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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Inns by the government and a channel
I 800 feet long is being bored through
the mountain to enable the Pend d
Oreille river to run through This
river, which narrows down near Rol.
| Inns, Will be damned and about 140,-
600 acres of fine land will be irrigated.
Among the visitors in the Sessions
Bell camp was Louis Hill of the Great
| Northern railroad who stopped Off
there with party of surveyors. Mr..
Sessions brought back few photo
graphs of his camp showing Mr.. Bell
and Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Landers enjoy
ing life under the pines.
Another baseball game is scheduled
here for Saturday afternoon at 8
o'clock between the u. G. #. and Elks,
which the travellers claim will be the
rubber. These two teams have had
some hard luck in weather conditions
and every time they were scheduled
to play II either rained or the local
diamond was flooded with water. In
the last game played the Elks were
victorious and easily outplayed the
travellers, but the attendance at that
game was an even twenty-five. A
large attendance is expected Saturday.
owing to the fact that the weather bu-
reau promises good weather for this
week, also that the game will be a
hotly contested one. The travellers
have been doing some practicing since
the last game and will put up stiff
contest while on the other hand the
Elks believe they will have a walk.
away. 1--WE have something up our
sleeve this time in the way of new
pitcher" said a visiting member OF
the U. c. T. team, land we will sur
prise the Elks in Saturdays game"
In case the Elks win the gate receipts
go to the library fund, and If the U. c.
It's win the proceeds will go toward
the expense of the picnic. The ad-
mission will be 25 cents and no extra
charge for the grandstand.
Among the days out-of-town visitors
in Norfolk were: c. B. Scott, O'Neill:
F. w. Bakenhur, Leigh; j. X Moore,
Bristow; w. j. Liable, Herrick S. D.;
f. McLane, Herrick, S. D.; A. W.
Riggs, Spencer; r. e. Flenniker, Wis
ner Mrs. A. l.. Wilcox, O'Neill; Ber-
tina Bloedown, Wisner; Alice Heck
man, Hoskins; A. II. Mohr, Plainview;
j. c. Walker, Pierce; e. F. Dahlman,
Pierce; Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Mann, AL
bion; C. H. Swanson. Wakefield; Chas.
Atkinson, Creighton; w. L. Bowling,
Madison.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Dallas Beats the Champions.

Dallas, s. d., Aug. 31.-Special to
The News: Lake Andes and Dallas
played two games at Dallas, Dallas
winning both games. The first game
was very one sided owing to heavy
hitting by the Dallas crowd and in
ability of the visitors to hit Cy Young,
who let them down with four hits.
Lake Andes claims the championship
Of South Dakota and their team was
backed heavily by their manager
Batteries: First game - Andes,
Pforper and Scanton; Dallas, Cy
Young and George. Hits: Andes 4,
Dallas 16. Score of game was 16 to 2.
The second game was much faster
game and was interesting from start
to finish. Dallas won by score of
to 1. Lefty Alvin and Buck Freeman
both pitched good ball and each team
scored six hits. The same teams play
again today and considerable money
is wagered on the result of the game.
Umpire, G. w. Segrist.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

gold medals she won In swimming
races. The second daughter, Vera, is
o and made her first appearance as an
expert swimmer today along with the
third daughter, Beatrice.
In Nature OF Family Race.
Since the swim was in the nature OF
race among the three girls, handi.
caps had been arranged by which
Ethel was to give Vera fifteen minutes
and Beatrice half an hour. The start
was made from the old pier, Just below
the Notifications of Fort Hamilton.
From there to Fort Wadsworth, which
had been set as a goal. a straight line
would measure Just one mile and a
quarter. But nobody yet ever swan
the Narrows In a straight line, owing
to the tide.
Meanwhile the older girls, carried
out OF their course less than their sis
tiers, were swimming strongly toward
Fort Wadsworth. They landed Just be.
low the fort. A hope which the Oldest
possessed OF trying for the record was
spoiled by big steamer which swung
about in her path.
Beatrice drifted nearly a mile below
the fort and was losing more ground
all the time when the men in the boat
which was accompanying her told her
she had better give 1t up. and she was
taken aboard.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Tryinu to Hold Ball Team,

Manager Hall of the Norfolk ball
team was out with a subscription list
Tuesday getting the signatures Of
those who are interested in the base
ball team for the purpose of guaran-
teeing the teams expenses. This
movement has been made by the man.
agement on recommendation of many
business men and baseball enthusiasts
who do not wish to see the team dis
banded. 1t would hardly do at this
time to disband the team, as many
towns have been scheduled for games
and many are asking for dates. Among
the games Norfolk will play out Of
town are Wayne, September and 8;
Creighton, September A. and probably
5; Laurel, September and s; Tilden,
September 8; Correctionville here,
September 10, II and ~; Madison,
September %; at Butte with Gregory,
September "a and %. Among those
asking. for games are Stanton and AL
bion. Manager Hall is meeting with
much success with his guarantee list.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

any appreciable degree the things we
have to sell. while China. on the other
hand. cries foi these products ana
with n population twelve times that
OF Japan. naturally has twelve times
the lattcr's demand. China. too, has
no inimical feeling toward America as
America, and II convinced that the
United States would do what IL In It's
power to prevent other nations now iu
possession OF portions OF China from
dividing up that empire China would
gladly be our preferential customer I'm
the orient. II China were convinced
that our policy was to be conquest
of commerce In its empire and not q
conquest OF country she would be the
source OF commercial patronage tor
America that would make us the lead
ing furnishing nation OF all things ip
Asia.
Trouble over our participation i'm
the Eastern railroad loan has been
prompted by the fact that certain der
man Influences have pumped China
with the idea that America and Eng
land have gone together for the pur-
pose Of urging construction OF this
road for ultimate use rs military line
for their future purposes. If America
shall promptly convince China TINT the
policy OF President Taft is not only
peaceful, with no intention OF foraging
on Its territory. but to prevent that
very ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the empire
and that our entrance In Chinese af-
fairs will be for participation In trade
and not In territory. then and thnr1
automatically commercial alliance
will spring up between China and the
United States."-Chicago Record Her
aid.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Look! Listen! Locate,

The dry weather in certain parts OF
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas pre-.
venting the maturing of crops success.
fully, and the high price OF land in
other localities, has caused many who
are DESTROYS of obtaining a home
where failures are unknown, where the
harvests are bountiful and the climate
pleasant, to investigate the Teton and
Snake river valleys with a view of 10.
eating there, where choice land with
perpetual paid up water right and
some improvements may now be OBJ.
tanned upon easy terms for $3.50 per
acre.
Are you one of the many desiring a
home? II so, purchase a Yellowstone
National park round trip ticket, over
the Union Pacific, for $32. Stop off at
st. Anthony, Ida, Call at our office
and we will show you some of the
choicest, most fertile and productive
land in the United States. 1t beats
Twin Falls, better than San Luis val.
ley or Big Horn basin. Don't take our
word for 1t, come and see for yourself
Look and listen and you will locate
make plenty of money and always be
happy.
Idaho Land and Loan Company,
st. Anthony, Idaho.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03

Moved by Fuesler seconded by Win
ter, that the bond OF X. Klug be &C
cepted. Carried.
Moved by Coleman. seconded by
Winter, that bids on sewer district No
10, IA and Is be accepted. Carried.
The bids were as follows:
District No. 13-Guy e. Smith
$4,1S5.75; John Herman, $4,391.O0.
District No. 14-Guy e. Smith
$6l6.S6; John Herman, $73S.64.
District No. 15--Guy e. Emith
$43S.5O; John Herman, s504.6O.
Moved by Craven, seconded by
Brakeman, that Guy e. Smith be
awarded contracts for sewer districts
No. 49, IA and Is. Carried.
Moved by Coleman, seconded by
Fuesler, that engineer be instructed to
find the line on South Fifth street and
plat up same soon as possible. Car
ried.
Moved by Dolin, seconded by Blake
man, that board walks on the north
side of Phillip avenue, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. be con.
demned. Carried.
Council adjourned until Tuesday
evening, September z, 1909.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Library Will Go Up at Once.

The $4,000 Carnegie library for Nor.
folk is to be built at once. Definite
steps looking to this end were taken
by the library board. and just as soon
as the contracts are let. work will
start.
The building will cost about 10000,
the extra $500 coming from fund al.
ready in possession of the board.
The original plans, with few minor
exceptions, will be adhered to. The
brick to be used will not be that
planned originally. and Bedford stone
will not, as was planned, be used. The
basement will be left incomplete, but
can be completed later at any time.
The building is to stand at the south
west corner of Norfolk avenue and
Eighth street.
Contractor Woerth of Scribner will
build the main portion of the building;
Dignan Of Norfolk gets the plumbing
contract, Beck the heating and Ed
Brueggeman the lighting.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Newspaper Advertising Big Hell
Baseball Dispute.

Neigh, Neb., Sept. Especial to
The News: Last week the home
team played game of baseball
against Orchard on the Ewing
grounds. 1t was a mutual agreement
between the managers that when the
afternoon train pulled in they were
to stop the game in order to let Ne
ligh return home. All this happened
in the seventh inning, with the score
standing Z to z. According to the
members of the home team and a
large number of spectators, but Or
chard maintained that they had won
the game by score of to S, and so
advertised in the Ewing daily" and
the Orchard News. The play that
| caused the dispute is as follows:
Base runners on second and third
bases with two players out; third
b"tsman up hits a line drive to out.
field, reaches first and endeavors to
make second, but the ball is fielded
into second and runner is finally run
down and touched out before reaching
second. In the meantime runner on
third regularly, and without being tag
ged, touches home plate before last
base runner reaches first base, and
the base runner on second, at time Of
hit, also crosses home plate regular
ly, after the last runner passes first
base, but before said runner is tag
ged out between first and second.
The question is should score be re-
corded to each of the runners thus
crossing and touching home plate
The umpire at the time decided that
Inc scores did not count. However,
the same was decided by Sandy Girls
void who says that the scores do
count.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Notice..

To the Citizens of Norfolk: You
are invited to cooperate with the of.
ficials of the municipality to clean up
all streets, alleys, vacant lots, business
places and home premises.
A clean city means less sickness and
a lower death rate. Rats, flies and in.
sects feed on and breed in garbage and
rubbish and as the former carry dis
ease, the danger from them is les.
sened by eliminating their food supply
and breeding places. Last month there
were ninety cases of the plague in
Canton, Ohio, with seventy deaths.
This disease is carried by the rat flea,
and the rats in Norfolk could become
infected as easily as those of any other
city. There are twenty-six varieties of
flies that frequent sewerage and hui
man food and carry typhoid and other
diseases. Earth closets should, there.
fore, be treated with quicklime and
screened, and all manure removed
weekly during fly season. Please do
not, for this reason, throw waste from
the table or kitchen upon the open
alley, but in a screened box.
j. II. Mackay,
City Physician.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Field Day at Country Club.

Friday is field day at the Country
club and one of the most enjoyable
days since the opening of the club is
expected by all the members. Every
member will invite friends and bring
picnic baskets with them. The after.
noon will be given to sports of various
kinds, among which will be the return
game between the Joy Killers and
Colts. The Joy Killers, who were de.
feated August 3 by the Colts by the
score of to are sore" and intend
to get revenge Friday afternoon. So
this game promises fast playing as the
Colts, on the other hand, have deter
mined to shut the Joy Killers out.
There will be some fast golf and ten.
mis- contests, among which there will
be lady contestants. Real tennis Is
anticipated. The committee is busy
arranging for transportation and
everything will be in readiness to
make the day big one.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Rules for Land Lottery.

Aberdeen, s.. D., Aug. 31.-Persons
drawing a number in the Cheyenne
and Standing Rock land opening will
for filing on land, about March /, 1910,
be furnished with map showing the
allotted lands, the school and reserv-
ed lands, and the schedule and CLASH
fication of lands open to settlement.
The prices will range from SO cents
to $500 an acre, according to the
classification for agricultural lands of
the first class, the second class, graz
ing lands, timber lands and mineral
lands. The latter cannot be entered
under the homestead laws.
married woman who has not been
deserted cannot register unless her
husband is an invalid and she can
prove that she is the bread winner of
the family, and consequently it's head
A deserted wife can register. Minors
cannot register unless they will be
of age before the time for filing OIL the
land. A man cannot register if he is
the owner of more than 100 acres Of
land in the United States. Ownership
of land outside the United States does
not disqualify man from registration,
but he must either be citizen of the
United States or have declared his
intention to become one. A home
steader prior to February 8, 1908, may
register If his former entry was not
cancelled for fraud or relinquished
for valuable consideration. Soldiers
and sailors after more than 80 days
service, or their widows, if they have
not remarked, and the minor children
OF deceased soldier il the mother is
dead or is remarked and has living
husband, can register through an
agent without going to a registration
point. "
The red tape" of registration and
the plan of drawing will be the same
as in the Rosebud, Trip and Occur
d'Alene lotteries, and the assignment
of dates for the filing will be for the
spring Of 1910.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Prevaricatins Figures.

Those to whom the mathematical
mind has not been given will appre--
ciate the fun an lrishwoman. Mrs. La
Touche Of Harristown. has with num-
bers in 1.-THE Letters Of Noble
woman"
81 do hate sums" Mrs. La Touche
confesses to friend. There Is no
greater mistake than to call arithmetic
an exact science. There are permuta-
lions and alterations discernible to
minds entirely noble. like mine: subtle
variations which ordinary accountants
fail to discern; hidden laws Of num-
bers which it requires mind like mine
to perceive.
For Instance. II you add sum
from the bottom up. and then again
from the top down. the result il al
ways different"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Another Stride Toward PAVING.

Another long stride toward the paw
ing of Norfolk avenue was taken last
night, when the city council let the
contract for the construction of a new
sewer along Norfolk avenue in the
business portion Of the city. The con.
tract went to Guy e. Smith at $4,-
| 1875. Work will begin in about four
weeks and will be rushed AS soon as
this sewer is constructed, Norfolk will
be ready to pave the business portion
of Norfolk avenue. And as a vast ma
jority of property owners along the
street are in favor of paving, it seems
likely that modern thoroughfare will
replace the old dirt and mud kind next
summer. 1t is likely the city council
will make all preliminary arrange
ments during the winter, so that work
can start in the early spring.
Two other contracts to build sewers
were let last night to Smith. The Nor
folk avenue district is sewer district
No. 10. The other contracts let were
for No. IA and No Is.
Will Drain the Easements.
An important development in the
sewer situation last night was brought
out by announcement of the city en-
gineer that the new sewer will drain
all Easements on Norfolk avenue with
the one exception of the Olney build
ing which, with basement nine feet
deep, lacks two inches of beins
drained. This, however, could easily
be remedied by filling that basement
a few inches.
1t was stated that the Norfolk av-
enue buildings will have fall in the
new sewer as follows:
Oxnard hotel, l foot, 5k inches;
Mast block, feet, 11s inches; indie
pendent telephone Office building, 2
feet, 6la inches; Parish grocery build.
ing, l foot ~ inches; Leonard build
ing, l foot, 21a inches; Marquardt
block, 2 feet, Az inches.
15Incn ripe.
A 15-inch sewer VIII be built, in
stead of l2-inch, in order to give the
best possible sewer for time to come
Council Proceedings.
Council met in adjourned regular
session at 8:25 p. m, Mayor Friday
presiding. Present, Brakeman, Winter,
Coleman, Craven, Fuesler, Dolin; alb
sent, Fischer and Hibben.
Ordinance No. BAL was read the sec.
ond and third times.
Moved by Fuesler. seconded by Do
lin, that sewer district 10 and IL be
accepted, Carried.
Moved by Winter, seconded by
Brakeman, that final estimate of sewer
district No. 10 be accepted and war
rants drawn for $4S4,25. Carried.
Moved by Dolin, seconded by Win
ter, that final estimate of sewer dis
trict No. IL be accepted and warrants
drawn for s2S477.
Ordinance No. 342. amending ordi-
nance No. S35, making pipe in district
No Is 15-inch instead of 12-inch, was
passed under suspension of the rules.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
STEAM TRAIN REPLACES MOTOR
For State Fair Rush, Heavier Train
Runs Out Of Fremont


Fremont Tribune: The motor car
on the Northwestern that runs be-
tween Fremont and Lincoln has been
replaced temporarily by a steam train.
The latter made it's first run Monday
morning on the motor schedule, leav-
ing Fremont at 7:10. The new ar.
rangement will continue until the end
Of the state fair week in order to &C.
commodate the crowds going to and
from Lincoln. The change was made
this morning, owing to the fact that
Buffalo. Bills Wild West show is billed
for Lincoln this afternoon and even
ing. The motor could not handle a
fifth part Of the crowds that are going
from all the little stations along the
line to take it in. While lying idle the
motor car will probably be fitted out
with new set of wheels.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
FLIRTING FOR RECREATION-
Harvard Professor Says It Gives Proper
knowledge Of Social Life.


Professor George Herbert Palmer OF
Harvard university, twice married and
reported to he contemplating third
venture in matrimony, has come forth
with the pronunciamento that little
fiirting-properly conducted. of course
is not only advisable, but even i'm
perative, for the average college boy
and girl.
Flirting is the surest road toward
the proper knowledge Of social life, de-
clares the professor. who has the dis
tinction Of being the oldest member of
the Harvard faculty and whose Sec.
ond wife. Alice Freeman Palmer, was
president Of Wellesley college from,
1881 to 1887.
81 think the girls Of Radcliffe and
the boys Of Harvard devote too much
Of their time to study" says Professor
Palmer. They should mingle n little
frivolty with their studies. In other
words, they should firt little.
81 am reminded Of girl graduate of
Radcliffe who studied hard. She new
er went anywhere. While the other
girls were having good time she re-
mained in her room studying. She was
graduated with high honors, and whera
was bidding her goodby told her
that she would have to firt good and
hard to make up for lost time. and she
said that she would.
"Of course It makes a good deal OF
difference who does the flirting, where
and with whom. The time, the place
and the boy and girl have good deaR
to do with it, If all could see the
tired out boys and girls that see aR
would | know. admit that little bic
of flirting now and then Is real recrea-
ton. Mix things up bit, sprinkle little
flirting into the studies. One can have
a little OF both and still come out all
right at the end"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Young Girl In Long Swim.
j. II. Mackay,
City Physician.

New York, Aug. 31.-A 12-year-old
girl fought the tide and varying cur
rents for four hours in an attempt to
swim across the Narrows between
Brooklyn and Staten island. She was
within 100 yards OF shore when her
father, seeing that she could make no
further Roadway, ordered that she be
lifted into boat.
The girl was Beatrice Due. daughter
of Alfred Due, photo-engraver of
Brooklyn. Due has four daughters,
three of whom took part in the swim.
The fourth is but years old. The
oldest girl, Ethel, Is IL and wears two
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
To Extend from Dallas.

Gregory County Herald: Indica.
tons are that the G. & NV. Railroad
company will extend their line from
Dallas early next spring.
There are now eighteen carloads of
ties to be unloaded in the Bonesteel
yards and reliable information says
that there will be 800 cars before the
supply is sufficient for the proposed
extension.
Bonesteel will be the point of con-
struction, being the first division point
west of Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Great Tribute to Tom srice.

Never was greater tribute paid to
the popularity and esteem in which
customers regard commercial travel.
er, than to Thomas H. Brice of Nor.
folk who, despite his serious illness
for almost a year, did so great a bust.
ness that he received a prize of
$4,000 from his house for SURPRISING
10 other travelling statesmen In the
company's employ, on the years bust.
ness.
Mr. Brice has just been awarded
the $4,000 cash prize by SELF, Schwab
4 Co. Of Chicago. He was fifth in
point of sales for the year, among the
company's army of 175' statesmen. And
this in spite of the fact that most OF
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
Gregory County Phone Line.

Gregory County Herald: The Far.
mers Mutual Telephone company is
pushing to the front in Gregory coun.
ty. Material is now on the ground for
an extension from Bonesteel to st.
Charles. Work on this extension is
now in progress and will be rushed
with unusual speed. 1t is expected
that the line will be in working order
within a week.