The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-08

kct has advanced 20 cents, according
to the last quotations. A car Is eX-
pcctcd in Norfolk within a few days.
Il never knew before that so many
people read The Daily News in Nor.
folk" says "A mail carrier who declares
almost every man, woman and child
he has met in the residence portion
of the city told him OF that notice
they had read in The News that mail
men are counting their steps.
Water Commissioner Frank Car
rick reports that after an investiga-
ton and inspection of samples which
he has collected, the committee of the
city council has decided that there
is no tar in the city sewer system. 1t
was declared by one councilman that
tar was deposited in the sewer by the
gas company.
The Union Pacific passenger depot
will be finished Wednesday, but it is
not believed that it will be occupied
for about a month About fifteen
cars of sand and gravel are expected
In the city within few weeks. This
material will be used for the filling in
for both sides of the new building
The hardware, which delayed the
work of the building, arrived yester.
day. Engineer Watson Townsend of
the Union Pacific is hurrying the
work of laying the sewer to the new
depot.
In his report to the city council this
week, the police Judge will show that
the receipts for the month of Febru-
airy increased over January. About
SAC was collected by Judge Eiseley
last month. January figures show
only about $34
Y. NJ. C.. A. solicitors did not hold
! a meeting at noon. The campaign is
still on. The call for every solicitor
in the city has gone forth and all are
| asked to join the executive commit
| tee at dinner in the Commercial club
| rooms at noon Tuesday. The general
! campaign ends on March 8 and the
three days following will be given
over to the change in the method of
campaigning.
| Immigrant cars are in gread de-
mand by railroads. The railroad en-
! ployes are beginning to look anxious
ly at empty cars in the freight yards
| and comment on those which would
make good immigrant cars" Immi-
| grant travel has started and is get
| ting heavier every day. A queer in
| Cident in the immigrant moving of
| the week was a party from point in
! South Dakota enroute to Lodge Pole
| Neb., who met in Norfolk a party who
left Lodge Pole to go to the same
| point in South Dakota. Both were
| strangers to each other and both look.
ing for better homes.
| Several wholesale fruit representa-.
tives are in Norfolk looking over the
proposition of locating here and tax.
ing the fruit headquarters vacated by
the Evans Fruit company. Because
of the freight rate from California
points to Norfolk is the same as the
rate to Omaha from the same points
this city is looked upon favorably by
fruit dealers as an ideal place for a
l
good territory tributary solely to Nor
folk is also a vital point.
| The advance rush of spring moving
has commenced. Among the movings
of the week are: L. A. Foster from
Fourth and Braasch avenue to Third
land Creek avenue; Mrs. B. F.. Garter
from Creek Avenue and Third stree
to 305 South Ninth street; T. Il. Hut
Crimson from 900 Prospect avenue tc
Ashland, Neb; Carl Kreikhaus from
1906 North Tenth street to the FREQ
Gettinger home on South Eighth; E
b. Humphrey from North Eight
street to Missouri; Tom Demont
from 40 South Third street to 4O|
Park avenue; John Zurbrigen, COS
! South First street to S12 Madison
street.