The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-30

the same thing. with It's admirable To-
cation.
Getting together all shoulder to
shoulder in united boost for the
town. forgetting all petty jealousies
Mr. Kiester pointed out, are essen.
tials to the success of any city build.
! ing movement He told how men had
come to Waterloo to start new In.
dustries. how they had been encour.
aged and Co.operated with by Water.
loo citizens, and had established plants
that have grown into monstrous ca.
pacity. He told how promoter saw
the need of a street car line and, sci.
ling lots, built it. He told how Water.
loo needed a new hotel. One man
gave land for town lots and put the
money into an eight story, fireproof
hotel He told how cities all over the
United states are taking up advertis.
ing campaings, to let the world know
their resources. Des Moines, he said,
has a list of over 500 men, with from
$500 up, looking for locations, as a re-
suit of its advertising campaign.
Mayor John Friday, on the toast
list to talk about Norfolk" excused
himself, owing to the fact he has not
said there had been factions in Nor.
folk but that by getting together and
everybody boosting, he expected to
see city OF 10000 by 1915.
rs Millions a Year.
G.. l.. Carlson, speaking OF THE
Country Around Norfolk" startled
even the most enthusiastic Norfolk
booster by giving government figures
showing that ten counties around Nor
folk produce $75,0OO,OO0 annually in
farm products, while the Black Hills,
often misnamed the richest 100 miles
square in the nation produces $780,.
900 annually on an average, and once
reached nearly $6,0O0,000. The ten
counties around Norfolk have less
area than the Black Hills district
mentioned
Mr. Carlson told of the nature of
Nebraska soil, declaring that soil
around Norfolk is of the richest in the
world-the same type found in parts
of Germany and China which never
have known a crop failure, regardless
Of drouth.
S. r. McKelvie, president Of the
Lincoln AID club and of the Nebraska
Publicity League, made plea for Nor
| folk boosters on the special train to
the national AID club convention at
Boston. He censured the recent leg.
islature for failure to pass the appro-
priation of $4,000 with which to ad.
vertise Nebraska, pointing out how
10000 American farmers are leaving
for Canada, with two billion dollars.
A. w. Hawkins, secretary of the
Commercial club, was called upon for
an impromptu response and said that
the Norfolk Commercial club and the
Norfolk AID club would make a team
that no city in the country could beat.
Mr.. Hildebrand of Waterloo, Ia, a
real estate man, who rode 300 miles
to attend the banquet, spoke on his
impressions of Norfolk. Mr.. Hide
brand came through here many years
ago and received a decidedly unfavor-
able impression from the car window.
This spring he was attracted to the
city when he happened to be passing
through and as a result he spent seven
days here looking over Norfolk and
| it's possibilities. He has great faith
in the cty's future. "You need many
things, however" he said. You need
public park and now is the time to
get it. Don't wait until land values
make the purchase Of park grounds
embarrassing. Buy your park now"
The Beethoven quartet furnished
music during the evening at the ban
quet and the Norfolk military band
was pleasing feature of the parade