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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25
Dakota Hardware Dealers Elect.

Sioux Falls, 8. d., Feb 19.-The
fifth annual convention OF the South
Dakota Retail Hardware association.
which convened here Tuesday has CON
cluded its work and taken final
adjournment. The dealers who at.
tended the convention are returning
to their homes in different parts of the
state. At a business session during
the closing hours of the convention
the following officers were elected for
the coming year: President, J. +,
Rummel, Sioux Falls; first vice presi.
dent, George V. Ayres, Deadwood; sec
ond vice president. T. G. DeJean,
Plankinton; secretary, II. e. Johnson.
Redfield; treasurer b. G. Watson
Chamberlain.
Pierre was selected az the place for
holding the next annual convention.
In reference to freight rates the res
olutions adopted say:
Whereas, We feel that the rail
, roads are unjustly discriminating
against the shippers of this state and
public in general, in freight rates, and
that the service rendered is made
quate and insufficient; therefore, he il
Resolved, That we call the atten-
ton of the railroad commissioners tn
these facts that they may use their
once to give us proper adjustment"
The resolutions deClaie also that AS
dishonest advertising does the great
est of injury, both morally and tinau-
, rially the members of the association
VIII do all in their power to "discour-
age this baneful method of advertis-
ing defend the farmers against the
charge that they are the cause of the
present increased cost of living. and
declare that the system under which
his products are handled is more AT
fault than the price paid him; declare
against the enactment of a parcels
post law; declare in favor of a ma
tional pure paint law; ask the COOP
Grafton of the national officers in Sc
curing a standard form of bin of lad
ing, to be used by all wholesalers. Job
Ders and manufacturers, showing the
, classification and rate of the goods
shipped
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same time he left his wife and a babe
one day old.
Lieutenant Reziehausen's ident'Hca-
ton was positive, although his testi.
mony to the effect that Wilson had de.
serted from the army was stricken
from the records of the court on the
ground that it incriminated him.
Only once has Wilson shown any
interest whatever i'm his case, this oc.
casion being the appearance of his
wife in court. His face worked con.
vulsively and for a time 1t was thought
he was on the verge of a breakdown
but he gained his selfcontrol and in a
few minutes viewed the proceedings
with nonchalence which has character,
lied his attitude from the start.
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bolts had been taken. This goes To
show that the robbers had taken the
stuff there and left it, possibly for
several days, or until the matter kind
of died down. Then they climbed up
and got 1t and went away at their
leisure. If we could have gotten some
good dogs here the next day we would
probably have located the goods and
later caught the robbers. We would
suggest 1t would be good investment
for the county to buy a pair Of good
dogs and thus have them always on
the ground when needed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

Humphrey Democrat: The coal
scarcity which has been somewhat
alleviated by the pleasant weather of
late is again forcing itself upon us
up here. There is a grievous fault
somewhere. The dealers say it is the
railroad company. They say that it
has taken three weeks to get a car
of coal from Missouri Valley. One
dealer says that the railroad company
has appropriated" three or four cars
of coal he had on the way. With
the frigid north wind blowing at the
rate of forty miles per hour and only
little coal on hand and no assurance
of any more, these things, we say, are
not conducive to pleasant thought of
the guilty ones whoever they are.
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Some OF Veterans.

Columbus, Neb., Feb. Especial
to The News The twenty.sixth an.
nual encampment of the Nebraska
division, Sons of Veterans, IT, 8. A.,
was held I'm this city. The following
officers were elected and installed by
Post Division Commander Galley as
installing officer assisted by lnspcc.
tor General w Y. Gibson of Camp so,
Loup city, viz; Commander, II. -.
Reed, Columbus; senior vice com
mander. George A. Eberly. stanton
division council. b. j. Galley, Colum-
bus, James McBeth, Loup City George
f.. WOLF, Fremont
The following staff officers were also
selected Division secretary, G.. h.
Devlin. Columbus; division treasurer,
f. p. Dussell Columbus; division
counsellor, A. II. Rawitzer, Omaha /;
division chaplain, Rev. l.. II. DeWoif
Fairmont, Neb., division inspector
Henry Westbrook. Columbus; division
patriotic inspector, d. Burr Jones, Co
lumbus.
The report OF the division secretary
disclosed that during the past year
the membership of the Nebraska di
vision of Sons Of Veterans had more
than doubled and that the indications
were that during the coming year the
order was destined to experience q
phenomenal growth.
The division council after an eXami
nation of the finances Of the order
reported them in excellent condition
and upon a unanimous vote a donation
was made to the embodiment fund OF
the Memorial university, university
founded and supported by the Sons
of Veterans U. S. a. and located al
Mason City, la.
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him in the lease of the ranch, that he
bad left the saddle horse in the liv.
cry barn at Page and for him to go
and get him as he was going away
Nothing has been heard of him since
that time.
lie leaves a wife and lot of stock
and grain. There are three mortgages
but not large ones.
His people live at Elsn and say
they have not seen or heard of him
He has done nothing wrong that any.
one knows of and there does not
appear any reason for him to go
From what we can learn his family
relations were pleasant and his wife
cannot understand his motive in go
ing away. The whole thing seems to
be shrouded in mystery.
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EXERCISE KILLS A BOY.
John S. Erwin. Jr., High School Ath-
lete, Dies of Chorea.

Kansas City Mo-, Feb. 21.-"Johnny"
Erwin's heart was in his athletic
work; he trained too earnestly and
he died.
He was whole.souled, thorough
going, 16-year-old American boy, John
S. Erwin, ir., of 2217 East Twenty
first street. His ambition was to eX-
eel in high school athletics, and his
first year at Central high school had
brought him into notice as a promis-
ing pole vaulter That was his fav-
orite event" his specially.
A few months ago he began his
second year at Central, hard stu
dent, a clever athlete, popular alike
with professors and with his mates.
And always his ambition was to vault
as high as the best, to win mark
for himself and to reflect credit on
his school.
On a tennis court near his home
young Erwin practiced in private.
Day after day his record crept up
up, till he was clearing the cross bar
at four inches above nine feet. He
was realizing his ambition. His form"
was good His work was earnest.
1t was too earnest.
In January came signs of failing
health. symptoms of "chorea," the
dreaded nervous breakdown, appear
ed. The last day of the month he
was forced to leave school. A week
ago he was confined to his bed.
With the same high heart and
steady courage that had carried him
toward his athletic goal, Johnny En-
win fought for his life against the
body racking disease that had mas
tered his nerves.
He was beaten.
Johnny Erwin had an average OF
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COOL ACTOR STOPPED A PANIC.
A CareIessly Thrown Match Started a
Fire on the Belasco Stage.

New York, Feb. l9.-The GOODNESS
of Edmund Breeze, leading man in
Just a Wife," prevented a fire panic
at the Belasco theater yesterday after.
noon. In the second act of the play
Breeze lights a cigar and throws the
match away. Yesterday it landed on
rug, which was soon smouldering.
Occupants of the boxes saw it and
made hasty exits. The play stopped
abruptly.
"Sit down, there is nothing the mat.
ter" shouted Breeze, and Frederick
burton, another actor repeated his
words.
But the movement to the doors con.
tinued, and suddenly the curtain fell
AS the lights blazed up, Breeze step
ped out in front of the footlights.
There is absolutely nothing the
matter" he cried. Then he pointed to
a man in uniform who was standing
in the center aisle. "Do you see the
fire cheif?" he added do you sup.
pose he would be idle if there was
any danger?"
The words of Breeze and the pres.
ence of the fireman Gained the audi,
ence and most of them returned to
their seats,
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Battle Creek.

NJ. l.. Thomson was up to Meadow
Grove Friday looking after his new
milling plant, which he is erecting at
that place.
Mrs. p. f. Zimmerman visited the
latter part of last week with her sis
ter, Mrs. Scheer, at Meadow Grove.
Mrs, Scheer is seriously i'll.
Tom Sesler returned Thursday from
Clearwater, where he visited at the
home of his sister, Mrs. John James.
l.. S. Handy, who bought John Ho-
mans dray business in January, ran
it about three weeks, and last Thurs
day quit the business, sold his mule
team and harness to George thinner
man for an even $50. Saturday he
moved to Norfolk, where he is going
to work in the roundhouse.
Mrs. l.. F. Merz has been belfast for
about one week on account of sick
ness.
Erven Rogers has rented the c. s.
Smith house on the corner of Third
and Hale streets, vacated by John Ho-
man, and will move to town in the
near future
Saturday a son was welcomed at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Klei-
der.
Miss Mary Rusick, who has been
studying classical music in a conser-
vatory at Chicago, returned home Sat
urday to help her mother, who is i'll.
Herman Mas, who has been clerk
ing in store at Creighton, came home
Sunday and is going with his parents
to Montrose, Colo, next week, where
they will locate.
Herman Claus, Mr.. and Mrs. e. f.
Hans. Fred Haase and others attended
the Moldenhauer funeral at Norfolk
Sunday.
William Smith, jolly Virginia boy,
came down from Cherry county Sun
day, where he is holding 64O-acre
Kinkaid claim, for visit with rela
tives and friends. There are a lot Of
people from this vicinity in Cherry
county and, according to their talk,
they are all satisfied and prosperous.
II. NJ. Reed went to Omaha Sunday
to visit a sick friend. From there he
will go to Lincoln to attend the state
convention of watchmakers and opti
clans.
Johnnie Werner, the S-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Werner, is Sc
riously i'll with pneumonia.
A. w. Tillotson, who went to the Til
den hospital about two weeks ago for
an operation of the stomach, returned
Saturday. He feels very weak yet,
nut will regain his strength slowly,
as his appetite and digestion have re-
turned.
Miss Nora Hans returned Monday
from Red Wing, Mimi, where she has
been attending a Lutheran college for
girls.
Mrs. w. II. Avery came down from
Tiiden Sunday for couple of days
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FRAzEE TALKS OF JEFFRles.
Theatrical Booster Speaks Well Of
BoiIermaker.

Chicago, Feb. 2l.-Harry Frazee,
local thatrical man who had charge of
the Jeffries-Gotch tour which closed
at Ilibbing, Mimi, and who will take
n galaxy of pugilistic stars around
the world If Jeffries wins from John.
son on July 4, returned to the city
yesterday and will issue statement
today of the receipts taken in by the
show. Mr.. Frazee asserted the figures
would be a big surprise to the pub
lie. He also said that nothing ever
attempted in the show business has
equaled it.
According to Frazee, Jeffries will
arrive in San Francisco tomorrow
night and will start preliminary train
ing for the battle by taking a hunt
ing trip into the mountains for about
ten days starting Monday. He then
will start training at Monterey, where
he will establish his training quarters
for he says Jeffries surely believes
the fight will take place in San Fran
cisco.
"Jeffries is in superb condition"
FraZee said. in talking about the Cal
ifornian. "He could go into the ring
in twenty days and whip Johnson just
as sure as he will defeat him on July
q. On this tour Jeffries has not dis
sipated bit, which leads me to be-
lieve all the more that he is sim
cere in his purpose to whip Johnson.
l could notice a gradual improvement
in his condition every night, and | be-
lieve l am safe in saying that when
he enters the ring on July 4 he will
whip Johnson in jig time.
Our tour was a tremendous sue
cess. l don't believe anything ever at
! tempted in the show business will
! equal the figures which | will publish.
, Everywhere we played the houses
| were packed and at each place JEFF
fries left a most favorable impression.
| have not changed my plans about
| the world tour, for | firmly Jeffries
will be the winner. My plans all de-
pend on whether Nelson or Ketchel is
whipped before the time of starting.
| "Jeffries firmly believes the fight will
take place in San Francisco and will
establish training quarters at Mon
| terey. He will have Berger, who will
act as manager of the camp; Farm
er" Burns. and some big men who can
! hit and stand some of JeffrieS' wal
/ lOps in the camp. Gotch and Corbett
will be there about six weeks before
the fight. | intend to go out there be-
fore that time"
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OF COURSE MOTHER GAVE IN.
Joseph Ryan and Bride Lack Only His
Fathers BIessinu.

New York, Feb. 2l.-Foreiven by
his mother, Joseph Ryan, youngest son
OF Thomas Fortune Ryan, who, a few
weeks ago, ran away with and mar
ried Miss Mamie Morse, n daughter of
Alexander Porter Morse, wealthy
Washington lawyer, is with his bride
today at his mothers home on the
outskirts of Richmond, Va. All that
ia needed now is the blessing Of Mr..
Ryan, the father, and it is said that
this will be granted within a short
time
The first intimation that the elder
cyan received of his sons runaway
marriage was when he received a
telegram from young Ryan from
Pasadena, Cal, stating that he
was short of cash and needed more
money. The pair was stopping at the
Hotel Greene at that time. A check
was received several days later,
Immediately upon the receipt of the
check, Ryan paid his hotel bill, and
with his bride started east, arriving
in this city several days ago. 1t was
Sdlu lHdl ne NlSlltu lolhCl, pu'
that he failed to gain his fathers
blessing. The two were married al
st. Gregory's church, Baltimore, Jan
uary 10, and left at once for California
to spend their honeymoon.
The bride was noted in Washington
for her beauty. She was a pupil at
Georgetown university. 1t was here
that she first met young Ryan. The
wedding was sanctioned by the par
ents of the girl.
Joseph Ryan has just passed his
twenty-tirst birthday anniversary. His
engagement to Miss Lillian b. Grail
daughter of Mrs. G. F. M. Grail, was
announced some months ago. 1t was
Cancelled later, Mr.. Ryan'2 youth be
ing given as the cause.
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FIND TRACES OF STOLEN SILK.
Wrappers Off the Silk Stolen at Clear.
water, Are Found.

Clearwater Record Monday forenoon
l., Short had occasion to go up on
the water tank at the depot to ex-
anime the water valve in the top of
the tank. There is a little room in
ttA top of the tank over the water
all ioored, making a nice coy little
place, but what surprised him was
that there laid the wrappers off of the
silk, also the cards that the ribbons
and laces were wound on, that were
stolen from Sniders store the week
before. There were twenty-four silk
wrappers, showing that twenty-four
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25
DAKOTA TRAFFIC WAS CRIPPLED.
Milwaukee Line to the Hills Hit Hard
BY Storm

Mitchell, S. d., Feb. 19-The Mil.
waukee road had an exceptionally diff.
ficult time in keeping its road open
through to the Black Hills during the
recent storm, and from Monday night
TO this morning there were no trains
passing between these points. After
the storm abated snowplow was sent
out Wednesday morning, but made
slow progress, owing to the fact that
on entering drift in a cut a force of
men had to go in first and shovel out
enough snow for the engine to make
an impression. So much dirt was
mixed in with the snow that it was
difficult to handle. But little difficulty
has been experienced north of here.
the service being crippled but one day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25
Rosebudder,s Foot Annotated.

Trip County News: j. A. Barnett,
who is holding down a claim in the
northwest part of Trip county, and
whose feet were badly frozen about
month ago while enroute to his
home from Dallas with Il load of
freight, was taken to a hospital in
Omaha last Saturday morning by DR.,
Hofer, where his left foot was ampu-
tated at the ankle on Monday. At last
reports the patient was doing well.
Tom Barnett who had his feet frozen
at the same time is faring much bet
ter than his father, but will have the
misfortune of losing three toes.
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Stanton Needs School House.

Stanon Picket: Stanton needs q
new school building; in fact must
have it to accommodate the pupils
who are now attending school. That
we must have more room no one will
deny. But the question is, shall we
build a new high school and use the
old one for the grades or shall we
erect one or more ward schools.
Some of our citizens are in favor or
one proposition and some the other.
Just now a petition is in circulation
asking that a $4,000 high school
building be erected, the proposition
for $4,000 bonds having failed a few
weeks ago. 1t is to be hoped that
this time the majority will be on the
other side, as the problem must be
met in some way and that soon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25
KIDS GAMES DON'T CHANGE.
Their Favorites Still are "Hide and
Seek" and London BRIDGE"

Their Favorites Still are "Hide and
Seek" and London Bridge"
Kansas City Star: Youngsters grow
up, develop and alter, but their games
the fivolities of school yards, street
corners and vacant lots-are un.
changeable.
A man who knows kids" has In.
vestigated. He romped with a half
dozen little bundles of huskiness in
his neighborhood yesterday, parrying
shocks both to dignity and loss of
breath He vouches for the state.
ment that little folks games never
change. Further he reports as fol.
lows:
"The games are precisely the same
as when was small and robust, only
maybe little more rough-and-tumble.
Technicalities haven't changed a bit
MISUNDERSTANDING, / under.
stand they played it years and years
ago in England just as l played it
and the way the children play it now
Someone is it, and everybody else
scrambles away to hide; and then af.
ter it has counted fifty or sixty OF
hundred, everybody is anxious to
touch its base before it does. OF
course you remember that whoever
is caught first has to be it the next
time.
and pussy wants a corner where
pussy or it again, tries to slip into
q yrh hny irl 10
changing places with another. Not a
fractional change can be found in it.
And London bridge is falling down,
where someone is caught by the bridge
holders and has co pay penalty or
choose to support one of the halves
of the bridge in the tug of war that
finally results. Can you find any al
teration?
And all of the varieties of tag
wood, iron, grass or paper tag'-how
could it be supplemented to make it
any more enjoyable? And run, sheep
run-you remember it, of course,
don't you? And cheese another sort
of hide and seek where you can run
only while it is counting ten and
holding its eyes shut. And King,
King Calico another abridgment OF
tag in which the little folks try to
run across the street before it tags
'em. And Saratoga or guess or
New York as it used to be called
when | played it, with the procedure
all the same. One side illustrates
some process, as picking cherries, for
instance, and the other side guesses
what they're doing. And as soon as
they guess they rush to tag members
of the other side and include them
in their party. OF course, you know
all about it. Didn't you play it the
same way-twenty, thirty years ago?
"Grownups have to abridge and re,
wise their games and sports every
year to keep up interest. They're
iaded and satiated. But the kids
are more consistent and more sim.
ply satisfied. They like their games
and there are enough of them for a
variety"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

San Francisco, Feb. 21.-Before
5000 spectators, James j. Jeffries, who
Is to fight Jack Johnson on the after
noon of July 4, appeared in the ring
at an athletic carnival" conducted by
Jack Gleason, one of the promoters
of the big fight. yesterday afternoon.
1t was the first time that Californians
have seen Jeffries since he signited
his willingness to fight Johnson
The tight-loving public of the city
where Jeffries won his first great bat
tie was impatient to see if he had
come back" From the applause the
retired champion received as he went
through his PAGES it was evident that
the public was satisfied with his con.
dition.
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good In the school gymnasium work, 3"
w. I. Driver, chief of the athletic
department, said this morning, but
he did not appear to take more than
ordinary interest in the work here.
His practice seems TO have been taken
mostly In private Excessive training,
such as he must have undergone,
would not have been permitted at
the school gymnasium"
The physician who attended young
Erwin said this morning that the boy
had suffered no mechanical injuries
from his athletic work, his death hay-
ing been caused by a general nervous
breakdown. resulting from overtrain.
ing
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with crow bars it was frozen togeth-
er. None of this corn would do for
seed.
That which was picked last fall
and hung up for seed is not safe I'M
less il is tested, as it undoubtedly
contained too much moisture. 1t has
been my opinion that corn which re.
best condition but I may he mistaken
in this and we are going to test
every ear of corn before we plant it."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

Gregory Times-Adyocate: The land
Office officials have been busy this
week hearing contests. The first of
the week the case of George Schwartz
vs.. John e. Brotsky. Both parties
claimed squatter's right to the land
in controversy. Schwartz claimed the
entire northwest of %, 50, "a and
Brotsky claimed the west half of the
same quarter. According to the testi-
mony Brotsky claimed the northeast
of 20, 95, "a by squatting but when
he got to Gregory he found that the
west half of his land was filed on.
He therefore filed on eighty acres
of the land that Schwartz claimed and
later moved his buildings over onto
the northwest of %. After the testi-
mony was all taken, Brotsky relin-
pushed his right to all the land and
Schwartz filed on the eighty in dis
pute.
The case that is now occupying the
attention at the land office, is Ed j.
Oxford VS.. Walter A. Wood. Oxford
claims to have squatted on the north
west %, 81, 76 and Wood on the one
half northwest and southwest of the
northwest of the same quarter. Wood
has a filing on the land he claims he
squatted on.
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A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
Holt County Man, Whose People Live
at EIqin, Drops From View.

Holt County Independent: On Jan
uary 81, Charles Barnhart took a
load of wheat to Page, from the F.
j, Dishner ranch near Mineola and
on his return one of his horses fell
on the ice and broke his leg. He
left the horse at a farm house two
miles north of Page and went on
home, The next morning he took
a saddle horse and went back to see
how the horse was getting along and
found the horse dead. He left his
horse at Page and came to this city
on the freight. From here he wrote
his partner, E. B. Brophy. Jointly with
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FIREBUGs AT ASHTON, S. o.
Blaze Causes a Loss of Over Twenty
Five Thousand.

Aberdeen, S. d., Feb. ia fire at
Ashton destroyed six buildings and
caused a loss estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000 The blaze started
in the saloon of Joseph Watson. The
establishments burned include the sa-
loon, two restaurants, owned by Sol
Sassett and Joe Ernesse, a pool hall
and a drug store. A fine three-story
hotel just completed and nearly ready
for occupancy, was also destroyed.
The fire is believed to have been of
inCendiary origin.