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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
The Criminal Always With Us.

Washington, Jan. lin vigorous
message sent to congress today
President Roosevelt declares the con
dition of the penal and reformatory
institutions of the national capital to
be about as bad as can be, and recon-
mends immediate and generous legis-
ation to correct the crying evils.
The message is based upon the re-
port handed him by a commission,
consisting of Judge Wendell p. Stat
ford John JOY Edison and Robert V.
La Dow, the appointment of which
was recommended by congress, and
which, after thorough examination
of the various institutions of the Dis
triCt of Columbia, made tour of in
speCtiOn of some of the principal cit
les of the country for the purpose of
finding the most approved methods of
caring for the wards of the public.
The result of the commissions labors
is the recommendation of radical
change in the system now in vogue,
and includes the conversion of the
present Jail into a house of detention;
the establishment of a reformatory
and work house, each upon a
thousand acre farm, where the in
mates can be employed in shops and
upon agricultural work; and the
adoption of a parole law and a proba-
tiOnary system.
The president comments upon the
fact that the Jail and work house
now in use are frightfully overcrowd-
ed. in most cases." he says, two
or three prisoners are confined in a
single cell not large enough for one,
and in regard to the fact that all the
prisoners of the Jail are maintained
in idleness, he says, they belong,
moreover, to a class of prisoners that
specially need and dread to be put
to work"
Discussing the overcrowding of
prisoners and the compulsory associa-
tion of the innocent with the guilty,
the commission says: That men and
women should be sent to these mar
row and crowded cells, the innocent
with the guilty, the first offender with
the hardened criminal, in one promis,
cuous assembly, to corrupt and be
corrupted by each other, the lazy to
be humored and fostered in their lazi-
ness, the Industrious to be deprived
of every form of employment, to be
fed like beasts and maintained at the
public charge, not only with no pros
pect of improvement in their condi,
tion but with the moral certainty that
they will come out far worse than
they went in, is fact that has be.
come a stencil in the nostrils of the
whole community and ought to be felt
as a shame and disgrace to the whole
nation whose representatives are re-
sponsible for its existence"
In spite of the progress made by
civilization, the commission finds the
general situation gloomy in the ex-
treme. "The confession must be
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
Just $500 Miles of Talk.

If all the telephone talks made in
Norfolk in DAY were combined into
one noise. 1t would echo from Frisco
to the other coast
If all the conversations which triCklC
through the central Office of the Ne
braska company in Norfolk were tied
end to end the twonty-four hours
stream of talk would run over two
weeks and then have the last word to
say
The telephone voice" is almost as
much used in Norfolk as the natural
voice
Some Norfolk business men hold
more conversations over the telephone
tnan they do face to race"
Just $500 Talks a Day.
Did YOU ever think of the number
of telephone talks made in Norfolk in
a single day
The Nebraska company makes a
is this years record:
January 4, 6,75i talks.
January 5, 6,249 talks.
January 6, 6,525 talks.
The total for three days is 1888
talks. 1t would be a busy bunch of
hello girls" who could catch the gist
of 10000 talks in three days.
5000 Miles of Talk.
AS the average telephone instrument
is probably about half mile ron the
central office in Norfolk, the average
conversation has to go a mile. SO there
are $500 miles of talk day without
doubling up on single conversations
From 10 to II Busy.
The "busy" hours in the central Of
flee are from 10 To II in the morning
Women are great telephone takers
and they talk the most between 10 and
II. Once in a long time the busiest
hour in the day is between 3 and
in the afternoon
The telephone day runs from in
the morning until 10 at night. People
begin to talk in the winter at about
o'clock, in the summer before
o'clock. Farm lines are busy in the
evening. But 10 o'clock is always the
jumping off hour in the evening
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
ICE HARVEST is ON.
River Frozen to Depth of Sixteen or
Seventeen Inches

Valentine, Neb., Jan. l2.-Special to-
The News: The Northwestern rail-
road company has begun their annual
ice harvest at this place and expect to-
be here two weeks at least The ice
is in fine shape being about sixteen
or seventeen inches thick and as clear
as a crystal They generally employ
about a hundred men and thirty or
forty teams. The last two days has
been spent in getting the chute and
every thing in readiness, and work is
now going in good shape.
Clearwater, Neb., Jan. Especial
to The News: r. II. Norwood's gang
of ice-cutters have commenced har-
vesting the seasons crop on the
Evans bayou northwest of town ana
are filling the ice house of Chace &c
Son. The ice is of excellent quality
and nearly a foot in thickness.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15

weighing at least nifty tons. II placed
under this load the horses would be
crushed to n shapelcss mass. Would
Or Mackay say this team lifted" the
car?
would also take exception to the
idea expressed in this statement, "to
move heavy load horse must him.
self have weight, a considerable per
cent of which need only be fat" t. y. IL
a horse only has the weight, II matters
not If his weight is largely fat My
experience has been that IL to- Il normal
muscular horse of twelve hundred
weight, hundred pounds of fat be ad.
dod. while he might be able to start
n slightly heavier load he would not
be able to draw 1t nearly so far be-
fore exhaustion as he could have done
before he added the fat.
Weight is not a necessary lndiCa-
tiou of an animals pulling strength. |
have seen little span of mules draw
a load all day long that would have cX-
hausted a much heavier team of
horses, and yet be as lively and as
ready to kick the hat off your head
when night comes as they were in
the morning.
see no reason from all the proofs
have so far seen cited to abandon the
old.fashioned idea that the horse pulls
the wagon"
r. +. Marwood.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15

made that society is still In state
of seige," says the report. "lf we
doubt 1t we have only to notice the
bars and bolts on every hand the
Waterman, the policeman, every.
where. After four thousand years of
social order of one sort or another,
after two thousand years of chris.
tianity 1t is still the fact that those
who have must maintain their posses
sions by force or the threat of force.
The mailed hand Of government Is
over every house and shop and bank
vault in the civilized world and APP.
parontly it must be so for centuries to
come The criminal problem must be
looked upon as practically perma.
nont."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
Smallest Baby Dead.

Sioux, City, Jan. 12.-After living
for thirteen days swathed in bandages,
her every action watched to preserve
if possible the tiny spark of life, the
infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. f.
Dolph, 1901 West Fourth street, died
from infantile commissions. The baby
was the smallest ever born in Sioux
city.
On December 2S the stork visited
the Dolph home and left the tiny bit
of femininity, who was the wonder
and admiration of neighbors and rela-
tiyes IF the family, Weighing only
sixteen ounces and only fifteen inches
in length, the little one was perfectly
formed and seemed to be healthy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
A. o. U. w. INSTALLATION.
Semi-Public installation Of Officers
Followed by OYSTER Supper.

W S'''SS' .
Followed by oyster Supper.
The newly elected officers OF the
Norfolk lodge of the a. o. L. w. were
installed last evening with appropriate
ceremonies at a semi-public installa-
ton In addition to a good attendance
of members some thirty-iive ladies'
were present.
The officers indicted into office
were: j. IL. Tough, past master work
man: ED Mullen, master workman;
ed Conley, foreman; w, l.. Parker,
ovcrseer; Arthur Ward, guide; c. l..
Anderson, financier; John Quick, re
ceivcr; NJ. Moolick, recorder; George
Knapp inside watch; o. J. Daniel, out
side watch; DR.. W. II. Ilagey, medical
examiner. There was also one initia-
ton and one reinstatement.
Deputy A. b.. Dillon was the install
ing officer.
The evening closed with an oyster
supper in G. A. X. hall.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
C. S. Bridge Resigns.
SAYS HORSE DOESN'T lift"
Marwood Claims That "PuIl" is the
Proper Word.

Editor News Does a horse pull,
push or lift a load? | too have read
something of the discussion that has
been going on in certain Sioux City
and Omaha papers and was much in
terested in the theory that DR.. Mackay
advocates in Mondays News, and
which he states is substantiated by
British, Canadian, and other govern
ment reports, that the horse neither
pushes nor pulls but lifts the load.
The authorities cited by DR.. Mackay
do not prove, to my mind, that the
horse lifts the load, but only that the
horse has lifting power. The contro-
versy in the aforesaid papers was
concerning this question, Does the
horse pull or push the wagon?' The
proofs cited by DR.. Mackay explode
the absurdity of the horses pushing the
wagon but do not prove that the horse
either lifts the wagon or that he does
not pull it.
While a horses strength is meas
ured scientifically by the number of
foot-pounds he can lift I'm given time
by means of rope, pulley and weight
it seems to me that it is perfectly
proper to say The horse pulls the
wagon"
To lift" implies movement perpen-
dicularly. 1t also implies that the
litter, in the absence of pulleys or
other means OF multiplying strength,
is able to stand under the load lifted.
have seen a small dray-team on a
side.track draw q loaded freight car
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
Notice of Administrators Sale.

In the district court of Madison
county, Nebraska.
In the matter of the application Of
Jack Koenigstein administrator Of
the estate of Wilhelmina May. de-
ceased, for leave to sell real estate.
Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance of an order of the Hon. Arson A.
Nelch, judge of the district court OF
Madison county Nebraska, made on
the I'd day of January, 1909. for the
sale Of the real estate hereinafter de
scribed there viii be sold at public
vendue to the highest bidder for cash
upon the promises herein described
in said county on the 4th dav IF Feb
ruary, 1909, at the hour of 10 o'clock
a. m. the following described real es-
tate, to-wit: Lot twenty (2O) and an
undivided interest in lots twenty-one
and twenty-five, all i'm block one OF
Riverside Park addition to Norfolk.
Madison county, Nebraska. Said sale
VIII remain open one hour.
Dated this Sth day of January. 1909
Jack Koenigstein,
Administrator of the estate of vii
helmina May, deceased.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
BIG WOLF ROUNDUP TODAY.
Stanley and Lyman Counties Are Be-
ina Secured.

Stanley and Lyman Counties Are Be-
ing Secured,
Sioux Falls, S. d., Jan. 12.-Special
to The News: One of the most sys-
tematic wolf round-ups in the history
of western South Dakota, is taking
place today in wide extent of ter
ritOry situated in the southern part of
Stanley and western part of Lyman
counties The roundup parties, mount
ed upon ponies, gathered early this
morning and were divided into four
wings, under competent captains. Each
wing went in a different direction and
the country for many miles around is
hcing carefully searched for wolves
as it was customary for the Old-time
cattle roundup parties to search for
cattle. None of those participating
was permitted to carry a rifle, being
limited to shotguns and lariats as
weapons. Neither are dogs other than
hounds taking part in the roundup.
That it will be one of the most exciting
wolf round-ups ever pulled off in South
Dakota appears certain. Wolves are
numerous in that section and ii is ex-
pected that many of them will be
killed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
Death of /, Smith.

Valentine, Neb., Jan. Especial to
The News: Word reached here of the
death of l.. Smith, a resident Of this
city who has been in a hospital at
Omaha for the past month, having
undergone an operation for stomach
trouble. His body will be taken to-
Beemer, Neb., for burial, Beemer be-
ing the home of his relatives. He
leaves a wife and no children. He
is an old settler here and has been q
farmer for the past year or so
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
ACCIDENT WAS FATAL.
Alnsworth Farmer Dies From Fall Oh
Windmill,

Wln0mllI.
Alnsworth Neb.. Jan. Especial
to The News: John NJ. Gustafon, an
old pioneer, was buried here Sunday
afternoon with Masonic honors. The
deceased was born IN EsterJotIand
Scotland, March %, 1SiS, and died in
st. Joseph hospital, Omaha, last
Thursday.
On Saturday. January 2, he was fix.
Ing windmill on his place few
miles east of town when the frame
work gave way and he fell backwards
some eighteen feet His left arm
was badly shattered and he suffered
many internal injuries. Or Lambly
was called and he summoned Drs
Remy and Smith to his aid and his in
jurics were attended TO according &c
the best medical skin. However, as
he did not improve as was hoped. he
was taken by Or. Lambly and Miss
Mabel Gustafson, daughter, tC
Omaha Wednesday morning
Mr.. Gustafson came to America
when he was twenty, locating in Hi
nois He came to Nebraska in the
early '70s, locating in Furnas county
He lived for time in Grant county
and came here in 1900. he was a gooC
neighbor and kind husband and ia
Their, He was a successful farmer anC
business man and will be greatly
missed In this community. He leaves
widow and seven children to mourn
his loss
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15

The revolver was cooked and while
holding the revolver so that the barreA
pointed towards his breast, the boy
result that the revolver was dis
charged the ball entering the left
breast about on and onc-half inches
to the right of the left nipple. Drs-
Kalar 4 Kalar were called on Tuesday
evening to take charge of the case
their hospital Wednesday noon ana
an effort is being made to locate the
bullet with the aid of Mays.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
ponca Enoineer Dies on Duty.

Ponca. Neb., Jan. 12.-The citizens
of Ponca were shocked when the news
flashed over town that Selim Madison,
the city engineer, was found dead in
the pumping station in the evening. The
cause of death at this time is un-
known, but was presumably heart
failure. He had been a citizen of
Ponca for many years, was fifty years
old, and leaves a wife and two small
children, two brothers and three Sis.
tiers, two of whom live in Sioux City.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
DIDN'T KNOW 1T WAS LOADED.
Another North Nebraska Boy Dan
gerousIy Hurt While Hunting.

Creighton Liberal: Alfred Poggen.
see, the eleyen-year-old nephew of
Pete Thompson, was brought to the
Kalar hospital Wednesday noon from
Magnet with serious wound in his
left breast and there is only slight
hope for his recovery. The boy took
a 32-caliber revolver out of the older
brothers trunk on his parents farm
three miles south and one mile east
of Magnet, and started out hunting.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
% BELOW NEAR NEWPORT.
That Was Degree of Frigidity Record
ed at kirkWood

Newport, Neb., Jan. 12.-Special to-
The News: 1t was 22o below zero ac-
cording to the self-registering Their
mometer at Krliwood postofiice, seven
miles north of here at o'clock yes
torday morning.
AinswOrth, Ncb., Jan. Especial
to The News: The mercury dropped
to 10 below zero here Saturday night
and was only ) below the warmesr
part of Sunday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
BLIZZARD ANNIVERSARY.
Twenty-one Years Ago Tuesday the
Bic Storm Came.

Tuesday was the twenty-frst ami
yersary of the big blizzard of January
II, 1883, which took so many lives i'm
this country. Many people still vivid.
ly remember it. 1t was a warm day
when suddenly the wind veered to the
north, snow fell and a storm ragged
that has never had an equal.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
Hawarden Hotel DESTROYED

Hawarden, Ia, Jan. 12.-The North
western hotel of this place, owned by
Will King, caught fire from an over
heated stove and was almost entirely
destroyed. The loss is fully covered
by insurance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
Praise for County Attorney EberIy

Stanton, Neb., Jan. ll.-Special to
Inc news: At their session last week
the board of county commissioners
awarded the county printing to the
three Stanton county papers, Stanton
Register, Stanton Picket and Pilger
Herald, at full legal rates. divided
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
A. L. kiIIian the President.


A. l.. Killian, president.
H. A. Pasewalk vice president.
j. ID. Sturgeon, secretary.
Treasurership and vacancy on board
to be filled at the next meeting.
The Commercial club directors,
meeting last evening with Secretary ].
d. Sturgeon, organized for the years
work by choosing A. l.. Killian as presi-
dent and H. A. Pasewalk as vice presi-
dent and retaining J. D. Sturgeon as
secretary.
Both in the election of its officers
and in an informal discussion of the
years work ahead the board gave
signs of unamimity of opinion which
argued well for a successful start in
the new year.
The directors meet again Tuesday,
when their organization will be com
pleted.
c. J. Fleming and !. E. Haase were
named as a committee to look up a
suitable meeting place for the direc-
tors, who plan to return to the prac-
tice of holding weekly meetings at the
noon hour.
C. S. Bridge Resigns.
C. S. Bridge mas resigned from the
board of directors Although not a
member of the club at the time the
annual meeting was held Mr.. Bridge
was nevertheless chosen a director.
His place will be filled Tuesday
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
TO ELECT OFFICERS.

Commercial Club Directors Meet To-
night to Organize for the Year.
The recently elected board of di-
rectors of the Norfolk Commercial
club will meet this evening with Sec
rotary Sturgeon to organize for the
coming year
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15

It was another coolest night of the
year in Norfolk. Not in two years
has the murcury dropped lower than
it did Monday night in this city.
Tuesday morning saw a change OF
wind to the south, with indications for
rising temperature. This is the weath-
err forecast.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15

country will depend for its prosperity
The soil and lay of the land cant be
beat by any other county of its size"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
WoIfkiel-WileS,

James T, Wofkiel and Amy e Wiles
of Norfolk were married Wednesday in
Sioux City.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
North Nebraska Deaths.

w. II. Parker, a former resident of
Clay Ridge, near Elgin, died last week
in Lincoln.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
Northwest Weddings

Andrew Hultquist and Miss Maude
II. Totten were married in Elgin.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
Sixteen Below Zero During Night.

Sixteen Below Zero During Night.
lG below zero in Norfolk
is below in the Black Hills.
to below in the Rosebud.
% below yesterday at Kirliwood.
Ncb., near Newport
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-24
A conIMrrrEE MEETING.

The members of the literature com
mittee of the Hammond Woman's club
met yesterday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Edith Griffin, 40 Ogden street.
Ding to the disagreeable weather there
was not as large an attendance as ex-
pected, although thirty members ans
called to order by the chairman, Mrs.
Z. P Deming, after which Mrs. H. F.
Meikle, secretary for the day, read the
minutes of the previous meeting. Mrs.
Griffin, who was in charge of yester-
days meeting, opened the program
with a splendid talk on Grecian and
Roman drama. Mrs. Deming followed
by giving a very beautiful instrumental
solo. Mrs. v. S. Reiter gave short
talk on Sophocles, which was one of
the enjoyable numbers on the pro-
gram Mrs H F. Meikle read a poem
on the Colonns Garden at Athens. In
the absence of one of the members
Mrs. Edith Griffin talked about
Euripides the Athenian tragic poet
Another interesting paper was read by
Mrs. Mindberg when she told of Aristo-
planes. Mrs. J. w. Harrington closed
the program by reading a very in
teresting program on Roman Drama
Mrs. Herington brought out many
comparisons in the Roman and Greek
Drama. The program was one of the
most entertaining of the year and was
enjoyed by all the members present
The next meeting will be in two weeks
at the home of Mrs. Deming in Carroll
street
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-24
Briefs.

Henry Newcomer of Lowell spent the
past week end at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. A. Kinkade in West Hammond.
Miss Anna Blackburn has returned
from few days visit with friends in
Chicago.
Miss Clara Dibos has returned to her
home in Chicago after a few days visit
with her mother, Mrs. Caroline Dibos of
Fayette street. Miss Dibos came to
attend the K. of C. party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barmore have returned
to their home in Ravenswood, Ill, after
a few days visit with Mr.. and Mrs A
A Ward of State Line street.
Charles Stommel returned to Dyer to-
day after a few days visit with Ham
mond friends and relatives.
V. H. Messenger of Hyde Park trans.
acted business in Hammond today.
w H. Durbin of Anderson, Ind wa,
business visitor in Hammond today
George Baker of Gary was in Ham
mond yesterday on business.
Frank Orth of Indiana Harbor trans
acted business in Hammond yesterda,
afternoon.
d. Radgeley of Peoria. was in Ham
mond today on short business visit.
Judge w w. Mcmahon is in Indian
apolis on a few days business visit
having left Hammond on Monday to re
main a few days
Miss Helen Ahlendorf of Whiting ha
been spending a few days with Mr.. an,
! Mrs. Ahlendorf at their home in Shelf
field avenue.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Meeker have re
/ turned from few days visit wit
\ friends in Chicago
Mrs. Fred Eckhart of Chicago is ex
pected to visit friends in Hammond to
morrow afternoon.
I Mrs. w. D. Clarke, formerly of Ham
mond. but now of Englewood, will b
the guest of Hammond friends tomor
row.