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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
THE ALBANY STATE HOUSE FIRE

The immunity of socalled fire proc!
buildings from flames got another jolt
when the New York $27,000,000 cap
itol went up in smoke, only a few
days after the human sacrifice in an
other so.called fire proof building in
New York City.
There will be no great regret, ex.
cept by the taxpayers, for the loss OF
the needless luxury provided the leg
islators. There is an incongruity in a
setting OF marbles and yelvets, wrung
largely from the pockets Of toilsome
farmers and mechanics, for represen'
tatives SO many of whom work first
for their own pockets.
II the loss OF all this costly construc.
ton could teach our public servants
the value Of substantial simplicity in
our public buildings, the fire would be
worth all it costs. Oftentimes the
simple faces OF unadorned stone ere.
ate far greater impression Of dig.
nifty and power than elaborate carv.
ings.
Our state public buildings should
never give an appearance Of stinting
and poverty. But on the other hand
there is no reason why they should be
more costly than the average hand
some city business block.
When state authorities attempt to
branch out in artistic lines. the money
is often wasted. Our politicians are
not ordinarily good judges of statuary
painting. and the decorative arts,
They are apt to choose designs, col
ors and compositions, the effect OF
which, instead of attracting the admi
ration Of the iudicious, excites the
amusement Of those who are capable
of judging work Of art.
Such public building as that at AL
bany, costing twice as much as the
national capitol, instead of being a
monument to state progress and en-
lightenment, Is monument to public
extravaganza. II is a story shouted
from the housetops and handed down
to succeeding generations, not OF
achievement, but of failure to intro
duce efficiency in administration OF
public resources.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
THE NEED OF A HOSPITAL

Not many months ago a man in
Gregory county, s. D., developed an
acute case Of appendicitis and was
rushed to Omaha for an operation.
BY the time the long journey was
ended. the man was so nearly dead
that an operation would have been
futile and he expired. If there had
been a hospital at Norfolk, it Is more
than likely that man would have been
brought to Norfolk-only half the dis.
lance to Omaha-and his life might
have been saved.
There is no assurance, OF course,
that the patient in that particular
case could have lived, even IL he had
not been compelled to undergo the
long railroad journey. But the point
is clear. Norfolk is the commercial
hub of a very large territory in north
Nebraska and southern South Dakota.
And as such, it should be provided
with modern hospital facilities. It's
geographical position demands such
an institution here. And 1t is time for
Norfolk to begin thinking about how
to meet this demand.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
NEWSPAPER Condolences,

A perpleXing question in newspaper
ethics is raised by the refusal of H
H. Kohlsaat, publisher of the Chicago
Record Herald, to give up the name
Of the man who gave him confidential
information about the alleged "slust
fund" of 100000 to elect Senator
Lorimer. Mr.. Kohlsaat defies the leg
islative committee, and will put or
prison clothes rather than break his
word.
The public is keenly anxious to gel
at the bottom Of the Lorimer case
1t is sick of whitewash coats. II
wants the truth regardless of whom
it will hit. Ones first feeling is Of
disappointment that Mr. Kohlsaat will
not serve the ends Of justice. by open
ing up a clew that will go to the
heart of this labyrinth of political mys
terry.
But looking at it in a broader way
what will happen If the precedent is
established that newspaper publishers
can be driven to give up sources o.
information given in confidence?
To put it another way, would the
man who gave this tip to Mr.. Kohlsaa'
ever have given it, had he not believed
that he was protected by the wore
of the publisher?
A great deal OF valuable informa
ton is constantly being secured II
this way, by men willing to put news
papers on the track of things the pub
lie ought to know, in return for G
pledge of secrecy.
IL is not wise 10 choke off this ave
nue. OF approach 10 wrongdoers.
To most men a promise is a thine
of paper, to be scattered to the winds
on easy pretexts. When you come
across a man to whom promise
means something, don't try to force
him on his eminence of rectitude into
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
FARMERS SHOULD APPRECIATE

Norfolk farmers should appreciate
the opportunity at their door to es.
tablish a horse breeding industry that
would make them rich.
Belgian horses have been imported
by the Norfolk Commercial club,
through the assistance of G.. l.. Carl
son, and II is the desire of the club
directors that these animals be plac.
ed near Norfolk, in order to build up
a great horse breeding industry here.
1t Is well for the farmers of the
Norfolk district to remember that
these young mares have been import
ed at quite loss in time and trouble
to the Commercial club, and that It
would be little credit to the commun.
ity to let breeders from outside the
state come in and take these mares
away. There are yet few very
choice individuals lert, and farmers
should take advantage of the oppor-
tunity in taking them before it is too
late. Unless these mares are taken
by the farmers here the next consign-
ment will be left in Iowa, where they
have already been spoken for.
No district in the United States has
ever been able to get imported mares
on any such terms as these are de.
livered here. Even dealers and im.
porters have TO put up the cash for
all imported horses before those
horses leave their native land. Other
districts and men have been working
for years for such an opportunity, but
without success. Norfolk has sue
ceeded in bringing these mares to the
farmers of our trade territory at low
cost price. The question only re-
mains: 10 what extent will the farm.
ers profit by such an opportunity?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
A REGRBTTABLE DEFEAT

1t is to be regretted that the Ne
braska legislature has seen fit TO kill
the small appropriation asked for by
the business men of the state to ad.
vertise Nebraska and its resources.
Only $4,000 very insignificant
sum as compared with the sums spent
by business corporations of less cali
Der than the state of Nebraska-was
asked for and this would have served
to get the new publicity work started
Nebraska has great things to offer by
reason of its possession of the most
fertile soil on the face of the globe
and there are many opportunities open
to new enterprises, but Nebraska
can not hope to build up by folding
It's hands or ewirlins its thumbs and
waiting for things to turn up" any
more than mammoth business institu.
tions can. The advertising appropria.
ton Of the Union Pacific railroad runs
into millions each year and if a great
railroad can AFFORD to spend so vast
sum to advertise the territory into
which 1t runs, surely the great state
OF Nebraska could well afford to invest
a small $4,000 for advertising pur,
poses.
Thousands of people have been in
duced to settle in Minnesota, in Can
ada, in Texas, in Colorado. in Idaho
and in other states by reason of ad.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Some OF the insurgents in congress
are finding themselves in a difficult
predicament. Congressman Norris OF
Nebraska has joined the reaction
aries" in trying to defeat President
Taft's plan to reduce the cost of living
by Canadian reciprocity agreement
But the insurgents don't seem to be
acting tremendously. Ex-senator Bev
eridge Of Indiana, for instance, is one
of the reciprocity's strongest advo
Gates. A few months ago Mr.. Norris
and other reformers were seeking re
vision of the tariff. Now that revision
is offered in liberal quantity, he re,
fuses to support It He declares it is
"a gold brick" handed to the farmer
Apparently Mr.. Norris is playing pol
itics and wants tariff revision only on
commodities produced outside OF his
congressional district
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Mrs. John Hays Hammond has Join.
ed Andrew Carnegie in declaring that
the poor are as happy as the rich
There is nothing original or startling
in the statement OF either, but the in.
ference that the have.nots are as for.
tunate as the possessors OF wealth is
as misleading as it is untrue. An
abundance of money added to a sub.
stantial fund OF character and intelli.
gence brings power, comfort and
pleasure that cannot be had without
it. These things help greatly in max.
ing life worth living. While no man
need be ashamed of honest poverty
every man who has a particle Of red
blood In his veins desires and strives
to gain competence and even more
if possible, that he may be worth more
to himself and to others than he other
wise can be. This, no doubt, was the
motive that prompted Carnegie and
Hammond to acquire their millions
| and however much they may talk to
the contrary. neither they nor their
families would take the place of the
men who have to struggle all their
lives close to the bread line. Money
does not make people happy. Many
people who have it are miserable as
well as many who do not have it. II
is foolish. however. to minimize Its
value in adding to LIES possibilities.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The Crimean and Japanese wars
were both Muscovite defeats. The
first denied Russia entrance by the
front door into Turkey. And from
that day Russia has been trying to
pry open the back door in Armenia.
The second denied Russia admittance
into China through the front door OF
Manchuria, And from that day the
cars forces have been persistently
hammering at the back door of Chi
nese Turkeystan. If everlasting per
sistence wins out in this old world
then the Russians will eventually get
there.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
NORFOLK NEEDS A HOSPITAL.

NORFOLK NEEDS A HOSPITAL.
Norfolk needs a hospital. II needs
a hospital right now.
AS the commercial metropolis OF
northern Nebraska and southern
South Dakota, Norfolk owes II not
only to itself but to the people of the
territory tributary to this city as a
hub, to provide hospital service for
the sick and injured More than that
the city itself should be equipped with
such an institution, regardless of the
outside.
Every day people pass through Nor.
folk from northern Nebraska and
southern South Dakota, to seek relief
from illness or injury in hospitals To-
Gated at points a hundred miles or sc
further on. They ought to be able to
get OF the train at Norfolk and find
the hospital care they need.
There are too many people looking
upon Norfolk as commercial center
for the city 10 shirk responsibility
Successful hospitals are being operat
ed In towns much smaller than Nor
folk and with nothing like the field
to draw from, that Norfolk has.
It's time we we're going at the hos
pital proposition in some concrete
form, and in earnest. There ought
to be some means Of getting one es
tablished.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

A beneficial change has taken place
in the attitude Of the Diaz government
toward the instruction since the
United States troops modified on the
Mexican border Now the administra
ton will have to do one Of two things
either promptly suppress the insur
rectos or sincerely make satisfactory
concession to them. Before the troops
arrived 1t was doing neither.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Rudolph Spreckles, who has spent
so much time and money in the puri
fication OF California politics and final
ly succeeded in getting Abe Reuf be
hind the bars, is now touring the
country speaking to commercial clubs
in various cities, urging the duty OF
business men to redeem city politics
from the scandals by which municipal
life is now so generally infested.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Guarantee OF bank deposits was the
favorite democratic nostrum in 1906,
but already in Oklahoma the solid
banks that have had to pay the losses
Of the wildcats are sick of the whole
system.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

1t is said that MI Aldrich could
draw all the money out of the treas.
ury under his powers by the none.
tary commission law. But as so much
OF 1t would be gold and silver, he
could not get far with his pockets SO
weighted down.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

There is shakeup in the railway
mail service, and now If the letters
which have been given the old man
to take to the postofrice are shaken
out Of his pockets, mail matter ought
to come along on time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

vertising. Iowa within the last ten
years actually lost in population. Ne
braska's gain was small compared
with the gain OF many other states.
Surely the census figures ought to
serve as warning enough to the state
legislature that it is up to Nebraska
to adopt modern methods il it ex.
poets any material increase in popu.
lation
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Admiral Togo is coming over to see
Panama, and there is no doubt in our
minds that he means to carry the ca
nal back to Japan.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Champ Clark declines to use the
speakers automobile. But if they
would give him a democrat wagon
and Missouri mule he could ride to
the capital without giving aid and
comfort to the plutocrats.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

New York is TO get rid OF its old
time horse cars. Soon if the youth of
that city want to see horse, they
will have to hunt around among the
megatherium skeletons Of the natural
history collections.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

McCook appeals to the average Ne
braska citizen as the logical point for
the location of the new southwest Ne
braska agricultural school, and north
Nebraska people would be glad to see
the institution settled there. McCook
is ideally located so as to make the
new school of the greatest value to
the section to be benefited.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

They are having wild old times at
the Camorra trial in Italy. and the
scene is almost as thrilling as when
the umpire decides against the home
team.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

President Taft's message will be
brief. This may have resulted from
our frank statement that we would
never hire him for a reporter until he
learned to boil il down.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Mexican peace terms are now being
discussed. We hope they put in a
clause against those long crowned
cone shaped hats the MeIicans wear,
which excite the alarm OF peaceably
disposed visitors.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The Persian parliament is to engage
five American financial specialists.
The women who promote cake sales
at our church would seem TO be likely
candidates.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

"A Penurious Highbrow" asks the
New York Sun what to do to remove
gloss from a pair OF trousers. Our
advice would be to wear them while
planting the garden.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Explorer Mikkelson is reported lost
in Greenland. This is the first round
ON the ladder for success on the lee
ture platform.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

w. ]. Bryan says the newspapers
should not publish reports of crimes,
But in 1896 he was feeding out hot
stun on the crime of 10"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

DR.. d. X. Pearson Of Chicago cele.
brated his 9lst birthday by giving
away 100000 to colleges. The doctor
seems determined to snatch the bread
and butter out OF the mouths of the
LAWYERS
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

1t would have been less embarrassing
had we published the spring poetry
recently offered us. But had we done
so, our years of labor to get the
Pegasuses of this neighborhood las
seed and tied up in their stalls would
have been thrown away.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
AROUND TOWN.

Though men teachers don't draw as
big pay as railway presidents, still
there are compensations. The ratio of
women teachers to men teachers, at
to
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

President Diaz talks of resigning
since they stoned the palace, but our
senators continue calm while the in,
surgents are pitching vegetables into
the parlor windows.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Encouraged by Mr.. Taft, the dove
OF peace was beginning to look quite
perky, when the German chancellor
came along and said she is no better
than the old speckeled hen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The Kansas City council has passed
an anti.hat pin order. and soon they
will know how the Russian duma feels
when the car kicks a sessions work
into the coal hole.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
he common herd OF easy liars.

the common herd OF easy liars.
In smaller way this problem is
one constantly recurring in ordinary
newspaper life. The publisher should.
and usually does, protect the man
who gives him information. That is
one reason why the newspaper secures
access to sources of knowledge closed
TO the general public.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

China yields to Russia's demands.
After some experience Of Russia in
our kitchen. we have found that she
is given to smashing China.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

We see by the paper that an auto
mobile went mile in :40.32 seconds
Friday. At that rate, it would take
about as long as would be required
TO draw your breath, to get to the
Country club from The News office
And that would be about fast enough
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Jack Johnson was jailed for over
speeding an auto in San Francisco
He marked that black streak along
the streets little too fast.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Actual regulation OF express rates
is very near at hand. There is no
reason in the world why the govern
ment should regulate freight rates and
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

They are now talking OF carrying
magazines by freight. A carload Of
those love stories ought not to weigh
much OF anything.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

A millionaire graduate Of Harvard
has gone to work in a grocery store at
50 a week. He is going to learn the
business from the molasses barrel up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Chief Yukehoma wants the Indian
youth to be free Of school tasks. All
they have to do is to get on the ball
team Of one of our colleges.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

with a 1927 900, 900 capitol to rebuild,
craftsmanship is going to be paying
proposition in New York state for a
while.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Probably the spiritual significance
OF the Easter festival can be properly
noted even II you do not get your
Easter hat done.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

In view OF the opening OF the gar.
den season, let US all sing that beauti-
ful hymn, Lay down the shovel and
the hoe"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The Italian Camorra adopts very
awkward ways Of getting rid of I'M
pleasant people. In our country we
simply blackball them at the clubs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The wool growers are about to in
wade Washington. They seem tc
think that the wrong man has rur
of with the shearing scissors.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Banker Vanderlip Of New York may
not say that money is distressingly
easy after the bill for his wife's new
spring hat comes in.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

allow the express companies TO do
business in the monopolistic manner
they employ at present.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Priceless documents were burned In
the New York capitol fire, but the
discreditable record OF the legislature
Is not got rid of so easily.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The complaint is made that 1t takes
a ton and half of hay to buy a square
meal in New York.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Colonel Cody will appear in new
role as senator from New Mexico. He
ought to be able to round up the old
boys and drive them to a vote.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The people who demand safe fac
tories for the garment workers must
be prepared to pass over more than
SO cents for a shirtwaist.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

We had given the auto the prefer
ence and almost got ready to buy, but
so many other people have bought EN-
that 1t isn't necessary. Well use
theirs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

AS the Mexican insurgents we're Of
counter, they are still insurging.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Persons seeking some light form of
exercise are advised to run on the
prohibition ticket.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The biggest talker in town will tell
you that he knows enough to keep his
mouth shut.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

II man works as much as two
evenings week he lets on" that he
works every night
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Defective electric wiring is said to
have set the Albany statehouse afire.
Perhaps 1t was the wire pulling.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

People always welcome the break
ing up of hard winter and the has
ketball season.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

But we didn't bite on any cigar nail
ed down to the desk. eve never
smoke on April /, thank you)
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Pitching baseball isn't the only field
OF endeavor where good control is
needed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The only thing a sober man enjoys
about a drunk is seeing him sent to
Jail.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Those who put in a garden in the
middle of March now wish they had
put in n ton OF coal.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Speaking of automobiles, we cant
for the life of us decide whether tC
buy an auto or an aeroplane; and il
it's to be aeroplane, we can't come to
a decision as to whether II should be
monoplane or biplane.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

We're painting anxiously for the
opinion Of the United States supreme
court as to. What is a widow" Some
widows are conspirators, a Norfolk
man thinks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Aren't girls the sassy things? Think
of the snobbishness of that Chicago
artist model.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

You can always rely upon a jealous
woman finding something to work on.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

The man who smokes without smok
ing too much doesn't get much salts
faction out of the habit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Count MCGOWAN refers to a certain
lazy, talky man is "corn.shucker IL
May"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

incidentally, we're not weeping over
the departure Of NJ Winds.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Those who have competition dom
consider it the life OF trade.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Surprising how many people stant
ready TO help you when you don't neet
help.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

An Atchison man is lucky in every
thing that has nothing to do with
money.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

But we must admit the weather man
slipped one over on US.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

We're glad to see A. Showers bacl
after a years absence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

And speaking of Henrietta, we're
going to take our opera glasses along
and try to see whether she uses -
- cold cream, or not. We got a
sample of that kind of cold cream
along with package of drugs the
other day and little booklet telling
about the wonders of the cream, de.
clared that, among the noted actresses
who use it, is Henrietta Crosman. If
We can't answer the question with
opera glasses, we're going to have the
dramatic man on The News put the
query to her, point blank. We believe
in keeping history straight.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

Saturday was a day that belongs to
all the world. (Here's hoping the
world won't take offense)
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07

New blood doesn't do as much for
a town as new money.