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INYELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED
COVERS WIDE AREA.
GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT
Includes What Is Going On at Wash
Inflton and In Other Sections of
the Country.
WASHINGTON.
Senator Lea has Introduced a cur
rency bill that would revlso the Al-drlch-Vreelnml
emergency currency
net,
President Wilson hnB naked per
mission of congress to accept a statue
of William Pitt, Bent to him by Brit
ish admirers. .
The president has submitted for
confirmation sovornl nominations, In
cluding Proston McQoodwin ns minis
ter to Venezuela.
Tho lobby Investigating commltteo
hoard from James A. Emery National
Association of Manufacturers' sldo of
Mulhall lobby story.
No determined opposition to tho
administration currency bill will bo
mado by republicans In tho liouso, ac
cording to Leader Mann.
Roprcsentatlvo Huflngfl has intro
duced n bill designed to ollmlnato
gambling In stocks and bonds In ware
house receipts of all commodities.
Roport from Attorney General Mc
Reynolds was read denying that tho
Department of Justlco maintained
splonago system over fedoral courts.
Senator Penroso has introduced
amendment to tho tariff bill to pre
vont foreign countries from dumping
surplus goods in tho United Statoa at
low ratos.
A constitutional amendment prohi
biting tho salo of all alcohollo bovor
BgcH was proposed In a resolution in
troduced by Hepresontativo Hobson
of Alabama.
William J. Prlco of Danvlllo, Ky.,
has been solocted by President Wil
son for minister to Pnnama. Mr.
Price wns introduced to tho president
by Sonator James.
James Coffoy of South Dakota 'has
boon confirmed ob rovonuo collector
for tho Dakotoa after receipt of bis
resignation as chairman of tho demo
cratic statu commltteo of South Da
kota. Roprcsontatlvo Roddonbory'B roslg
natlon as a member of tho liouso lobby
dnvcBtlgatlon commltteo wns accepted
nnd Spoakor Clark appointed Representative-
Karris of Oklahoma to tako
bis plnco.
Tho two lobby investigations under
way in congress after a sorles of short
sessions will bo resumed with tho
prospect of somo further Important
testimony bonrlng on logllslatlvo ac
tivities. -"
Tho Intorstato Commorco commls
lon has orderod nil common cnrrlor
tolophono companies to furnish by Oc
tober 1 n dotallod stntomont of tholr
orgnnlzntlon, equipment and physical
operations.
Reductions In cxprcsB rntcs which
will cost tbo company fully $28,000,
000 a yoar, npprozlinatoly 10 per cont
of their gross rovenuo, woro ordered
by tho Interatato Commorco commis
sion to bocomo offcctlvo on or boforo
October IS, 1013.
Tho Owon-Glass currency bill now
-pending in congress If it should bo
como a law would not lnjuro tho bnnk
jars, but would hamper tho credit of
tho morchants manufacturers and
farmers of tho country, In tho opinion
of delegates representing banking In
stitutions of six northwostorn stntos.
All prodlcltlons of nn oarly pnssago
of tho domocratlo tariff bill by tho sen
nto aro going gllmmorlng. Majority
londors roallzq that notwithstanding
tho fact that thoy hnvo sot a now roc
ord In pushing consideration of this
moasuro, only a beginning has been
made and tho earliest anyono now
will promlBO completion of tho task 1b
September 15,
DOMESTIC.
An appraisement of tho estato left
by tho lato Major General Frederick
Dent Grant, made public, values tho
entire personal estato at about $100
000. MrB. Goorgo William Hooper of
Ban Francisco haB glvon $1,000,000 to
tho Unlvoralty of California to bo
UBed In roBoarch In tho modlcul de
partment Private dotectlvoB working on tho
case of tho $150,000 Jewel robbery of
Mrs. John F, Hunan, which occurred
at Narragansott Pier, N. J., July 25
last, havo announced that somo of tho
Jewels had-been traced to Now York.
A ponalou approximating half pay
for every Episcopal clorgyman more
than C5 yoaro old nnd financial aid for
widows and orphaned chlldron of
clergymen aro rocommondod In a pre
liminary report IfiBued at Now York
by the commission pn pensions of tho
Episcopal church,
NWS
BRIEFLY
Mulo prices aro reported rising In
Missouri.
Only ono man In 208 is over six feet
In height.
Chicago Is to havo a now detention
hospital, to cost $400,000.
St. Louis Ib to liavo a now 8-story
hotel at Elovnth and Pino streets, to
cost $500,000.
Tho United States Is a heavy cof
fco drinker, with 800,000,000 pounds
last year, or 9.33 pounds per head.
Philadelphia secured tho 1914 con
vention of tho American Osteopathic
association, now In session at Kirks
Vllle, Md.
Edison says that tho Invontlvo
genius of tho school boy should bo en
couraged by somo recognition In tho
school curriculum.
Direct appeal for ,n senatorial Inves
tigation of tho copper minora' Btrlke
has been mado by tho Western Fed
eration of Miners.
Mayor Gaynor has vetoed a resolu
tion recently ndopted by tho alder
men appropriating $32,000 for tho es
tablishment of a municipal Ico plant
s
Soven thousand women employed
In Now York knitting mills havo
struck, demanding Bhortor hours,
higher pay and moro sanitary work
ing conditions.
Gcorgo Harrlman, tho leper who
was taken to tho Isolation cottago nt
Quarantine, several miles south of St.
Louis, has escaped. Ho returned to
his wlfo's homo in the hoart of Uio
city, secured, some money and depart
ed. Ab tho. result of nn enforced ride
taken in a delivery wagon belonging
to him last Soptomber, Mrs. Anna
Rlfflo, a young matron, was awarded
Judgomcnt in Lob Angeles for $2,500
against Arthur Lotto, i no of tho city's
wealthiest merchants.
Ton baby buffaloes havo boon born
to tho government herd on tho Wichi
ta national forest and game refugco,
near Lawton, Okla. Tho now arrlvalB
bring tho hord up to forty-eight head,
twonty-sovon of which aro bulls and
twenty-ono aro cows.
Tho backbone of tho Mlssablo dock
strlko was brokon when about 100 of
tho night crow, surounded by police,
roturned to work. No disorder accom
panied tho "Split in tho 8trlkcr' forccB
and disorder hero is jioU expected, as
tho dock wan surrounded by pollco.
.
Governor William Sulzor of Now
York was nearly $50,000 in debt as tho
result of Btock market speculations at
tho time of his nomlnntion nnd used
contributions to his campaign fund to
mako additional purchases of stock
while this dobt was hanging over him,
according to testimony ndducod at
tho hearings of tho Frawloy commit
too "of tho leglslnturo.
WAR ECHOES.
According to a consular dispatch
from Torroon, stnto of Callentca thero
has boon a ton days' battlo between
government forces and rebels, In
which tho rebolB woro repulsed with
great loss.
RopreBontatlvos of tho powers havo
taken tho first stop nt Constantinople
to compel Turkoy to oxacuato tho
portress of Ardlnnoplc, which Its
troops reoccupled after war broke out
between tho former Balkan allies.
Tho second Balkan peaco confer
ence havlng-concluded peaco on a pa
slo of compromlso which Is unsatis
factory to nil states concerned oxcopt
possibly Rumania, tho question Is bi
lug asked how Boon a third Balkan
war will break out,
Fighting hnB boon In progress in
tho streets of Tehornn caused by tho
smouldering feud between tho Bak
htlarlB clansmen nnd tho natlonul
authorities. Firing Is going on in tho
main street of tho city, where the for
eign legations nro Bltuatod. In other
districts thoro havo boon numerous
conflicts botwoon tho military pollco
and tho clansmen.
FOREIGN.
Tho nvorngo yoarly wngo of the em
ployes of tho Austrian stnto tobacco
factories (stnto monoply) la loss
than $150 per year
"Jananoso toyB aro rapidly supplant
ing those 'mado In Germany In many
of our departments," states n largo lin-'
porter of toys In London.
A number of prominent GormatiB
havo started a campaign In an en
doavor to lnduco tho government to
particlpato In tho Panama-Pacific ex
position nt San Francisco In 1915.
Tho Chilean steamer Isldora wbb
wreckod off Capo Carranza, Chllo, and
nil tho members of its crow except
ono woro drowned. Tho steamer Is u
total loss.
Kobe, Japan, has a population of
436.GC1.
Tho Intornatlonnl Medical congress
was oponod by Prince- Arthur of Con
naught no tho representative of Klni?
Gcorgo in tlo Albert hall.
Tho Department of Agriculture of
Ontario, Canada, wnB awarded tho
president's cup for tho best display nt
tho applo show conductod In conjunc
tion with tho Intornatlonnl - Apple
Bhlppors' association convention ii
I Cleveland.
L ND SAFE IK MEX GO
ARRIVES AT CAPITAL CITY
WITHOUT INCIDENT.
TO GARRY OUT THE PROGRAM
Foreign Relations Committee WJJJ
Assist Wilson In Furthering His
Peaco Plans.
Washington, D, O. With tho arrl
val in Mexico City of John Llnd, per
sonal representative of President Wil
son, administration olllclnls decided
that no further steps would bo taken
In carrying out tho.pollcy vi tho Unit
ed States toward Mexico until Mr.
Llnd had mado a caroful study of tho
general situation there,
Whllo tho president haB mapped
out a distinct courso of action about
which strict secrecy 1b being main
tained, it is knovyn that tho Instruc
tions to bo sent Mr. Llnd from tlmp
to time will depend lnrgely on devel
opments in tho Mexican capital In
tho next fow weeks.
Further enllghtenmont as to tho er
rand of Mr, Llnd and tho policy tho
president has formed camo from Son
ator Bacon, chairman of tho senate
commltteo on foreign relations, who
doclared that president Wilson was
facing "a groat responsibility" In tho
present situation and had tho hearty
support and co-operation, not only of
tho foreign relations commltteo, but
of momborB of tho sonato generally,
regardless of party llnea. To explain
various Interpretations of tho confer
onco botwoon tho president and tho
foreign relations commltteo Senator
Baron 'mado tho following statement:
Senator Bacon's Statement
"Tho forolgn relations commltteo
recognizes that tho president Is act
ing "In good faith In trying to solvo
this problom peacofuly." Tho presi
dent's undertaking 1b with that view,
and In that reasonable purpose tho
commlttoo aro In accord, and have
confidence In his sincerity and In
tegrity. Thoy recognize that ho wish
es to settlo tho question without viol
onco nnd for tho best Intorests of tho
United States and of Mexico. Of
courso ho cannot now bo oxpectcd to
go Into all details. In tho first placo
somo of tho details aro necessarily
not yet worked out and depend, In a
moasuro, on developments and tho
information which Is to bo derived
from tho mothodB ho is now pursuing.
In tho second placo, somo matters of
detail, If given out In ndvanco In tho
present delicate situation, will defeat
tho vory onds sought to bo ac
complished." Aged Man Burned to Death.
Sioux Falls, S. D. Unablo to save
himself bocnuso of an Illness which
confined him to his bod, and with the
flames preventing rescuers from cach
ing Lira, an old man named Nord was
burned to death In a firo which de
stroyed tho farm rosldonco of Mr.
and Mrs. B. H. Lllohaug of Jerauld
counly. Tho old man was Mrs. Lille
haug's father, who mado his homo
with hlB daughtor, who for soven
years had boen bedridden. Ho was
over 90 yenrs of ago. Only about an
houro boforo firo broke out tho other
members of tho family went to tho
homo of a neighbor to mako a -ohort
visit, leaving tho old man nlono. Tho
houso nnd contents was completely
destroyed. Tho charred romalus of
tho old man woro recovered.
Rovenuo Collections $2,607,049.
Washington, D. 0. Internal ir-evc-nuo
collections- In Nebraska during
tho fiscal yoar ending Juno 30 wore
$2,007,049. Tho collections In South
Dakota wero $137,2G0, which is In
cluded In n slnglo district with North
Dakota. Tho collections for tho on
tiro district woro only slightly in ex
cess of $198,000. Collections for
Iowa wero $1,180,855. A preliminary
roport on collections during tho last
fiscal yoar mado by Commissioner W.
II. Osborn, to So'crotnry of tho Treas
ury McAdoo has boon mado public.
Mistreated Girls Coming Home.
Now Orleans, La, Lily and Edna
Gourd, tho American glrlB who wero
mistreated by bandits near Tamplco,
Mox., last weok", whllo theil' father,
Matthow Gourd, bound to a tree,
lookod on, powerless to help them,
arrived horo on tho German steamer
Sproowald from Tnmplco. Thoy left
for their homo In Corning, la. Thirty
six othor Amorlcan refugees wore
aboard. Pnseongers declare that
Americans woro fleeing from Mexico
leaving everything behind them.
Mosquito Crop la Short
Now York. Tho mosquito post
around Now York nnd Now Jersey haa
boen reduced moro than a half by tho
nntl-mosqulto campaign this year, ac
cording to,Dr. Alvnh H, Doty.
Earth quako Destroys Two Towns.
Lima, Poru. Nowb reached hero
that an earthquako destroyed tho Pe
ruvian townB of Cnravell and Qulch
cha. Thousands of tho Inhabitants
wero rondercd homolosa, and extended
rollof mcasuro will bo necossary to
provont great privation.
Gunboat 8mlth Licks Smith.
Now York. Gunboat Smith of Cali
fornia defeated Jim Flynn, tho Pueb
lo flroman, in tho fifth round of their
schedulod ton-round bout at Madison
Square garden.
BRIEF NEW8 OF NEBRASKA.
Sunday baseball was defeated at
Ansley.
Garrison has had no rain since tho
middle of June.
Gcorgo McClaln was killed by a
freight train at Syracuse Saturday.
Dr. Bailey of Pella, Iowa, is tho
new president of Grand. Island col
lego. Tho Tecumseh Milling company la
going to bo reorganized and incorpor
ated. Madison has bought a sprlnklor and
will attempt to keep the streets frco
of dU6t
A harvest homo picnic will bo hold
In tho park in Garrison, August 15
and 1G.
Burglars and snfo blowers havo been
at work In Nebraska City during tho
nnBt week.
Thirty green fruit trains from tho
south have passed through Falrbury
tho past week.
Charley Kinsley, n Lincoln lad, was
bitten by a rattlesnake while in Snlt
creek bathing.
Tho Hamilton county teachers' In
stitute will convene In Aurora Mon
day, August 11.
August 23 has been settled upon as
tho dato for Havelock's annual gala
day celebration.
Eight "pralrlo schooners" passed
through Madison ono day last'week en
routo to Wyoming.
Fremont signal corps aro becoming
qulto proficient' with the aeroplane at
tached to that body.
John Kautz, GO years old, committed
Bulcldo by taking acid in the city
Jail at Beatrice.
Tho saengerbund sessions just
closed at Lincoln will hold Its next
session at Council Bluffs.
Gcorgo Brenton was Instantly killed
at Nellgh when a wagon loaded with
brick passed ovor his body.
The building arid grounds of the Ne
braska school of agriculture at Curtis
will be dedicated August 15.
Tho convention of tho German
American allianco of Nebraska will bo
held nt Lincoln October 14.
Henry Nelbauer of Paul, who was
badly Injured In an auto wreck somo
time since, is slowly recovering.
Alnsworth's first Chautauqua JuBt
closed is said to havo been a grand
success financially and otherwise.
Norfolk's first big fall festival will
bo held Soptember 17, 18, 19 nnd 20.
Hereafter It Is to bo nn annual event
Paul O'Harra has arrived at Hast
ings, having ridden on a motorcyclo
tho entire distance from Greenville,
S. C.
Tho city of WIsner has let tho con
tracts for extensive Improvements to
tho present clectrlo lighting system of
tho town.
R. B. Wahlqulst has been appoint
ed postmaster at Hastings. He held
that position under' the Cleveland ad
ministration. Tho commltteo in charge of financ
ing tho "big four" fair nt Fremont
havo sufilclont funds to warrant its
coraploto success.
Tho Logrolling association, dormant
for fivo years, has been revived, and
will hold the annual picnic at Blair
Thursday, August 21.
Albert Tlbbotts -of Hastings had hlB
foot badly mangled when the Jack he
wna using In repairing an auto slipped
out of place, tho machlno catching hlca
as It fell.
William Worthman nnd wife had a
narrow escapo from death when their
nuto went doad on a railroad crossing
and was struck by a fast freight near
Seward.
Louis Weatermann, for twenty-three
years a resident of Lincoln, is dead at
his home in that place. He was sev-enty-flvo
yenrs of ago. Heart failure
1b believed to have been the cause of
death.
In transferring a threshing engino
across the Missouri river at Moore
head Island by ineans of a ferry boat,
the bqat sprang a leak aniK flank with
Its cargo. Tho engine belonged to
Dixon brothers, and thoy are making
an effort to recover It
Paul Barrott, a three-year-old boy,
was bitten by a monkey at Antelopo
park at Lincoln, nnd blood poison is
feared.
Dr. Frederick Cook, tho Arctic ex
plorer, delivered a lecture and told of
his dash to the pole, at tho Nobraska
Cltly Chautauqua last week.
Grnco Booth, a 14-year-old girl near
Broken Bow, wns dangerously wound
ed when a .32 calibre revolver was dis
charged as she was examining It
Tetanus, resulting from running a
spllntor into her foot, caused tho death
of Uttlo Rose Zamunskl at South Om
aha. The state association of rural mall
carriers of Nebraska will be held at
Norfolk September i.
Martin Brott, ono of tho very first
settlers of Tecumseh, celobrated the
olghty-sccond anniversary of his birth
Inst week by inviting nil his old sol
dier friends to his homo to partake of
an olaborato."mesB."
Mrs. Emma Brluton of Beatrice and
Mrs. Emma Reeso of Wymore hnvo
been granted $16 a month each toward
tho caro and maintenance of their
children. This la tho llrat action taken
under tho "mother's pension act" In
Gago county.
Will Marsh, Jr., residing on a farm
four miles east of Doniphan, suffered
a loss of over $3,000 when firo of un
known origin destroyed his largo
barn, full of hny and grain.
Whllo the family of Charles Ed
wards of Shubert was at dinner, tho
houao was discovered on firo, suppos
edly from a defective flue. It wna
burned to the ground, together with a
great part of tho household goods.
Despondent over a love affair,
Gcorgo Arnold, twenty-throe' yenrs of
age, killed himself nt Broken Bow
Saturday night by swallowing strych-nlno.
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TOTAL LEVY FOR 8TATE TAXE8
TO BE 7.80 MILLS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented in
Condensed Form to Our
Readers. '
A total of $391,865 worth of property
was imperiled by firo during th!
month of July, nccordlng to a report
by Firo Commissioner Rldgoll. Of the
amount tho loss sustained on build
ings reached $112,G4 of which $59,709
wns on tho contents.
Tho totals aro compiled from tho en
tire stnto excepting Douglas county.
Aurora headed the list of losses with
$65,000, Bortrand was next with $19,
000, 'and Grand Island was third with
$7,000. Lincoln was fourth with $3,
256. Unknown causes are attributed to,
ninetoon fires, children with matches
caused half a dozen and gasoline
stoves caused-four conflagrations. Lo
comotive sparks caused five fires. In
bis report Commissioner Rldgoll adds
tho following Interesting comment:
"Wo believe that every pity and
town In the state should pay mors
attention to firo prevention and I wish
to suggest to the mayors and city
councils throughout tho stato that they
employ from one to four men (depend
ing upon tho size or tho city or town)
at least twice a year to 'make a thor
ough Investigation of their cities nnd
towns . and where defectB aro found
and parties refuse to correct them
they 'report thoso who refuso to do bo
to tho mayor of their respective towns
and to tho stato flro commissioner's
office at Lincoln and would, suggest to
tho fire commissioners of Omaha,
South Omaha and Lincoln that they
solect ono man from each flro station
or district whoso duties shall consist
of Inspecting and causing defects tc
be removed and report to the captains
of said stations and to tho office of the
state fire commissioner.
"Tho report of fires for July, 1913,
outside of Douglas county, showed o
total of fifty-four fires, fully 75 per
cent of which wero due to careless
ness and could havo been prevontod.
State Board Fixes Levy.
Tho state board of equalization for
tho first tlmo slnco tho present law
was passed in 1904 accepted tho re
turns of county assessora without at
tempting to change them. The total
levy for state taxca was increased to
7.80 mills, which la 2.G0 mills higher
than the levy of last year. The board
raised1 the general fund levy to 5
mills,, which Is tho limit permitted
under the constitution, and then made
other levIeB which aro required to be
mado by laws passed by the legisla
ture, Including eighty-five hundredths
of a mill for tho Buppcrt of stato nor
mal schools, ono mill for tho Bupport
of tho uplverslty and three quarters
of a mill for a special building fund
for the university and one-fifth of a
mill for tho state aid bridge fund.
The state levy In mills is as follows:
General fund 5.00
Normal school 8."
State aid bridge 20
Stato university 1.0C
University building fund 75
Total 7.80
The last leglslnturo did not appro
priate funds out of tho general fund
for the four Btate normal schools, but
Instead provided a levy. This makes
that much to bo collected by taxes for
the general fund, but with the normal
schoola provided for by special taxa
tlon, tho appropriations mado from the
general fund by tho last legislature
far exceeds tho amount which will be
derived from a 5 mill lovy for the gen
eral fund.
Tho stato board of equalization will
begin at onco equalizing tho values of
live stock as reported by county
boards and assessors. It has divided
the stato Into threo districts and will
try to equalize as between counties In
those districts. The eastern district
is bounded on tho wost by a line run
ning north from tho western bound
ary of Nuckolls county, and the cen
tral district Is bounded ontbo west by
a lino running north from the western
border of Dundy county. Thero la a
great difference in tho assessed valua
tion of llvo stock in different coun
ties. Tho board desires to get the av
erage valuation in each district and
then bring all counties within the dis
trict near togother as to value-of the
different kinds of llvo stock.
Gust Fellows of Humboldt has been
appointed a member of the examining
board of embalmers. Ho is one of
tbo oldest undertakers In the state
nnd received tho highest recommenda
tion from tho "state 'embalmers' asso
ciation. Will Modify Drinking Cup Law.
Efforts of tho board of secretaries
of tho sfato board of health to abolish
tho one-for-nll communion cup In
churches will go for naught. Mem
bers of tho bpard of health proper,
that la the governor, attorney general
and atate superintendent, who must
approve tho recent public drlnklug
cup order, aro not willing to accept
tho provision relating to churches and
will therefore strike thnt from the
manifesto. In other provisions It will
likely receive tho board's Indorsement
NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE
Reaffirmation of tho campaign prom
ise that ho would not be a candidate
for a second term was mndo by Gow
ernor Morchead in a Bemt-polltlcal tall; -mado
to old settlers of Clay cdunty.
Tho statuto compilation commission
Is still grinding away. Tho best it
can promise the public Is that tho cdl
tlon will bo ready for distribution
some tlmo in January.
The stato board of equalization Is ln
session equalizing tho nsscssed valua
tlon of property roported by counties
and will as soon as possible complete
Its workNaud make tho annual state
lovy.
A roport made to tho department
by a deputy game warden says that
pralrlo chickens are being killed in
the western part of tho state against
tho law and then taken Into town con
cealed In empty extra tires, which
aro carried on the cars.
Stato Land Commissioner Fred
Beckmann, as secretary of tho board
of educational lands nnd funds, will
hereafter keep n .record of vouchers
for money duo on claims for supplies
and repairs to the Btnto houso, gov
ernor's mansion and all business con
nected with tho board of educational
lapds and funds which has control of
this property and also of all stato
lands.
Tho semi-annual report of tho stato'
department of the Grand Army of tho'
Republic shows hat in the last six
months thero has been a death loss
of only soventy-seven in tho ranks.
This is tho lowest death rate recorded
In some time paBt in this state. Thero
aro 172 posts in the Btato with a mem
bership of 3,776. It is estimated that
only about 50 per cent of tho veterans
of 'Gl who llvo In Nebraska are en'
rolled In tho Grand Army organization.
The first official notlco of vacancies
in the make-up of the last legislature
camo to hand at the 'state house in a
lettor from Representative Georgo
Losoy of Dodge county. Mr. Lospy
moved to New Mexico a short tlmo
after adjournment, and his place be
came vacant at once. Under the stato
law the governor has tho power to ap
point somo Dodge county democrat to
tho place. This will likely bo done
later on.
In the eighty-four counties In which
crop acreages havo been computed by
tho stato board of agriculture the gain
In the acreage of corn Is 10.9 per cent
as compared with 1912. So far the In
crease has been 612,694 acres. In
winter wheat the increase has been 7
per cent, or 183,180 acres. Rye scored
a gain of 33 per cent or 40,773 acres.
Barley Jumped up 7G per cent, or 35,
584 acres. Spring wheat made a gala
pf 14 per cent or 4,823 acres.
Tho Interstate commerce commis
sion la considering tho establishment
in Nebraska of a subdivision of Its
forces now at work making a physical
valuation of railroads. If the plan is
adopted In accordanco with the wishes
of Representative Lobeck and Sena
tor Hitchcock, Omaha will be named
as this subdlvlslonand a forco of ex
perts will bo sent thero to have direct
charge of tho railroad valuations of
Nebraska, Wyoming and South Da
kota. Futuro purchasers of stato school
land will likely havo to buy bad aa
well as good land, and will have to
pay higher prices than In the past.
Tho state board of educational lands
and funds is Just beginning to find out
some of tho gross business misadven
tures of tho past in tho sale of this
class of land, and Intend to prevent
repetition In tho future. The poorest
land will be sold at $7 while- tho bet
ter class of land will heroafter cost
moro "nearly what It Is worth.
Sportsmen over tho state who have
beon considerably worked up over the
impression that there was no open
season on waterfowl in tho new gov
ernment law regarding tho protection
of migratory birds, may breathe a fer
vent prayer of grateful relief to leara
that Uncle Sam fully appreciates their
condition and will permit the hunting
of brant, duck, geese or swan from tho
-first day of Septembor to tho sixteenth
day of December In any year, provid
ed tho game laws of tho stato in other
particulars are complied with.
Stato Land Commissioner Fred
Beckmann has promoted E. B. Fair
field from the position of bookkeeper
to chief clerk and vhau appointed his
daughter, Miss Amanda Beckmann,
bookkeeper.
Monthly reports from tho Btato pen
itentiary show that 'on August 1 there
wero 35G convicts there, or ono less
than on July 1. During tho month of
July thero wero nlnotoen-discharged
by parole or tlmo. expiration, and
eighteen wero received In tho same
period.
Members of the board of control aro,
planning to begin personal Inspec-.
tlons of the various stato institutions
within a few dayB. The Norfolk hos-'
pltal for tho lnsano will likely bo In
spected first on account of neccsslty
thero for making final disposition of
the headship which haa beon Ijeld
temporarily by Dr. Glittery following
tho resignation of Superintendent
Johnson.
Tho Farmors Stato bank qf Mar-,
quette has been llceuaed by thj.sjnte,
banking board.
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