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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12
PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.

The country has now entered upon
that one year in four which the bust
ness man is supposed to view with
dread as unfavorable to business.
Nevertheless, we doubt if much we'll
grounded and legitimate industry is
checked for fear of what the American
people may do next November
Over-confidence has caused more
industrial suffering than over pru-
dence. Over and over again it has
happened that business men, at the
top of some wave of prosperity, would
extend their ventures to a point in,
viting disaster. Mills would enlarge
and machinery would be bought to
an extent beyond the capacity of the
country to buy. Undoubtedly the ca
pacity of our factories today is in the
main sufficient to supply the needs
of the country.
Any man who is worried about the
economic policy of this country as il
may be affected by legislative and
electoral results, should rent or buy
some land and set men at work pro
ducing things to eat
The market world is wide and mouths
are hungry, even in bad times.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12
SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE

All bids submitted for the construc-
ton of a new high schol building at
Dallas were rejected as not sufficient
ly reasonable. New bids are being
advertised for.
Representatives from six cities hav.
ing the commission form Of govern
ment are in session at Huron, form
ing state organization.
y passenger train derailcd on the
South Dakota Central near Chester
tied up traffic for two days before
The track could be put in repair
John Ryan, a farmer living near
Waterfowl, was arrested on a charge
Of disorderly conduct. The complain,
ing witness WAS his daughter.
Negotiations are still under way at
Washington, whereby the state of
South Dakota is to secure a big for
est reserve OF its own near Custer.
\ passenger train on the North
north of Piedmont Several passen-
gers We're shaken up, but no serious
injuries resulted.
Membership in the automobile club
recently organized at Watertown is
increasing at a rapid rate and prom.
Uses soon to include practically every
auto owner in the city.
On visiting the grave of his grand.
father in Germany, Henry A. Meyer,
a Brooklyn millionaire, accidentally
got in touch with Mrs. Otto Peemiller
of Yankton, his only remaining rela-
tive, after a separation of fifty years.
In connection with the good roads
convention which has been called to
meet at Deadwood next month, agita-
ton for a cross-state road from Sioux
Falls to Deadwood has been resumed.
1t would go Via Chamberlain and
Mitchell.
Five successful Caesarean opera
tons have recently been successfully
performed at the Sisters hospital at
Hot Springs.
According TO the government geo
logical report the bullion output of
the Black Hills mines this year eX-
ceeds that of any previous year.
Spontaneous combustion resulting
from heated corn caused a fire which
destroyed the farm buildings of p.
Gudahl of Oldham. The loss was
$4,000.
The extreme cold weather and
heavy snowfall has tied up and de-
layed most of the railway lines of the
entire state. Some places are entirely
without train service.
Gov Wesley has appointed DR.. NJ.
r. Hopkins of Aberdeen to the state
board of dental examiners to take the
place of DR.. e. S. O'Neill of Canton,
who recently resigned,
Some practical joker sent letter
to Miss Elizabeth Blackburn of Tim
her Lake, just before her marriage to
c, c. Lever, in which he stated that
Lever was married to squaw. Lever
succeeded in clearing himself, but the
authorities are looking for the joker,
who will be prosecuted if found.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12
"A SAILORS LOGn CLOSED.

1t was one of the charming features
of the personality of Rear Admiral
Bob" Evans, that he could never un-
derstand why he was called Fighting
Bob" He felt himself that his TEN.
permanent was sweet and gentle one.
Endless anecdotes illustrated how
Evans got his nickname, and some Of
them have been reprinted since his
death. One from his Sailors Log"
which has been overlooked. tells how
a band Of CHILEAN ruffians followed
him and another officer about the
streets of Valparaiso at the time Of
the CHILEAN imbrogio. Evans wrote :
I'VE were on the main street of the
town, otherwise they would no doubt
have attacked us, and If they had, we
would surely have pounded the life
out of two of them at least"
There was a charming frank SINGER
ity about Evans that endeared him tC
| the American people. Ranks and dis
tinctions never meant anything to him
He was as good as anyone, and every
one else was as good as he. His
simplicity of heart is illustrated by
the following incident told in the
Sailors Log"
At the time of the Kiel naval re
view he was introduced to a young
German captain, whose name he die
not catch. The young man seemed
brilliant, and they engaged in Ions
talk on naval matters, in which each
expressed sharp dissent from the
other. Soon the captain introduced
| him to his wife. She was an attract
i've and charming woman" Evans
wrote.
After a long time it came ovel
Evans that crowd of people seemed
to be awaiting chance to talk tC
the couple, so he hied himself to the
smoking room. Afterward he learned
that he had been talking so long tC
the German prince and princess.
! He impressed these royal person
ages so delightfully."- that when late
! Prince Henry toured America, Evan!
was made by Emperor William specia
! aide-de-camp to the prince, and he &C
companied him on all his travels.
Evans paid severe price Of pail
| for the time he chased the doctor!
out of the room with a revolver, whel
they tried to amputate his leg afte
Fort Fisher. During recent summers
he was familiar figure at LAX,
Mohonk hotel, where the children useC
to gather about to hear sea storie
from the Old fighter as he sat will
his aching leg i'm a chair.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12
COMMERCIAL CLUB WORK

Another year has ended and new
one begun, in the Commercial club
calendar, and Norfolk business men
have reason to congratulate them
selves and the retiring board of di-
rectors over the achievements of 1911.
AS shown by the secretary's report, a
very great deal has been done for
Norfolk during the past twelve months
and the new year opens with a splen-
did outlook. The retiring board is en-
titled to the sincere thanks of the
public.
The fact that the Norfolk Com
mercial club is the fifth largest in the
state, in point of membership, shows
that Norfolk is alive to the necessity
for organized effort in city building
and that the whole community is be-
hind The work of the club directors.
A new board has been chosen, in
whom the members have utmost CON
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Secretary Fisher proposes the ere
alton of national park bureau. Much
has been accomplished i'll the line of
rescuing from the despOiling hand of
the pioneer, the lumberman and the
Spectator large tracts of the most
beautiful and picturesque natural park
land in the world. Large slices of
the prmoval forests have also been
saved, but there is need of constant
progress and development if our sys-
tenn of national parks is to become
half what its possibilities suggest and
a wise and comprehensive control and
management is the first essential
President Taft fayors the creation of
such bureau.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

A person travelling in Germany
should be very careful not to make
too close observations or to be in.
quisitive, especially when in the vi
cinity of the palace, government build
ings or forts; neither should he make
sketches even though they be merely
OF the kaisers woodshed For doing
such things several Englishmen were
recently given sentences Of from
three to seven years by the imperial
court.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Cincinnati has launched an limo
walton now that il properly managed
will do as much toward the sanitation
of the tenement districts as any one
thing well could. They have free
municipal laundry for the use Of the
poor women OF the tenements. This
will remove the clothes washing pro
cess, with its soapy steam and other
discomforts, from the rooms in which
the families live and sleep
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12
wIE NoRFolK wEEKIY NEWsJouRNN FRIDAY JANUARY

iidcncc. and there is reason to be
lieyc that this organization will be
able to do much i'm the coming year
10 push Nurrolh ahead.
Norfolk never could expect to arrive
at the development to which it is en-
cited, without organized effort. 4
good, live Commercial club can make
"a town by persistent work And
that's why Norfolk has been and is
going to support this organization to
its utmost The cooperation Of every
business man is needed to make the
work successful And to the extent
that every man is interested in Nor
folk, every citizen ought to be willing
to lend a hand.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

II has been said that Eve was
brought into this world for Adams
Express company. 1t looks as if a
great many other people had when
it is shown that the express companies
of the country in their net income,
lase year, averagen SO percent.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Editor Harvey of Harper's Weekly,
who is not an admirer of Col. Roose-
welt, gives this ironical pen picture
of him: "He has views on everything
He can cook you a chop with the same
skill, dizziness of touch, and delicacy
of service with which he can make
peace between warning nations, teach
mothers the duty of their sex, or write
history of the origin of man between
shooting lions before breakfast or
strangling bears with his bare hands
after lunch. There is nothing he does
not know or has not done"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Secretary StimsOn says the United
States is unprepared for war. Seems
a little strange that nobody is wanting
to fight us very badly. The nations
Iof the earth have evidently been look
ing up our record and find that, pre-
pared or unprepared, we have always
been able to defend ourselves and
make a pretty good showing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

1t was the endorsement of Theodore
Roosevelt that gained the nomination
for President Taft in his first cam.
paign. Strange as it may seem it is
not unlikely that it will be his oppo-
sition that will secure Mr.. Taft's
second nomination.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The people of Jamaica are awake
to the changes that the opening of
the canal will bring and the opportuni-
ties for trade expansion that will
come their way. The governor Of the
island recently visited the canal zone
to inspect the sites of the fortifica-
tions and it is understood that Great
Britain will fortify the island and
make it a commercial center where
her ships can find haven in case one
is needed. Jamaica is most ad-
vantageously located and is probably
on the eve of great development.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Now it appears that Morse won
$4,000 while specializing in Atlanta
Jail. If he were given free hand,
no doubt the government could get
all the Jail expenses paid.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

That bonnie Scotchman, Andrew
Carnegie, is said to enjoy a daily in.
come of over $4,000. About all that
Andrew has to do is give advice to
other men as to how to best meet the
cost of living.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Gen. Diaz is to be invited back to
Mexico by the Madero government
and is promised protection. Better let
him stay where he is, both for his oun
comfort and the peace of the country.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

There is new school started in
New York whose special business it
is to teach women how to pick out a
husband. Just as if women needed
to be taught. lust watch them, now
that leap year is here.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

DR.. Woods Hutchinson says that
four hours a day is enough work for
any man. Now if the doctor will tell
us how to get the cash with which to
pay for the butter and a little bread
on it we will be very thankful for the
extra time and be glad to live the
simple life.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Relative to the crusade against pub
lie drinking cups, some one suggests
a device that a man can carry in his
hat. But if fellow has a hat, what
else does he need?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The grizzly bear dance is generally
condemned but the young folks are
impatient about holding each other
off at arms length when you can hire
a horse and buggy for 81.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

AS the woman suffrage movement
is spreading rapidly, it would be well
to have all school boys instructed in
sewing on buttons and darning stock.
ings.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Many people feel that good set OF
resolutions renders you exempt from
making any moro for another fifty
weeks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The Indian is being civilized rather
than exterminated. The census re-
ports show that there are really more
Indians in this country today than
there were 100 years ago.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

A tender hearted man in Ohio who
advertised for a wife, got so many
applications that he decided to stay
single He says he doesn't want to
hurt anybody's feelings.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The mother of the Chinese emperor
recently eloped with an actor. 1t was
not Nat Goodwin. 1t probably would
have been though had Nat been given
the chance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

DR.. Wiley is fighting fake mince
meat, but good mince meat alone
does not make pies like mothers. The
most important thing is to persuade
.sister and wife and daughter to do
Isome cooking themselves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Since Houston, Tex, adopted the
commission form of government five
years ago, it has wiped out a debt of
100000, paved seventy miles of
streets out of the general revenues
and reduced the tax rate from 81 per
500 to $1.7O.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

From the way the applications are
beginning to come in. Uncle Sam
might just as well withdraw his ad-
vertisement of the white house from
the For Rent column, and save unnec.
essary charges
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Senator Bailey of Texas is opposed
to the further encouragement of art.
The people of Texas seem to be OPP
posed to the further encouragement
OF Bailey.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

With snow storms in Texas and ripe
Strawberries in New England, the sa.
gacious weather man shuts his eyes
and snaps up cent, confident of get.
ting right half the time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

George w. Perkins, the man who
has recently started out to reform
business, has just finished a $4,000
chicken coop at his home. No wonder
eggs are high
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

There can be no doubt that the dem
ocratic managers fear President Taft's
strength. II they did not they would
not try so hard to prevent his nomi,
LatiOn.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Col. Bryan's visits to Jamaica are
undertaken, it is charged, in order
that he may get new supply of
ginger, There is colonel living in
New York, who never has been in
Jamaica, but whose supply of politi-
cal ginger and pepper is inexhaustible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

As paint costs high and lot will
be required, Mr.. Taft will have to
pay roundly for that portrait he has
been having done recently.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

New Years resolution for all who
write for the newspapers TO use
two words where formerly you used
four, and yet express the idea per
feCtly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Some people start good movement
and then run away from it. The Car
of Russia is responsible for originating
The Hague conference
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The Chicago packers face possible
Jail sentence. If they could only pack
jury as easily as they can cattle
and hogs the result might be different.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

From the way some one leaves that
door open up in Medicine Hat, we are
convinced that ne was brought up in
a barn.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The Italians and Turks both claim a
victory after every little battle
They'll have to have an umpire to de-
eide the game
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The foreign trade of the United
States last year amounted to three
and a half billion dollars, exceeding
all previous records.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The Toledo Blade says: The pot
used to call the kettle black, but what
will the fireless cooker say to the
paper bag"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Navhe the weather man turned on
the winter faucet and then went to
sleep. Why doesn't somebody inVes-
tigate. 1t would serve him right if he
had frozen
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Senator Kenyon has introduced Il
bill at Washington reducing the mile
age of senators from 20 to 10 cents.
1t also cuts out free shaves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Chicago is to have a home for dis
abled poets. The people who do the
disabling will not be asked to con-
tribute. They have done their part
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12
Isn't it EVER going to let up?

When the people of Winner saw
that gale headed this way they might
have done the friendly act and direct.
ed it toward Pierre. What's the use
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

In one of the eastern cities a man
was found starving to death who was
wearing a Carnegie medal Medals
are all right in their way but they
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Gov. Hooper of Tennessee. after
spending two days in the states pris-
on as "A common convict, was mighty
glad to parole himself.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Persons who desire to attain philo-
sophie Calmness of soul should never
add up the totals of their cash books
for the year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Many single men will feel better
about leap year on learning that they
are permitted to decline on present
ing the proposer with a new silk gown.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Questions which concern the better
ment of humanity and the equaliaing
OF opportunity can not be kept out of
politics.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The total number of farms on which
irrigation was practiCed in the United
States in 1909. was 1874 40 against
los, POS in 1899.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The bachelors already are begin
ming to take to the weeds realizing
the danger they are in.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

We cant tell whether we shall need
any more coal this winter until we
hear from the grounding Feb. ..
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

James \. Patten is said to live very
largely on fried mush and syrup.
Why should a man who can live as
cheaply as that be rushing around
worrying himself by stacking up so
big a pile of money as he is reported
to have? Almost looks like waste
.uf time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Peanut politicians should be given
a rich brown roast They don't
amount to shucks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The railroad companies report con
tinucd buying of cars locomotives and
steel rails.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

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Is vent. no one seems to he entirely
satisfied
When % rich murderer gets out ON
bail, that also helps 10 swell the SO.
'ialst party
Always get your work done up early
in the day so that YOU will he ready
for company.
Logic is the line of talk put up
for your side of the argument
There isn't enough honor among
thieves to make it nonotonous
Some men are saving because
others of their families won't be.
\ lot of people talk about justice
when sympathy is what they want.
Employing Chinaman in the kitCh-
en- is another way to keep your hus-
band from kissing the cook.
\ woman is beginning to age little
when she would rather get a kitchen
cabinet than toilet case.
When a corn develops a Crouch, II
can afford an aching tooth consider
able competition according to size.
While the devil doesn't always de.
mand pay in advance, he is the great.
est little bill collector in the business.
Very few men quit smoking, and
those who do seldom found libraries
with what they save on the transac.
ton.
Considering how awkward and in
convenient side.saddle is, it took
the women a long while to Outgrow
the habit.
lIlated as we are with the success
of the Jacobs multiplane, we still pre-
fer to come down stairway or in an
elevator
When the consumer deals directly
with the farmer. he doesn't always
find him so liberal as the high brows
intimate.
one of the common mistakes peo-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

A want ad campaign will get you
acquainted with a lot OF people who
want to buy homes-and the home you
want 10 sell would surely suit some Of
then ny
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

II. Rider Haggard has been made u
baron by King George. What will he
do with Rudyard Kipling?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

"Ill bet there isn't a chicken in
Norfolk that hasn't had its comb
frozen by this time" said Norfolk
man who owns some.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

A Maryland man wrote poetry to a
girl and now she wants $25, 900 dam.
ages. The girl deserves it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Textile mills especially wooden
mills, have been buster of late than
for two years before.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

The Chicago board of education has
granted the use of eleven school build
ings as social centers where dances
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

Cutting down the tariff on wool re-
quircs more skill than sheep shcaring
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

We see by the paper that they burn
1000 tons OF coal day in Omaha. We
burn almost that much ourselves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

An eleven story steamship has been
projected. 1t will probably ride the
waves like a sky sCraper.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

1t was stated at the Commercial club
meeting the other night that some of
the directors had spent so much time
in the club work that they had been
at home only two nights a week. One
man who never had thought about
that as an excuse for being away
from home nights, wants to get on
the board
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12
AROUND TOWN.

You haven't had quite all that's COM
ing to you in the way of winter eX-
periorces, unless you've Rad Il ride
on some Of these late trains. Madison
is getting so it cant sleep nights, it's
so used to sitting up to wait for $50
passengers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12

That real winter weather is here.