The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-11

race this summer and political gossip
continues to discuss as possible candl.
dates several men not yet in the field.
Mr.. Doering instructor in the German
Lutheran schools at Battle Creek, IL is
said, may possibly seek the democrat.
ic nomination for county clerk. T. ID.
Preece of Battle Creek was talked of
for sheriff more or less all spring but
II Is not generally believed that he
will go after the democratic nomina.
ton.
e. J. Hickok who on different oc-
casions has represented The News on
the road, has entered into a contract
with o. II. Gillespie. the Madison good
roads machine man, according to a
Madison report, whereby Hlckok Sc
cures the exclusive right to manufac-
ture and sell the Gillespie good roads
grader in the states of Illinois, Wis
consin, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri and
Oklahoma for the next two years, Mr..
Gillespie to receive a stated royalty
for each machine so manufactured and
sold.
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farm mortgages in Madison county.
The monthly report of County Clerk
George Il. Richardson shows that fif-
teen farm mortgages. amounting to
S39550, were fled while twenty farm
mortgages, amounting to $56,360 were
J released. On town and city property
in the county twenty-five mortgages
/. | a.
twenty-three mortgages, amounting to
$12,139.90, were satisfied. In chattel
mortgages 1903, amounting to $685..
; 67912, were filed and thirty-three,
amounting to $1S,512.10, were salts
fed The total mortgaged indebted
ness of the county was decreased
1888 during the month.
Three north Nebraska men com.
: prised the list of speakers Monday
night at the first night" at Ak-Sar-
Ben hall festivities in Omaha. Rev.
j. F. Poucher of Stanton, formerly of
Norfolk, was the first speaker and
, made few airy remarks about his
pleasurable adventures in the king.
dom of Ak-Sar-Ben, concluding with a
pledge to boost the organization to
the best of his acknowledged ability in
: the future. Rev. j.. Rockwell Jenkins
) of Chadron was the second speaker
a and voiced similar sentiments, while
/ the Hon. John Erhardt of Stanton was
the last speaker and said that he was
l already able to furnish anything but
= the horrible example at any time for
+ the knights in the future.
The commencement exercises of the
= Norfolk interstate branch of the West.
D ern Conservatory of Music take place
! this evening at the Auditorium. F.
M. Hunter of the city schools presents
}. the certificates. Last evening the ad.
I advance recital was, given by the fol.
J, lowing pupils, who are under the di.
U rection of Mrs. Beels: Grace Hill
Gladys Pasewalk, Lydia Brueggeman
: Vera Hayward, Mildred Cow, nellie
:, Schwenk, May Schwenk, Emma Lane
J. and Lloyd Pasewalk of Norfolk; Ruth
Y Inhelder, Linda Magdanz, Grace
: Brande, Clara Grunwald and Lloyd
d Mohr of Pierce, Elva Templeton OF
a Winside, Margaret Long and Harold
!. Diers of Madison, Mrs. Lily Mitchell
:. of Pilger and Maude Whitla OF Battle
:, Creek.
J. When does the o'clock closing law
:, go into effect? This is a momentous
v question in view of the fact that the
Fourth of July celebrations may be
d caught by the new law. Private Sec
g rotary Furse of the governors office
IL at Lincoln, has decided that this Law
+ and all other laws not having ar
+ emergency clause go into effect July
2. This decision Is based on the de
/ cisions of the supreme court in muir
der case in Forty-sixth Nebraska
{ court report and in the courts deci
3 sion in the matter of Governor Shell
new wing at the Kearney norma
y school. Mr.. Furse has a little strins
"A to his decision. He says that all law.
:, without an emergency clause go into
effect July 2 unless some one goes tt
the trouble to contest the matter il
y court and, in such an event, they will
D. get decision that the law questioned
SOeS lHIO ellcCI July D. OO IL tue Sd
. loon keepers of Omaha and the state
desire to reap rich profit Of da,
! and night of sales on the nations
l. birthday July 8, they may have goot
defense by showing that the legisla
. ture did not adjourn until April 4, al
% though it agreed to adjourn April 1
According to the decisions of the cour
v Mr.. Furse believes the record of al
" adjournment April 1 will stand unit
- proven false. The legislature trans
= acted business April 4, as the records
Il will show, in the fact of another por
,s ton of the record that says the fina
a adjournment was taken April 1. TIL,
I. courts hold that laws without al
/ emergency clause go into effect tire,
a months after the adjournment of tn
legislature. In the Forty-sixth Nebras
y ka the court held that as the legisla
Ia ture adjourned April 8, the law il
" question changing the penalty 70