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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20

Omaha Bee: The measure provid-
ing Tor a limited parcels post on rural
free delivery mail routes has been
favorably reported to the senate
with the power of the administration
back of it, it will probably pass and
he"ome a law. 1t contemplates an
experiment for one year. BY that
tllre 1t should be proved wise or un.
wise Tor permanent service. If il
does not come up to expectations. GER
taihiy the government may be relied
on to abolish it, and if it does come
" to the standard, to make it general
and permanent in time.
Under the circumstances il would
seem only reasonable for those inter.
ests and influences seeking to defeat
this legislation to rest their case in
the fate of fair experiment. These
interests have gone to vast pains and
expense to flood the country with lit
eratHre, denouncing the whole plan OF
parcels post and seeking to organize
forces for its overthrow. Nor have
these interests overlooked the expedl.
ent Of sending Hobbies to Washington
to work on the lawmakers. But eyi-
IDENTIFY to no avail.
Parcels post, we believe, is coming
to stay, and it is futile to try to stop
it. II it comes it will be in response
to real demand, Possibly few
business interests might be adversely
arected by it, but the great majority
OF people would we feel sure. benefit
through the operation of such meas.
ure, Parcels post has been success.
ful abroad and we have every facility
and means for making it work well
here.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20

Francis Lee Stuart has succeeded
\. w. Thompson as chief engineer Of
the Baltimore 4 Ohio
The Louisville n Nashville will hc.
gin the construction of 100 box cars
and 200 steel fruit GERS the first of
next month
The Chicago Great Western Is con.
structing 26S miles of electric block
signals along its lines in Illinois and
Iowa. as safeguard against acct.
dents.
The Rio Grandc railroad in Texas.
which was constructed by Spaniards
IN 1868, has been purchased by st.
Louis interests and will be rebuilt
and placed In first class condition
Tariffs filed with the interstate
commerce commission by the Mis-.
souri, Pacific. Kansas CITY Southern
and other roads. cancelng certain
rates, have been suspended until An.
ri Is next.
a parlor car service has been estab.
llshed on the Panama railroad and
has already become very popular with
the tourists who wish to cross the
isthmus in the most comfortable man.
ner.
Pullman porters of the country are
organizing an association along labor
union lines, with fraternal and death
benefit features, and have already
progressed far enough to ask an in
crease in wages.
Unless the courts should Suetaip
the railroads, the reduction In switch.
ing charges which the manufacturers
and jobbers of Los Angeles and San
francisco have been demanding for
years VIII become effective March |.
or the railroad companies of the
United States, only three systems are
earning more than 100000, 900 a year
Sross-the Pennsylvania leading by a
VIDE margin, the Southern Pacific sec.
ond and the Santa Fe ranking third.
IL is reported. on what is consider :.
ed excellent authority, that President
George f. Baer of the Reading. will
resign as director of the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad company, owing to ad.
years and desire to be re.
IleVed OF some of his business cares.
one of the largest orders for loco
motives placed in some time. comes
rom the Hartman lines and totals
i9o' OF which 1876 are for freight and
eleven for passenger service The
Baldwin works will build the locomo-
ives and the bill will amount to about
$4,000 900.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Commissioners Proceedings.

Madison, Neb., Jan. 10, 1911, | p. m
Board of county commissioners met
, in regular session according to law
Present, Burr Taft and Henry Sunder.
man, John Malone being absent on ac.
count of sickness. Burr Taft was
elected chairman.
The minutes OF the meeting of Janu-
airy D, 1911, We're read and approved
as read.
The time having arrived for opening
the bids for blank books, stationery
and blanks for the year 1911, the fol-
lowing bids on file with the county
clerk were opened and compared.
The bids Were as follows: II. b. Al
len and the Huse Publishing company
on blanks, the lIuse Publishing com
pany on books and the Huse Publish
ing company on stationery. Two bids
which were not signed and which had
no mark to indicate by whom filed
were opened but not considered.
The bid of II. B. Allen on blanks
being the lowest and best bid, he was
awarded the contract for blanks for
the year 1911. The bid of the Huse
Publishing company on books being
the lowest and best bid, they were
awarded the contract for books for
the year 1911. The bid of the Huse
Publishing company on stationery be-
ing the lowest and best bid, they were
awarded the contract to furnish sta
tionery for the county for the year
1911.
Mr.. Simon Finnegan made com.
plant of obstruction in road, and
asked the board to have same re.
moved.
The Huse Publishing company and
the Madison Chronicle each submitted
propositions for publishing commits
sioners proceedings, etc, for the year
1911 and the contract was on motion
awarded to the Huse Publishing COM
pany as per contract on file.
On motion the following official
bonds were approved:
James Hughes, road overseer, road
district No. II,
A. w. Finkhouse, constable, Norfolk
precinct.
The bond of H. B. Allen as contract.
or for blanks for 1911 was fixed at
5000, the Huse Publishing company, !
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20

Creighton News: Charles Griffin,
who has been visiting his brother.
John, of Center, for the past week,
met with a painful accident last Mon
day, while returning from rabbit
hunt. In crossing fence, the shot
gun was accidentally discharged, the
full charge taking effect in the lett
hand. Griffin will suffer loss of his
thumb, nearly all the palm and the
third finger which wiz leave him to-.
tally disabled as far as the use of the
hand is concerned.
DIR. c. c, Johnson was called to as
sist DR.. Carmack of Center in making
the amputation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Gregory Prisoner Lost Arm.

Colome Times: James Vyskocil.
serving eight months i'm the state pen.
itentiary in Sioux Falls, from Gregory
county, for grand larceny, suffered the
loss OF his right arm between the ell.
bow and the shoulder while at work
In the twine plant at the prison
Wednesday of last week.
The injured man was feeding the
heaviest of the big machines, which
is used.for shredding the sisal which
Is consumed I'm making Irvine. and ac.
cidentally thrust his right hand far
enough into the mouth of the machine
to permit the rolls to catch his fingers.
Before the machine could be stop.
ped the arm had been drawn in to a
point between the elbow and the shout
der and so completely was it crushed
that amputation was necessary.
Nyskocil will be remembered as the
Trip county homesteader who last
fall was convicted in the Gregory coun.
ty courts on a charge of grand larceny,
growing out of a series of thefts
through which he accumulated on his
claim between Colome and Dallas Il
grisl of various articles which might
be listed in sale bin language as too
numerous to mention He was sen.
fenced to serve eight months in the
state penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
Before the case came to trial Vys.
kocil drove team of mules to Colome.
They ran away with him and he was
badly injured, receiving a broken col
lar bone, shoulder dislocation and had
his head badly hurt. He was cared
Tor here and after recovering, proved
up on his place and then stood trial .
and went to prison.
The case of the unfortunate man
has aroused considerable sympathy.
for it is generally felt that a mental
deficiency caused him to commit the
thetts which put him in prison Other
wise he was a harmless fellow.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
mo SIMPLE LIFE ON VENUS
An Astronomer Told Her View of the
Conditions on the Planet.


New York, Jan. lis 1t true that
people live on Venus?" Miss Mary
Proctor woman astronomer, was
asked today.
i don't know replied Miss Proc.
tor, with a smile; but if there is,
life on Venus 10 stormier than love
on earth. The inhabitants, if there
are any, must live in cyclone cellars
and wear heat proof diving suits to
business
You see, it has been discovered
that Venus makes but one revolution
on her axis in one rotation around
the sun, just as the moon makes but
one in rotation around the earth.
That is the reason we see but one
side of the moon. This means that
venus always presents the same side
to the sun. That side is twice as hot
as our tropics. 1t follows that the
other side would be about twice as
cold as our Arctics."
But if one lived in the perpetual
twilight between the two sides
there should be delightful climate
there" was suggested.
THAT would be the worst place to
live. All of this cold air on one side
and hot air on the other is an un.
natural condition. In the twilight
belt terrific wind storms are forming
and tearing across the planet. Tor.
nado follows tornado Then there is
reason to believe, that the surface of
Venus is almost entirely water. There
would be a regular procession of hot
and cold water spouts over the planet.
There probably never is a dull mo.
ment on Venus"
rs anything really known about
the existence of life on Venus?"
NO" she replied promptly, "and
there probably never will be-"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
TUESDAY TOPICS.

George H. Mitchell of Winner was
here.
F. H. Scott is threatened with pneu-
monia.
r. S. Lackey went to Stanton on
business.
f. p. Weatherby went to O'Nein on
business.
Dave Hodson of Madison was a Wis
itor in the city.
Sheriff c. S. Smith of Madison was
here on business.
7. l.. Patrick of SCOTS Bluff was
visitor in the city.
o. w. Rice of Cedar Rapids was a
visitor in the city.
r. b. McFadden OF Madison was
here visiting with friends.
Miss Mabel Clements OF WILDER is
in the city visiting with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Fuhr of Creigh-
ton visited at the home of Albert FIJI.
ter.
William Zutz of Gregory was in the
city visiting with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs E. W. Zutz.
WI anu MIS. w. II. BuclOlZ and
sons were in the city, the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. n. A. Rainbolt.
Mrs. William Storts, who has been
here visiting with the w. T. Shively
family, has returned to her home at
ONeill.
Miss Pearl Carlson has accepted a
temporary position in the Office of the
Elkhorn Life Insurance company.
George Granger, formerly employed
at the Fair store, has gone to Lynch,
where he will open up a meat market. |
The basketball game between the |
Fierce high school and Norfolk Bust. |
ness college basketball teams will take |
place in the Taylor hall at 8 O'Clock |
night. The local team has |
received their uniforms and declare |
they are in fine trim.
Two Norfolk horse experts are on
the program of the state veterinarians
meeting at Lincoln Tuesday. G. l..
Carlson will talk of the veterinarian
as breeder and DR.. c. A. McKim
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20

aculty that she got to the door to open
It, Upon attempting to arouse the
household, she found them all in a
slupor from the effect of the fumes
Mr. and Mrs Daley and their little
girl were assisted over to Lue ROYAL.
TVS residence and doctor was call.
ed. After considerable effort they
were finally pronounced out OF dan.
ger but were quite IN for several days
The entire household, consisting of
Mr.. and Mrs. Daley, their little girl,
Mrs. Parshall and her three children.
suffered severely from the effect of the
gas and had IT not been for the baby
fussing, which woke its mother they
would all likely have been beyond
help by morning.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Commercial Club for Niobrara.

Niobrara, Neb.. Jan. 17.-Special to
The News: In the Christmas edition
of the Niobrara Tribune, a commercial
club and a library were two of Mo
brara's Needs" that were mentioned.
Several of the business men held "a
preliminary meeting early in the week
and on January Is will hold a meet
ing at which time the committee on
bylaws will report and permanent
organization will become effective.
copy of the Christmas edition
sent to Bishop Williams of Omaha
was sent by him to a friend in Chica-
90. The Chicago gentleman has offer
ed to send a library of 100 volumes
to Rev NJ. j. Brown and these books
will be given to st. Paul's Episcopal
Sunday school, making a large addi-
ton to their library. The books will
no doubt have quite a circulation
through the town.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Horse Stealing CHARGED.

Bonesteel Herald: II. j. Piper, the
man who is charged with stealing
three head of valuable horses from
the homestead of A. r. Exon recently
and bound over to wait the action of a
Jury, was again arrested last week by
Sherih Sheldon of Lyman county
charged with the same offense. It
seems that Piper, assisted by half
breed Indian, successfully purloined a
team and young colt from a Lyman
county farmer some time previous to
his stealing OF the Exon horses. To
rid himself of his accomplice, Piper
gave the Indian the colt and SIS. ON
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Chance in Dallas Attorney

Dallas News: At the meeting of the
city council last Tuesday evening Geo.
A. LETTERS, our popular city attorney,
resigned his position and Attorney f.
o. Patterson was named to succeed
him. Mr.. LETTERS assigned as his rea-
son for resigning that he expected
soon to leave Dallas for Washington,
ID. g., for several months, where he
has a large number of cases to look
after in the United States courts and
before the department of the interior,
and therefore could not give the city's
legal affairs the attention that he felt
was due them. Mr.. LETTERS expects to
leave Saturday. Mr.. letters has been
highly successful in his efforts at
Washington and has established an
enViable reputation, and is interested
in many of the most important cases
before the United States supreme
court. The newly appointed city at
torney, Mr., Patterson, is an attorney
of exceptional ability, enjoying an ex-
tensive practice, and will look well
after the city's interests.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
A Mysterious Enuineer.

Wayne Democrat: A stranger
came to Wayne last Friday evening
and stated that he was at the head
of a government survey gang to sur
vey the Logan valley for the purpose
of Strengthening out the creek. The
gentleman was hustler, bought all
kinds of supplies, engaged men to re-
port for work Monday morning, etc.
He also passed check at the Clinken-
board grocery for $3.50, and gave
Landlord Kingsbury a check for $2S,
but only had two days board out of
that Sunday the United States engi-
neer' left to get crew of men, and
he hasn't been seen since, the suppo-
sition being that he was batty or
something worse. The checks were
no good and the other parties who
took big orders, including HiscoX's
livery where he was going to get a lot
of teams, all feel badly over the
ape. The next engineer
who comes along to straighten the
crooked Logan will have to bring a
bill of particulars proving that he is
straighter than the creek.
The man wrote his name as I'D. V.
Stewart, United States Engineer" and
drew checks on the First National
bank. Grocer Clinkenbeard advanced
him a small amount of cash, so the
Democrat is informed, and other par.
ties, who Dragged about the big bust.
ness" they did with the gentleman,
are not probably telling everything
they know for publication.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
. USE DYNAMITE. NOT PLows.
" - an Easier and Better Way to
Break up Kansas Hardpan.

break up Kansas Hardpan,
Manhattan, Kan, Jan. 17.--At the
present rate of progress II won't be
long until some Of the methods of the
new agriculture make necessary n
change In many Of the phrases OF the
old time farm language. Instead OF
rather telling the boys to hitch up and
get started with the blowing it1l be
get your batteries and wires and hus.
tie out and blow up that lower
eighty"
Nowadays n farmer of sense no
longer strains the life out of his
horses and smashes his pillow trying
TO stir mp hardpan, commonly known
as 'dobe' lie either tells his troubles
to the state agricultural college and
man Is sent to teach him how to
farm with dynamite or he takes n
FISK, bores the holes or has them
bored sinks the charges. connects
them with wires, lamps down the
earth and then, with one little pull of
lever, blows daylight into the stub.
born soil that has hitherto resisted
the plow
or course you have to plow that
held, but you do II the next spring.
The frost and the snow and rain get
into the cracks the dynamite made
and make 1t mellow so that when YOU
attack 1t in the spring the share cuts
IL up In fine, workable slice
iiardpan usually is a subsoil strn.
tum from six to eighteen inches thick,
though in many places it is much
thicker. The dynamite Is placed in a
mole that has been bored with a most.
hole auger. When several charges
have been placed they are connected
with an electric battery and exploded
simultaneously. The soil is shattered
and broken for many feet away from
the holes. If they have been proper
~ placed all of the hardpan will be
shattered. The cost of this work is
about SIS to $25 an acre. though il
varies with the depth and thickness
OF the hardpan.
Sometimes dynamited soil is pillow.
ed and narrowed and planted immed
lately to some deep-rooted crop like
clover or alfalfa. This, ii is believed
"'' hSNp lht sui from running to- |
gether again; but many experiment. |
ers prefer to let the ground receive |
the frost and snow and rain until In |
the spring. Neither side to the con- !
troversy is certain of it's contention. |
because dynamiting as an aid to farm. |
ing Is still new. Neither does anyone
Know precisely how much such sys-
TEN will cost In one place. close Ia
powder supply, in ground where the
charges thirty feet apart would do the
work, the expense might be only SIS
or 81 an acre. The cost of labor must
be considered. A man doesn't bore
many holes thirty.six inches deep in
u day In hardpan. There are times
when he ceases in his task, leans
YEARLY upon earthworm auger. gazes
sadly at the sky like man that has
just lost his carfare, and mutters.
whats the use?"
The agronomy department of the
agricultural college is conducting
some cooperative experiments with
the farmers in several counties IN
dynamiting hardpan. 1t is believed
the proper use of dynamite with farm
manures, coupled with an efficient crop
rotation, will solve the problem of cui-
tivating hardpan.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20

Gordon, Neb,, Jan. 17.-Special to
The News Gordon business men or
gained a commercial club and have
already secured membership of sew
enty-five and expect soon to pass the
100 mark.
Ofilcers are: c. ID. Berkheimer.
president; Lee Fritz, vice president;
l.. II. Jordan, secretary; U. F. Powell,
treasurer. Board of directors: C. ID.
Bersheimer, Fred Duerfeldt, L. II. Jor-
dan, Lee Fritz, II. s. Fritz, w. G.
Traub, U. F. Powell.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Nearly AsphNxlated.

Butte Gazette: c. H. Daley and
family came near being asphyxlated
by gas Sunday night. The heavy wind
Sunday bent the cap on their chm.
ney thus obstructing the draft of their
hard coal stove and causing the gas
from the fire to fill the house during
the night. When Mrs. Edgar Parshall.
Who was visiting her parents, awoke
between and 4 o'clock, she found the
air so suffocating that 1t was with DIFF
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Butte Liuhts Out.

Butte Gazette; The sudden severe
cold snap caused considerable havoc
with our electric light plant Monday
night. Water froze in the cylinders
and bursted the engine so that the
plant will be out of commission a
week or ten days.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20

West Point, Neb., Jan. 17.-Special
to The News: The annual stockhold.
ers meetings of the banks of West
Point were held and the following is
the result. West Point National
President William Stuefer; vice pres.
ident, j. r. Baumann; cashier. James
W. Shearer Directors are: William
Stuefer, II. W. Baumann, j. w. Shear.
err, Joseph Hunker and J. r. Baumann.
First National-President, w. A..
Black; vice president. Henry Hunker:
cashier Chris Hirschmann; assistant
cashier, William Gentrup. Directors
are: Chris Hirschmann, Henry Hunk.
er, w. A. Black, Charles II. Wilde and
Henry Schinstock. Nebraska State
President, r. d. Thompson; vice prcsi.
dent, Herman Koch; cashier, A. +.
Walla; assistant cashier. j. f. Ia.
jicek. Directors are: r. d. Thomp-
son, Herman Koch, A. F.. Walla. j. f.
Zajicek, F. ID. Hunker, j. f. Kaup and
James Mortensen. All the banks de.
clared the usual dividend.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
Only Once a Week.

Madison Post: AS was announced
in these columns some time ago, the
Post will be issued weekly. This is
done owing to the increased cost of
paper products and labor and because
after two years and half of expert
ence it has been found that twice-a-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
DEATH ON ToBoGGAN.
Milton eenner, Council Bluffs Lad
Meets Death al kearnev

Kearney, Neb., Jan. l6.-Milton Ben.
ner, lf.yearold student AT the Kearney
Military academy, plunged to his death
down a toboggan slide. His foot
caught In the runners of the sled, the
sled was overturned, the railing of the
incline gave way and he fell to the
earth, crushing his skull.
This was young Benner's first Sc.
mester at the school. His relatives
reside In Council Bluffs and have been
notified of the accident.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20

tall frame of mind won't do. You've
got To gct away from your own self.
ish motives for n time and interest
Yourself IN your towns Welfare or
down goes the meat axe. They are
doing things out In the world-little
things aud big things Nowadays il
Is the active towns that are progress.
ing WIFE Madison 20 ahead or fall in
the rear"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
a Opn WALL

Colome Times: G. w. Whitehoyn
arrived in Colome Saturday morning,
marking the end of pedestrian triL
from Long Pine, Neb., to Dorian
Buttes, in this county. He walked
thence to Colome, where he took lie
train to his home at Butte Neb
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20

an unknown and bogus bank. for his
share OF the spoils in the deal. Last
week the Lyman county sheriff traced
the thief and had him arrested on the
charge OF horse stealing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-20
OSnond AT 20

Osmond Republican: Osmond is
twenty years old. We have nothing
but cement walks, waterworks are
coming, and why not finish up with
electric lights? Then Wen have moth.
ing to do for a long time.