Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
ALL EFFORTS FAIL
TOENON.Y.STRIKE
THE MARINE WORKEn8 ARE PRE-
PATtED FOR A FINISH
FIGHT.
TROUBLE PUT UP TO WILSON
President's Personal Influence With
Employen b Counted On to Solve
Problem Returning Yankees aro
Being Landed Without Delay. "
"Washington, D. C. Furthor govern
moot action to end the strlkos of
m&rlno workers which lias tied up
nhipping In Now York harbor awaited
word from President Wilson In Parle.
Urgent - roporta on the situation
were nont to him by tbo dopartmont
of labor and tbo executivo officers of
tbo Wblto Honso aftor government
representative!) In Now York hnd fail
ed In efforts to compose tbo differ
onccs botween tbo boat owners and
their employes. It was said that the
president's porsonal influenco with
tbo workers was countod on to Indtico
n resumption of work pending a set
tlement of tho questions at Issue.
Secretary Wilson and Hugh L. Kor
win, chief of tho division of concilia
tion of tho dopartmont of labor, woro
In clodo touch all day with dopart
mont representatives at tho scono of
the strike
Boat Owners Blamed.
Blame for tho present crisis wns
placed on tho boat owners by tho war
labor board In a telegram to Gov.
Edge, of Now Jorsoy, replying to his
request that tho board mnko anothor
effort to adjust mattors. Basil M.
Manly, Joint chairman of tho board,
asscrtod that tho marlno workers
havo offered to arbitrate, but that the
boat owners consistent refused and
had abrogated their agreement, thus
placing themselves In an "untenable
position."
Hopo that tho strike, at loast so
far as it affects railroad oraft, would
be ended within 48 hours was ox
pressed by railroad administration of
ficials, who declared that unions It
was endod within that tlmo "drastic"
netlon would havo to bo takon to in
Hiiro tho movement of food and other
supplies to Now York city and over
seas. Walter I). Hlnes, assistant director
gcnorAl, was in communication with
Director General McAdoo, who was
trnvollng through New Mexico, en
routo to California.
8et for a Finish Fight.
Now York. No hopo of an early
notllemont of tho strlko which has
paralyzod tho port of Now York for
sftvcral days is apparent. Leaders of
tho 10,000 workora on tugs, lighters
and forryboutH doclarod emphatically
that thoy woro proparod for a finish
fight. Tholr omployors, members of
tho Now York Boat Ownora associa
tion, woro equally emphatic in their
nBSortion that thoy novor would yiold
to tho domnnd for an eight-hour day
Tho vsit to tho city of Sccrotary
llakor led to the hopo that his in
flu en co might rosult in an adjustment,
but tho hopo was short lived. When
tho Hocrotnry left for Ottawa bo had
given no intimation that tho war de
partment would take a hand In tin;
controversy. On tho contrary, ho said
tbo strike had not resulted In serious
embarrassment to tho dopartmont.
Returning troops woro being debarked
without dolay, ho stated, and thoro
had been no interruption to tho (low
of supplies to the arriy ovors'oas,
Enough navy tugs aro avallablo for
this work, Mr. Baker said.
A. H. Smith, regional diroctor of
railroads, apparontly has failed In bis
effort to arrtngo an armistlco of from
IS to 72 hours in tho belief that If
operations woro rosumed tho dlf
Acuities could bo composed by con
dilation. No reply has been rocolvod
by Mr. Smith to a letter sent by him
to leader of tile unions, but the strike
commlttuo announced earlier In the
duy that they would not ngrco to an
armistice.
Thoro was no actual ahortago of
olthor food or con! bocauso of the
utrlko, but it was realized that the
Hltuatlon might rosult In complete
paralysis of subway, ulovutud and mtr
face lines. '
WELCOME TO BE GIVEN WILSON.
Washington Plans to Have President
Lead Parade of 3oldlers.
Washington. U. C President Wll
on will bo given an ofllclal weIeonn
by tho city of Washington upon his
return next mouth from Europe
Plans have been made by a commit
toe appolntod by tho District of Co
lumbia commissioners to havo the
president, upon roachtug tbo capita,
lead a parade of returned Holdlura
down Pennsylvania avenue.
Dry Amendment Approved.
Sncramcnto, Cal. Tho snnato of
California voted to ratify tho national
prohibition amendment, 215 to 14. The
assembly has not yot acted on tbo
measure. ' ,v
Penelon for Mrs, Roooevelt.
Washington, D. C. Payment by
tho government of a pension or $15,
COO a year to Sirs. Kdith Carow Itooso
veil, widow of Col. Roosovclt, win
Vu-jbdd by n bill Introdueod by Hop
roHCBtativo (Jalllvun, of MtiBHiirhuf-Hits
NEBRASKA INCIDENTS
BOILED T0A FEW LINES
Occurrences Over the Cornhusker
State Chronicled In Paragraph
Form for the Busy
Reader.
In 1018 ii totnl of 'jr,!!7 automobile
licenses vere issued in Nebnisku. Dur
ing flie year Just passed the number
lotnllod over 17.",000. Based on popu
lation, thltt Is one automobile to every
0.7 persons in the state. Douglas
county bus the largest number, 1-1,988,
Lancaster coming next with !),0fil.
Custer county stands third with 4,230,
while Hooker has tho least number,
145.
Omaha pollen are In possession of
a signed confession made by .1, J.
Williams, 21-ycnr-old negro, to the
murder of Max White, 17, high school
Ind, who the negro held up and
killed while ho attempted to shield bis
companion, Miss Llbby Mlukln. The
murderer, who Is In the bunds of tho
Omaha police, claims the killing was
nccldcntal.
"15111" Barnes, who ended bis own
life after he had murdered llvo mem
bers of the Wilbur Johnson household,
on llolo'nmn Island, near Oniiwn, la.,
nnd which bus stirred the entire dis
trict, was well known on the Ne
braska side of ;he river, ho having
had his arm shot oft' in a shooting
Fcrnpo in Washington county twenty
years ngo.
Leaving a baby alone In a house
again resulted disastrously, when
Miss Anna Stutzmnn of Grand Islund
left her 2-year-old nephew while she
went to u neighbors. Five minutes
Inter s'ho' returned and found the
child burned so severely that it died.
The bubv's father and mother were
holh dead.
Dr. O. It. (lannawny of Stuart bus
sold bis roxpilal there, disposed of
his practice, and within a mouth will
leave, with Mra. Gannaway, to spend
their lives working to savo the peo
ple of thd stricken districts of Arme
nlon und Syria in Europe.
Tho South Omaha stock market
landed In second place ngain lust year
among the big pocking centers of the
world. Only Chicago loads Omaha.
The next wnr saving stamp cam
paign Is to be launched soon. Stamps
are now on sale.
During the past, month sixty-seven
automobiles were stolen In Omaha,
compared with sevonty-ono the corre
sponding month a year ago. This Is
n warning to lock your flivver when
you go to tbo metropolis.
A movement Is on foot at Omnba to
organize an Aero club for Nebraska.
It Is estimated that over -100 men In
UjIm Htnto have had aviation expe
rience. The club would be patterned
nfter aero clubs In tho east.
Alliance delegates to the annual State
Firemen's convention nt Fremont
.Tanunry 21, 22 and 2!J, will bo accom
panied by the Alliance tiro depart
ment hnnd. Alliance business men
have raised .1,000 to send the band to
Fretnoiw. ,
Hundreds of cottontails am Jack
rabbllH were killed, but not! a wolf
was. sighted In the big hunt staged In
Saunders county by more than 200
men nnd boys. Farmers say that
wolves are numerous In tbo county.
Merchants throughout tbo northern
part of Nebraska aro unanimous lis the
declaration that 11)18 was a record
breaker in every line, despite the six
weeks' slump duo to the "llu,f epi
demic. M'he Podge county Medical society
passed a resolution nt Fremont declar
ing It was the sense of the society
that the state-wide quarantine for In
llueurn whs absolutely worthless.
Now express rates, considerably
higher than former charges, went Into
effect In Nebraska the llrst of tho
your, In spite of tho opposition or tho
Mule railway commission.
State Food Administrator Wattles
was presented with a silver platter
by th'e county food administrators In
nppreclatlon of Ids work. The pre
sentation was mnde at Omaha.
Tho elevator of the Nyo-Schncldor-Fowler
company at Colon burned to
the grounds causing a loss estimated
at sr.,000.
Hiircbard Is without a newspaper,
tho Times having suspended publica
tion because of lack of patronage.
Comuilslouers of Madison county
have orcnlzed a health board to com
bat tho lulluenza epidemic.
Of The 27,W exemption claims tiled
with the South Platte draft appeal
board, 8,711 claimants were held for
service. Deferred clnssl Ileal Inn was
allowed Kl.tsX) fanners. Of I.0S7 de
pendency elulnis, the hoard rdlnwod
2,'.'(K5 appeals.
The llrst itep In connecting Nrbras
ka cities with tin Wyoming oil fluids
1i. pipe line Is to be made next spring,
when work will bruin on the laving of
n crude oil main from tho I.anco
Clock Held In Wvomlng to the pottihh
plants iiiuir Allinuco.
Rural mall carriers In the southern
part of the state aie having their
tioiihtes because or the tough, fiozoit
roads. Automobiles cuiiuot be uud
nnd owners ol good liorse will not let
them out on Hie horrible rnuila. conse
quently tho delivery of mull Is a
toiiHh problem.
In a letter to Nebraska county conn,
ella or defense I ho statu council
tlmiips tht' various bodies for their
work during the war and teltenite
'.'i iipio'tv of tb prohibition of the
'il'ing of fni.in l.'l.gllages 1n pub
I i'i 'i s'-hools of NebriibUa.
Using an automobile body nil tin
rear wheel nnd motor from a motor
cycle, John and Walter Launci of
Fremont, have built a Miolor- diiwn
bobsled and It Is attracting muih at
tention. An electrically operated si t
of slolghbells serves to give an appio
prluto seasonable Jingle to the outfit.
The annual state conferencu of Ne
braska Council of Social Service
Wori-ers (formerly Nebraskn Confer
ence of Charities nnd Corrections),
will be bold February 2, .'t and 4 In
Lincoln.
Secretary Houston of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, in a report to
congress showing tho amounts appor
tioned to the several states for the
fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1018, for
the construction and maintenance of
roads etc.. shows that for the years
jj17 and 1918 there was apportioned
to Nebraska S320,321 ; allotments to
approved nrojects, $203,702; unnl
loted balance, $!14.fil0.
The 12.00S school teachers of Ne
braska draw an annual wago of $0
41 1,,'i')! 1.0 1. The average monthly sal
ary of the woman lenchers Is $30.20,
while Unit or men Js 580.01. Tho
state has .'100,011 school children In
7,081 buildings. School property Is
valued at ?,1 9,436,377.57. There aro
flfty-fho blind children In the state
and 301 who aro dear and dumb.
Nebraska troops to the number of
several bundled reached tho shores
of the United Stales from ovorseus
last Tuesday and Wcdnesdny. Many
of the men were wounded In action.
They enme on the steamer Pocnhon
tiiH nnd the Powhatan and wore mem
bers of tho 338th regiment nnd tho
127th Held artillery, formerly tho
Fourth Nebraska National Guard.
A netlon-wlde cumpnlgn to enroll
tho children under the bnnner of
henlth will be launched by the Nation
al Tuberculosis association, beginning
February 1 and extending to May 24.
Thousands of Nebraska children will
be enrolled.
Omaha's new wheel tax law, which
went Into effect the llrst of the year, !
and which levies a tax ranging from
82 to ?7 on nil automobiles, trucks and
horse-drawn vehicles. Is expected to
bring Sr.0,000 a year Into the city treas
ury. Nebraska's crops for 1018, consist
ing of wheul, oath, barley, rye, buek
whoat, flaxseed, potatoes and tnine
hay nre valued at $311,031,000, ac
cording to the annunl resume by the
department of agriculture at Wash
ington. Jlecnuso It smacked too much of
German flavor people of Kerl town
ship, Burt county, changed It by due
process of law to one appealing more
to American patriotism. It Is now
known as Pershlrng, township,
The ban on public dunces and other
amusements In Fremont has been
lifted. Tho total number of Influenza
cases In Fremont since tho epidemic
llrst struck the country Is 1,420. Tho
pneumonia cases total 1'"M.
During tho last three months- of
1018 Omnba had l.ofll deaths com
pared with 582 In tho corresponding
months In 1917. The Increase wns due
to the Influenza epidemic.
An agreement has been mnde where
by tho Nebraskn Gas nnd Electric
compnny of Beatrice Is to furnish Wy
more with current for the next live
years.
Stella's board of health has lifted
tho bnn on public gatherings, and
church services are agnln being held
for the first tlmo since Thanksgiving.
During 1018 tho pcoplo of Omnba
donnted $1,228,207 to war activities
outside of lied Cross memberships and
Invested $23,912,410 In war securities.
Costs for the upkeep of county
roads and the building of now bridgei
throughout Douglas county amounted
to $221,758.13 for-the year 191S.
Ice cutting bognn throughout Ne
hrnska last week. Some parts of tho
state report Ico sixteen Inches thick
and n good harvest Is nntlclppted.
The executive committee of the Ne
braska Statei Press association has
called the annual meeting for Febru
ary 20. 21 and 22 In Lincoln.
It. II. Mnnii, widely known through
out western Nebrnsku as "Daddy
Mann," was Instantly killed by a Pur
llngton train at Bildgoport.
For the llrst time In the history of
Fremont schools clnsses were held on
New Year's day. when the city schools
took no vacation.
Only nine new residences were
built In Fremont during the pnst year,
ns against fifty-four In 1917.
Itiiffnlo county sent approximately
000 men to war, nearly 100 of whom
volunteered their services.
As a special courtesy to the men of
DeWItt and vicinity who have served
with tint colors, Rev, C, 10. Brown, rac
ier of (lie Episcopal church, bus of
fered IiIh ervices free to any of theso
who desire to he married.
Active onmpiilgiilng has been start
ed by the repret.entatlves of Hustings
college ror raising ?200,000 among tho
presbytei les of NVhrnsku for tho ben
efit of the college In that city.
I.li toclt receipts at the Soutn
Ountlin mail.et during IDIS show a de
t mIimI uitTciiM oxer the previous year,
i attle receipts for tho pnst year wero
1 0JC,S35 lieml. an Increase of ifj per
cent over 1017. llogj receipts iroro
.'t.4.".t.!t,"n' head, a 23 pr cent iucranse.
Mieep iccclpts ineronwed 10 per cen.
tho total being '1 1'.ist52l.
A quadruple funeral took plnco nt
Itnndntph when tluoo members of the
'i'atse family of Norfolk nm a cousin.
ho llcd ul Itundolpli. were hurled
i'ii-ji lniliienra imimh! the death of
I the four yoeic people
T
SEVEN
LECISUP BODY
NEBRASKA LAWMAKERS ORGAN
IZE FOR BUSINESS
DALBEY OF GAGE IS SPEAKER
And Senator B. K. Bushee of Kimball
Was Selected President Pro Tern
of the State Senate
The thirty-sovonth session of the
Nebraska legislature began at noon,
December 7, as provided in tho state
constitution. Tho senate being pro
vided with a permanent presiding of
ficer In tho person of tho lieutenant
governor, It did not find it necessary
to draft any other state ofllcer for tho
purpoao of starting tho machinery.
Lieutenant Governor Howard wielded
tho gavel in tho west end chamber,
and after the chaplainhad officiated
and the roll was called and other de
tails attended to, a permanent organ
ization was effected by the olection of
a president pro torn nnd secretary.
S. R. McKELVlE
Cdltor nnd Publisher of the Nebraska
Farmer, Who Wa3 Inaunuratcd
Governor of Nebraska Jan
uary Ninth
As the spenkor of tho house ends his
ofllclal career with the adjournment
of tho body over which ho presides,
tho constitution provides that tho sec
rotary of stato shall call tho houso to
order. Mr. Pool, who was once speak
er and therefore fully informed in all
matters therewith connected:, rapped
for order in tho house, had tho roll
:allod and a prayer said, after which
ho loft thq chair. Representative Ellis
E. Good of Nemaha was given the
honor of temporary speaker for hav
ing run second in tho race, and ho ro
tnlned tho gavel and performed tho
honors until the formal organization
was mnde.
Hoi.se Organization
Speakor, Dwlght S. Dalbey, Beat
rlco; chief clerk, W. F. Hitchcock,
Storllng; first assistant clerk, Will C.
Israel, Ilavolock; second assistant
clerk, A. C. Whlttoth, Falrbury; sor
geant at arms, J. O. Moore, Palmyra;
assistant at arms, John Glossman,
Omaha; chaplain, Rev. J. G. Stnnnard,
University Place.
Soloctivo committee M. A. Hostet
ler, Buffalo county, chairman; Firs
congressional district, J. Reid Green
of Lancaster and II. K. Frantz of Cass;
Second, R. C. Druesdow and John
Larsen, both of Douglas; Third, Henry
BehrenB of Cumming and E. H. Ger
hart of Madison; Fourth, J. A. Axtoll
of Jefferson and M. M. Wlldman of
York; Fifth, J. F. Fults or Furnas and
II. J. McLaughlin of Hall; Sixth,
Goorgo C. Snow of Dawes and J. E
Harris of Buffalo.
Senate Organization
President pro tern, B. K. Bushee,
Kimball; secretary, Clyde II. Bernard,
Table Rock; first asslttant secrotary,
J. H. Sinclair, Omaha; sergeant at
arms, A. D.. Havons, Atkinson; chap
lain, Rev. A. A. Cressman, Creto; post
master, P. II. Wintorstcon, Fremont.
Selective committee W. V. Hoag
laud, Lincoln county, chairman; Flrsi
district, C. Petrus Peterson, Lancas
ter; Second, J. W. Robblns, Douglns;
Third, B. J. Alnlny, Nanco; Fourth,
Perry Reed, Hamilton; Fifth, J. Ham
mond, Furnns; Sixth, D. II. Cronin,
Holt.
After W. F. Hitchcock had been
elected unanimously as chlof clerk, n
commltteo on credentials was appoint
ed consisting or Messrs. Fults, Joary,
Dybull, Snow and Bchrens. Tho houso
was "at rest" for ten or fifteen min
utes while tho members came forward
and left tholr election certificates with
tho chief clerk. Thoy wero Inspected
h) the committee und found to bo In
legal form
In tilbuto to tho memory of David
C. Meteor, former congressman from
tho Second district, who died January
7 resolutions woro passed expressing
the sorrow of the senate In the loss of
an honored and valunblo citizen. Tho
resolution was Introduced by aenatoi
Coo pet of Douglas county
Resolutions Introduced In tho sen
ile that returned soldiers, wives of
soldiers and old soldiors applying tot
tmuitlotis In the legisluturo be given
llrst conulderaUan, wero passed with
out a dissenting vote.
1
STATE OFFICIALS INSTALLED
Usual Formalities Mark the Beginning
of the Gathering and Organiza
tion of the Lawmakers
Nebraska's new stato officers wero
formally Inducted with the customary
ceremonial January ninth, in the pres
ence of tho legisluturo assembled Joint
ly in tho houEc chamber and an over
flowing crowd of spectators. Governor
Keith Neville's departing message was
first delivered, after which Governor
Samuel R. McKclvie and tho other
stato officers-elect took the oath pre
scribed by tho constitution and the
new executive delivered his Inaugural
communication. Tho Joint session
oponed with Lieutenant Governor
Howard presiding for tho last time.
Following tho roll call, a committee
consisting of senators Cronin and
Chappell, Representatives Williams,
Windham and Fries, was named to
escort tho two governors to the cham
ber. Other committees wero delegated
to bring in tho remaining stato of
ficers and the chief Justice to admin
ister tho oath.
Governors Deliver Messagec
Governor Neville and Governor Mc
Kclvlo woro tho oratorical star3 of the
Joint convention of the stato legisla
ture on January ninth. Governor
Neville appeared before tho law-mak
ing body for tho purpose of submitting
his recommendations, based upon his
experience as governor, while Gov
ernor McKclvie presented his Ideas
and recommendations as ho sees them
after study and experience as a legis
lator and lieutenant governor.
Many Choose Same Committee
In the initial sessions of the select
ive committee for the house, it has de
veloped that moro than half of all tho
members In that chamber want to
servo on tho roads and bridges com
mittee. This means that four-fifths
of those who havo specified that com
mittee as a preference will be disap
pointed. On the initinl roll call, all members
responded to their names except
Messrs. Lundgron of Douglas, Milroy
of Thomas, and Ruddy of Boone. The
last named of these three is abroad.
His resignation will be filed iu a few
days and Governor McKolvio will
name Mr. Millie in his pjaco. Lundgron
came in beforo the session was over.
More Positions Filled
Governor McKelvIo has made tha
following appointments:
Labor Commissioner, Frank A. Ken
nedy, Omaha; secretary board of
equalization and assessment, W. II. Os
borno, Jr., Omaha; insurance board
examiner, Harold Chapman, Atkinson;
examiner, Guy G. Patton, Fremont.
KEITH NEVILLE
Who Retired From Office January Ninth,
and Who Will Be Known to Coming
Generations as Nebraska's War
Governor
Apportions School Funds
One of Stato Treasurer Georgo E.'
Hall's last acts was to certify to tho
stato superintendent that there is
?400,150.17 in tho temporary school
fund for apportionment to the public
schools ot Nebraska. This fund is ap
portioned twlco a year. The appor
tionment is mado by tho stato super
intendent on a basis of school popula
tion and onofourth to be divided
equally between school districts.
New School at Seottsbluff
A site for tho school of irrigation In
Seottsbluff has been selected by tho
university icgcnts ns directed by the
lust legislature. Tho site consists of'
ten acres of excellent land Immediate
ly adjoining tho city on tho north
west, Tho regents aro now asking
that on ftccpunt of tho ngriculural im
portance of tho region in which this
school is to bo located, tho legislature
mnko liberal appropriations for build
ings and purchase of land here.
Chancellor Avery, Regent E. P.
Brown, Dean E. A. Burnett nnd Prof
H. E. Bradford of the University of
Nobinska havo gono to Baltimore and
Washington to attend meetings of uni
versity, college and experiment sta
tion dl sectors and oftlcors. Among tho
meetings they will attond are tho fol
lowing: Society for tho Promotion of
Agrlrultuial Science, National Asso
ciation of Agricultural Teachers,
Amorlcnn Association ot University
Piotftdcnts, Nntloual Association of
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
SlnUon.
KH
TO LEGISLATORS, J
Nebraska Governors Give to Legisla
ture in Semi-Annual Messages
Ideas of Needed Legislation
Tho recommendations of the incom
ing and outgoing governois wore de
llvered to tho stato legislature Jnn y
unry ninth. Tho following is a icvlcw
of the principal features of the mes
sages: Both governors recommended the
ratilication of tho national prohibitory
uineudment. Governor McKelvIo sug
gciited that such members of vongross
from Nebraska who have not yet voted
affirmatively upon the ipifstlon ot
woman suffrage bo memoralized to
do so. .
Governor Neville urged the building
on tho state house grounds facing tho
battlefields of France, of a monument
commemorating the services of tho
Nebraskans who died in tho world
war, while Governor McKclvie favors
beginning u now stato house that
would bo mado a fitting monument to
these men. Both urge liberal support
for good roads and vocational school
policies Inaugurated by the federal
government, which offers to match dol
lars, with the state. Both would havu
tho foreign language banished front
the schoolB.
Governor Neville scs theio Is no
longer need for giving the supremo
court aid by the continuance or the
three commissioners in otlico. 11a
breaks now ground in asking for foui
year terms for state officials.
Recommended by
Governor Neville
Briefly summarized tho additional
recommendations of Governor Nevlllo
are as follows:
That no effort be made to maintain:
a national guard during tile next two
years. Retention of contiol by the
governor of. enforcement of prohibi
tory law. Banishing tho teach'ng of
foreign Innguagcs in lower grade of
all public, private and parochial
schools. Refers to the constitutional
convention the problem of organizing
the state government on a more ef
ficient basis. Suggests four-year terms.
for stato officials, with legislature to
meet after new men have had a.
chance to familiarize themselves with,
the needs of tho state. Conservation
of potash resources until a state plant
can be erected to manufacture lortll
izer to be sold to fanners at actual
cost. "Vigorous prosecution of work
of building new loads. Liberal sup
port of vocational education in state
Legislation to prevent banks .from
escaping legitimate taxation. Devel
opment of system of state hail insur
ance. Abolition of the supremo court
commission.
Recommended by
Governor McKclvie
Mr. MeKelvie's recommendations
are: The creation of a cabinet form of
government centralizing responsibil
ity and eliminating useless boards and
offices. Adoption of an executive
budget for the ndm nlstration of the
state revenue. Cn ling of constitu
tional convention v the eaillest con
venlent date. Pnn.ding that instruc
ti6n in public and private schools be
given in English, a d the church used'
ns n medium for i. uto and encour
agement. State support of vocational
schools, and teaching of ngrfeulturr
and illiterates. Greater empha'is in
school system of physical training
Prescription by state of essential sub
Jects in elementary school currieulum!
with department regulations and iu
spec'tion. Removal of barriers so that
farm products may be carried to tor
mlniil markets and grain nnd live stock
exchanges where co-operatiVe elfort
may havo an even advnntago with all
other forms of distribution. Encour
agement of cooperative societies. In
spection of grain and vegetables and'
testing of butter fat and also of scales
Bureau to assist In collection of claims,
against railroads. Legislation to bet
ter control farm animal diseases and
to prevent private monopoly of se
rums. Dog license law to piotcct
sheep. Legislation to facilitate the
work of county farm bureaus. Legis
lation to provide for organization ot
rural cooperative credit societies. En
couragement to consolidation move
ment In rural schools. Action to fore
stall further development of farm ten
antry. RovIhIoh of taxation sjstenir
so that taxes should fall heaviest on
land owned by non-residents or held
for spoculativo purposes. Declaring
each school section a game pretem
nnd ban ing hunters. Encouragement
of manufacture within the state. Piuh
Ing good road construction and needed
public buildings to meet uuemploj
nient problem. Tax upon mote- vehl
cles as hiibbtltuto for additional prop
erty tax to finance good loads pro
gram. Use of coiulct labor iu making
bricks for road purposes Co-oocra
tion with federal government In tec
Initiation of waste lands. Iloiielng all
old so'diers and sailors in one home
using other for Spanish-Amoii an and
world's war veterans. Development
of stato parks. Amendment to woik
men's compensation law giving &peed
ier relief to Injured employes Itecon
structlon of national guard and con
tlnuance of homo guard organisation
Creation of state police force to take
place of military in preserving peace
Presentation of gold star to each fam
ily wliobo son mnde the supreme fc.u rl
flee.
Cllmb'ng On Water Wagon
Columbus, O. Ohio is the seven
teenth state to go on record as favor
ing the national prohibition amend
ment. ColornUo and Oklahoma fol
lowed suit and ratified tin- ..iiienilmciU
the siiiiio day.
New York. In order to give per.
maiicnt expression to "nil Colonel
lloobevtlt ktood for," tho Po.v Stouts or
America, comprislne 440.001 momtierj,
wero Instructed to plant one or moro
trees with suitable ct-n-roony in meoi
oiy of Pie former picsUVnt.
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