The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-16

dress dealt briefly with almost every
especially with the university eXten.
sion work and the short course in ag
riculture now i'm operation.
The chancellor brought out the
value OF the agricultural department
Of the university to the farmer and the
future citizens.
DR.. George Condra delivered one of
the feature addresses of the meeting
His illustrated address on Farm Life
and Sanitation" had as much to do
with the sanitation of the city as it
did with the country.
Most of Dr Condra's pictures illus.
trated scenes in Nebraka some of
them from Newman Grove and viCn.
'ity. Pure air, sanitary drinking foun-
tains, pure water and crusades against
flies, germs of all kinds, rat and pre-
ventabe diseases were discussed. A
special appeal was made to boys and |
girls to fight to the end to be healthy, |
both in mind and body. TO the par
cnts DR. Condra also made an appeal |
His crusade against the drudgery, |
both on the farm and in farm com
munities, is one of his interesting fea |
lures. DR. Condra paid a tribute to
Chancellor Avery, whom he declared |
to be an example of a pure life, and |
an ideal man. The great work car
ried on by Chancellor Avery was
briefly reviewed by DR.. Condra.
A. NJ. TenIplin, vice president of tie
Farmers congress, opened the evening
session with an address on Landlord
and Tenant" Dean BessCy was IN.
able to be present.
"A more intimate relation between
the two" is the solution of the land
lord and tenant question, according to
| Mr.. Templin, who declared that I'VE
need no more laws governing this
question"
Wednesday afternoons session was
| a busy one and many local speakers
kept up lively interest in discussions
on addresses. r. w. McGinnis of Ere.
mont, who presided over the transpor-
tation section, delivered a very inter.
esting address, referring to the multi.
plication of profits as commodities
pass through the hands of the middle
men.
Braden On Transportation.
Gen. Supt. s. M. Braden of the
! Northwestern railway, delivered an
interesting address on the Cost of
| Operation" Mr.. Braden showed how
the gross earnings of the railroads are
cut down by the enormous expense Of
operation. 1t takes - cents of every
81 for cost Of operation, he declared.
William Golden of Fremont gave
some valuable information to shippers
in his address on "The Settlement of
Loss and Damage Claims"
| Willis e. Reed of Madison was also
a speaker during the afternoon. He
talked on the general organization
and the cooperation between farmers
and the railroad companies.
The Need of Good Roads.
C. p. Parish, chairman of the good
roads committee and vice president of
the Norfolk Commercial club, had
many interesting and valuable things
to say in connection with the neces-
sity of good roads
Mr.. Parish said that every person
who is not actively helping in the
good road movement should be count
ed against it. He pointed out that
! good roads abridge distance. He said
it had been figured out that it costs
26 cents per ton per mile to haul COM
modties over the average road and
that if the railroads charged a far
mer the same rate to haul grain to
Chicago that the farmer charges him
self for hauling it to town, it would
cost him about Sc a bushel. He urged
the farmer to get busy on the bad
roads and cut the cost to 10 cents
ton mile He said that the federal
government could do no better than
to appropriate money for two national
highways ana experts to go out into
the country to teach people how TO
build better roads.
Secretary Frank G. Odell of the
commission delivered his address late
in the afternoon on the subject of Co
operative Agricultural Credit" Mr..
Odell outlined the working system of
the cooperative agricultural banks of
, | btIlllblly Vi WHICH lie ueCldIeu lUeI6
were 800. He discussed this subject
at some length and declared such
banks should be established in the
United States. if conditions could be
found to suit.
"know Your City" Movement.
Miss Faye NJ. Hartley, who delivered
an address on Community Survey"
said yesterday:
, IF the citizens of Norfolk, especial
ly the people of the churches, are
looking forward to the betterment of
conditions in their city. The essential
step to take, is to thoroughly study
E the present conditions first of all
This plan has been adopted with sue,
cess in Lincoln during this present
winter. The women's societies of all
the churches have taken up course
, of nine study hours, each study hour
f taking up some different aspect of the
. city's life These sections are:
( Health conditions, housing and santa
| ton, moral conditions, the unassimil
!. | ated foreign element, the public school