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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16
NOW A FALL FESTIVAL.

For many years Norfolk business
men have realized that this city should
conduct some sort of fall festival, SIM
liar to the Aksarben or to the corn
palace which has been so successful
at Mitchell, S. d.
The obstacle has been the lack of
any person who had the time to or
ganize the work and carry it out. Now
that we have a paid Commercial club
secretary, it would seem that this
should be one of the paramount un,
dertakings.
People in territory tributary to Nor.
folk want to get little recreation in
the fall of the year, after the harvest
They want TO meet old friends in some
central assembling point. They want
to be entertained. Yet they don't
want to be forced to take the long
journey necessary to the cities. Nor
folks the logical point for such a gath
ering in this territory.
There should be high class enter
tainment, such as at Mitchell, where
Sousa's band was one Of the events
And some such plan should by al
means be put into execution.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16
SUMMER WEATHER.

The coming of the burning months
of summer is dreaded by the majority
of our people. Any physician will tell
you, however, that pneumonia, bron-
chitis, and other of the greatest foes
of the human physique, together with
infinite and irritating minor affections
of the throat and respiratory organs,
grow out of the strain of adjusting
our delicate human frame to the vicis.
STUDIES of winter.
In tropical climates they have ac-
CURED better the art of living in hot
weather. They rise early, receive the
cool IMMIGRATION of the drawing day,
and by the time the sun has reached
its meridian they are ready for their
restful siesta. Their houses, built to
admit air freely, are more favorable to
midday sleep than our tightly built
dwellings whose windows give insult
ficient access to the air.
AS the sun dips toward the western
horizon some more work is done.
OF course our abnormal and unwhole.
some system of factory and business
office labor makes an ideal arrange.
ment impracticable for most of u.s.
But one hopes that mankind will not
forever live in a manner defying his
physical environment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16
WHEN A MANS YOUNG.

It's time of wonderful opportunity
for the young man, if he'll get into
the game. It's a day when the world
recognizes, more than ever, that a
young man is a real man in the bust
ness and political arena, and that be-
cause of his young blood and his en-
thusiasm and his ambitious energy, he
has it over his elders from many
points of view. The young man who
makes a success must, of course, have
the latent ability, but there's no rea
son why it can't get going early just
as well as later.
A remarkable example of the young
man in big business today was brought
to the attention of Nebraska newspa
per people at the state association
convention in Omaha this week, when
they had the pleasure of meeting
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16
FREMONT,S RATE CASE.

Fremont's winning of freight case
before the interstate commerce COM
mission should put backbone into the
Norfolk Commercial club along this
line, and arouse the club to some def
mite action.
The Fremont decision shows that
small interior cities can win victories
when they are Disseminated against
1t shows that small interior cities
are sometimes Disseminated against
People who have studied the situa
ton here, believe Norfolk is discrim
mated against in the matter of Ger
tain freight rates, and that an adjust
ment should be sought.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

London hoteI keepers are said to be
disappointed in the numbers of Amer
leans arriving to view the coronation
festivities. Queen Marys open disap-
prevail of the prominence of American
women in court circles is having a
marked effect on the American colony
and their desire to get away is accen-
tuated by the marked discrimination
against Americans in the besJowal of
coronation favors. This is in marked
contrast with the attitude of Queen
Victoria and King Edward.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

COurtlanu smith OF New YORK CITY,
vice president and general manager Of
the American Press association, one
of the most powerful newspaper or.
CARNATIONS in the world. MIR. Smith
is q years old and occupies with sue.
cess position which, a few years ago
1t would have been deemed impossible
for any man under 40 to hold.
4 son of Major Smith, the founder
Of the American Press association, the
present general manager is n brilliant
fellow, enthusiastic in his work. pro.
gressiye and enterprising to the high.
est degree wonderful organizer and
q scientific student Of his business.
Mr., Smith promises to revolutionize,
by means of plan which was original
with him and which he is now putting
into effect, the entire publicity bust
ness SO far as foreign advertising and
the country newspapers (small city
dailies and weeklies) are concerned.
In his address, Mr.. Smith declared
that the greatest thing in the world is
advertising. And the greatest adver.
Using medium in the world, he added,
is the country daily or weekly, be.
cause of the intensive results.
The big general advertiser has long
known that the country daily or week.
ly was the best advertising medium
on earth; but the difficulty of placing
advertising in the small papers, due
to lack of anything like uniform or
even dependable rates in many in.
stances (and often slack business
methods) has worked against general
advertisers and the country newspa.
pers getting together as they ought
By offering the American Press asso.
citation organization as a representa-,
tive of the country press, Mr.. Smith
plans-and his plans are already max.
| ing good-to revolutionize the whole
business, bringing greater prosperity
to the country publisher and making it
possible for the general advertiser to
dunn known.
CORTLAND Smith, if he acccmplishes
this gigantic task, will have done one
of the greatest feats in the history OF
newspaper publishing. And yet he is
undertaking the job at the age of 81
At "a he was made general manager
of the business which his father found
ed thirty-two years ago.
The object lesson to the young men OF
Nebraska afforded by the presence OF
this brilliant national figure of 81
should be an Inspiring one; it should
serve to give young men of % greater
confidence in their own powers and in
themselves as business and social fac
tors in community; and it should
serve to inspire young men with great
er ambition to get busy and make good
on big undertakings, before they're 30
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The original copies Of the Declare
ton of independence and the consti-
tuition of the United States, which are
kept most carefully guarded and rare
ly allowed to be seen, were taken from
the archives of the state department
and examined by a few officials to see
how they were standing the wear of
time. The constitution, they say, is
in good condition, but the Declaration
is suffering from the ravages of time.
| Even the famous bold signature of
John Hancock is now barely legible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

President Taft is insisting that the
Canadian reciprocity pact should be
adopted without amendments, and 1t
seems likely that he has a majority of
senators who will stand by him in that
attitude. If reciprocity is desirable
and should be ratified, it should go
through without changes. AS soon as
one effort is made to improve the
terms of the agreement, there will be
many more attempted and the prob
able result would be the defeat of the
measure.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

A few years ago Mr.. Bryan and
others made the welllin ring with
gloomy hoarse notes of gloom about
militarism and predicted the most dire
things for the Filipino people under
American rule. In the light of present
day facts these distressful predictions
are laughable in the extreme and
would make even their promoters
smile at their absurdity. Never in
the worlds history has a submerged
race had SO much of a beneficent ma
ture done for it as has been done by
the United States for the people of
the Philippine islands in so short a
time. 1t is the most marked and gen
uine triumph of modern civilization.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

1t does seem as though everybody
in Omaha that is anybody, got his
start in Norfolk. There's Herman
Bucholz and Charlie Harding and
Rome Miller and Harry Bronze and
Ben White and Frank Campbell and
Wynn Rainbolt and Joe Shoemaker
and Frank Walters and Dr. Young and
Harry Snyder and Fred Teal and Kid
Hall and a hundred others of the liv-
est wires in that burg, who got their
training up here in the metropolis of
north Nebraska.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

AS far back as there is any record
of mankind and his surroundings the
mosquito and the fly have existed to
torment him. But it is only during
the past few years that any one has
advanced any theory for the eXtermi-
nation of the pest. 1t is now accepted
as fact that the draining of swamps
and care of all refuse and drains will
in time bring about their extinction.
Strange that the world has endured
them so long without finding the rem
edy before.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Mr. Carnegie predicts the disappear
ance of multi.milliouares If the rest
do not have any better success than
he does I'm reducing their fortunes
the type will not disappear very speed.
lily. The trouble with Mr.. Carnegie's
realizing his ambition to die poor, is
that he has the money making habit
so firmly fastened upon him that he
accumulates faster than he can dis
burse. Would that the rest of us
could form the habit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

1t is claimed that the wool for a
suit of mems clothes costs $3.50. If
through a new tariff law the wool can
be bought for $1.34 would there be
any guarantee that the wearer of the
suit could get it 16 cents cheaper?
Would the $35 suit be sold for $34S4?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Should Mr.. Understands prophecy
be realized we would like to spend
our vacation on the lawn in front Of
the jail feasting our eyes on the lux
urious sight of few trust magnates
behind the bars.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

New York is worried about its water
supply, but if worst comes to worst,
Harlem river water would be better
than a lot of things they drink now,
and they can go down to Coney for a
Saturday night bath.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The death Of the author Of Pinafore
reminds us that his tuneful produc-
ton died before him. After some sea.
sons of musical comedy, its resurrec.
ton would be welcomed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

If the Panama canal Is completed
July /, 1913, as is now hoped, it will
not be easy to hold the people of the
United States to a safe and sane
Fourth of July three days later.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

J. j. Hill, finding the Burlington road
awkwardly situated in his inside vest
pocket, thinks under the new decisions
he can legally keep it in his trousers
pocket where he can get at it more
handily.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

But all these things are crystalizing
and are going to come. And mean
while, Norfolk has already the foun.
dation to make it the ideal city of
5000 in the United States. 1t has the
foundation to make it a model city of
it's size, both as a city of homes and
city of business And with a little
organized effort toward both CONNER
cial and civic improvements, you're
going to see Norfolk improve as much
in the next three years as it has in
the last fifteen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The steel trust investigating COM
mittee should not be satisfied with
looking over the illustrated gift books
on Andy Carnegies parlor table, but
should demand a sight of his vest
pocket memorandum books.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Tia Juana, the Mexican border town
which has been so prominent in the
war news, loses its romantic sound
entirely when it Is translated into
English and reads plain Aunt Jane.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

A bunch of wireless company pro-
moters go to Jail, but those kind of
schemes will be worked as long as so
many people judge the value of Sc
curity by the looks of the Autograph
on the certificate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Having just finished examining
1000 law books to see if the milkmen
of this town have violated the rule Of
reason" provisions of the trust law, we
beg the public's pardon for the slight
fog in our mental landscape.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The Germans in their usual method
ical manner have figured out that of
the $2OO,OOO,OOO spent in Europe by
Americans each year Germany gets
only S25,OOO,OOO and they are plan
ming how to attract larger portion OF
this vast sum next year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Queen Mary does not approve of the
present styles in women's dress. Still
she could hardly be pronounced a rad
ical reformer along this line when the
train to her coronation robe measures
some twenty feet
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The pessimists say the Memorial
day observance shows the decline of
patriotism, but just think of how the
rooters scrape their threats cheering
the home team.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The sanitation of the Panama canal
zone has cost this government over
twenty million dollars. 1t has proved
to be worth all it has cost in several
ways, not the least of which is the
object lesson it has been to the rest of
the world in showing what scientific
sanitation can do.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Kansas is already calling for har-
vest help. Everywhere there is pros
pect of another bountiful yield of the
fruits of the soil. Trade is already
feeling the impetus of its promise and
there need be no idle men who know
how to work in the harvest field for
some time to come.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Justic Harlan may entertain a diff.
ferent view from all the rest of the
court, but not until a man has defied
his wife's opinion do we know that he
has Independent convictions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The president is considering setting
apart as national park the famous
natural park in Colorado known as
Monument park, in Mesa. The agents
have urged that about $4,000 acres on
the south side of Grand river be in
Guided in the reservation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The governor of Arkansas threatens
to call out the militia to keep peace
in the legislature. Our theory would
be to send home for the wives of the
representatives
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

$60,000,000 in gold was turned over
by Diaz to the new Mexican govern
ment. Had he put it in paper money,
he might have carried it off sewed
into his trousers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The post office department is crit
icised for paying S35 for a waist bas-
ket, but it probably takes about that
size to hold the daily grist of appli.
cations for office.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16
DON'T QUIT SCHOOL.

With the close of the year of our
public schools, many of our boys are
getting restless to go to work. Some
of them are anxious to quit books for
the shop or store even before they
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The Brooklyn jury that granted a
woman who had been kissed without
her consent only six cents had better
not come up for public office when
women have the ballot.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The new president of the Chicago
stock exchange was former black
smith, but he will have to say some.
thing more forcible than whoa" in or.
der to shop those bulls and bears.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The general attitude Of congress
and the legislature resembles that of
the boy who is ordered to go to
church on circus night
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

There's one bad trust in this nation
that hasn't yet been dissolved by the
supreme court That's the train news
agents trust. Think of having to pay
ten cents on the train for a little bag
of peanuts no bigger than two fingers.
It's an outrage.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

They are charging duties on pet
animals taken out from the country
and brought back by tourists. An
export bounty on pet dogs, and a pro-
hibitory tariff on importing them,
would promote the peace movement.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The tobacco trust decision Was
called comprehensive, but it failed to
examine the question if anything had
been done to stop the boys from smok-
ing sweet fern.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

According 60 the treasury depart.
ment figures every one in the United
States should have S34.70 in cash and
most of them are wondering who has
theirs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Mexico city survived the triumphant
arrival of Madero within its limits and
an earthquake all the same day. It's
wonderful what some of these places
that have been in a chronic state of
revolution can stand. There's nothing
like being used to trouble and commo-
tiOn
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Col. Goethals say the Panama canal
is to be done July l, 1913. If so, we
have no doubt he will let off one or
two fire crackers three days after that
date
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Mr.. Roosevelt says this country
would never arbitrate the Monroe doc
trine. Very likely not, yet some peo-
pie regard the NJ. D. as an elephant
that should be given away to anyone
who will agree to give it a good time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The republican party has never yet
been badly divided in a presidential
campaign, and the early line up on
the Taft reservation indicates a grad
ual concentration of forces.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The Chicago Tribune favors using
the roller towel to swat the fly with.
We prefer an old newspaper as an
Illustration of the power of the press.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The democratic idea of tariff legisla
ton is that it pays to throw man
out of work in order to buy what he
produces a few cents cheaper.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

vously prevented their coming into
general use. They have been expen.
sive, heavy, limited in their range of
action and slow in the methods of re.
charging. Now Mr.. Edison claims to
have eliminated these objections.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Our old friend Clip Castro is getting
ready for an armed descent on Vene-
zuela. AS it is hot weather to go to
moving picture shows down there, the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The shrinking habit of the violet has
always been held up as virtue, but
it is not thus regarded in the case of
the bathing suit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16
AROUND TOWN.

An Omaha paper said this depart
ment of The News had saved enough
out Of salary" to order an automobile.
We mention the incident here because
this is a column of jokes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Harvard is planning special cam
paign for western students. They are
tired of seeing their football team
licked.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

SiXty-three killed in the Mexican
earthquake. There would have been
many more if the skyscraper habit
had caught on. But unlike us, these
half civilized neighbors don't try to
build their nests in the thunder clouds.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

These Costume recitals" are pop
ular with conservative people who are
tired of the summer theater shows
where no costumes are permitted
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

A mechanician was killed at the In
dianapols motor race Memorial day
but this trining incident did not rufile
the good nature of the crowd.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The June college orator feels COM
petent to write a guide book of life,
but by the time he marries he is rec
onciled to a personally conducted tour.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The girl scouts have been organized
now, and they will soon blaze dis
tinct trail to the nearest ice cream
pArlOrs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Camping in the Sahara is said to be
n specific for rheumatism and pull
monary complaints. Which would you
prefer?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Norfolk is on the verge of doing big
things. It's a good time to stick to
Norfolk and a good time to get in on
the ground floor if you aren't already
here. There are things in the air.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

The troops are being withdrawn
from Texas, feeling much like city
sportsmen when the game wardens
warn them that it is a closed season.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

If the towns any of us live in are
not to our liking why let's get busy
it's all up to us.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Chemistry has given us many race
wash. but the world still waits in vain
for a successful brain wash.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Here's a tip: Don't take a pair of
sore heels to Omaha in hot weather
and expect to get rid of EN-.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

A classified advertisement will in
troduce you to the loser OF the article
you've found--an introduction of mu
tual Importance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

This years sea serpent Is said to
have wings, but perhaps it was only a
hydroplane out for practice.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

A man Is likely to be dead long
time, so there's really no sense In be-
ginning before he dies.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

1t is said that Edison has at last
perfected a storage battery that over
comes the difficulties that have pre-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

Telephones. Editorial Department
No. %. Business Office and Job Rooms,
No. II %.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

in Norfolk and It was through his eff
forts that the Norfolk Country club
was created. AS a result, Norfolk has
been made better place to live IN
and there's very much more pleasure
derived from dwelling here than there
was before.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-16

While there is plenty of kicking on
taxes, the revenue tax on booze is
paid quite cheerfuly.