THE ALLIANCE HEEALD, JUNE 90, 1918
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LEASING Of
STATE LANDS
MINERALS
HISTORY TAKEN FROM RECORDS
CHAPTER III.
As I proCMd with the history of
mineral leasing of school lands in Ne
braska, I will call attention to some
things that must be Siren close atten
tion In order to get an accurate and
Just view of the situation.
Frist, the reader must he careful to
distinguish between facts, as publish
ed In these articles and otherwise
given out, and fiction that is being
frequently repeated and to some ex
tent published in newspapers. I have
no intention of naming many. If any
persons who have repeated inaccurate
stories. 1 prefer being charitable and
assuming that untrue statements are
given currency thru lack of informa
tion rather than because of a desir
to deceive.
Notwithstanding the many and con
flicting stories that are being told in
some quartet, the careful reader will
distinguish between unreliable ru
mors and the facts herein stated. I
wish here to call attention again to
the fact that the rules for mineral
leasing that were adopted by the
Board of Mutational Iands and
Funds were not all compiled nt on
time, but were developed to meet
the needs of the situation as there be
came a demand for leases at this
time; but these rules were never
changed to show partiality to any per
son or set of persons.
The more one studies this matter
nnd learns the facts in the case, the
more strongly he becomes convinced
that the mineral leases given at any
time to any persons would have been
granted Just the same to other per
sons had they been the applicants In
stead of the ones who did apply.
Before quoting further from the
records In the office of the commis
sioner of public lands and buildings.
I wish to call attention to the two
classes of persons who have endeav
ored, or have planned, to take potash
or other minerals from state school
lands as a business proposition:
I. A few person have endeavored
to remove such dcoslts for their own
profit without any remuneration to
the tate therefor.
1 am informed that this has already
lieen done to some extent.
As an example of this class of per
sons is a man who, since the decision
of the district court of Lancaster1
county enjoining the State Board of!
"Educational Lands and Funds (rem
issuing mineral b ases on certain !
school lands, told me that he intends
to pump tin potash water from cer
tain school land, that the injunction'
from the Lancaster comity district
court will prevent the state board
from stopping him before he removes!
the potash, that there will then be j
only trash water in the lakes and that
the stale can have that.
Whether the statement made by
this man was only an Idle threat, or
whether he was really planning to do
What he said, it illustrates clearly the
disposition to take state property, in j
the form of mineral deposits, without j
dividing the proceeds with the .school!
tund 01 the state.
A n uni l. r of persons have ash
ed tor the privilege of taking mineral,
such as potash, oil, etc., from school
lands, offering t. pnj the um there
for .as a rojrattf a part of the mineral
produced, a lew offering to py a cash
bonus in addition to the r alty.
To this class belong thoue ihtmoiis
Vim applied for and rtct red 'i iuo-al
leases on school lrntis before the re
c m special session cf the Ugislatu'.?
at which a law was parsed specifically
authorizing the board of LY.ucational
lands and funds to girnt such leases,
said mineral lenses which w re IsUued
sror t: that time hav.ug been ln
vui rl..-(.ii by the decision of the su
preme c-ctm of Nibraskn.
AI.m listening to the many dif
ferent things that have been said, 1
tisTo been unable to fin! one scintilla
f evidence that a single one of the
?2! person, to whom were granted
She mineral lenr.es Invalidated by the
upr-me court decision above refer
red in, ever had i ny intention or
ieslT to remove a dollar's worth of
mineral from school land without
paying the cta'e for the privilege.
The following Is an extract from
Itulrutr-s of a meeting of the state
WUbcld nay 117, a hat of fie
win
art
sfl
sections referred win be given in
he iox: chapter of this story:
I'm .-mailt 10 call of the chair
man, the Hoard of Educational
Lands and Funds met in the )f
hce of the governor with all
members present,
Mr. Claude Qalgler, of Valen
tine, appeared in behalf of the
breaks ReBinlng k Pipe Line
COtnpanj Of Valentine to secure
the right to prospect for potash
upon land owned by the state.
Moved by Mr. Heed, seconded
by Mr. Pool, thai the folle.wlng
resolution be adopted:
"Whereas, It is not definitely
known that there is within the
state of Nebraska any land
whic h contains oil or gas, but it
Is known that potash can be ob
tained in certain parts of Nebras
ka in paying quantities, and
' Whereas, There is certain
school land in the state of Ne
braska yet owned by the state
which is not known to possess
any minerals of any kind or
character, and
"Whereas, A certain company
to be organized and incorporated
within the state of Nebraska,
consisting of W. S. Rldgell, K. .
McKae. Frank M. Hroome. Clyde
A. Hossieter ami James C, Quig
ley, is desirous of entering into I
compact with the state of Ne
braska by and thru the Board of
Bdueatlona Lands and Funds to
prospect certain land hereinafter
subscribed for the purpose- of es
certaining whether or not there
Is any mineral within sain land,
which may be extracted or taker,
from the land or any part there
of in paying quantities, and
"Whereas, It is the desire of
this board to encourage and
cause the development of all the
natural resources of the state ,f
Nebraska, and especially min
eral, oil. nas, potash and coal
that the general public may be
greatly benefit! ed thereby, there
fore be it
"Resolved, That the tentative
offer on the part of said company
hereinbefore referred to be ac
cepted and a permit and lease be
entered into granting and allow
ing said company to prospect, a::
in its Judgment it may deem
best, for such minerals as may be
found therein upon the land
hereinafter described, for a pe
riod of five ytmrs, with privilege
of renewing the lease, on not to
exceed one see-tion each to the
members comprising said com
pany, the tentative offer being
one dollar ($1.00) per sectioD,
and in addition thereto one
eighth of all mineral delivered
in pipe lines or tanks, or other
receptacles suitable for contain
ing same of all potash, oil, gas or
other minerals produced, saved
and sold from the above describ
ed premises, and provided that
such company shall begin opera
tions within 90 days and prose
cute the work with due dili
gence. All members voting in the af
firmative, motion prevailed.
WANTED TO KEEP OLD RUSSIA
Dsetre ef Caucasian Princess Was far
Independence Without Blemlihea
f Industrialism.
Imet s Caucasian princess here In
fetrograd, Ernest Poole writes In the
Saturday Rvenlng Post. She sat next
to me one day In the small press gal
lery of the hall In which the duma
ussd te meet. Now In its place was
the council. The woman by my side,
I learned, was here as a correspond
ent for a social revolutionist paper
down In the Caucasus.
I had been In the Caucasus years
Dsrore, and w spoke of the old town
where she had been born, high up In
the hesrt of tht mountains. The Bus
slsns csll the women there "the dia
monds of Russia." and this woman
wus one of these. I was curious to
learn what had drawn her to a scene
like this, so mnny thousand miles
from home. She explained that her
husband had been killed In the first
year of the war and that after that
she had thrown herself into war actlv-
I Itlea.
"We don't want to desert the litis
j slan cause. We are all In favor of
j pushing the war through to the end."
i she told me. "And at the same time
j we are doing our part In the work of
, the revolution. The president of the
j council here, and half the other lead
ers, too, are Caucasians. We are i,
Ing our share. But at the same time
we want to be free from too much
rule by i'etrogrnd."
"What do you mean by autonomy?
How free do you want to be?" I asked.
"Tell me about yonr Cnited States.
You have states, and a nation, too."
she said.
1 tried to explain the relations be
tween our states and the federal gov
ernment. "We wish more than that." she said;
"we want more independence."
I Nplted that In America we were
moving Just the other way toward
more cenlmllzeel government and I
tried to explain bow the growth of
railroads, factories, mills and huge
Interstate corporations was forcing
us to grant more and more control to
the men In Washington.
"But," she rejoined, "we don't want
an ugly land of mills. We want o'lr
Russia to stay as It Is I mean with
Its beautiful fields and Its forests. Its
rivers and Its mountains. You have
seen the Caucasus and I know you will
feel what I meau."
Discovery of Easter Island.
! Raster Island was discovered nearly
1200 years ago by the Dutch Adtnlsnl
Poggeveen, who east anchor there on
an Raster Sunday, whence it derived
Its name. Me found It more largely
populated than it is now, Bui he nnd
his crew must hatta ..i.r. .,,..1
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, marveled at its hold rock sculpture. Its
terraces and walls, its picture writings.
' Many of these, Indeed, rival the world
j famous relics of Mexico and Peru
while they are strangely akin to them
In conception and design.
Two Things Worth Ha 'ing.
Crowing plants are healthful In two
I ways. First, they absorb carbon diox
ide given off by the lungs of persons
(ln the house, and give off pure oxygen
to the ulr. Second, the evaporation
of moisture from the foliuge and from
the porous flower pots Is one of the
,test ways to prevent the harmful dry
ing out or air artificially warmed. You
can't have too many plants or too many
children in the house.
Habit to Be Avoided.
The hnhll of unkind criticism or
miscttoue criticism, if you prefer
word, grows by leaps and bound
permitted to nourish at all. v 1
luenfl in which we take ,1 cei
emonnt of pride, ami thorn
not live by them fall under
of our displeasure. We hai
son ior Meiievin-,' 1 tint our ways ar
better, we merely assume it. and ex
pect others to take the same HnJta
thought. You see we demand freeAni
of action Mint we -u-,. m.i ,111,,., ... - -
iu union, cxciiange'
a certain
T the half
ih re:H
Airplane Developed by War.
When the war began the highest
type of airplane could not be depend
ed uponMo do much more than ".n miles
an hour. Today the speedier war
planes make 120 miles an hour in long
flights. Where the best machines for
merly carried two men. or their equiva
lent In weight, the Inrger machines of
the present wdll safely carry a tou or
more of cargo.
Rich Anthrscite O-posits.
At least twentv-one wei .:ible NaA
of anthracite have been identified lrf
the state of Pennsylvania. Their nisxl
mum depth below the surface appro-;
mates ,.. 00 feet, and thev contain a
best from sixty to seventy feet of cos)
However. In the "southern'' Held sl
of the beds are estimated to rei
levels 4,000 feet below the surface.
Father of Punctuation.
The present system of punctuation,
now used in all modern languages with
but Insignificant variations, was intro-
du 1 in the first half of the fifteenth
century by a Venetian printer named
Aldus Manutius. He is the real father
of punctuation marks of the lull stop,
comma, semicolon, colon, question and
exclamation marks, apostrophe and in
verted commas. Manutius' system was
adopted later by all printers until it
finally established itself throughout
Europe. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Moon Superstition.
Among the Hindus and Egyptians
'he mouse was carried to the moon.
Oe Gubernatls says: "The pagan sun
pd crushes under his foot the mouse
)t the night. When the cat's away the
nice will play. The shadows of night
lance when the moou Is absent."
Ifl bs
f an xnv
a.i MMtaJal
rapidly redact hnman strengtn
and Abes is easily contracted:
bat Scoffs EmuUionM
w si T- .1 .
larssspuy reueve tneceed as4
. at 1
prevent sickness.
Scorr a Bownc
SUMMPIILO, N. J.
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lfes- Palm and Palm, Props.
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Under New Management
Rooms $1.00 Up
Political Heedqusirtars
Relax If You Would Stapp.
Tin philosopher Regel Bnudted his
principal wor' on the ,.e of the battle
of Jena, imlilsl the thunder of can
non. Noise, i nstead of Interfering with
conscious Ihiiiking. produces an in
centlve to thought if you keep too
vigorous an attention on your ideas,
after you compose yourself for sleep;
if you maintain so emotional element
or any feelings with them, you will lie
awake or have only nt I HI sleep.
Beyond All Price.
Gifts from the hand are silver and
gold, but the heart ftTSS that Mhicb
neither silver nor gold can buy. To
be full of goodness, full of cheerful
uess. full or sympathy, full of help
fill hope, causes one to carry with him
Meanings of which he is hlmrmlf as
unconscious as a lamp Is of its own
Shilling, Such a one moves on hu
man life as stars move on dark asas
to bewildered mariners.
Among the War Sacrifices,
There are many varieties of human
beings in New York city, mostly be
yond the draft age. who. If Uncle Sam
had to depend upon them for assist
ance, would never have to take an
obesity cure. They all, however, be
lieve themselves patriotic because th y
are stinting on their hobbies. Kor in
stance, there is the pallid jronag HUB
wiili the chicken hreast. who is doing
his bit by cutting down his smoking
to ten packs of cigarettes a day. lie
can't wear khaki because thev can't
make a uniform small SttOUgtl to fit j
him. Then there is the stanch patriot
who nivcs everything his good win
and moral support. Me has a padlock I
on every pocket and he helps the lb I
t'ross and other charities by bestow -
Inf an encouraging smite on the so
licitors, lie is tighter than a clam
with lockjaw. 'lie last, but not Ihe 1
least, is th Bekis young girl who j-ist
CM'! knit and who can't lar to look j
at Red Cross and recruiting posters j
because they remind her of the strim-
gle on the ether side "Goodness, a
girl must have some pleasure thest
'iii! ." she says. To forget the wn
She cabarets every ulghl wllh lb
chicken-breasted young man who aid
the cause of democracy by conservln.
on cigarettes,
Live Stock Transit Insurance
Live stock men over the entire west are forming th , habit of INSURING
THEIR LIVE STOCK IN TRANSIT. They do it for safety, economy and
quicK returns.
The Hartford Live Stock Transit Policy
protects shippers of live stock, and is the only company
easy to understand, clear in its tcrms, which gives alao
loss from hazards of transportation including sum
ling, lire, collision, train wreck and every form of k
animals are in the custody of the common carrie1".
We are represented at all of the live stock marke
and Canada, and locally by
FRED E. FEAOINS
Alliance, Nebraska
lu
oo.ai
igfafe
l
ering a broad policy
te protection against
ion, freezing, tramp-
or injury while the
in the United States
C. W. SPACHT
Hemingf ord, Nebraska
SAMS & McC AFFREE, Scjttsbluff, Nebraska
W. B. CHEEK, Local Manager
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Live Stock Department
STOCK YARDS j OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Lights and the Color Scheme.
IMd you ever wish that you could get
electric light bulbs to match the coloi
scheme of your room? f o, you maj
t- gkftd to know. If you have not al
ready discovered the trick for your
self, that you may eolot them at hottM
to suit your own taste. It is very sin
pla, .lust buy some water-e'olor paints
a soft brush, ami set to work. You
UIJ paint them any shade thai you
desire, and get a lovely effect of soft
nod Ughl throUKh the painted jjlass
For instance. If your Hvtag room h
done In shades of brown uml yellow
you can get a be-autiful sunshiny llgb
through bulbs painted a delicate y
low. C'hr'stlan Science Monitor.
Sparrow Pies.
Jacob Rlis describes in one of his
delightful essays how the good old
housekeeper In his lanish home used
at climb te 'he saves to rob the sp:li
rows' nests for a delectable pie. Now
Mr. James Hunt nf Philadelphia, who
Is emending airainst the KukIIsIi spar
row, advocates the pie as the true des
tiny of the sparrow, lie furnished the
spnrrows for such a pie opened in
Washington recently at a luncheon
served by the Philadelphia Public Led
ger. The puests declared that the pie was
good, and the flavor of the sparrow
was superior to chicken and equal to
partridge. Washington boys found this
out long ago in their secret sparrow
roasts, where dozens of these tidbits
were spltteel on wires before the blase
and devoured by these food pirates.
Cleaning a sparrow Is a simple mat
ter of cutting the breast away from all
other parts and skinning. Special traps
are used for catching sparrows. These
are set near favorite rookeries and
dozens of sparrows are caught at
time.
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THE HKltAUJ FOlt PRINTING.
I Know the Voice
WHICH TKLUS TH H SUFFERINGS PROM A BOiU TtKVTH
I have to see or read for the first time the works of any noted
w riter of the middle aes. anything that pertains to Dentistry. There
could not have been the demand upon them then as in being made
today
1 Ml SCIKNCK OF MKDICINF AND DKNTAL WIQMI
Which has shown such wonderful progress in such a comparatively
short time, has been compulsory jso to speak. Again
NWI-2SS1TY WAS TH MOTHFJt OF INVENTION
For twenty years- every hour of every day, I have beard some
one say. "Why does not some one invent something to relieve pain in
a safe and easy manner?" The cry for this great necessity has dwelt
on my mind so long, that 1 finally solved the problem and have put
it into use. Through Sturgis & Sturgis, Attorneys, I filed for a patent
on this most wonderful method to relieve pain.
I KNOW THK- VOICE OF THE HUFFEKEK; I ALSO KNOW HOW
TO ANSWER
in a manner that should immensely please It's here for you to take
advantage of. I will gladly show you.
For Out-of-Town Patrons
Appointment Made to
Hesi Suit Their Convent,
enenj.
PHONE TODAY
DR. G. W. TODD
KM ItftANDF.lS in II MIX.
OAMHA, NEUltAHKA