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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11
MORE MUSIC AND LESS POWDER.

MORE MUSIC AND LESS POWDER.
The demand for a safe and sane
Fourth of July is becoming more in
sistent with each recurring year. 1t
is probable that more advance will
be made along this line in 1910 than
ever before.
There has been very popular idea
that noise and patriotism were twins.
1t has prevailed for more than cen
fury. We have used millions of dol
lars worth of explosives to demon
strate our undying loyalty to the flag.
Year by year in our glee we have
burned up millions of dollars worth
of property by the careless use of
fire crackers and toy pistols and the
death roll of men and boys has con-
stantly increased. The climax has
been reached. The edict has gone
forth, from the homes of the land,
that this unnecessary waste of pro-
perty and carnage of death must
stop. In Boston no explosives Of any
size will be allowed this year. 1t
has been decided in advance to have
less noise and more music, less pow.
der and more flags. Let the plan
spread throughout the country. A
safety and Sanity on the Fourth"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11
LIVING STANDARDS CHANGE.


Perhaps the largest aspect of the
cost of living problem is how to keep
pace with our changed standards.
Twenty years ago, in the country at
least, sick people were nursed by vol
unteer watchers. Now the trained
nurse has to be paid $40 per week.
Consultation of specialists was a
rare thing twenty years ago. Now
families that are careful for children's
health are paying high charges to ocu-
lists, aurists, high grade dentists,
throat specialists. Instead of old
time dollar fees to the country doc.
tor, there are $50 operations for ade.
noids and so on.
Comparatively few country people,
and minority of city people twenty
years ago, used to take summer va
cations. Now this expensive habit is
very general. Now that most wealthy
people take winter vacations, it will
not be long before Florida and West
Indian trips will become verv common.
Many of these things see.-r absolutely
needed according to modern knowl-
edge, but it is not strange that it
is growing increasingly difficult to
save money.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Governor Hadley of Missouri be-
lieves that the problem of how to re.
duce the cost of living will never be
solved until every family keeps a
COW. If this is true the fiat dwellers
in the cities have quite long prob.
lem ahead of them, unless Edison can
come to the rescue and invent long
distance electrical milking machine
which may be operated from the kitch.
en- of the fiat while bessie grazes in
country pastures.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11
OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS.

Not further restriction but merely
to make possible such restriction as
the existing law intends, but has not
accomplished is the object of pro-
posed new immigration law recon-
mended by Daniel j. Keefe, the COM
missioner general of immigration in
his report for the fiscal year 1909.
Some of the principal suggestions
are:
So defining the term "alien" as to
leave no doubt that it includes all
persons not citizens, extending the
contract labor provisions to forbid and
penalize the inducement of immigra-
ton by false as well as genuine pro-
misses eff employment, penalizing an at
tempt to import foreign laborers, and
permitting the importation of alien
skilled laborers if labor of like kind
only if the consent of the secretary
of commerce and labor is obtained in
advance; increasing the fine against
steamship companies for taking on
board dangerously diseased aliens
from 800 to 5000.
Mr.. Keefe believes the time is ripe
for the adoption of even stricter meas
ures and suggests that proposal wor-
thy of careful thought is that all male
aliens between 16 and SO be required
to pass a physical examination equal
to that observed for army recruits.
Touching the white slave" traffic
the report sets out that a special
investigation conducted throughout
the country and the general expert
ence Of the year, make it apparent
that an enormous business is done in
importing and distributing foreign wo-
men for immoral purposes, including
the seduction and distribution of alien
women and girls who enter regularly
and also to some extent of American
women and girls. The federal Off
GERS have not discovered positive evil
dence of the existence of a syndicate
for those nefarious purposes, but
there is among those who conduct
the business certain esprit de corps,
and there are in several cities clubs
and headquarters where they congre-
gate"
immigration, which during 1909, fell
off from tho twp nraviouS wars the
commissioner says, is reassuming nor
NAL proportions.
There were issued during the year
1887 certificates of naturalization, an
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11
HASKELL'S HIGHWAY PLAN.
Oklahoma Governor Advocates q State
Good Roads Commission.

Good Roads Commission.
Governor Haskell said recently that
he will recommend to the Oklahoms
legislature, possibly at a special SEES
sion, the creation of state good roads
commission and the office Of state en,
gineer and will favor the continuance
OF good roads from one county into
another
'The building of roads-that is, per.
manent and good roadside said. lis
quite rs large an undertaking as build
ing railroads. They should be of large
extent and should not be stopped arbi.
trarily at the county line just because
the authority of the county commits.
sioners does not extend into the next
county. The way to build our roads
state wide Is to create II good roads
commission to act as consulting
board for the various sets OF county
commissioners. The engineer of the
board would. in fact, be state engi.
neer. who would plan the best surveys
for good roads from state standpoint
and lay the plans before the sets OF
county commissioners for approval
and the voting Of the necessary bonds
to defray the expense by counties as
must be done under the present good
roads law. The only thing that the
state can furnish is convict labor"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

North and South Dakota, Montana
and Washington celebrate their TWEEN.
ty-first anniversary this year. These
states have developed at marvellous
rate during these twenty-one years.
Their growth has added immensely to
the wealth of the nation, and the end
is not yet, for each of them is capable
of supporting several times their popu-
lation. The natural resources are cap
able of vast development and their
future looks as bright as their past
has been surprising.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11
Professor Percival Lowell believes

Professor Percival Lowell believes
he has discovered canals on the planet
Mars, but other equally noted astron-
omers deny that any evidence of them
exists. Astronomers do not seem to
be making the progress that other
sciences are. When Calico discovered
Jupiter's four moons with a very ordi-
nary telescope, 800 years ago, it was
supposed that the vast improvement
in astronomical instruments would
lead to wonderful discoveries, but the
results have been somewhat disap-
pointing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The defeat of James X. Vardaman's
candidacy for senator from Missis.
sippi by man who was not born
till 1861 and therefore free of the
prejudices resulting from participa-
ton in the civil war, is an evidence
of the growth of the new south. Var
daman belonged wholly to the old
south. Whether Leroy Percy who de-
feated him will make good" or not
no one can say. He is practically I'M
known outside of the state, but he, at
least, will not try to reopen the old
war issues.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

General Kuropatkin has spent the
past two years in writing a book en-
titled Russia for the Russians" which
criticises the foreign policy of the
government for the past hundred
years in the wasteful expenditure of
life and money upon aims which were
in no sense national. Development
at home and not foreign aggression is
the hope of Russia. according 20 the
wise old general.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

A considerable acreage of winter
wheat is reported damaged in six of
the leading winter wheat states. Sup
plies of wheat in sight in the United
States are so moderate that any
losses in the coming crop would seem
especially serious if it were not known
that invisible stocks of wheat and
flour are liberal. The country goes
into the new season with larger re-
serves than for the past two years.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

There is great range of prices
within the limits of the United States
for the board and lodging of travellers.
In the south they can be obtained for
from 81 to $3.50 a day. In the far
west from 81 to $3.50. In the centrar
west the average is SO and $3.50, and
in the east from 81 to Sc. These are
figures given by travelling employees of
the agricultural department.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Farm Lands VIII Be Settled More
Rapidly, More Good Crops viii Be
Raised, and the Consumer viii Re.
ceive Supplies at Smaller Prices.
a mud road in the endcavor to draw
half load affords striking object
lesson of road Improvement when com.
pared TO II team drawing Il heavily
loaded wagon at comfortable trOt
along stone surfaced road This iso.
lated example must be multiplied 10y
100000 IN order TO obtain the cumu-
lative effect of bad roads upon traffic
in the United States. Not less than
$2JO,OO0OOO Is the useless tribute an.
nually levied upon the people Of the
United States by its bad roads.
In 1896 II widespread inquiry made
~ the Office of public roads indicated
that the average cost of hauling on
roads in the United States was %
cents per ton per mile. In 1906 the
bureau of statistics ascertaincd from
its $500 county correspondents that
the average cost per ton per mile was
about % cents and the average length
OF haul o. miles.
The high cost of hauling Is not the
only burden which the American
people are carrying by reason OF their
bad roads tn traversing II region Of
country Isolated from markets by rca-
son of bad roads one is struck by the
wastes of untitled land and by the
hack of variety in the products. This
is a condition more frequently due to
lack Of adequate transportation facili-
ties than to lack of industry and intel
ligenc" If the inhabitants.
The point may be illustrated by as
suming Il series of concentric circles
to be drawn about market town or
railroad station, constituting zones OF
production in all of which the roads
are uniformly bad. Within the first
zone all products can be delivered to
market at n profit. Within the second
zone certain products must be eimi-
mated because of the length of haul.
Milk, small fruits and certain kinds
of vegetables requiring quick delivery
and careful transportation might be
cited as examples.
In the third zone still other products
must be eliminated because of the
prohibitive cost of hauling. The
fourth zone will include only those
products which can be held until the
roads are passable and then hauled
long distances and sold at profit.
Beyond this zone the land must be
left unproductive or utilized for graz
ing and timber.
Every improvement in the roads
leading from this market widens these
zones. makes unproductive land pro.
ductive and enables the farmer to ex-
ercise wider discretion in determin.
ing the character of his crops. The
prosperity of the individual farmer be-
comes far greater, the traffic Of the
railroad increases, the consumer re-
ceives better supplies at lower prices.
and thus the beneficial effects continue
in an ever widening circle.
While it is impossible to assign an
arbitrary percentage or amount to rep.
resent the increase in land values by
reason Of road improvement. it is gen
orally believed that the average In.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

If woman suffragists would devote
their boundless energy to gaining
more women to join their movement
instead of arguing with and abusing
the men, there would be greater ulti-
mate success of this movement.
When a majority of the American wo-
men want the ballot, it will be given
them without any such demonstration
as the English women are making to
secure il.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11
NORFOLK ENTERPRISE.

The practical unanimity with which
Norfolk property owners signed the
paving petition, is enough to bring
joy to the heart of the entire city.
The spirit of progressiveness and en-.
terprise thus shown, means much for
the future of Norfolk.
Now that more than enough sigma
lures have been secured, Mayor Fri
day and the city council will be free
to go ahead with all haste in the paw
ing movement, and there's every pros
pect that this is the last spring Wen
see Norfolk avenue in its present de-
plorable condition.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11
Good Road Movement sprsadinn.

The split log drag is still meeting IA.
Vor In many parts of the United States
GOOD roads associations are being
formed all the time, and better roads
are making their appearance over
many sections OF the United States.
All this agitation will lead to perma-
heht roads The quicker the better.
Get into the movement.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

1t is rather a surprising fact that
$500 men in the Atlantic squadron
did not know how to swim and were
taught that accomplishment, thought
to be almost instructive in boys, while
the squadron was holding winter
drill in Cuban waters this winter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The state of North Dakota feels that
spelling has not been given fair
show of late years and has started in
to bring about a reform. A series
of spelling matches and prizes have
been arranged which will close with
final state championship contest.
The idea is worthy of adoption by 9TH
err states.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Easy marks from New York and
Boston have recently dropped 100000
in faro banks. The smart alecks of
the metropolis acquire more gold
bricks than the Uncle Reubens of the
backroads.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

II is no very uncommon thing for
respectable young Americans to marry
the educated young Indian girls, par.
tiCularly those of the Sioux tribe
which are better looking than some
other tribes. Every one of these In
dian maidens brings to her husband
a fine farm and that is no small at
traction in these days when Uncle
Sans good farms are getting scarce.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The world of today has little time
or interest in the men and women
who have not achieved success along
the lines of business or professional
life they have followed, yet who can
compute the debt of civilization to the
men and women who in their efforts
to make the world little better and
brighter, have been too busy to make
money or achieve fame?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Mr.. Taft is writing letters to get the
income tax amendment passed. The
question now comes whether state
legislators are more fearful of the
disfavor of Washington or of wealthy
men near home.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Samuel Untermeyer. the great cor
poration lawyer of New York, who
engineered the billion dollar Utah cop
per combination received for his SER
vices $775000, the largest fee ever
This is a big sum even for a big
lawyer and from a big corporation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

A recent naturalist has established
the fact that the rapidity of the
heart beat is in inverse ratio to the
size of the animal. In the elephant
1t is only thirty heart beats to the
minute while in the mouse 1t is near
ly 700.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Dr. Jean M. Cnarcot, the Autarc-
tic explorer, believes the land discov-
cred to be a portion of a continent.
This may be true but it is a trifle
difficult to become enthusiastic over
a continent forever buried under ice
and snow.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The "Shah's Highway" Is the worst
kept in the world. Though Persia is
one of the oldest of civilized states,
there are not a dozen good wagon
roads throughout the entire country
and only six miles of railway.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

If we knew a quarter as much of
what tomorrow would bring forth as
We know of the day that has gone
never to return we could all wear dia-
monds and eat pork chops.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Frances Aida, the great opera star,
got appendicitis Tuesday while sing
ing "Othello." The ailment seems
common among vocalists. You have
heard many singers who sound as
if they had this trouble or something
worse.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Greenland Eskimos are to be mem
bers of the expedition to the south
pole. 1t will be the first time any of
these dwellers of the frigid north
ever reached the equator.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

An American from the south who
was recommended by the department
of agriculture has gone to Siam as
agricultural advisor to the king who
will pay him $4,000 a year, This is
more than a farm hand usually gets
in America.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Two young scions of English nobil-
ity, Reginald and Arthur Paget, are
employed in the freight Office of the
Northern Pacific railroad at st. Paul.
They preferred to work their own
way rather than live a life of idle
luxury. Both are quite attractive
clans.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

excess of 1l,S2O over the preceding
year The four states in which the
principal work of naturalization was
transacted being New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Illinois and Massachusetts.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The law of the air is being dis.
cussed in Germany. In few years
we shall be less anxious about dodg-
ing automobiles than about the beer
bottles raining down from aeroplanes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Flower loving Holland has over
10000 acres devoted to the cultivation
of bulbs, among which the tulip is
the national favorite.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Hereafter passengers in the New
York subway cars are all to have seats.
No more strap hangers, il the new
ordinance is obeyed. Other cities are
watching the operation of this new
ordinance with interest.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The Clerk of the Day" in the
Boston Transcript, complains bitterly
of the words "aeroplane" and aerial"
as.disagreeable tongue twisters which
are burden to the American TO pro-
.nounce. Here's a chance for another
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

THE News means great deal to
Norfolk" said G. A. Mayfield, editor
of the Stanton Picket, when he was
in town yesterday, "but it means just
as much to the entire territory in
which it circulates. It's great help
to a region like this to have live
daily newspaper such as The News
to help build it up"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

1t is prophesied by those VINO are
familiar with air navigation that be-
fore many years the use of the aero
plane will be as common as the auto
mobile and that it is much easier to
manipulate, since the operator has
no ruts, nor turns nor crowded streets
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Norfolk will never know how lucky
it was in the slow, steady, gradual
melting of the mountains OF snow
which had piled up north and west
of this town during the winter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

1t is a relief to see formal steps
being taken toward paving. The ac-
ton of the council lends an official
tone to the movement and makes 1t all
the more a sure thing for this sum
mer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

China is now taking it's first COM
plete census and it is believed that
the population will not be found to
reach more than 2OO,OOO,OOO instead of
$50 100000 as geographers have es-
timated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The political situation in England
grows more confused and menacing
with every factional move that is
made.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The number of medical students has
been diminishing for the past ten
years. One reason for the decrease
is that the public is better educated
in preserving health and not so many
doctors are required.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

California agriculturists are expert
menting in the raising of bamboo II
successful it will be an important
source of wealth added to the nations
resources.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The railroad pension system has be
come so popular that it is stated al
least 40 per cent of the total mum
Der of railroad employees are in line
for pensions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Another cable is to be put under
the Atlantic Notwithstanding the many
wireless lines Marconi expects to ope-
rate over it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The steel car builders have orders
for 100000 more cars. The steel car
has made good and will soon super
cede all others.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

New York is preparing to honor the
English antarctic explorer, Captain
Ernest Shackleton, who will visit
America the latter part of the month.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

When local merchants will adver-
tise as literally and as skillfully as
the mail order houses do they will get
more of their legitimate trade.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Washington GLADDEN. feels that in
surveying the political progress of the
past twenty-five years, there is much
that is reassuring.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Few Americans realized the extent
and imortance of underground Paris
until it was revealed in the accounts
of the recent floods.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11
More Real Work N..d.d

A good roads convention is always
a helpful institution, but there are n
great many people who would do well
TO spend more time in making roads
instead Of attending conventions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

A letter written by George Wash
ington recently sold for $305. 1t wasn't
typewriter either, but merely the
work of goose quill.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The City of Brotherly Love has seri
ously disgraced its name since the
strike began.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Boys playing marbles in the streets
are now a surer sign of spring than
almanac or thermometer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

A mill in Maine turns out ,20O,0 0C
sets of checkers annually. They are
shipped in barrels.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

No one wants the cold storage In
dustries abolished. All that is de-
sired is their improvement.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Pavelka has just wres!ied at Mo
brara. But he and the Burke Giant,
after all that talk on both sides,
never got together.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

The Italian residents of America are
agitating the making of Columbus day,
October IL. legal holiday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Handling money is said to be an
easy way to contract disease, but most
of us are immune.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Among other necessities, there's a
rumor now that the price of golf
balls is going up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

An exchange suggests that congress
Easter hats.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Paving district No. has been ere
ated in Norfolk. Doesn't that make
you feel like throwing up your hat?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Somehow, one never finds any fault
with the misspelling in a good cooks
cook book.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

A Colorado aviator is preparing to
make flight from Pixies peak which
Is Ia, 109 feet high.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

John Cudahy seems to be an ex.
pert at meat carving. as well as
packing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Put 1910 down as the year when
the greatest food of its history, was
luckily escaped by Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

Literary note: No one reads Charles
Dickens any more. There are no
chauffeurs in Dickens works.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-11

A wise old negro proverb says:
keep calm, shillin' worth O. fret
can't pay a penny worth O. debt"