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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01
DRAG HIGHWAYS NOW.
Earth Road Troubles Will Be Obviatsd
il Work Starts In Spring.

" "OTN otaTtS spring.
Three-fourths OF the troubles Incl
dent to the care OF earth roads would
be obviated If with the opening OF
spring the roads were dragged regular
ly, so that the water would run OF
and the surface dry out rapidly.
When the frost is going out of the
ground there must necessarily be
few days of bad roads.
II farmers would keep Off the roads
as much as possible during these few
days, then just as soon as the soil set
ties go over the road with drag or
harrow. fill up the ruts and chuck
holes so that the surface water would
run off, the earth roads would be in
condition months ahead of the usual
good period and great deal of the
ammunition of the loud mouthed hard
road advocate would be destroyed.
Stone roads are too costly for the
majority of localities in the Mississippi
valley. Misguided enthusiasts and
tireless promoters will not admit this,
but the taxpaying farmer and the ex-
perienced road engineer know that by
properly draining, carefully grading
and cOnscientiously repairing earth
roads highways Of superior excellence
may be obtained during those portions
Of the year when the transporting OF
heavy loads is necessary. Look after
your roads, and do II now.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The last large tract of government
land in northern Minnesota was re.
Gently opened to settlement. So Gag.
er were men to secure homesteads on
II that for five weeks previous to the
date fixed for entry, men stood in
line day and night, keeping their
chance for a quarter.section of Uncle
Sans land before the door of the land
office. The number in line reached
nearly three blocks before the doors.
were opened.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

There are many opportunities to
economic in the expenditure of pub.
lie money by the government. But
lie economy that prevail in personal
economy. Merely ceasing to spend
money does not in itself mean true
economy. If the money needs to be
spent for either national or personal
welfare and prosperity then it is a
false idea of economy to hold it. The
returns realized on money used should
measure whether a national or an in.
dividual practice true or false econo.
my.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01
FOR TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION.

The Fremont Commercial club has
taken steps to organize a traffic asso-
citation among the business men of
the city. Fremont papers say that
the business men of that place have
come to the conclusion that if Ere.
mont is to grow as a commercial cen
ter, there must be knowledge of rail
road rates and an organized effort to
get treatment from the railroads that
the town is entitled to.
A traffic association seems to be
the logical proposition for the town
that wants to grow.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01
NOW FOR A BIG CROP.

Rain came in time on the Rosebud
and in parts of northern Nebraska,
and the crops are saved, the grain
men say. The rain always does come
in time in this country, somehow, and
the crops always are saved. 1t now
promises to be one of the prosperous
years of this always prosperous great
northwest.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01
Auto Chains Ruinous to Roads.

Anti-skidding chains on automobiles
are tearing county roads to pieces,
according to county road supervisor
in New Jersey, who threatens TO In
woke the law to cause the arrest Of
the users Of the chains. According to
the supervisor, use OF the chains was
condoned during the winter, when fro
zen road were dangerous at turns, but
he claims that the practice has been
continued into the spring until drastic
measures must be taken to save the
roads from destruction.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01
THE GORE CHARGES.

Some pessimist has said half the
seats in the United States senate
were bought. The quick action of
congress in putting all the Oklahoma
Indian contracts under the approval
of congress, following his charges
that an attempt to bride him had
been made, would indicate that there
is still high standard of integrity in
Americas legislators as a whole
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

James J. Hill regrets the expedi-
ture of 100000 900 this season for au-
tomobiles. A hard-headed business
man like Mr.. Hill can see what might
be accomplished by so vast sum of
money turned into productive lines.
II would open up and improve great
many wheat fields, but it is not wholly
wasted in automobiles. They help to
keep up business and keep the money
in circulation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Norway has very stringent and
effective forestry law which requires
that for every tree cut down the lum-
herman must plant another one to
take its place. The penalty for VIC
Iating this law is fine for the first
offense. Imprisonment for the second,
and retirement from the lumber bust
ness for the third. This makes an
American conservation program look
tame
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Orville Wright made two flights
here Wednesday, says the lndianapo.
lis News, giving a spectacular exhibi-
ton of fancy diving. No other avia-
tor entered would risk the unfavorable
weather. Wright assembled more than
1000 feet after dark. On reaching
that altitude light appeared far be.
low the western horizon and going
still further up, he was able to see
the sun. The earth below was in com.
plete darkness, yet he could look upon
the light of day. In telling of the
fight, Wright said the sight was one
of the most thrilling and awe.inspir
ing he had ever witnessed. He says
that aviators soaring to high attitudes
may often see the sun after it has
gone down to the people below.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Police are hunting for Leon Ling,
the Chinaman who murdered Elsie ST.
gel.
Union Pacific officials were in the
city to discuss switching with Norfolk
business men.
A twister struck the vicinity of
Clearwater blowing over the house OF
w. j. Noble and moving his oats.
Little Bobbie Marquardt, 9.year-old
ron of MIR. and Mrs. G. f. A. Mar
quardt, was accidently shot through
the legs while playing with boys. A
bullet, 22.calibre, entered the right
leg, a portion of it entering the left
one and loding itself one and one-half
inches in the flesh where it still re-
mains.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

1t is to be hoped that President
Taft's choice of successor to Asso.
ciate Judge Moody of the supreme
bench will be as satisfactory to the
public as the previous appointments
of Lurton and Hughes have been.
One of the most important tasks that
falls to the office of the chief execu-
tive is the choosing of the oracles
who are to interpret the fundamental
laws OF the land.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The original manuscripts which are
being discovered and sold for fabu-
lous prices, remind us that however
famous present day authors and play
wrights may become. the universal
use of typewriters will prevent future
generations from lavishing their large
wealth on handwritten original manu-.
scripts.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

important position he has so long oc.
cupied with such remarkable efficien.
cy. Mr.. Bryce is undoubtedly the alb.
lest and most popular diplomatist ever
accredited to this country and one
whose knowledge of America has al.
ready made his American Common.
wealth" national text book. His
return to Great Britain would be dis.
tinct loss to this country.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Great chunks of silence are hand.
ed out from oyster Bay. Soon the
leopard will decide that spots are out
of style, and the Ethiopian will have
no use for the Jim Crow car.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Philip Pathen, who was appointed a
few months ago to read the newspa-
pers of the world for Uncle Sam, and
also to collect and publish important
diplomatic correspondence, has a deli
cate and important task, for an un-
wise publication of diplomatic letters
might cause the government serious
embarrassment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01
PERDUE FOR SUPERINTENDENT

PERDUE FOR SUPERINTENDENT
Frank S. Perdue, at present deputy
state superintendent, is the logical
man for the position of superinten-
dent, to fill the vacancy that will be
caused by the resignation of Mr.. Bish-
op. AS deputy, Perdue is in the work
and has served his apprenticeship.
He could take hold of the job and run
it as it ought to be run.
More than that, he is entirely capa-
BILE. He has had good many years
of experience in Nebraska schools
and northern Nebraska knows his abil.
ity. He made good in Tilden and as
county superintendent Of Madison
county. He's the right man for the
place.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01
Get Busy on the Roads Now.

A considerable amount Of money IL
annually expended on roads for which
adequate return is not received by rea-
son that the work is not done at the
proper season. There is a proper time
for building new or rebuilding old
earth roads just as much as there is a
proper time for doing farm work, and
that time is in the spring, as the
ground settles after the frost has left
a.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Greater New York is no longer sat
isfied to be the metropolis of the
great republic, but aspires to become
the chief city of the world. Chicago
also hopes to out distance New York,
but it is difficult to figure how Chica-
60 has the materials or facilities for
surprising development.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

A decided improvement is reported
in our trade with foreign countries
during the past few months. Our ey-
ports are gaining encouragingly on
our imports and flnanciers look to see
commercial conditions both at home
and abroad improve rapidly during the
next year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

So long as the courts of this coun.
try are kept free from partisanship
and corruption, they will form bull
wark of popular liberties. Our insti-
buttons have been harmed quite as
much by partisanship as they have
by corruption and corruption often
takes the guise of craftsmanship to gain
its ends.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

A shortage in the supply of teachers
is the only thing which prevents an
enormous extension of agricultural
education. Never before in the his
tory of the country has there been
such a demand for agricultural infor-
nation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Seems strange that man will pay
$1,450 for an old chrome when he can
get new one for less than a dollar
at any department store bargain sale.
That is what J. Pierpont Morgan has
just done. He's rich and sagacious.
If he was poor he'd be called foolish.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

President Taft has gained favor
with the college girls by telling the
Trinity graduates that in advanced ed
ucation the girls have outdistanced
the boys.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

In boasting of the many uses to
which the cotton plant, or some part
of it is put, a trade journal says, THE
cotton plant has made possible rag
less and strawless paper, cocoonless
silk, creamless ice cream, cowless but
ter, and hogless lard"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

President Taft gives up going to
Yale commencement. If he realized
the true sociological significance of
the YaleHarvard race, he wouldn't
be fussing with little bills before con.
gress.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The governor of Nevada says he
won't interfere with the prize fight.
1t is so rare an experience for that
state to get lot of people to stay
over night that anything would go.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

1t will be difficult to attach any ro-
nance to the latest Alaska placer
camp to which prospectors are flock
ing by the thousand, when it bears
such a name as "Iditarod," but to
those who strike it rich the name will
matter little.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

What every ambitious newspaper
man wants most to know from the
Outlook's new contributing editor, is
how he got by without attending one
of the schools of journalism.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Senator Lodge expresses the opin-
ion that the navy is the last place
where the government should econo.
mize. The trouble is every depart.
ment has an advocate of the Lodge
type and so the place TO begin econo
MIXING is never found.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

New York cares little about the
worlds fair. What it wants is not
to attract visitors, so much, as to
persuade it's citizens to go visiting
and make room on Manhattan island.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The Harvard Aeronautical society
has finished its aeroplane, the Har-
ward /. Will Yale soon be ready to
enter the contest with this old time
rival in this latest of the higher"
scientific branches
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Victor Berger OF Milwaukee says
President Taft does not understand
socialism. The president can console
himself with the knowledge that he
has lots of company.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

1t is only fair to the administration
to say that expenses for the last elev.
en- months are nearly 100000 less
than they were during the correspond
ing period last year. This is due to
the pressure for retrenchment from
the white house.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Many Kansas women have held
county Offices for some years past and
have proven themselves such efficient
officials that it is generally conceded
that most of them will be reelected.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

What do you think of speech that
required eight days to deliver? At
the Hague, the British contentious in
the Newfoundland fisheries case, be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States were presented by Sir Robert
Finley. That surely must be the big.
gest fish story ever told.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The work of dredging the harbor
of Port Arthur and equipping it pro-
perly to handle the trade which will
come to it when opened to the worlds
traffic is progressing satisfactorily. 1t
will be quite world event when the
old time fortress is open to com
merce.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

And old Yorkshire collier. says an
English paper, recently surprised his
mother by marrying very unprepos-
sessing woman. He always had been
reckoned a confirmed hater Of the
other sex. why has thy gone and
got spliced, lat, at thy age?" one of
his friends asked him. "Oh, that's
not much a tale" answered the old
man stolidly. Il agree wi We at Bet
sey yonder is no beauty; if she had
been ! shouldn't have wed her, but
that ere doy O. mine he was simply
pinin' for somebody to look after him
while | was away at t. pit. l couldn't
bear to leave him in the house by
hissen, so l hit on the idea of marry
in Betsey. She's not handsome, but
she's mighty good company for the
dog"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01
THE NORFOLK wEEKLL NEWS JOURNAL FRIDAY JULY l. 1910

Just married his fourth wife. II he
keeps on making a record he'll soon
be able to pair of with Nat Goodwin
or Lillian Russell
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

er has worked all his life without miss
ing a day, has never had a vacation,
never takes any recreation, doesn't
chew, drink play golf or cards, and
never goes to the opera or the thea.
ter He gets a salary of $4,000.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The most dangerous of all modern
pets is the pet bulldog. He is as much
out of place on the streets Of a town
or city as a wild beast from the jun
giles of Africa would be.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

1t is generally believed that the
coming to the throne of England OF
George V will tend to bind Germany
and Great Britain into more friendly
relations, as the new king and EN-
peror William are personal friends.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

A baseball team from Stuart will be
in Norfolk on the Fourth to cross
bats with the team of this city.
After nearly two months of nearly
uninterrupted labor on an artesion
well at Fairfax, S. d., a flow of the
best quality of water has been struck
at the depth OF 1871 feet.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Aviators seem to have taken for
their working motto those often quot
ed lines, easily paraphrased Count
that day lost whose low descending
sun, sees no new aviation record won"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Not to be pessimistic at all, but the
school boy ought to be reminded that
his summer vacation is nearly third
gone. First thing he knows he'll be
back in that hard.baCked seat work
ing arithmetic.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The first woman ever employed as
telegraph operator died recently at
Rock Island, ILL.,, at the age of rs.
Sixty years ago she was employed as
telegraph operator at Greenville, Pa.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01
Improved Roads Improve Schools.

Good roads are greater incentives
for progress in the rural community
than any other factor Without good
roads It is impossible to improve the
public schools. to erect churches and
10 build up the farm by rotat. i, d.
versifed and intensified farming.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

John D. Rockefeller insists that the
world is growing better. 1t is a COM
mendable attitude for Mr.. Rockefeller
to take since it is largely his world.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

An Illinois legislator says he'd rath-
er be a CRATER than liar. The man
who is one is generally both. They are
two of kind.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The big fight is located at Reno,
and the population of Nevada will
suspend for day the hunting of jack
rabbits and the manufacture of min.
ing stock certificates for the eastern
lamb market.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

II know that item about the hair in
the window wasn't about me- one
Norfolk woman said 81 know it wasn't
Norfolk woman said II know it was
mine, because never hang my hair
in the window that faces the street"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

A Norfolk man says that when he
gets rich he is going to have enough
servants so that he won't have to
scrub the bath tub when he gets
through bathing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Miss Ethel Roosevelt went to ride
in dog cart with young man. Now
that her father is at home, the man.
ufacturers of newspaper copy may
not find that she is free raw mater.
iaL
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Is Bryan the victim of conspiracy?
Is there a concerted plot on foot to
keep him out of the senatorial race?
His picture was not in evidence at
the Columbus meeting.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

1t is reported that Kermit Roosevelt
will stock a photograph gallery. He's
got good stock of valuable negatives
to start with-and many of his views
can never be duplicated by other art.
lists.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Korea has 116 active gold mines.
No wonder the Japanese were deter
mined to gobble this province.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Now that the commercial airship
service is started in Germany, little
asteroids and comets playing on the
track should stop, look and listen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Mr.. Taft says Mrs. Taft is the real
president of the United States. What
are the suffragettes kicking about,
anyway?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The new king of Belgium is evil
IDENTIFY aiming to have his deeds rather
than his buds" make him conspicu-
Gus.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The government has issued twenty
bulletins on cooking, but has given
no information on how to get cook
or keep her after you get her.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

An Italian scientist has discovered
q way of locating ships in fog. But
so far no one has located the ships
of fortune that each one looks for
some day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

THE only thing l admire about an
automobile" man said today, lis
that they kill dogs"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

less that grocers will finally sell hot
water in cans.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

If what you have to sell is personal
services"-the work of your hands, or
of your brain or of both in equal pro-
portions-take advantage of the best
market that want advertising can find
for you.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The man who plans a delightful va.
cation that he does not take often en-.
Joys himself the most.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The latest accusation against the
sugar trust is that 1t invented the do.
mestic gooseberry.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

There's no use expecting some men
to resist agents; they can't do it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The Russian government creates a
whole new crop of anarchists by the
abolishing of the independence of
Finland.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Do you devote a good deal Of time
to talking over" fool questions? If
you hope to get along, you'll have to
quit that, too.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Therell be a big noise at Danville.
H., on the Fourth. Uncle Joe Can
non is going home to celebrate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

There is one very good, but lone
some man in the heart OF the great
western metropolis, A Chicago bank
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

Boys should remember that, in real
life, the boy bandit usually develops
into corpse or a convict in pretty
short order.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

On June l the per capita was S34.59.
Which did you have, the thirty-four
dollars or the fifty-nine cents?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

One reason there is so much sick
ness is that it furnishes conversation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

1t is said that Tex Richard is sc
sore at Governor Gillett that he never
again will use a safety razor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

The air line is now the general fav-
orite-at least in public discussion.