UNCOLNNEWS
Herald Correspondent Tells of Doings
at Nebraska State Capitol Dur
Ing Month of May.
L'ncoln. May 26. Section 22 of
; Article III of the constitution of Ne
braska provides that "the auditor
shall, within 60 days after the ad
journment of each session of the leg
islature, prepare and publish a full
statement nf all mnnni iiiumlsJ
such session, specifying the amount
of each Item, and to whom and for
what paid."
The practice for many years has
been to include in this statement a
taoie snowing the . appropriations
made for the current blennium, al
though there is neither statute nor
constitutional provision requiring it.
In deference, therefore, to the estab
lished custom, Auditor William H
Smith will include in his forthcom
ing statement ("copy" for which is
now ready for the printer), a more
complete showing of legislative ap
propriations than has been made
heretofore.
True to pledges made prior to elec
tion, the 1915 legislature made sub
stantial savings in appropriations.
Exclusive of those for maintenance
of the university and normal schols,
the reductions in appropriations for
state government, when compared
with those of 1913, are $1,053
814.4.7. The ' principal items mak
ing up this sum are for legislative
expenses, $32,565.60; for the 15
state institutions under the board of
commissioners, $559,045.00; and for
28 boards, commissions bureaus, etc.,
$454,562.68.
The legislature of '1913 provided
for a special university building fund
(extension) levy of three-fourths
mill and appropriated 90 per cetot of
the same. This was estimated at
$625,552.05, but when the levies
were made for 1913 and 1914 it was
found that 90 per cent of such levies
would be $626,271.47. None of this
appropriation could be used until' aft
er the people voted on initiative
measures No. 304 and 305 in the fall
of 1914.
The people having voted over
whelmingly in favor of measure No.
305, this apropriation became avail
able for extending the down twon
campus about December 1, 1914 and
up to March 31, 1916, the sum of
$110,446.65 was expended in the
yurcbase of land for campus ex
tension. The legislature of 1915, obeying
the people's mandate, appropriated
t DRINK HOT TEA
I FOR A BAD COLD
Cvt a small package of Hamburg
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pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful of the
tea, put a cup of boiling water upon
it, pour through a sieve and drink a
teacup full at any time during the
day or before retiring. It is the most
effective way to break a cold and. cure
'grip, at it opens the pores of the skin,
relieving congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus driving a cold from the
system. .
Try it the next time you suffer from
. a cold or the grip. It is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless.
LUMBAGO RIGHT OUT
Bab Pain and Stiffness away with
a small bottle of old honest
St Jacobs Oil
When your back is sore and lama
you stiffened up. don't suffer! Get a
25 cent bottle of old, bonnet "St.
Jacobs Oil" st any drug store, pour a
little in your hand and rub it right
into the pain or ache, and by the time
you count fifty, the soreness and lame-
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penetrating oil needs to be used only
once. It takes the ache and pain right
out of your back and ends the misery.
It is magical, yet absolutely harmless
and doesn't burn the skin.
Nothing else stops lumbago, sciatica
and lame back misery so promptly!
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93 per cent of the levies of 1915 and
1916 for this special building exten
sion fund (estimated now at $698
197.90) and also reapproprlated the
lapsed or unexpended balance of the
fund already on hand amounting to
$625,824.82. Therefore, the appro
priations for use of the university are
much greater now than they ever
have been before, owing In great
measure to this more than half mil
lion dolars of reapproprlatlon, which
Is not properly chargeable against
the present session, inasmuch as it
has already been levied and pract
ically al raised. As a matter of fact,
the whole special building fund ap
propriation was really made when
the people approved Initiative meas
ure No. 305 last fall. ,
There are four university funds
which are now appropriated by the
legislature, because our supreme
court held. In State against Brian, 84
Neb. 30, that no legislative appropri
ation is needed to make them avail
able. These are the Hatch-Adams
agricultural experiment station
funds, amounting to $30,000 a year;
the Morrill agricultural and me
chanic arts fund, $60,000 a year; the
Smith-Lever agricultural extension
fund, which will amount to $50,588
the present blennium, and the uni
versity endowment income fund
(about $102,038.88 for two years),
derived from interest and lease on
university and agricultural college
lands and Interest on bonds and se
curities held in the permanent funds.
Including these with the appro
priations made by the legislature, the
university funds show as follows:
1915 grand total ....$3,510,379.60
1913 grand total 2,671,004.46
Increase in 1915 .. .$ 839,375.14
The four normal schools, at Chad
ron, Kearney, Peru and Wayne, also
fared better than heretofore. Com
parison follows:
1915 estimated total ...$850,023.09
1913 estimated total ... 779,177.01
Increase in 1915 ....$ 70,846.08
It Is usual to assume that because
the legislature has appropriated a
certain sum for state government,
therefore such amount is the same as
spent. Such an assumption was cor
icci as to the early days, perhaps, but
it is not so now. Notwithstanding
the legislature of 1913 appropriated
$8,852,108.79 for maintenance of the
Nebraska government and institu
tions to March 31, 1915, yet a glance
at the auditor's books shows that a
very large sum has "lapsed," as these
1913 appropriations, except for debts
contracted prior to April 1, 1916.
Th grand total of lapsed appropri
ations on May 19, 1915, was $1,456-
360.34, but as some old claims will
be paid between now and August 1,
1915, this amount Is not absolutely
corect. The greatest items making
up this total of lapsed appropriations
are as follows:
Special university building fund..
$525,824.72
Nebraska reformatory . . 150,000.00
Food, drug, dairy and oil commis
sion 87,879.77
State aid bridge 113,612.80
University cash 39,260.53
Normal schools 65,976.32
Twine factory at penitentiary....
35,000.00
Institutions under board of com
missioners 255,488.36
Al other departments. . . 183,319.82
Total $1,456,360.34
Keep Your Bowels Regular
As everyone knows, the bowels
are the sewerage system of the body,
and It is of the areatest importance
that they move once each day. If
your bowels become constipated,
take a dose of Chamberlain's Tab
lets Just after supper and they will
correct the disorder. Obtainable ev
erywhere. Adv.
, QUALIFIED FOR NEW YORK.
Former Live- Stock Agent Makes
Good Ues of Knowledge Gained
By a Long Experience.
W. B. Cheek, who was for 30 years
live stock aceiu of the Burlington at
South Omaha, resigned October 1,
1914, to accept the position of west
ern manager of the Hartford Fire In
surance company, "live stock depart
ment." ! Mr. Cheek's long experience in the
settling of claims and his acquaint
ance with the live stock men in the
west make his new position especial
ly valuable to the "Hartford" as well
as to the shippers. ,
Read his ad In this Issue and get
in touch with him.
Omahe. Nebraska
RURAL POSTAL SAVINGS
After July 1 Deposits and Withdraw
aW May be Made by Mall -10
Years Is Age Limit.
Every person In the United States
10 years old or more may open an
account In a postal savings bank aft
er July 1, according to a leaflet on
the postal savings system Just issued
by Postmaster General Burleson.
This extension of the service will be
made possible by permitting persens
living in communities so sparsely
settled as not to Justify the designa
tion of their local postofflces as regu
lar, postal savings banks to open ac
counts by mall.
Under the plan adopted by the
postmaster general for opening ac
counts by mail an intending de
positor, residing where there Is no
regularly designated ' postal savings
bank, will apply to his local postmas
ter, who will see that necessary
Identification data Is prepared and
forwarded to a nearby poetofflce au
thorised to accept deposits. The In
tending depositor will then be given
permission to forward bis first and
subsequent deposits by money order
or registered mall direct to the post
master at the banking point for which
receipts or certificates will be Issued.
He may withdraw all or any part of
his postal savings by mall and on de
mand, together with any interest that
may be due him.
The new leaflet points out that
any person 10 years old or more may
pone an account In his or her own
name; that an account may be opened
by a married woman from any con
trol or Interference by her husband;
that postoffice officials are forbidden
to disclose to any person, except the
depositor, the amount of any de
posits; that withdrawals may be
made without previous notice, and
that the government guarantees to
repay all deposits on demand with ac
crued Interest.
Postal savings receipts have broken
all records the past year. During the
eight months prior to April 1 there
was a net gain In deposits of $19
000,000, as against a gain of $8,000
000 for the same months the year be
fore. Thousands of new accounts
have been opened and the millions
made up largely of hidden savings
have been turned back Into the chan
nels' of trade Just at a time when
there was pressing demand for every
dollar.
HOWS THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot-be cured by Hall's Catarrh I
Cure. I
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known I
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, I
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fin- ,
anciauy aoie to carry oui any oouga
tiona made by his firm.
National Bank of Commerce,
Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75
cents per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation. FORD FAPM TRRGTOR
Agricultural Vehicle Which Sells for
$200 Will Soon be Placed on
the Market.
After months of careful tryouts
under all kinds of soil and weather
conditions, the Ford motor tractor
has been pronounced a success by its
builders, the Ford Motor company,
and it is expected to be placed on the
market in December.
Like the Ford passenger car, the
tractor will be of such reasonable
price that every farmer in the coun
try will be able to buy one. It is
hoped by the company that the price
will be $200, al though it may be a
little more. This has not been fully
decided yet, neither the quantity that
will be made. But, needless to say.
It will be a case of quantity, as well
as quality, production.
The tractor will have the typclal
Ford front appearance, the construc
tion of the fore part being about
identical with that of the passenger
cars. The motor will be the same as
used on these cars. On both sides
of the motor, and supported by
strong arms, there will be caried two
large water tanks. The frame will
be considerable stronger than that ef
the passenger cars, and the rear
wheels will be 12 Inches in width,
with flanges and spikes aded. The
weight at present is 1,600 pounds, but
it is hoped that this will be reduced
by 100 pounds, after a few more test
machines have been completed. The
tractor will easily do the work of six
horses, it is stated.
TEN YEARS AGO
From the Files of The Alliance
Herald of May 18, 1905
More than $1,000 has been sub
scribed as prises for the Fourth of
July celebration. There will be a
baloon ascension and parachute leap,
broncho busting, horses races, ex
hibition riding by both ladles and
gentlemen, and plenty of foot races.
The bankers of the northwest met
at the opera house yesterday after
noon to discuss ways and means and
elect officers. There were but 15
of the foreign bankers present, but
they put In the time to good advant
age, relating each other's experiences
in caring for the money Intrusted to
them.
The baccalaureate sermon was lis
tened to by a large crowd at the
Methodist church last Sunday.
Arthur Gordon, the popular con
ductor, bad the misfortune to have
his foot crushed under the wheels of
bis train laat Thursday night, and
Live Stock Commission Merchants
We earnestly recommend our
service to all and respectfully
solicit your consignments
L. E. ROBERTS WALTER B.
CATTLE SALESMEN
amputation was necessary Just above
the ankle.
The stock sale of the late Sandy
Ingram, at Mitchell, brought out a
good bunch of buyers who paid good
prices for the stuff. Among Alliance
buyers were Dick Watklns, F. I
Crone, E. A. Mall, L. F. Smith, Jas.
Bellwood, Simon Spry, and Nelson
Fletcher.
Kllpatrlck Brer, and Colling have
been awarded the contract for grad
ing the Northwestern railroad's ex
Our Old Friends Know Our
Service is Unexcelled
iraerts
ESTABLISHED 1800
UNION STOCK YARDS
SOUTH OMAHA
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The Companionship of a Telephone
With everyone away, the house would be a lonesome
place without a Bell Telephone.
When the hours seem long, when everything goes
wrong, it takes a little telephone chat to brighten up
the day.
Always the Bell Telephone is on duty, a faithful ser
vant, the silent representative of a great corporation that
is giving the American people the most efficient and
dependable telephone service in the world.
Bell Telephone Service 'Lead the World
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY
tension from Casper. The contract
involves the construction of aproxi
mately 250 miles of railroad and will
amount to several millions of dollars.
D. W. Butler is closing out the
remnants of his dry goods and notion
stock in the building vacated by Billy
Manchester.
W. A. Msnchester has moved his
biliard parlor to the Miller block,
next door to The Herald office, and
now has the very swellest billiard
and pool parlor In the west.
Sid
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Carolina News, Chaplin, S. C. Ob
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