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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25

in Chinese garb leaped lightly over the
low rail of the yacht and extended
hand to Carlton.
Yon gotta he asked laeonieallv.
Yes, have, replied Carlton, s.but
no thanks to you. If you want it now
you II pay fer it, and pay high. +"
The Chinese launched into a voluhle
explanation of his reasons fer failing
TO keep his end of the bargain, but
Carlton waved them aside impatientlv.
Cut that out he said shortly.
81 I'VE got the stuff and the price is
going up every minute you stand here
talking. If you want it at $40 per
pound, it s yours. If not I'll find an
other buyer. Understand thatl''
IAN light, | takee,'' said Yee Tan.
Struggling his shoulders philosophically
Carlton picked up boathook from
the deck and leaning far over the side,
fished under the yacht s quarter for a
moment. Then he rose slowly. hauling
something to the surface at the end Of
,the boathook.
As the phosphorescent water rippled
over its submerged bulk, Gillette reeog-
nized it. The mystery of those steel
chains was solved.
Under the yacht s keel. swung BY
short lengths of chain, hung the mis-
sing bales of opium.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25
Trxxf6 and
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known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best Of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
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on which it acts without any facilitating
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1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
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parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and Cor sale nv all leading drug
gists.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-25

That night on board the yacht, Carl
ton and Gillette dined for the first time
without the unweleome presence of the
silent police officer. who had been daily
at their board since their arrival. Carl
ton was in high spirits. When they
went on deck, for their after-dinner
cigars, he spun long yarns Of his life
in the Islands until late in the night,
when the many lights ashore burned
dim and the busy life of the waterfront
was stilIed.
It was on toward midnight when a
big sampan without lights came drift
ing down upon them through the dark
ness and lay alongside silently. A man
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09

c., where he has just enter, d in a
contest with his patent device for put.
ting mail Off fast moving tri ms and
catching mail on the trail as His
chances of winning out are iiattering
and In case he Is success sful he
promises to become millionaire.
There were fifty-hve entries in the
contest. Sixteen were reserved for a
second test and of these sixteen only
three stood the test OF these three,
the Kurpgeweit invention stood forty
per cent higher than the other two.
Another contest is to be held within
the year, at which Mr. Kurpgeweit
feels confident his device will be
selected by the government. In this
event the government would order all
railroads to equip mail cars with his
device, and thus give him ire
mendous market 1t is suggested here
that, in case of the devices success,
Norfolk would be the logical location
for the factory, as all of Mr.. Kurpge-
weits relatives live in this county. He
is favorably impressed with Norfolk
and, in case his invention is selected
by the government, he promises to
take up the matter of locating his fac.
tory with the Norfolk Commercial
club.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
THURSDAY TIDINGS.

VIII OBrlen is In Omaha
G. A. Smith is in Iowa on business
Nj. G. Hazen was in Wayne Thurs
day.
Mrs. Chapman of Niobrara is visit
ing Mrs. NJ O'Brien.
f. G. Coryell is back from trip to
Ashland and Omaha.
Miss Katheryn Tully of Madison is
the guest of Miss Mona O'Brien.
Misses Ruth and Gertrude Mount OF
Fremont are visiting in Norfolk.
Roy Harlow of Tilden came down
for the contest and to visit his uncle
w. H. Shippee.
Mrs. Ed Martin is up from Madison
on visit with her father and mother
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nyland
Mrs. Bondurant has returned from a
visit at Mt. Moriah, Mo-, where she
was called on account of illness of her
mother, who is now much improved.
Mrs. G. W. Roseberry and daughter
Miss Tessie Roseberry, arrived home
last night from Chicago, where they
have been visiting for the past week
Mrs. Roseberry was accompanied
home by her father, w. M. Ryel who
has been visiting in Chicago for the
past two months.
e. D. Perry is having two houses
erected on South Fifth street.
e. B. Taylor's new home on South
Fifth street is nearly completed.
j. w. Horisky has accepted posi-
ton with c. P. Parish in the latter's
grocery department.
William Hill, Northwestern ma
chinist, will erect a cottage on South
Fourth street this spring.
Work is progressing rapidly on A. B
Baldwin's new cottage on Park avenue
between Fifth and Sixth streets
August Kaun, living four miles nortl
of the city, has moved to Norfolk ant
purchased a lot on South Fifth stree
on which he will erect house.
President A. l.. Killian of the Nor
folk Commercial club, and a few
others, have received invitations tt
attend the annual banquet of the Co
lumbus Commercial club Friday night
Charles Richardson has resigned his
position as janitor of the Bishop block
in which he has served faithfully fol
the past five years, and will accep
the position of janitor of the Gran
school building.
e. A. Bullock has received a lettel
from an eastern publication asking
him to write an article telling of the
practical problem of operating al
electric light plant and an artificia
ice plant together.
A. C. Stear, who for ten years pas
has been connected with the grocer!
department of the Fairstore, ha
taken charge Of the grocery depart
ment of the Luikart department store
now owned by Fl. j. Graves.
L. F. Kurpgeweit OF Greenmont, s
D., formerly Madison county boy, Il
in Norfolk visiting friends. He Is oil
his way home from washington. .
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
Frank Piluer Quits.

County Superintendent Frank Pilger
of Pierce is almost always ION the
job" He has held the "hard work
Offices of pretty nearly every school
organization of north Nebraska. This
year he insisted that someone should
be elected to succeed him as treasurer
of the North Nebraska Teachers as.
ISOLATION. w. e. Miller, who was
elected, has been assisting Mr.. Pilger
throughout the convention and is
familiar with the work.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
Next Years Convention.
MAY MELSER WILL SOW FLAX.
Question of Her Right to File Did Not
Come Up Yesterday.

Gregory, S. D, April Mrs. Mel
ser has decided to raise fax on her
new claim. Indeed, she has secured
the services of big blowing layout"
to put her land in shape for cultiva-
ton. She will move upon 1t as soon
as the weather is fit and will at once
become the pioneer land owner of
this locality.
Splitting two quarter sections of
land in twain to exercise her right Of
choice of 100 acres of the choicest
land in Trip county, May Melser, Of
Kennebec, holder of No. l in the
| famous Trip county drawing of Oc
tober 10, 1908, chose the west half of
the southeast quarter, and the east
half of the southwest quarter of sec
ton 81, township 100, range rs. The
tract lies just south of the government
townsite of Jordan or Witten in the
northwestern part of the county,
where the new private townsite Of
Redhill has just been located short
distance to the north of the Melser
claim
The question of Mrs. Melser's right
to file had been previously passed
upon by Judge Witten and did not
come up at the time of the filing Wien
she appeared with her locator,
Chester Slaughter, of Dallas, paid her
filing fee, took her receipt and left
the Office soon after. The map in the
filing room was Immediately marked
to show that the tract in question had
passed out of the list of lands eligible
to entry.
Otto Schneider, of Mitchell, S. D.,
as number 4, made choice OF the south
west quarter of section 2, township 81,
range 70, being a half mile from the
government townsite of Colome, sit.
uated ten miles from the present ter
minus of the Northwestern road.
Jacob Echert of Wichita, Kan, made
the fifth filing on the south half of the
southeast quarter of section 81, town
ship 9S, range "A, and lot l and the
southeast quarter of the northeast
quarter of section 3, township 81, range
IA.
Samuel Anderson of Albert City, Ia,
was the sixth to file and his choice was
the southwest quarter of section 8,
township 100, range rs, just north of
the new townsite of Redhill, and only
a short distance from the Meser and
Hammer claims.
There will be fifty filings made dur.
ing the day If all the holders or lucky
numbers are on hand to exercise their
right
At large public meeting in the
auditorium at which there, were hun
dreds of the holders OF numbers, Judge
Witten made lengthy address and
gave full instructions as to the filing
as well as paying high compliment
to the qualities OF the country to be
entered.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
Now It's the Smith Circus,

A. o. Perry of Atkinson has dis
posed of his interest in the Perry &
Smith circus now wintering at Kan
sas City, to Smith Brothers of Norfolk,
according to an announcement made
here last night
The circus, which Is the Lemen
Brothers railroad show, will now be
known as Smith Brothers Great Con-
solidated Railroad shows. Up to this
time J. S. Smith has not been in
terested in the circus.
The circus will open May in Kan
sas and swing north into this terri
tory.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
Hidden Crime Comes to Lioht.

Pierre, S. D., April sensational
in the extreme is the effect produced
by the finding in the yard of Mr.. Hol
brook, at East Pierre, the head, shoul
ders and one arm of an infant child
which had evidently been given shall
low burial and afterward been dug up
by dogs and part of the body devoured
This is the fourth discovery of a
similar hidden crime within six weeks
and the community is wrought up to
an intense state of mind.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
President Warner Speaks.
HOLD PILE MEMORIAL
Worth and influence of Late Presi-
dent Subject Of Addresses.

ucUt OuUJCSs VI NubiSoSoo'
The hour just before adjournment
Friday noon was given over by the
teachers to memorial exercises for the
late President ]. M. Pile Of Wayne
college. Ex-State superintendent ]. L.
McBrien of Lincoln and other promi.
nent speakers united in tributes.
Superintendent U. S. Conn of Co.
lumbus, who once taught at Wayne, re-
viewed the history Of the school and
told of President Piles wonderful
courage during the hard times, when
the students often paid their tuition
with loads of corn.
II. f. Mason. the Meadow Grove
banker, who was the first graduate of
the Wayne school, in a tribute to its
founder, declared that the normal
would live and grow whether the state
purchased it or not
II. c. Bright, who has taken up part
of President Piles work and who
spent four years in the Philippines
after being county superintendent OF
Wayne county, gave an eloquent re-
view of the influence exerted by Mr.
Pile over the young people and the
teachers of north Nebraska.
ID. C. O'Connor Of Lincoln, former
city superintendent in Norfolk and
later at the head of the canal zone
schools, paid short tribute.
J. L. McBrien's Address.
The exercises closed with the ad
Ae 80 IL
former state superintendent. Mr.. Nc
Brien said:
II is altogether fitting and proper al
this time on your program, when every
minute is valuable. that this associa
tion reverently pause in obedience tC
the hottest impulses of human nature
to contemplate 'the profoundest mys
terry of human destiny, the mystery
of DEATH" and to pay tribute to the
memory of a faithful husband. low
ing father, a loyal friend, an upright
citizen, an honest man, prudent coun
sellor, a genial companion, a sincere
INSTRUMENTATION James NJ. Pile.
One year ago in this city at the
banquet given by the Nebraska Nor
NAL college. ii was my privilege tC
hear the many earnest and eloquent
words spoken in praise of Presiden
Pile in his living presence. That oc
casion was a tribute that would make
glad the heart of any man. Little die
we dream then what a year would
bring forth Today while the funera
bells are still tolling our departed
friend, we eulogize him with deepe
reverence, a better appreciation anC
a greater love than ever before. W.
have learned the fuller meaning of thu
saying written in the good book, tina
the day of death is better than thu
day of ones birth, and that 1t is bet
ter to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house OF feasting
And yet il is hard for our weak hu
man nature to look upon death saw
rs bitter enemy.
There Is a tradition among thu
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
Where is Garrett?
And where is Il. o. Garrett?

And where is Il. o. Garrett?
Everybody around the teachers con,
vention has been feeling that some
thing was missing, nervous realiza.
ton that something had been for
gotten.
This morning It came into words
when new conner asked: "And
where is Garrett"
e. o. Garrett, the Fremont book
man and last fall the Democratic can.
didate for lieutenant governor, has
missed the convention. 1t has been
limited that demands political have
kept him in Lincoln.
Garrett is usually convention
fixture.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
J. H. WEIGH PRESIDENT.

Deolamatory Association Holds An
nual Meeting at the oxnard.
The annual meeting of the North
Nebraska High School Declamatory
association was held at 8 o'clock yes
terday Afternoon at the Oxnard hotel
City Superintendent j. II. Welch OF
Stanton was elected president, sue
ceedlng ]. A. Doremus of Madison
Miss Amy Leigh Paine, principal OF
the Norfolk high school, was elected
vice president, succeeding e. ]. Bod.
WELL formerly of Norfolk but now of
Beatrice. w. T. Stockdale, superin.
tendent at Wisner was elected secre-
tary-treasurer for the fifth time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
FRIDAY FACTS,

f. D. Daniel left Norfolk Friday for
Alliance, where he will make his
home. He has lived on rural route
No. 4, out of Norfolk, for a year, and
his father had lived here twenty-three
years.
The first April shower of the seas
on arrived in Norfolk during the
night, balmy springlike rain patter-
ing down for few minutes. The
grass and other green things have
begun to take on fresh green tint
and the early garden hoe is already
irritating the ground.
Former Senator William V. Allen of
Madison was in Norfolk over night,
leaving this morning for Lincoln to
ask Governor Shallenberger to sign
the Wayne normal bill. Before ar
irving in Norfolk Senator Allen dis
patched the following telegram to the
governor: Hon. A. c. Shallenberger,
State House, Lincoln. l strongly urge
the approval of the Wayne college
bill. The location is central and ideal.
The property is worth the $4,000
stated. There is no state school in
the Third congressional district"
Willard South is iii.
Lester Weaver is suffering from an
attack of appendicitis.
Mrs. F. j. Young of Pilger is visit
ing friends in Norfolk.
Miss Bertha Stilson of Atkinson is
vi lei praa
w, S. Forhan of Whitefish, Mont, is
here visiting relatives and friends.
l.. A. Brown of Meadow Grove was
in town yesterday afternoon on bust
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Thomas of
Madison are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Vail. Mr.. Thomas
was, for seven years on the big Morti-
mer ranch in Stanton county He and
Mr.. Vail have been friends for thirty
years.
An eleven pound son arrived Thurs
day morning at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin White.
A special conclave of Damascus
commandery, No. 20, X. t., will be
held this evening at o'clock.
"Tac" Peters, a barber, sliced his
finger to the bone with razor yes
terday, and will be unable to work
for several days. Two stitches were
taken in the finger.
Frank Jewell, steeplejack from
Hawarden, Ia, is in Norfolk visiting
his friend, John Weidenfeler. Jewell
claims to have climbed the fiagpole on
the Singer building in New York in
full view of 1900 people. He climbed
the fiagpole on the Citizens National
bank building during the forenoon
and painted it.
The Madison county mortgage
record for March is announced as fol
lows by George E. Richardson, county
clerk: Farm mortgages, filed 46,
amounting to $145,952.S5, released Al
amounting to $73,53746; city mort
cages, filed 20, amounting to 17,513.34
released 95, amounting to $25566.91;
chattel mortgages, filed ISL, amount
ing to $55 .14416, released 113, amount
ing to $39.717.90. The mortgages filed
amounted to $2,1S6.09 and the mort,
cages released amounted to s13S,S20
The mortgaged Indebtedness of the
county increased $79,7S9.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
Fremont AGAINST WAYNE.

Yesterday Mayor WOLF in behalf OF
the city, sent telegram to Governor
Shallenberger asking him to veto the
Wayne normal bill. Similar messages
were sent by other persons. Waldo
Wintersteen sent one calling the gov.
ernor's attention to the fact that such
an act would be highly gratifying to
his Democratic constituents of Ere
mont
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09

ent j. II. WEIGH Of Stanton. City Su.
perintendent W. F, Finnegan Of Harting.
ton, Miss Florence Donaldson prin.
cipal OF the Madison high school,
Judges; County Superintendent A. V.
iced of Ponca, referee.
Timekeeper, County Superintendent
Murphy of Knox county.
viii Go to Lincoln.
North Nebraska will be represented
in the state contest at Lincoln by the
three young men who won first place
last evening.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
A. v. TEED HERE.
Former President and Apostle of Sun.
shine Prominent in Convention.

FUTmef PresTdent and Apostle OF sun
shine Prominent in Convention.
A. V. Teed of Ponca, sometimes
known as Sunshine iced of Dixon,
who was president of the successful
convention of year ago, has been a
prominent figure in the political and
social side of the teachers conven
ton.
In matters political and in matters
not political, iced has always won
favor with his motto, Let the blessed
sunshine in"
That's one reason that the man
from Ponca with the glad smile and
the happy word was made chairman
of the resolution committee
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
Non, Under 2, should Dance.


Declaring the modern waltz and two
step to be the most helnous form OF
dancing ever introduced, DR., NJ. "
O'Shea OF Wisconsin university told
The teachers of north Nebraska Friday
morning that the modern ball room
was no place for young man or
woman under twenty.one.
DIR. OShea declared that young
folks developed too young. He con.
demned vigorously the crowding down
of adolescent interests and made his
plea that the young people be kept
boys and girls as long as possible.
Failure TO do this meant, he said, a
vital loss both to the individual and
TO the community The decay OF
Naples in Italy was, he pointed out,
largely due to the sitting of youthful
development.
ls a Noted Educator,
Dr. O'Shea came to the convention
from the University of Wisconsin
where he is at the head of the educa-
tional department He is one of the
big men in the educational world.
With Trend of the Teens" as his
subject Dr. O'Shea made many en-
phatic statements to the teachers at
the morning session He made clear
specific cases where the teach
ers were instructing in too mature a
way.
Would Restore Old Dances.
DR.. O'Shea would restore the old
folk dances and would have them
taught in the schools. But no child
should dance modern dance or visit
a dance room until twenty-one. "And
1t would be better If they did not step
inside until they were twenty-five
They would enjoy 1t more" declared
the speaker with emphasis.
The speaker further paid his re-
spects to high school fraternities
which he condemned unstintedly.
High School Love Affairs.
DR.. OShea went into the psychology
of high school love affairs and note
writing. He did not think that these
youthful love affairs could be weeded
out In fact the professor admitted
that the greatest danger was in
specialization and that the high school
boy who had three or four affairs"
was much better off than where a
single strong attachment ran through
the school years.
The Vital Years for the Child.
The vital years in the child's life
were declared to be from eleven and
twelve to fifteen, sixteen and seven
teen, the great remodeling period of
life, when care should be taken Of the
forces which came in contact with the
plastic nature of youth.
The Evening Address.
Hidden Forces in Life and Educa.
ton" was the subject of the evening
address delivered by Dir. O'Shea be-
fore the convention. While of tech
nical nature, it abounded in human in
terest and was we'll received. The
Wisconsin man is credited with being
one of the hest speakers of real worth
who has addressed a Norfolk audi
ence.
President Warmer Speaks.
President Warner of Yankton col
lege followed DR. O'Shea on the morn
ing program, He spoke on what Is
OF Greatest Worth"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JouRNAI FRIDAY APRIL 1909

the Wayne school Mr.. Mullen is
said 70 be lighting the bill in the In
terest vi future school prospects for
O'Neill.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
MULLEN FIGHTS WAYNE BILL.

He's the Chief Obstacle, Wayne Nor
NAL People Say.
Supporters Of the Wayne normal
school declare that Arthur Mullen OF
O'Neill is the chief obstacle 10 getting
Governor Shallenberger's signature to
the bill appropriating $4,000 to buy
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09
j. A. Doremus Is President.

President, City Supt. j. A. Doremus
of Madison.
Vice president, City Supt. A. e.
Fisher of Neigh.
Secretary, Miss Nina Longcor OF
Creighton.
Treasurer. County Supt. w. e. Miller
of Harrington.
]. A. Doremus, the Madison city SUI
perintendent who for the past year has
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-04-09

been vice president of the North Ne
braska Teachers association, was
honored by being advanced to the
presidency at the Friday morning bust
ness session. Mr.. Doremus has been
an efficient worker on the executive
committee and will bring energy and
intelligence to the task of having an
other record meeting next year.
A Contest for offices.
Two candidates were placed In the
field for president, Mr.. Doremus and
w. NJ Finnegan, II popular city super
intendent from Harrington. Mr.. Dore-
mus was elected by a good size ma
jority.
For vice president, A. f.. Fisher of
Neigh and Mr.. Finnegan were nomi-
mated Mr.. Fisher winning out by a
close vote.
Miss Nina Longcor of Creighton
had no opposition for secretary
Miss Loncor is the normal training in
structor in the Creighton schools.
w. E. Miller Succeeds PiIger.
Frank Pilger of Pierce, who as
treasurer of the association has had
much to do with the success of con-
ventions in the past, this year de-
clined to serve longer His successor,
W. e. Miller of Harrington, county SUI
perintendent of Cedar county, was
chosen by reclamation.
Resolutions Committee.
The following committee on resolu-
tions was appointed: County Super
intendent A. V. iced of Ponca, SUI
perintendent J. A. Doremus of Madi-
son and Miss Florence link of ONeill,
county superintendent of Holt county.
Next Years Convention.
While the question of next years
convention has not been taken up and
will probably be left to the executive
committee there is no disposition so
far on the part of anyone to suggest
any other convention city than Nor
folk.