The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
FRIDAY FACTS.

OrS IN NOr1Olk were. CndrleS oteln,
Bloomfield; X. w. Mcdonald, Pierce |;
Mrs. E. Coleman, Bonesteel, S. D.;
Mrs. Weis and daughter Carlock, S.
D.; Glenn Green, Fred Nelson, Hos
kins N. S. Westrope, Plainview; T.
E. Stevens, Dallas, s. D.; F. Schaller,
C. Cjutknecht, Wayne; Inez lille,
Creighton; C.. Geist, Foster; j. Heck
er, Pierce.
The public library board will hold
meeting in the library room at
o'clock next Tuesday afternoon.
d. Mathewson of this city is on the
program of the group six" conven-
ton of the Nebraska bankers asso-
citation which holds its annual ses-
sion in Hot Springs, S. D., on June z
and s. Mr.. Mathewson is on the
Tuesday program. Bankers Holt
days" is the subject upon which he
will speak, according to programs
which are printed in northwest Me-
braska papers.
A total eclipse of the moon was wit
messed by Norfolk people Thursday
evening who were fortunate enough to
be ION the job" for the first ten or
twelve minutes after the moon arose
in the early twilight. The moon was
in total eclipse when it arose, but be-
tween and OILS o'clock the earth's
shadow slowly crept away from the
moon. This was the first total eclipse
of the moon which has been witnessed
in Norfolk for several years. An
eclipse of the sun will occur on June
II. 1t will be visible.
Conductors are gradually being per-
manently assigned to the new runs
which the change in the Northwestern
passenger service a few weeks ago
created. On account of the regula-
tons in force in regard to the senior
ity of service it requires many weeks
before the entire matter can be defin-
itely settled. G. G. Hole, formerly a
freight conductor on the Albion
branch, has been given the Lincoln
motor run. j. p. Russell, also from
the same line, has been made extra
passenger. conductor. The two new
trains on the maine line, Nos. and
s, are in charge of Conductors Aid,
Kurtz and Champney. Conductors
Morrison, Clark and Pierce have the
runs of Nos. and 2 The shifts have
made room for promotion along the
line. A. NJ. Leach is made extra pas
senger conductor. c. e. Greening on
the South Platte line has been pro-
NOTED to freight conductorship.
Chief Game Warden Geilus, accord
licenses to dozen or more persons to
seine and net fish in public waters in
Nebraska. The licenses are issued
under the terms of H. R. No. 224, by
Noyse of Cass, bill which some per-
sons interested in game and fish be-
lieve may in few months result in
undoing much of the work done by
the state during the past twenty in
stocking the waters with fish. The
law permits the use of seine or net
having two-inch square mesh during
daylight from June l to October 81.
The user of net or seine must pay
fee of So and give a 500 bond to pay
fines that may be imposed upon him If
he breaks the law. The bill appears to
presume that the users of the seines
and nets will violate the law and there
fore the 800 bond is provided to make
the state whole for whatever fines are
imposed. The damage done to public
waters by the violator of the law is
not included in the bond. The catfish
which are the only fish that may be
called game fish in the southern half
of the state, are believed to be endan-
gered by this law. 1t provides that
buffalo, carp, suckers, catfish or gar
fish may be taken under the direc-
tons of the chief deputy game and
fish commissioner" The ruling of Mr..
Geilus is that the fish enumerated
may be taken in any kind of net in
the Platte river or its overflow, or any
kind of net in the Elkhorn or it's over
flow ponds east of Madison county and
in the three Loup rivers and overflow
counties; also in the Republican river
east OF Furnas. In the Blue rivers and
their overflow ponds only hoop nets
may be. used and in the Nemaha river
any kind of net except a trammel
net. The Missouri river is exempt
from the provisions of the Nebraska
game laws. Under the law of this
state no fish caught in Nebraska wa
tiers can be sold within Nebraska. The
Legislature attempted to permit the
sale of fish but the law is considered
invalid because 1t does not repeal a
conflicting section of the law. The
chief game warden hopes that the use
OF seines and nets will rid streams of
hsh that are supposed to be destruc-
tive to game fish. These supposed de-
structive fish migrate down stream in
summer and may be caught in the
larger streams while the bass, trout,
crapples and pickerel in the smaller
streams will not be disturbed by seines