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

part III tue VI Oul buog
little city. The citizens of Norfolk .
have commenced the erection OF a
beautiful $4,000 Y. VI. G. A. building; /
through the efforts of some a beauti
full $4,000 Carnegie library has been
completed seven blocks of paving has
been laid on Norfolk avenue.
We have entertained not less than
ten conventions and in every case our
guests have gone away with praise
for our citizens and our city.
Last spring when there was danger
of poor seed corn being planted, let
tiers, together with a formula for test
ing corn, were mailed to the farmers
living around Norfolk The study of |
good roads has taken considerable |
time of your directors and has ended |
in our securing through our county |
commissioners the inheritance tax
fund of more than 81 500 for the pur /
pose of building three and one-half |
miles of oil road on South Thirteenth |
street. The practicability of oiled !
roads has been thoroughly demon !
strated and we believe that our little |
start will be the means of our getting |
miles of good roads leading into Nor |
folk, which of course we all must adj
init will improve our city and the farm
land surrounding IT.
An effort has been made by your di.
rectors to promote an interurban rail
| road from Norfolk southwest through
| Madison county which would bring us
| in contact with some of the richest
| farming land in the state of Nebraska.
| This project has not been abandoned.
We firmly believe it is plausible and
worthy of our efforts. Lack of time
| To IN IN ttnn nd 1n nf
funds are the only reasons that great
err progress has not been made.
| An effort has been made to organize
stock company and purchase tract
of land and give the use of it to the
| city for the purpose of holding all
kinds of athletic games, race meets
stock shows, etc. While there is no
assurance that this will be accom-
plished yet there is hope, and surely
a move of this kind is commendable
even though it does not meet with
every ones views. We have been con-
stantly watching for an opportunity of
securing some factory or industry to
occupy some of our vacant buildings
that are suitable for various indus
tries. We have been unsuccessful in
our efforts, but believe that the d.
rectors next year should continue their
efforts in this direction. Sooner or
later we will secure something worth
while. In several cases excessive
freight rates have been the means of
our failure along these lines. The
Commercial club had a thorough or
ganiZation of workers to carry the
paving bonds.
The Commercial club secured spe-
Cial train service for the state conven-
ton of Commercial clubs at Columbus
and was represented by about forty
members, the largest representation
of any club in the state.
You will notice in our report that
our secretary, Mr.. l.. p. Pasewalk, has
made no charge for his services. Pre-
! vious years $500 per annum has been
paid the secretary. We have not had
sufficient revenue to pay secretary.
There are several other things under
way that if they are accomplished will
be WORTHY OF your praise.
=, Depot Coming.
Through tho. efforts OF the city coun-
ell and the ConirIe club promise
for a new joint 'Eepot of the Union
Pacific and the NJ. 4. o. has been Sc
cured; the depot is ut built but we
have it coming. An efNrt to get the
Northwestern to run its trains up town
was unsuccessful for the time being,
but this matter may yet be adjusted
satisfactorily to all concerned We
have gained a number of most excel
lent business men and few int ;.
| tries in the past year. Whether these
, have come TO us of their own accord
is immaterial. They have come be-
cause they see a future for Norfolk.
We are glad to welcome them and will
ask them right now to lend their
shoulder to the wheel and help us to
work for a Norfolk of 10000 inhab-
itants in the next five years. | will
suggest few things that we should
, have. We should have a public park.
, We should have hospital. We should
have a wholesale grocery establish
ment. We should have a candy factory.
; We should have canning factory. We
should have small packing plant, and
a number of similar industries to
l make Norfolk the distributing center
2 that it should be by virtue of its adj
+ vantageous location.
S The last but by no means least
= yes, the best thing we have ever done
D has been to assist Mr.. Carlson in
: launching "Carlson's Breeders Re-
view" and to secure and place mum
Der of high bred horses among our
. farmers at absolute cost. Mr. Carl
{ sons paper will be the means of max
+ ing Norfolk famous and his living here
: has already advertised us more than
II anything that has been done. These
# things will not only give our city pub
: licity all over the world, but will tend
;. to bring the farmers closer to us. We
6 are in farming community and we
pend on the farmers patronage ant
should do everything in our power tt
assist him in making his industry
y more profitable and attractive. There
e is nothing that will create more pride
l and interest in farming than that o.
e raising thoroughbred cattle, horses
!. hogs, sheep and poultry. The farmer
is likewise interested in our growth
and prosperity. With the growth O
u our city we furnish him a better mar
T. ket and increase the values of hi:
y farm lands. So we can all readily SET
e that this movement started by Mr.
h Carlson and supported by the Com
n mercial club will be of untold value tt
n us all Mr.. Carlson has had fiatterint
~ offers from other places. They are
:. anxious to have him among them ant
= want his services to build up thei