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CONGRESS.
Senator Nelson- lias Introduced a
bill Introducing a system ol asset-so-cured
currency for national banks.
The Bonato passed tbo resolution
Riving tho naval committee the pow
er to Investigate tho urmor plute con
tracts.
Education and labor committed of
tho teniae arc considering plans for
Investigation of West Virginia coal
mine strike.
Senator Smith of South Carolina
lias demanded an Investigation and
uctlon against persons who sold cot
ton to cotton pools.
The House Naval affairs commltteo
deferred action on armor plato fac
tory resolution; Admiral Twining tes
tified regarding proposed factory.
Flhanco subcommittees of the
House havo begun tho work of revis
ing various schedules of tho tariff
bill to report to full committee.
The banking and currency commit
leo has authorized Chairman Owen to
draft a list of questions on currency
reform to bo submitted to nil bankers.
Senator Overman has Introduced a
resolution to abroguto former Presl
Lent Taft's order putting fourth
i.ass postmasters under civil service
Trof, Irving Flshor of Yale, nilpcar.
rd before a scnato foreign relations
Eiibcommltteo urging tho passago of
n bill creating an International com
mission to study tho high cost of liv-
tog.
A constitutional amendment to pro
vldo direct election of tho president
and vlco president, for a single six
year term wob proposed In a resolu
tlun by .topresentatlvo Britten of Illi
nois. Senator Lewie ban boon elected
democratic floor manager and assist
ant to Majority Leader Kern by
democratic caucus, which bIbo named
commltteo to confer regarding or
ganization of democratic congres
clonal campaign commltteo.
Senator Cummins plans to call up
for consideration In tho senato his
tesolutlon directing tho appointment
of n. subcommittee to Investlgato tho
prosonce of a tariff lobby In Washing
ton, as emphasized In tho recent de
claration against lobbyists by Presi
dent Wilson.
A now plan for national elections
nnd tho assembling of congress was
proposed by Senator Works In two
bills, He would chango oloctlon day
frcm November to August and pro
vide for nnnunl sessions of congross
from the first Monday In October to
tho first Monday In June.
Domestic.
Pennsylvania In 1912 produced 4,
102,261 tons of Bessemer stool.
Kopalr of streets damaged by tho
flood In Hamilton, O., cost $210,000.
Maryland expects to complete COO
miles of new state roads systom UiIb
year.
Now York is passing tho hat for
$00 000 to flnanco a Fourth of July
celebration.
Now Orleans keeps warm undnr a
municipal dobt of $43,000,000. Lob An
KcIcb owcb $82,283,000 nnd San Frun
Cisco $10,000,000.
Falling 400 feot from an noroplano
Arthur Lampham, a youthful para
chute Jumper, lauded foot (I rat in u
Staten Island marsh nnd was burled
to his neck in tho mud.
Japan docs not want war with tho
United States according to Y, Yama
fiiichi, a member of tho Japanoao par
liament and a friond of Baron Chlndn,
ambassador to tho United Statos,
Tho collapso of tho auditorium plor
nt Long Beach, Cnl., which killed thirty-six
pooplo and Injured 100 others,
was duo to a rotten glrdor, according
to threo experts, who havo reported to
the coroner's Jury.
Federal laws against tho "lntroduo
tlon of liquor Into Indian country"
are hold by tho supremo court to pro
hlblt tho Introduction of liquor from
neighboring stateu Into Oklahoma
counties occupied by IndlatiB.
Jule Goux, a Frenchman, driving a
French car, tho Peugeot, won tho
third nnual C00-mllo autoinobllo race
at tho Indianapolis speedway In G:31;
S3 4-6, an averago BpeOd of 76,50 miles
pur hour.
Gnylard M. Saltzgaber of Vt.n " 'ort,
O, has taken tho onth of olllco ub com
iniBBtoner of pensions.
Now Jersey haB a baby born on
the thirteenth of the month, In 1913,
and Is the thirteenth child of Its par
ents. Heat rccordB for thirty years woro
broken for May in St. Louis when
etroet level IhermomoterB registered
102.
After a, week's search, tho body of
Miss Vlnnlo Colt, ' a girl of 18, was
found lu u ravlno In tho Sierra No
jvadas, twenty miles from Trukee.' Sho
,Md been killed ami partially devoured
. NEBHA3KA,
HH
y juiss irnnccs . suaw, ior winy
fjcara a resident of Minneapolis nnd
'MlB
widely known as an nulhor, Is dead.
Joseph 11. Wilson, brother of tho
president, has accepted a position
with a leading bonding company with
headquarters In Bajltrnoro.
Chicago Is to put up 10.000 now
street signs at crossings In Septem
ber. Itobert Underwood Johnson an
nounced his retirement, from the edi
torship of tho Century magazine.
Tho "Frisco" railroad and lt sub
sidiary road, tho Chicago & Kastorn
Illinois havo gone Into the hands of a
rccolver.
Tho Maryland convention of tho
Protestant Episcopal church loted
against the proposition to change tbo
church name.
Tho I lip Sings, On Leonga and tho
Four Brothers warrlng-tonga of New
York's Chinatown havo Blgncd a
treaty of peace.
Itobert Goodwin of Skowhegan, re
publican representative to congress
frofn tho Third Maine congressional
district died at Portland of harden
ing of. tho liver.
8chool children between 8 and 14
years wont on a strike In Cambridge,
Mass., bccauBO tho school hours did
not suit their fancy.
Wnkana Utagawa, who entered the
Toklo Academy of Fine Arts at 14, in
Tialtlng this country. She began her
studies at tho ago of G.
General Lunsford L. Lomax, ono of
tho oldest surviving generals of tho
confedorato calvary, died at Wash
ington, ho was 79 years old.
Eighteen -barrels of ginseng, con
taining 1,343 pounds, and worth
$8,001, hnvo begun their Journey from
Wnusau, Wis., to China.
Former President William H. Taft
and president llndley of Yale will lay
tho cornerstone of the new Ynlo
coliseum to be built opposite the pres
ent Yale Held.
Walter Hlncs Page, the new" Amer
ican ambassador, was received with
great cordiality by Sir Edward Grey,
tho British forolgn secretary at the
foreign offlce.
For tho second tlmo Emma Gold
man has been chased out of San Diego
by a marching mob. Emma's stream
of talk convinced tho regulators that
sho needed hiking exercise.
Dr. Emory W. Hunt, who resigned,
tho presidency of Denlson university
at Newark, 0 has accepted the sec
roturyahlp of tho American Baptist
Foreign Missionary society.
Manufactured goods exported from
tho United States in tho first ten
months of tho fiscal year 1913 exceed
ed by $000,000 worth n day tho ex
ports In tho corresponding year.
Tho American Bed Cross recently
authorized American Consul Mlllor at
Tamplco, Mox., to draw $3,000 for tho
mnlntenanco and transportation of
American refugees to Galveston.
Former President William II. Taft,
In his concluding lecturo nt Ynlo on
"Some Quostlons of Modern Govern
ment," declared tho United StateB
was "ludicrously unprepared for
war."
Tho strlko at tho Mount Hope mine
of tho Emplro Stcol nnd Iron com
pany, at Morrlstown, Nj.J., has been
settled and somo of tho minors havo
gone back to work. Tho strlko began
last March.
Frank A. noach, train dispatcher
for tho Missouri Pacific railway at
Sedalla, Mo., testified that forgetful
ncss on IiIb part caused a wreck at
Brant, Mo., In which threo trainmen
woro killed.
Attorney Genoral Barker haB Mod
In tjio stato supremo court his brief In
support of his potltlon for a quo war
ranto writ to provont the flro Insur
ance companies from withdrawing
from Missouri.
In an editorial on tho California
situation tho London Standard nd
vIsob Japan to deal with tho question
as n purely business matter rather
than to Import Into It sentiments of
offended racial and national prldo.
Information charging six Univer
sity of Missouri studentu with illegal
voting in a municipal election, was
lllcd nt Jofferson City recently, by E.
C. Andorson, prosecuting nttorney.
Ho says ho will fllo against twenty
other students.
Much npprohonslon was aroused at
tho discovery that unidentified per
sons had defiled tho front door of tho
United Statos consulate at Naples,
Sonorn. Counsul Fredorlck Sinipltch
sent a note of protest to tho town pro
tect, and a policeman Immediately
was sent to romovo tho defacement.
Suits to hold O, K. G. Billings, bank
or and sportsman of New York nnd
Chicago,, rosponslblo for approximate
ly $5,000,000 duo to tho failure of tho
John It. AVnlsh bankB, tho Chicago
National and tho Homo Savings hns
boon filed In the circuit court at Chi
cago, Foreign.
Tho Danish premier has Informed
tho party loadors that as a result of
tho recent elections, tho government
would resign on' June 12, when tho
Danish parliament will renssemblo.
Eight ItUBBlan Jaw's wore burned to
doath In tho village of Bontnoff, In
ItUBBlan Poland.
Tho countess of Abordcen has been
Invited by twenty national women's
councils of Europo and Amorlca to
retain tho presidency of tho Interna
tional Council of women for n further
period of llvo yearn.
General Antonio Bubnga has re
signed as military governor of Chi
huahua state. Ho will go to Mexico
City.
Waltor Hlnos Page, tho nowly-ap-polnted
United States ambassador to
tho court of SL James, haB been re
ceived by King Georgp, to whom ho
prosonted his letters of credentials.
10 HUNT FOR LOBBY
SENATE TO INVESTIGATE AL
LEGED OPPOSITION.
DEMOCRATS K PLANS
Will Try to Restrict Legislation of tho
Special Session to Tariff
Measure Only.
Washington, D. C Tariff and cur
rency reform will go Into ccllpso when
tho scnato begins Its hunt for "tho
numerous and Insidious lobby" which
President Wilson lias said is at work
In Washington threatening tho Under
wood bill.
Somo attention also will bo diverted
to tho senato Investigation of tho West
Virginia coal strlko, which will take
form this week. Work on tho tariff
and currency will go on, however, with
subcommittees grinding on tho sched
ules. The leaders hopo to got tho bill
Into the senate not later than Juno 23.
President Wilson's correspondence
with Senator Tillman, which developed'
that tho president thought currency
reform imperatlvo at tho extra ses
sion, probably will bo followed soon
with a special message to congress,
conveying Mr. WIIboii'b ideas on tho
general subject.
Tho lobby Investigation will begin
In tho big Judiciary hearing room in
the senate offlco building.
Each member of the senato will be
called on to tell what ho knows about
a tariff lobby and to go on record ns to
lis personal business affairs and pro
fessional associations that may relate
to any Item in tho tariff bill.
What part President V.'llson will
tnko In tho inquiry they have not
learned, but tho president openly
Btntcd that ho welcomed tho Inquiry
and that ho had Information regarding
a tariff lobby which ho willingly would
fiubmit to the Investigators.
Democratic leaders of tho house are
planning to restrict, ns far aa possi
ble, the legislation at this Bession to
tariff, curroncy and any appropria
lions that may be deemed Imperative.
Not a week passes that President
Wilson does not start something to
shako up tho precedents nnd keep con
gress astir. Ills denunciation of tho
tariff lobby In tho week Just passed
marked tho cllmux In a series of un
usual executive acts and has precipi
tated an Inquiry tho llko of which
never has been known In leglslutlvo
annals of the nation.
Charge Seven With Rioting.
Council Bluffs. Six persons nro In
tho city Jail and one In tho county Jail
:harged with rioting, and fully Iden
tified, tho police say, as members of
mo mob assembling In an attempt to
set possession of tho slayer of How
ard Jonos, Northwestern fireman,
whoso throat was cut. Tho grand
Jury, which District Judgo O. D.
Wheeler Saturday ordered to Indict aa
many members of the mob as could
'jo identified, has tho names of fifty
and tho police and county olllcers
thoso of many moro.
Those arrested aro:
Claudo Constable, driver for tho
Central Grocery company.
Austin Hammer, washer at the
Uluff City laundry.
Carl Jensen, a painter.
J. Jackson, a ln!oror.
William O'Hara, not regularly em
ployed. Loyal Collins, laborer.
All aro youths under 22 years of
age.
Though It was to avengo tho death
of a railroad man that tho mob as
sombled, railroad men assort nono of
thorn took nny part whatever. Tho
authorities of Council Bluffs corro
borate this assertion.
Burns From Gasoline Iron Fatal.
Cozad, Nob. MrB. J. B. Gllmoro,
living north of Cozad, dlod aa tho re
sult of burns received while engaged
In Ironing with a gasollno Iron. Sho
undertook to refill tho boated Iron and
succeeded, but Immediately tho llaino
Ignited tho gasollno and communicat
ed to her dross. Sho rushed out of
tho houso Into a brisk wind. Tho
clothing was burned ontlrely from her
body.
8coltla Elevator Hit by Lightning,
Scotia, Neb. A heavy rainstorm ac
companied by a terrlllo electrical dis
play vlBltod UiW placo. Tho olovator
belonging to tho Omaha Elevator com
pany was Btruck by lightning and
burned. About two Inches of rain fell.
Powder Mill Blown to Pieces.
Oakland, Cal. Four powder mill
hands woro blown to plocos and part
of tho plant nt Giant, north or hero,
wrecked by tho explosion of nine tons
of blasting powder.
Evidence of Earthquake.
Santa Clara, Cal. Evidence of an
earthquake disturbance was shown on
tho record of tho seismograph at Sun
ta Clara unlvorslty. Tho seat of tho
disturbance was estimated ,ut between
4,000 and 5,000 miles west of tho
uulverslty.
Wins Her "W" In Regatta.
Boston, Maes. Miss Henrietta Gll
moro of Omaha won her athletic "V"
In tho Wollesley college, regatta. Sho
pulled an oar In tbo Junion eight
oarod shell.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Tlia.sor county has had a rainfall of
about three and onc-hnlf Inches thiu
week.
Dan HIncr, a prominent farmer
near Ord, has been taken to a private
uanitarlum at Lincoln for treatment
for a mental disorder.
Tho hospital at Etmwood Is quar
antined for smallpox. The little
daughter of Dr. E. S. Llston contract
ed the dlBeaso from a nurse.
Judgo L. M. Pemberton has appoint
ed A. II. Kldd a member of the Beat
rice city park commission to succeed
II. V. Grant, who recently resigned.
Tho twenty-first nnnunl convention
,of tho Jefferson County Sundny
School association was held In tho
Christian church at Falrbury.
Lieutenant Colonel Waldo E. Ayrca
of- tho War department, formerly sta
tioned at Fort Crook, Is Inspecting
the stale headquarters of the National
Guard.
As tho result of complaint by citi
zens of North Loup against the slot
mnchlncB, County Attorney Staple has
Invoked tho state law to anate the
nuisance.
President Waters of the state aerie
of Eagles Is making final arrange
ments for the state convention of the
order to bo held at Beatrice June 10,
11 and 12.
Tho llttlo 3-year-old son of Mr.
Hanson, a farmer living about soven
mlleB southeast of Newman Grove,
fell into tho stock tank and was
drowned.
. Mrs.. Henry ShafTer of Humboldt,
whllo disking for her husband, was
thrown from tho plow ns It ran over
a stump, and sustained several so
voro cuts.
From Juno 12 to 22 n Chautauqua
will bo held, in Beatrice. Tho park
commissioners have granted permis
sion to hold the Chautauqua at the
diaries park.
The discovery of small insects re
sombling llco In the roots of several
fields of wheat that have shown symp
toms of blight has caused some alarm
near Fremont
The baseball fans of Plckerell and
Cortland want tho "Union Pacific com.
pany to run a motor car to ,LIncolni
on Sunday so they can witness tho
Western leaguo games there.
Wyinoro dog poisoners have set at
new record. They rid the community
of twenty-ono dogs In three days, sur-l
passing their own record of tho past
by about fifteen dogs.
Edgar Stclnhaur, an employe of
tho Plattamouth Journal, while riding
tandem with Loland Briggs on a mo
torcyclo, was knocked unconscious in
n collision with a farmer's team.
Tho Dempster company has a force
of men working at Zimmerman
Springs, northwest of Beatrice, with
a view of securing an adequate sup
ply of pure water for the city.
, Thp state railway commission in!
dulged in a llttlo salary raising. U.
G. Powell, rate expert, who has been
receiving $200 a month, was given a
salary of $250 a month, beginning
Juno 1.
A new organization, known aa tho
public- service club, has lately como
Into existence at Broken Bow. It Is
composed of leading business men
and has a charter membership of
twenty-five.
Secretary of State Walt and Com
missioner Gerdep of the Board of Con
trol havo gono to Bentrlco to super
vise tho installation of an electric
powor plant nt tho stato Institution in
that city.
The graduating clnss of tho Fre
mont High school has set a limit on
tho cost of graduating frock's. Tho
girls havo agreed to wear Bailor
Buits, of which the cost of making
shall not exceed $5 each.
Frank II. Krenzberg, who lives near
Odoll, after voting for thirty years
and considering hlmsolf a citizen of
tho United States, hns learned
that ho Is still a subject of the Ger
man emperor.
, Tho streets In tho business section'
of Beatrlco aro to be flushed every
day by tho firemen and so do away
with tho sweeping. Tho work will
bo dono botween the hours of 2 nnd
3 o'clock In tho morning.
During a match gamo between tho
Grand Islnnd and Cozad High schools
Vance Faught, a member of Cozad's
team, was struck at tho base of tho
oar 'by a pitched ball, resulting In In-1
ternal hemorrhage and death. ,
On Tuesday nnd Wednesday of next
weok a rousing campaign will bo car
ried on by tho Beatrice Commorclal
club to ralso tho $7,500 budgot fund.
At thn present tlmo about $3,000 haa
been ralsod with very llttlo effort.
Gago county fanners are at presont
milking about 10,000 cows, each pro
ducing on an averago 125 pounds of
butter fat a year. Farm Demonstrator
Llobora says that a great many of
those do not produce enough butter
fat to pay the cost of feed and care.
'A contract was made Tuesday
morning botween tho city of Wymora
and tho Murrny Iron works of Bur
lington, Iowa, for the purchase of a
Corliss steam engine and two boilers.
Tho machlnory Is to be In Wymore
within thirty days. Tho plant will bo
used to gonorate electricity.
Tho Insurgants of the M." W, A. will
open national headquarters at Hast
ings. Edward A. Brown, who was editor
and proprietor of the Nebraska City
Dally Nowb from 1890 to 1908, died nt
his home In Oskajoosa, la. Ho was
married to Miss Bollo Sollers of
Omaha In 1892, who survives him.
Tho puro food department ' keops
busy looking after tho fruit dealers.
Commissioner Hnrman has received
word from one of his deputies that a
man at Havelock wns prosecuted for
Belling a decayed pineapple and was
assessed a fine of $10 and costs.
5 STILL UNSETTLED
SITUATION TO DATE IN PRO
POSED ENTERPRISE.
LINCOU PEOPLE WATCHING
Believe Attitude of Commission En
dangers Success Differences Yet
to Be Settled.
Lincoln. Tho Btnto railway com
mission is waiting to hear what argu
ments the financiers who are backing
the development of tho Omaha, Lin
coln & Beatrlco interurban may have
to offer why tho order of February
25 should bo changed again. Business
men of tho city of Lincoln aro much
Interested. Many of them do not ap
prove the attitude of the commission.
They believe that if tho stringent pro
visions of the commission are Insisted
upon, tho development will not take
place, and If it does not occur it will
mean a Iosb of opportunity for de
velopment of tho locality through
which tho railway will operate, and
especially Its terminals.
Thus far the commission has Indi
cated that It will allow no more
Blocks and bonds to bo Issued Jthan
tho cost of the systom, and a reason
able allowance for engineering, financ
ing, superintendence, discounts, com
missions and the like. It frowns upon
tho time-honored custom of watering
extensively, and making tho bond is
sues pay the actual cost of construc
tion while the stock goeB to the pro
moters and to thoso who undertake to
underwrite and to dispose of the
bonds. Many business men of Lincoln
express themselves that It will be
accessary to allow a wide margin of
possiblo profit by making valueless
Etock worth something through divi
dends thereon, in order to tempt capi
tal to fcrko the riBk. They bellevo that
an interurban project will not bo a
paying enterprise for several years In
Nebraska, and the loss in initial opera
tion must be compensated for by pos
sibilities in tho future of profit from
stock Issued in excess of the values.
"Tho stock should represent actual
money put up by the promoters, or
somo definite percentage moro than
that money put up. Promoters ought
not to try to flnanco such an enter
prise without putting their money
Into it," is the way ono prominent
merchant put it. "But I am afraid
the time is ahead of us when big pro
positions like this will be so financed.
Meanwhile Lincoln needs the Intorur
ban. In Ohio, Indiana and In Califor
nia these lnterurbans have caused tho
cities to grow llko Greon Bay frees.
It" will be too bad If Lincoln does not
bave a chance."
Boost in Appropriations.
Lincoln. It will take about
2,300,000 moro to run tho state of
Nebraska for tho present blennlum
than It did tho last, according lo fig
ures and estimates prepared by Dep
uty Auditor Minor. According to tho
appropriations made by the legislature
and tho amounts that will probably
be brought In by lovles to cover ex
penses, it will require $8,322,723.50 to
cover tho cost of running the stato
for tho next two years.
It costs the stato for the last bl
ennlum $0,181,553, which included tho
federal appropriation of $IG0,000,
which was not Included by Mr. Minor
In tho figures for the present blenlum.
The boost to some extent is duo to
heavy appropriations mnde by the leg
islature, 6uch as the now reformatory,
which will cost $150,000; the appro
priation for, tho relief of tornado suf
ferers, costing $100,000; repairing cap
Itol building, $G4,000, nnd several oth
er appropriations of largo amounts.
Alumni Prepare Vote Petitions.
Lincoln. Tho Alumni association
Df tho stato university will take upon
Itself the duty of sending out the pe
titions calling for a referendum vote
on removal of tho university accord
ing to tho terms of tho agreement
made by the joint commltteo of the
legislature. Tho propositions to be
outlined in tho petitions aro:
A Shall all colleges of tho stato
university excepting tho college of
medicine bo consolidated ns soon as
practical on tho farm campus?
B Shall the colleges of the unlver
ilty excepting tho college of agrlcul
turo and college of medlclno be
housed in tho buildings located, or to
be locatei on the present city campus
and on land contlguousthereto?
Boys Chosen for Encampment.
Lincoln. Two boys from each coun
ty will bo selected to attend the boy's
encampment to bo held at tho state
fair grounds In Lincoln August 29 to
September 5. Tho counties superin
tendents of tho various counties nre
tho chairmen of tho boards for the
choice of delegates. Lancaster coun
ty Is allowed two extra delegates and
Douglas county four extra delegates.
Victim a Former Nebraska Woman.
Lincoln. Neb. Mrs. Arthur n.
MlolpB, who was ono of tho victims of
tho Long Ueach, Cal., was a former
Nebraskan and for several years ro
sided at PlnttBmouth. She was well
known In Lincoln and University
Tlace.
Mr. and Mrs. Helps moved to Long
Beach about ten yearB ago and have
reelded there ever since. Mr. Helps
worked for several years at tho Have
lock shops. His brother, John Helps,
was at one tlmo master mechanic of
the Burlington shops at Plattsmouth.
HIGH PRICES TO BLAME.
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Experts Say Dairy Cows Are Dlsap
pearing From State.
Experts well versed In tho sclonc
of dairying, insist that high prlcoi
aro taking milch cows from tho Ne
braska farms. The discussion started
over a new census tnken In nn eastern
Nebraska county in which It was
shown that n decrease of two dairy
cows per square mile had taken placo
since the census of 1910. Tho count
of tho animals was made last April.
Tho results were tabulated by S. C.
Bassett of Gibbon for the Nebraska
Stato Dairymen's association and havo
been filed with the Stato Board of
Agriculture.
The slateof Nebraska has an area
of 70,808 square miles. According to
tho 1910 census thero wore G13.952
dairy cows In this territory. A lino
drawn north and south through tho
center of Custer county divides tho
stato into two approximately equal
parts. Tho western part has an area
of 37,718 square miles and the eastern
part 39,090 square miles. By tho
same census It Is ascertained that
western Nebraska haa 112,813 dairy,
cows, or an average of three dairy
cows to the square mile. Eastern Ne
braska has 501,137 dairy cows, or an
averago of thirteen to the squaro
mile.
Tho county In which tho recent In
vestigations were made had 7.G47 cows
jumerated in tho last census, or
fourteen to the square mile. Tbo,
townships of this region were can-i
vassed. The canvass waB made under!
the supervision of tho dairy depart
'ment of the state university.
In the seventy-two square miles
covered there are 247 farms. Tho,
number of dairy cows proved to bo
8GG. This is an average of 3.5 cowb
to t.he farm or twelve to the square
mllo and In the canvass it developed
that fifteen farms, or twelve dairy
cows.
This Eectlon of the stato has an
up-to-date creamery. Of course somo
local element which caused the appa
rent slump may have escaped the In
vestigator. However, It la more
likely that the farmer has lost sight
of the profits which can be derived
from the dairy cow' Item and has not
been advised of the u&es of the mod
ern silo.
Asks Architects to Submit Plans.
State Superintendent J. E. Delzell is
continually receding letters from
school district officials asking for
plans for rural school buildings from
one to four rooms In size'. In order to
meet the demand he has sent out the!
following to all architects of tho state
which he believes will solve the sltua
tlon: In this office we have mnny calls
from school officers for one, two and
threo-room rural school buildings, also
a few calls for a four-room building.
The legislature does not furnish funds
to pay for these plans, but If the archi
tects of the stato will furnish 41s plans
and cuts for these buildings we will
print the same In pamphlet form, giv
ing each architect credit by printing
his name with the plans, If such plans
are definite enough to be of valuo to
tho' schools of the state.
- If this appeals to you, please-let us
know at once, stating about what time!
you can furnish. the plans. It will bo
necessary that we get these plans
soon, so If you desire to assist in this
J matter write us at once.
vThorp Case to Supreme Court.
Attorney R. Olsen of Wayne has fil
ed with tho clerk of tho supremo
court a brief in U:e case of Thorp
against tho Stato of Nebraska in the
damage case wherein Thorp was ar
rested for false testing of- cream and
was afterwards discharged. Thorp
sued tho pure feed commissioner,
NelB P. Hansen, for damages in tho
amount of $50,000 and tho case has
been taken up to the supremo court.
Phone Unlcn Is Approved.
- Tho State Railway commission has
approved the action of the city of
Wahoo In granting a franchise to the
Lincoln Telegraph and Telephono
company, which takes over tho Wa
hoo Telephone company, carrying
with It a ralso in rates on business
phones of 25 cents and a correspond
ing reduction od residence phoncB.
May Need Moro Help.
Fruit growers of southeast Nebras
ka are already apprehensive" that help
to gather their Immense applo crop
is going to bo hard to secure. The
deputy commissioner of labor will co
operate in every possible way to re
lievo their necessities but It Is esti
mated that at least one thousand ad
ditional pickers and packers will bo
required to harvest tho crop. As this
labor la performed by "pleco work"
thoso who are proficient can cam
from $2.00 to $3.00 per day.
A Sad Affair.
Lincoln friends were notified of tho
accidental death by shooting of Floyd
Wllburn, twenty-two-year-old son cf
Trainmaster and Mrs. C. A. Wllburn,
formerly of Lincoln, but now of
Hendley, Neb.
State Law Not Enforced.
Owing to the failure of tho threo
stato officers to agree, no state veteri
narian has been appointed and tho
stallion registration law remains in
operative. Tho state officers compris
ing the registration board are Gover
nor Morohead, Stato Treasurer Georgo
and Stato Land Commissioner Beck
mann. it will be their duty to ap
point a chief clerk cr an offlco force
and a Email host of Inspectors. The
registration lav.' wont Into effect April
19, but nothing haa been dono by tho
board.
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