enlargement because of its ring of
sincerity and purpose than that which
dealt with the future policy of his ad-
ministration in regard to the Roose-
welt policies. He declares his inten-
ton to secure legislation to enable him
to carry still further into effect Mr..
Roosevelt's efforts for the conserva.
ton of natural resources. In other
speeches the president vigorously com.
mended the Roosevelt policies regard.
ing the abuse Of corporate wealth and
asserted repeatedly his sympathy with
those policies and his intention to
enforce and extend them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

10 the cause OF preventing Norfolk
from becoming the city which its trib-
utary territory would justify here.
To make this Y. NJ G. A. building
proposition success. will be con-
crete demonstration to the territory
that looks up to Norfolk as its me.
tropolis, Of the fact that public spirit
is not dead here and that commend
able public enterprise finds success
full support among Norfolk people.
A failure will mean more than the
failure of the Y. NJ. C. A. building
II will say to people In a territory
which Norfolk asks to look up to it,
that Norfolk has failed.
And not a man in Norfolk. no mat
ter what business he may be engaged
in, can afford to have that failure
chalked Up against the town.
But much as the failure would in
lure, much more would success in this
instance help. The success of this
proposition would mean that Norfolk
had done one more big and worthy
thing that it set out to do. And that
success would inspire new encourage.
ment for further public enterprise,
such as this city is in need of at this
time.
The successful elimination of this
Y. M. c. A. campaign will serve to
jar loose public spirit for public enter
prise such as has been lacking to
great extent for number of years.
1t would be one of the best things
that ever happened to the town in
purely business way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

service on that court and bringing to
the people the valuable asset of expe.
rienCe in the extremely responsible
duties of the court of last resort which
holds constitutional authority over all
the vast interests of the state, includ.
ing the lives and property of it's citi.
zens.
Judges John Il. Barnes. Jacob Faw-
cett and Samuel II. Sedgwick have
served the people as judges of the SUI.
preme court for a single term, Judge
Fawcetts service n one-year term by
appointment, and are asking re.elec.
ton. The service rendered has been
able, honest, courageous, impartial and
of marked fidelity to the highest inter.
ests of the people. Before this high
court. rich and poor, high and low.
the weak and the powerful, corpora
ton and individual, have stood equal
before the law, recorded fact that
even political opponents do not rise
to DISPUTE. These are the judges who
are asking the public confidence for a
reelection; this is Il record on which
the public confidence may we'll be
based Either as a reward for public
service well discharged or for the pub
lie gain to be reared from the con-
tinuance in office of trained and eX.
perienced jurists or for both reasons
combined, the reople of Nebraska
should and will act on the familiar and
accepted custom and award to Judges
Barnes, Fawcett and Sedgwick the
well earned and well merited reward
of a second term.
From another standpoint of equal
fairness and unquestioned equity the
election of Judges Barnes, Fawcett
and Sedgwick to a second term Will
appeal to the sense of justice of every
thinking man. Few offices within the
gift of the people call for the distinct
personal sacrifice in accepting service
for the people as does the acceptance
of service on the supreme bench. The
lawyer who has achieved that distinc-
ton in his profession sufficient to
mark him as man of legal attain
ments fit and qualified for the supreme
bench, invariably yields up a private
practice and income far in excess Of
the remuneration attached to the Of
flee, and in becoming the servant of
the people in this capacity, does so at
the personal sacrifice of his private
practice and income. To the credit of
the legal profession. though seldom
considered in the public mind, it may
be truthfully said that the ablest men
at the bar have seldom refused to an
swer an earnest call of their fellow
citizens to this public duty, though
knowing full well the sacrifices 1t in
volved.
OF such as these are Judges Barnes,
Fawcett and Sedgwick, who have
served the people well and faithfully.
The plainest and most simple equity
between man and man, between faith
full public servant and the public
served, would demand for Judges
Sedgwick, Barnes and Fawcett the
compliment and reward, the just due,
it might well be said, of reelection to
a second term.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29
A CRIME OLE THE STATE.

The declaration of Nathan Strauss
of New York that typhoid fever, tuber-
culosis, scarlet fever and diphtheria
can be prevented by pasteurizing the
milk, and the statement that the 400
cases of typhoid in New York recently
were traced to one milk concern, only
tends to bear out the exhortations to
which The News has given voice dur
ing the past three years, in trying to
arouse a public sentiment in Norfolk
and in Nebraska, favorable to adopting
milk inspecting system which would
guard against infected milk and pro-
tect the lives of the public-and the
public's babies.
Nebraska ought to inspect the dai-
ries and the cows. 1t is a crime of
the state to neglect this duty to its
citizens. Other states do it-why not
this state?
The state should kill diseased COWS
and perhaps pay half the value of the
animal to the owner. There are dis.
eased cows right in Norfolk today-in
every community in Nebraska-and
they are killing Nebraska babies
Why not appoint an inspector in every
community and make it a law that
every COW must be inspected at a nom.
inal expense to the owner. as means
of protection to the public.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Burr Taft Is conceded on all sides
to have made one of the very best
county commissioners Madison county
ever had. He has given a very great
deal of his own time to the county
work and he has got results. 1t would
bespeak an utter lack of appreciation
of capable and honest public service,
II Madison county should fail to re-
elect Burr Taft as commissioner
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

II there is an inexecrable name
among the rulers of nations it is that
of King Leopold of Belgium. His
treatment of the Congo natives places
him in the category with Nero and
Caligula. These horrors are briefly
set forth by Sir Arthur Conon Doyle
in an appeal to the people of the
United States for moral or material
aid in putting a stop to the infamies,
There is not a grotesque, obscure
or ferocious torture which diseased
human ingenuity could invent which
has not been used against these harm
less and helpless people," says Mr..
Doyle. Every civilized nation on the
globe should assist in compelling the
monster, Leopold, to desist from his
diabolical practices.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29
NORFOLK CAN'T AFFORD TO FAII

Every movement which starts in
Norfolk and fails, hurts the town
worse than though the movement
never had begun.
The Y. M. C. A. movement has
started-it Is almost an accomplished
fact. To allow 1t to fail with only
few more thousand dollars required,
will work to the injury of Norfolk.
Such failure would dampen the enthus-
iasm of public spirit with regard to
future enterprises of whatever sort.
and worse than that, 1t would contrib
ute one more example to the territory
in which Norfolk is a gateway. OF the
often repeated story that public spirit
In Norfolk is not as great as in other
cities OF It's class. and that this lack
OF public spirit and public enterprise
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

There is considerable talk about
dividing the state of California. The
southern portion desires admission as
an independent state. The move
ment has not assumed important pro-
portions as yet, but it would not be
strange if it should be agitatedi more
strongly in years to come. California
is an immense state and the differ
ences existing in climate and coil be-
tween the northern and southern por-
tons make widely differing interests
commercially between these extreme
sections. Usually a great state is
unwilling to render the prestige which
its size and population gives it, and
nothing may result from this agitation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

In Minneapolis and the swindlers ap-
parently melted into thin air within
ten minutes from the time the cash
was handed over. 1t evidently is not
necessary to have new game with
which to catch the people IL you only
know how to work the old one well
enough.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

If the head bookkeeper in a busi-
ness house were about to leave and
there was an assistant who had been
trained to the work and had proved
himself capable and trustworthy In
every way, the natural. logical and
economical thing to do would be to
promote the assistant to the head book
keepers Job. And the same business
economy should apply to the county's
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Blessed are the poor for the, shall
not be- robbed of their diamonds. Pity
those wealthy Pittsburg people who
never know just when they are to be
tpuched
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

DR.. Cook was nearly mobbed by
"joy" riot at the st. Louis centennial.
Between discovering the north pole
and st. Louis, wise man would take
to the woods.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Mrs. Howard Gould has been
granted a divorce and permanent
alimony of 100000 a month. She
sught to be able to live on that, even
R butter and eggs are high.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

An exchange kicks because of a
law which has been passed forbidding
the writing of a check for less than
81. However, that will be no great
check on business and only serves to
show what fools lawmakers can some
times make of themselves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Secretary Knox makes it plain that
ne intends to have the selection of
the next minister to China himself.
He will probably have to make his
choice without the assistance of any
volunteers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29
CHANCE TO HELP THE BOYS.

There are plenty of places in Nor
folk of the wrong kind for the boys
to visit.
But where is there a single place
that is the right sort for boy to
spend spare hour or an evening in
wholesome surroundings?
The people of Norfolk often blame
the boys who go wrong. Did it ever
ccur to you that the people of Nor
ok are somewhat to blame for the
boys who have gone the wrong way?
Did it ever occur to you that you
are somewhat to blame for every boy
gone wrong, in that you and the rest
of the people of Norfolk have never
provide clean, wholesome place
where the boys could congregate,
where they could get athletic train
ing, where they could swim and read,
and be surrounded by the type of
atmosphere that would get them off
on the right foot in the world?
You're to blame-you people Of Nor
folk-for many of the missteps that
boys take, in not providing them with
the right kind of a place to spend
spare hours and evenings.
Now you have a chance to do some
thing for the boys-for the future gen.
eration-for the future of Norfolk as
a business proposition.
1t is estimated that every time a
person dies, the world has sustained
loss equal to $4,000, through lost
energy. But if the average person
is worth $4,000 to society, it is easily
| possible to build young men who
would be worth twice as much or
thrice as much as that to the COM
munity, in dollars and cents.
Every clean, strong man is worth
much more to society than an in
dividual with physical and moral man.
hood neglected.
The Y. M. c. A. has proven a very
great help to boys and young men
all over the world. There are a good
many boys in Norfolk surrounded by
conditions that are a long way from
ideal, in the form of amusement
places, who would be helped by such
an institution. The people of Nor
folk allow certain places of evil at
mosphere to exist as a constant lure
to young manhood. Why not provide
one place that is decent, as a rival
attraction for your sons and your sons
sons?
Within the past twenty years a
good many Norfolk youths have gone
to the reform school and the peniten-
tiary, who might have been saved
and developed into wholesome, strong.
bodied, energetic business men, if
there had been Y. NJ. c. A.
There were other places for them
to go-but not one decent place.
Within the past year dozen Nor
folk boys of susceptible age have been
found guilty Of burglary. Within the
past month, there have been half a
dozen stores robbed, apparently by
local youths.
A Y. NJ. C. A. with its basket ball,
and It's indoor baseball. and its swim.
ming pool, and its bowling alleys
would make a different kind of men
OF those boys. There's no denying
that.
An athlete 10 of pure mind. Ath-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Francis s. Bowling, the republican
cadidate for county Judge, promises
to make one of the most efficient Of
fcials the county has had, and he
should receive the solid support Of the
entire party.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

The fountain pen is at last vindi-
Gated. 1t has Just detected bullet
aimed at man in the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel In New York. The advertise
ment should be worth a long run over
time In the factories.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

A couple of clever swindlers have
recently worked the old gold brick
game successfully and actually 3old
. lump of brass for $4,000 in good
mouey to q wealthy North Dakota
AAn. The deal was finally completed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Shades of our grandfathers In a
small Minnesota town a boy who was
chosen captain of football team has
resigned, preferring to make record
In scholarship rather than in athletics.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Will Duke Abruzzi succeed in get
ding his shirts hung out on the Elkins
clothes line? This Is one Of the alb
scrbing questions which continues to
ssttate society,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29
responsibility OF helping this Y. NJ. q
A, proposition.

II you have no boy OF your own.
you owe to other boys--to society mt
large-to get into the harness and
make this Y. NJ. G. A. proposition a
success. II means very, very much
to the boys of Norfolk ut the present
time and those to come-and every
man owes 1t to the community in
which he makes his living. to con
tribute toward public enterprises of
this sort--a public enterprise in this
case which is sorely needed to act rs
a counter.attraction for boys against
the evil resorts which you permit to
exist in the community now as tho
boys lure.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

The meeting of Presidents Taft and
Diaz was more than a picturesque in
cident in diplomatic affairs. 1t was
a striking illustration of the two great
political conceptions that have ruled
mankind. Diaz is the type of great
man who stands out prominently in
the civilization of Europe. With EN-.
blazoned uniform, spurs and sword
he is the exponent of force. He is
master of the people for the peoples
sake, but he is master just the same.
President Taft is the possessor Of
the qualities which Americans con-
slider essential in the man whom they
choose as their representative. He
must possess the ordinary private
virtues of rectitude, kindness and
simplicity, and coupled with them,
the ability to successfully guide the
ship of state. These requirements
necessitate a truly great man to
Americans, but the Mexicans are not
intelligent enough to recognize any
greatness that does not mean mill.
tary power.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Gen. Frederick Dent Grants appear.
aHce on the water wagon In full uni
fprm. in Chicago. has given him For.
aker's old place as a fire alarm.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Five men were Ditten by a horse at
Sabina, Ohio. and may die. This re-
fieves the auto from sustaining the
reputation of doing all the damage.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Annie Besant Is sure she has been
On this round globe before. All will
be forgiven, however, If she will SOL
EMMY promise never to come again.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

The old Barnum & Bailey circus was
n mere side show compared with the
new Texas outfit of Bryan and Bailey.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Christmas is coming and 1t isn't so
Ear away as you might think. Keep
your eye on the advertising columns.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

These beautiful October evenings
are delightful and the Kentucky night
riders are making the most Of them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Show less Indignation behind the
backs of people, and be holder to their
faces.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

If people were as afraid of hurting
their stomachs as they are of catching
cold, they would live longer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

No petty excuses will stand for your
refusal to help the Y. NJ. C. A. building
fund. Norfolk needs clean place
where every boy can 90, and It Is not
moment for quibbling over contri
buttons. You owe something to the
future character Of that community
You may say that your boy doesn't
need wholesome place like the Y. M
c. A. to spend any spare hours In.
That's where you don't know. A good
many boys from respectable Norfolk
homes have gone to the bad-some of
them to the penitentiary--wh might
have made the finest kind of men, if
they had had Y. M. C. A. with its
gymnasium to attract them In their
years of growing youth, instead of tho
places which you, as part Of this
community, allow to exist as constant
temptations to them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

The statement Is made that the new
comet will sweep the earth. Just what
Il has been needing for some time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Peary's real grievance against DR..
Cook seems to be that he exceeded the
speed limit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

The boys of Norfolk want Y. M.
c. A., where they can enjoy an up.to-
date gymnasium with all that gym.
nasium means for strong muscles and
clean bodies and wholesome minds.
This is evidenced by the fact that the
1924 in one day for the fund-more
than five times as much az the high
school team at Lincoln raised the first
day. The people of Norfolk should
be impressed by this eagerness of the
boys for decent place to spend odd
hours. and should fall to with will.
And 1t wants to be remembered that
the boys are going to know who help
them and who refuse to.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

The Taft program-even with the
smile thrown in-is thought to presage
q stormy winter in congress.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Life says that the average matri-
monial team consists of leading lady
and general utility man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

OF course women are not mercen
airy, but gambling seems a greater sin
to them when you lose.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

A dispatch says Jeffries landed on
the New York dock; but wait till he
lands on Mr.. Johnsing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

They don't make timepieces at El.
gin, Neb., but they have an auto over
there now thatll make time, all right
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

No use talking, when you are in.
vited out to company dinner you
feel disappointed unless there Is Ice
cream for dessert.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

In taking to the woods, Mr.. Pinchot
has not suffered In his popularity.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Men always think that you women
devote too much time to shopping.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

What would be the use OF a dead
man trying to make people believe he's
Schlatter, the divine healer, If he isn't?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Now where's that young fellow
who promised to marry the girl who
drew the automobile? he'll know
who his bride Is to be, tomorrow.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Perhaps the young man who prom.
ised to wed the girl who won the auto
had better ask Miss Bennett of Elgin
before buying his trousseau.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

If you want to take prize for un.
popularity, act superior.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

/ don't like salt mackereI. and
when am foolish enough to say so,
usually get in trouble. SO few people
admit that others have right to their
own opinions or tastes. Fred Barrett
barely speaks to me, since learning
that | do not like salt mackerel"-
Parson Irvine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Help build the Y. M. c. A. and 1t
will maintain itself. by rental of dor.
afterward.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

The history of Norfolk during TWEEN
ty years does not bear out the asser-
ton that Norfolk doesn't need a Y. NJ.
G.. A.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

If you are really considerable, re.
member that your stomach Is in much
more danger of being overworked than
you are.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

The w. c. T. U. women now in
Omaha, who want to make Nebraska
dry, ought to have come to the state
in 1894.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Even If you do lose your feet on
the rollers, keep your head. Let
your arms and ankles take care of
themselves-or the doctor will have
to do the job.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29
ATcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

If you have lot of poetry notions.
get rid of them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

Plenty of sportsmen have gone duck
hunting during the past week, but The
News is in no position to make affida-
Wit that any Of them got any ducks.
Some of them ought to come across.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

The robberies that have occurred in
Norfolk the past year committed by
local boys, ought to be enough to make
any broad-gauged citizen anxious to
establish a Y. M. G. A. in this town.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

II wasn't case Of Elgin watch; II
was case Of watching Elgin.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

If you have a son, you owe it to him
as we'll as to the community to con-
tribute literally toward the Y. NJ. C. A..
building fund and to make such an
institution possible for Norfolk if you
can.