The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
County clerk Draws Claim.

County Clerk Draws Claim.
Among the north Nebraska land
winners I'm the Aberdeen lottery was
the county clerk of Madison county,
George Il. Richardson, who drew a
good number-l957. Two Norfolk
men drew claims-C. Il. Killen and
j. w. McClary. Among !he winners
living I'm north Nebraska and south
crn South Dakota whose names have
not been heretofore published in The
News were:
l4743-John O'Nell, Platte Center,
Neb.
l4S10-John NJ. Looken, Albion, Neb.
l4S6G--M. A. Schultz, Wisner, Neb.
li002-Abe Dolph, Wakefield, Neb.
l6499-M. McMickle Humphrey, Neb
1905 Fred Staub, Tilden, Neb.
l6614-Fred j. Sedlacek, Spencer Neb
l6777-John Kesterson, Carroll, Neb.
l6S19-Allen Delayney, Spencer, Neb
l6917-John w. Richmond, Wisner
Neb.
l7232-Clyde Hodgson, Winside, Neb.
17S95-Robert l.. Macdonald Spencer,
Neb.
l79SO-Pete p. Newman, Wakefield,
Neb.
lS03S--R. +. Arnold, Wakefield, Neb.
lS4S3-Pcrry Gaer, Wisner, Neb.
19O31-Peder Christian, j. Thor, Wis
ner, Neb.
957-George e. Richardson, Madi-
son, Neb
190S-August V. Albert, Gregory,
S. ID.
2193-George Martens, Tilden, Neb
2356-Mle Vrooman, Orchard, Neb.
5346-John Bingham, Burke, S. ID.
2576-Mrs. Sadie Rogers, Emerson,
Neb.
2912-Albert L. Holt, Elgin Neb.
'3160-Walter j. Else, Madison, Neb.
|31G4-Joseph Helden, jr., Gregory, SD.
326l-Fred Ellwanger, Fairfax, S. d.
S252-Phillip Seller, Herrick, S. ID.
3357-H. e. Snyder, Elgin, Neb.
3472-M. w. Wright, Fairfax, S. d.
|351S-Chester Galbearth, Wisner, Neb.
3727-C. V. Basket, Oakdale, Neb.
3933-Grant Worl, Creighton, Neb.
3959-Michael Trucks, Wisner, Neb
396O-C. A. Killen, Norfolk, Neb.
SOO4-.Charles S. Roe, Lamro, S. ID.
Sl43-R. |, McCullion, Fairfax S. d.
SlSS-J. l.. Hirsch, Fairfax, S. ID.
S553-David Crane, Wakefield, Neb.
92O9-P. j. Riley, Platte Center, Neb.
97S4-F. NJ. Albrecht, Gregory, S. d.
Aberdeen, S. d., Nov. Turning
away tearfully and broken hearted
from the final day of the drawing of
names of winners in the Cheyenne
River and Standing Rock reservations,
Mrs. Sylvia r. Gillard of Sandusky,
o., a widow aged 60 years, glanced
idly at the printed list of winners up
on the wall, hope gone, she faced the
bitterest disappointment of her life,
but decided to take just che more
look, for all day long and day after
day she had spent hours at the draw
ing in the vain hope that she would
hear her name.
Slowly turning the pages she was
thrilled to see her own name opposite
1888 as the winner of that choice of
claim.
Thank God" she screamed, my
prayer has been answered"
With tears streaming down her
face she rushed back to the platform
to learn if it were really true. Shak.
ing hands with Judge Witten and all
his deputies she sang in joy She
had worked nights in a hotel to pay
her way to Aberdeen. She sat up
days to hear her name, but when it
was called she had dozed asleep.
In further answer to the attack of
Louis Hill, president of the Great
Northern railway, Judge Witten has
made preliminary preparations to fur
nish Mr.. Hill with the names of all
persons who registered at Kalispell
if TIE Great Northern wants to refund
their money for fares to that place.
Charles Killen, one OF the two Nor