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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
WORD FROM A kINkAIDER.
Soldiers Widow Declares Settlers
There Are Well Provided for.

There Are Well Provided for.
Gordon, Neb., Jan. 23.-Editor The
News: In a recent issue of your ex-
cellent paper, was an article written
by one Berry Postmaster" of Holt
county, which is an exaggerated state.
ment, and not a fair representation
of this Kinkaid country, which is rich
in stock and well settled with an in
dustrious and we'll to do class of peo
pie. / am soldiers widow and it is
very true that we have two old COM
rades that are neighbors, but we are
contented and living on their pensions
and securing title to the land by rent
ing out and taking rent in improve
ments, All are in good health for their
age, and we all have well filled cellars
of plenty potatoes and all kinds of
vegetables, and feel satisfied and en-
joying our beautiful winter, as the
blizzard spoken of was but of one
days duration, and we have had but
very little snow all winter. If Post
master" would put on his rose" spec
tacles instead of his green goggles"
he would see things in truer light.
We have a good school and Sunday
school every Sunday, where old and
young come together, and have heard
of no one suffering, but all in good
spirits, and we will all make final
proof when the time comes and we
care to do so.
Here's hoping that nobody will
think that we are starving, for this
country has an abundance for all.
Land nearly all taken and going fast,
several new families have come in
this winter. | enclose one of the songs
which expresses the sentiment of the
country.
My Cherry County Claim.
| There's place in this land
Where we get the glad hand,
On my Cherry county claim.
! Where the rattlesnakes rattle
And the coyotes chase cattle
On my Cherry county claim.
We go out to Gordon, Lavoca or Irwin
But this life is almost too tame.
would rather eat bacon
Till my stomach is achin
On my Cherry county claim.
{ Chorus.
On my Cherry county claim
On my Cherry county claim,
Sitting in my little shack,
Humble and so plain.
Nothing to burn but "cowchips,"
! Still / never complain.
For | think it fun
To live upon
My Cherry county claim.
They say it don't rain,
But it's wet just the same
On my Cherry county claim.
We walk on the sandhills,
Get stuck in the cactus,
On my Cherry county claim.
Go call on my neighbors
Is one of my pleasures,
They all like to entertain.
| eat, sleep and whistle,
But don't have to hustle
On my Cherry county claim.
Tune-"Good Old Summer Time"
One of the Kinkaiders.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
Liable Antl.Eoothall Bill.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 23.-Suffrage
for the women of Arkansas is pro
posed in bills offered in the house of
representatives. Women over II
years old, citizens of Arkansas, will
be allowed the right of suffrage II
rhe bills become a law. The reading
of the bills was greeted with applause
Another bill presented would prohibit
the playing of football by students OF
schools, colleges and universities. II
was tabled.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
Aberdeen, S. D., Has BIG BIaez.

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 23.-The divi-
sion headquarters, local freight houses
and passenger station of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad were
burned here today. The loss is esti.
mated at 100000.
The movement of trains on the en-.
tire Montevideo division for $50 miles
is tied up until wires can be restored
Division Freight Agent o. F. Walter
estimates the loss of freight, buildings
and records at 100000. In the pas
senger station the records and tickets
were saved.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27

shipping facilities and communiCa-
ton with Latin.American republic
large the foreign trade of the United
States, are sought by delegates to
the National Merchant Marine con.
gress which convened here today.
The congress was called by the com
mittee Of 100 of the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers which had
been conducting campaign of edu;
cation on the extension of American
manufacturers interests through com
mercial organizations of many cities.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
Was a Week of TRAGEDY.

The week that came to a close Sat
urday night, was the most tragic that
north Nebraska and southern South
Dakota have ever known. Never be-
fore within one short week have so
many sad tragedies occurred to dis
turb this territory. Here's the list:
Sunday night, January Is, the Hub
bard House disaster at Niobrara re.
suited in six deaths and several Sc,
rious injuries.
The same day Clyde De Sylvia, an
Ainsworth baseball pitcher, was shot
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
Her Inquiries Prove Fatal.

Mrs. Leonard Conrad of Hadar died
Saturday afternoon as a result of the
injuries she sustained Thursday night
when a runaway team belonging to
Fred Hickman crashed into the car
riage in which Mrs. Conrad was riding.
The buggy tongue struck Mrs. Conrad
in the chest, causing fatal injury.
1t was near the Will Lichtenberg
farm that the sad accident occurred
about o'clock Thursday evening.
Mrs. Conrad was 33 years of age
and had been married fourteen years.
She was the mother of five children:
Irwin, Esther, Nettie, Sadie and julius
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
Fatal Fire in Willard Hotel.

Omaha, Jan. 23.-One man is dead
and five others are in a serious con-
dition from suffocation by smoke, one
with a broken leg, as the result of
a disastrous fire in the Willard hotel.
Three hundred guests were asleep
in the hotel when the fire broke out
and many barely escaped with their
lives. The dead:
Thomas ]. Field. Sioux City, suffo-
Gated by smoke; died on the way to
the hospital.
The injured:
T. ]. Campbell, pipeman hose No.
3; overcome by smoke.
b. ]. Greeley, Chicago, H.; over
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
German Socialists Protest.

Berlin, Jan. 23.-Many hundred So
cialist meetings were held throughout
Prussia and resolutions of protest
against the failure of the speech from
the throne in the landtag to mention
franchise reform were adopted.
Seventy-three meetings were held in
Berlin alone. So far as reported
there have been no disorders.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
British Clash With Turks.

Frankfort, Germany, Jan. g2.-The
Zeitungs Constantinople correspon-
dent reports a serious collision be-
tween British sailors and Turks at
Dubuya in the Indian ocean. Several
bluejackets were killed. The British,
according to the dispatch, afterwards
bombarded Dubuya.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27

Washington, Jan. 2S,-In response
To the request of Hayti, the American
government has formally rendered its
good offices to both Hayti and Santo
Domingo in a friendly effort to bring
about settlement of the territorial
dispute which is seriously threatening
the peace OF the two countries.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
New Endurance Mark by an Aviator.

New Endurance Mark by an Aviator.
San Francisco, Jan. 23.-San Fran
clsco's aviation meet produced a new
American endurance record when
Phillip o. Parmalee, plotting Wright
bi-plane, remained aloft for hours
80 minutes and 40 Is seconds.
The best previous endurance here
tofore was that of A. Welsh, of St
Louis, who established a record of
hours II minutes and 30 seconds.
At Los Angeles the late Arch HoX-
sey was credited with an unofficial
record of hours and II minutes.
A crowd of over $4,000 cheered the
birdman as he circled above them and
when he finally descended he was
given an ovation Several enthusiasts,
among them Eugene b. Ely, hoisted
Parmalee on their shoulders and car
ried him in triumph to stand in the
middle of Selfridge field where Gen
eral Tasker H. Bliss, other army of
ficers and host of ladies crowded
about the aviator to extend con-
gratulations
81 could have remained up longer,
said Parmalee, but my seat grew so
hard and my hands and feet so numb
ed with the cold that l decided to
come down after clinching the Ameri-
can record"
His long flight was uneventful
Weather conditions were excellent.
Ely is Lionized.
xt.IA InI
on the deck of the cruiser Pennsyl-
vania last Thursday, was lionized by
the army and navy. With Major j..
p. O'Neill, in command of the field
encampment, and Captain Pond of the
Pennsylvania, Ely reviewed the
troops of the Second battalion of the
Thirteenth infantry and a detach-
ment of bluejackets from the war
ship. Then followed the presentation
to the aviator of a gold medal by the
army.
Immediately after this ceremony Ely
went up in his biplane to deliver, on
behalf of the aviation committee, an
invitation to Nine. Louisa Tetrazzini,
the opera singer, to attend the meet
ing.
Nine Tetrazzini, according to pre-
arranged plan. was waiting in an au-
tomobie at the Ingleside golf links
about five miles north of the aviation
field.
AS Escort to an Auto.
1t was Ely's intention to act as an
aerial escort to the diva for the rest
of the journey to Selfridge field, but
after reascending the aviator lost her
automobile among the crush of other
machines on the road.
The birdman was waiting for her
at the gate, however, when she drove
up and escorted her to gaily decorat-
ed box in the center of the grand
stand, where she was formally vel
coined by the aviation officials and
army officers.
Lieutenant Byron S. Crissy, hyir :
with Walter Brookins in a Wright
biplane, experimental with dropping
bombs and Charles F. Willard, tie
Curtiss aviator, conducted further
tests by sending messages by w're
less
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
Willouahby Funeral Held.

Bonesteel, S. d., Jan. 23.-Special
to The News: j. o. Willoughby, who
died from the effects of his attempted
suicide was buried in the cemetery
here.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
Dakota Girls Error May Cost Three
Lives,

Springfield, S. d., Jan. 23.-As the
result of a mistake in using gasoline
instead of kerosene in attempting to
Zera Brown, years old, lies dead at
her home In this city. Della Dawes,
IA years old, and Charlotte Dawes,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27

abide by the decision Of Governor
Glasscock who is on the ground, rath-
er than the Representatives Of the
democrats"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
Fatal Wreck in Wales.

Cardiff, Wales, Jan. pa passen-
ger train collided with coal train
at Hopkinstown near Pontypridd.
Three of the coaches were telescoped
and many passengers were killed or
injured. Soldiers recovered the bod
les of eight men and three children
from the wreckage. Those on the
train included a number of miners
who were on their way to London for
conference with the mine owners.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
DEATH OF MRS. kRAUsE.

Mother Of Hoskins Man Who Was Re
Gently Killed, Is Called.
Mrs Krause of Hoskins, mother OF
the man who met death a few weeks
ago in sawmill died Saturday at the
family home.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27

Want South American Trade.
Washington, Jan. 23.-Improved
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-27
PARTY HAS A TRAGIC END.

One of the Kinkaiders.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
BIG MISTAKE IN IRRIGATION
Common Error in Watering Potatoes
Is to Turn a Large Head In
Each FurroW.

The most common mistake made in
the irrigation of potatoes is to turn
large head in each furrow, permit it
to flow rapidly to the bottom Of the
rows and then shut it off. This way
of applying the water vets only the
surface layer and If it is now followed
up Immediately by cultivation two
days of sunshine will rob the soil of
most of the water which has been ap-
piled and seal over the surface with
a hard crust. In this condition the
crops soon begin to suffer and the
unskiIled farmer fancies that the
only remedy lies in applying more
water A better plan is to turn only
small amount Of water into deep
furrow and permit it to run without
stopping for hours or even for day
or night In this way the top layer
is not saturated, the soil around the
roots and beneath them receives a
larger supply and the surface may be
cultivated shortly after each irriga-
ton so as to check evaporation and
retain the moisture in the soil for the
benefit Of the crop.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
REALIZED FORCE OF LOGIC
Possibly There Are Other Business
Men to Whom This Story
Might Apply.

When he left the house Saturday
morning Burton yanked at the door
as If he could pull it off its hinges.
When he could not open it he started
to grumble until his wife came to his
assistance.
"Whatn blue blazes is the matter
with the door?" he grumbled, giving
it another powerful yank without be-
ing able to open it.
'The trouble with you, John, dear, !"
the wife ventured, "is that you are
always down on everything IN
the mouth-down on the world. Let
me try it"
With gentle tug upward on the
knob, she easily opened the door
John was about to sputter out a
sarcastic remark when the force of
his wife's logic sunk into his thick
skull
81 get it," he exclaimed. II get the
lesson"
That afternoon when his wife Wis
tied his Office she saw over the desk
a little motto with the words: me
for the uplift" = Youngstown Tele-
gram.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

No stock should be exposed to cold
rains and SHOWS.
Whole milk is perfect ration for
young calves.
Young stock will thrive on blue
grass, needing no grain.
1t is difficult to say what is both
the best and cheapest feed for brood
soWs.
The pregnant ewes must have, as far
as possible, natural conditions.
Farmers make a mistake in keeping
their hogs too long
1t ordinarily costs about ten dollars
to keep SOW for year on the
farm.
Above all things, brood sows, young
or old, should have plenty of exer-
else.
Calves, kept in cold barn, or in a
place constantly cold, usually look
rough.
With careful management from 70
to 20 pigs should be raised each year
from a prolific, mature sow.
IL sheep . ASdfAy COdl6Q WITH
wool they may look fat and plump,
when in reality they are very poor.
Some of the best experienced men
permit ewes to run on pasture with
plenty of good shelter when desir-
able.
If ringworms begin to show on the
little calves. usually around the eyes,
do not neglect attending to 1t at
once.
One way to reduce the cost of rails
ing hogs very effectively is to increase
the number of prolific sows in the herd
and reduce the number of non-proliflc
ones.
To facilitate feeding the calves,
they should be secured in small stan
chions, so that they, do not tip over
each others mess. or get in the habit
of sucking each other.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
Can Be Overcome in Cases.

The influence of heredity cannot, of
course, be successfully disputed, but
1t can be minimized or entirely over
come in some cases by correct food
and drink. A Conn. lady says:
For years while l was a coffee
drinker / suffered from bilious at
tacks of great severity, from which l
used to emerge as white as a ghost
and very weak. Our family physi-
clan gave me various prescriptions for
improving the digestion and stimulat-
ing the liver, which 1 tried faithfully
but without perceptible result.
He was acquainted with my fam
lily history for several generations
back, and once when 1 visited him he
said: If you have inherited one of
those torpid livers you may always
suffer more or less from it's inaction.
We can't dodge our inheritance, you
know
Il was not so strong a believer in
heredity as he was, however, and, be-
ginning to think for myself, conclud-
ed to stop drinking coffee, and see
what effect that would have. l feared
1t would be a severe trial to give it
up. but when took Postum and had
1t we'll made. it completely filled my
need for a hot beverage and l grew
very fond of it.
Il have used Postum for three years,
using no medicine During all that
time | have had absolutely none of
the bilious attacks that I used to suf-
Ter from, and 1 have been entirely
Tree from the pain and debilitating ef-
tects that used to result from them.
''The change is surely very great,
ana ann compelled to give Postum
the exclusive credit for It," Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Read "The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuane, true, and full of human
anterest.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
CONQUEST OF GREAT DESERT
quired to Establish Homes In
Many of New Districts.

In every attempt to convert desert
land into fruitful fields there is a
transition period which tries men s
souls to the utmost The warning cry
is often given not to allow families to
attempt to establish homes in the des-
ert lest they perish. 1t Is true a new
irrigated district may not be a des-
ert, but it Is closely akin to it and it
requires time, patience and self-denial
to establish homes in such places.
There is so much to be done with so
little help and money that the bravest
hearts often quail before the task is
completed. 1t was comparatively easy
for our forefathers to establish homes
in the heavily wooded states of the
Atlantic seaboard, and still easier for
those who first settled on the prairie
land Of the Mississippi valley, writes
S. Fortier in the Field and Farm.
These men had to encounter dangers
and hardships, but the winning of
their livelihood from the soil was cas-
ier than the task which confronts for
the first year or two the settler on a
desert farm.
The most profitable crops on an ir-
rigated farm require time to mature.
The land for vineyards for example
must be first thoroughly prepared be-
fore the plants are set in the ground,
then from two to three years must
elapse before any returns can be ex-
pected. Meanwhile, the expenses Of
caring for the vineyard have to be
met. The same is true of all decidu-
Gus orchards with the difference that
longer period intervenes between
the time of planting and profitable re-
turns. The staple crop Of the west
is alfalfa, but he who expects heavy
yield the first season after planting 1t
is too often doomed to disappoint-
ment
The new settler with limited means
has to confine his efforts during the
first season to the seeding Of small
patches Of grain and the planting Of
vegetables. BY degrees he can work
into the more profitable crops, such
as alfalfa, orchards and sugar beets,
but at first he must be content with
much smaller returns. This is the
transition period which marks the
passing of the desert conditions and
the introduction of profitable crops
under irrigation. If there is ever a
time when a new settler needs help
it is during this period. The outlay
in both labor and money for buildings,
farm equipment, irrigation bitches and
the proper preparation of the land is
unusually high while the returns from
the soh are correspondingly small.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
Bronze Turkey.

sisting on insects that, if left to them
selves, would later do more real harm
to the growing crops than all the tur-
keeps of several farms could do to the
ripened grain.
Again, we always expect to finish
our farm animals on grain of some
kind, and does it really matter so
much if our turkeys finish themselves
on our grain before we have been put
to the expense of threshing or husk-
ing it? For our part, we never be-
grudge any fowl what it helps itself
to as we have never found it profit
able to keep a hungry bird around
The only trouble with this roaming
habit is when one is near anothers S
fields, and turkeys forever seem to de-
light in staying across the road on
other land than their owners. In
such a case, if the neighbor cannot be
induced to keep about as many tur-
keys as one wishes to keep, it is gen
orally best to abandon turkey growing
to those who are more isolated, or to
plan some way to shut them up at
such times as the neighboring grain
is most exposed. Happy is the turkey
grower whose farm is so located that
his large flock Of turkeys will not get
beyond his home acres.
When it comes to growing turkeys,
volumes have been written, and will
continue to be written, upon how to
handle them, but we have found that
after once we'll hatched and started
out, the less handling the better.
We shall have more to say about this
part of the business later, and would
like to hear from as many of those
who have succeeded with turkeys as
can find time to write to us.
One thing is certain; it pays much
better to grow some of the large
standard varieties than it does to
grow culls and mongrels. Five to ten
pounds used to be considered good
birds, but 80 to 40-pound birds are not
uncommon nowadays.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
Time for Stiffness.

Mrs. Mac Lachlan was kind to her
American boarder, but she did not pro-
pose to allow her to overstep the lin
its of a boarders privileges, and she
made it very clear.
One Sunday the boarder, returning
from walk, found the windows of her
room, which she had left wide open,
tightly closed.
"Oh. Mrs. MacLachlan, l don't
like my room to get stuffy," she said,
when she went downstairs again. Il
like plenty of fresh air"
your room will ma get stuffy in
one day." said her landlady firmly.
"'Twas never our custom, miss, to hae
fresh air rooshin' about the house on
the Sawbath. Youths Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18

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MORE TURKEYS ARE NEEDED
of Them Are Found on Average,
Farm-KiIIs Many Insects.

Turkeys are as natural to this whole
Wild plums growing along our
streams are not more at home than
the wild turkey is almost anywhere in
this western country; and, as rule,
animals, plants or plums that are nat
ural to a country do better one sea-
son or year with another, than out
side things and animals brought in"
When we came to this country we
found turkeys and corn. There were
neither of these things in the old
world. The turkey is the only truly
American fowl, and still on most
farms we find almost every bird
known to Europe and few or no tur-
keys.
Meats of all kinds are high now,
and in the judgment of many are 60
ing to be higher, and the turkey when
we'll bred and well grown is great
meat maker, and more than that it
makes the most of his own meat.
We know that many farmers object
to turkeys on this account, for they
think or imagine because a turkey
likes to ramble far afield, that it must
be doing lots of damage to the grow
ing crops and particularly to the corn
and small grain after it is ripe or in
the shock, says the Dakota Farmer
Now the fact that turkey goes far
for its feed is one of it's strongest
points. Most Of the year it is sub
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
Not for Mortal Understandino.

What fond mother has not, at some
time, said: MY child, you are much
too young to ever understand; you will
find out when you get older-all you
wish to know will be explained" And
how many of us are still waiting for
the reason, for some one to explain
are we still too young? Perhaps we
are, and again, perhaps we are not
are, and again, perhaps we are not
perhaps it never shall be explained to
us; there are things wrapped in voice
less mystery.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
Pigeon Is Monoqamous.

The pigeon IS strictly homogeneous,
selecting a mate and displaying a
marital constancy that might we'll be
emulated by featherless and presum-
ably bipeds. The female lays her first
eggs when six months old, depositing
two in the nest, and then settling
down to Matching. The period of in
cubation is Is days. The male bird
sharing the labor with the female.
The young birds consist of little but
appetite, so that both father and
mother are kept busy feeding the
hungry pair of youngsters.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-18
The Chief Need.

A pale, intellectual-looking chap,
wearing eyeglasses and unshorn hair,
visited Tom Volk, the athletic in
structor, not long ago and asked ques-
tions until the diplomatic athlete final
iy became weary
"If 1 take boxing and wrestling les
sons from you, will it require any par
ticular application? he asked.
NO." answered Volk, "but a little
arnica will come in handy."-Clove
land Leader.