THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
S OF THE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LES8KR IMPORTANCE.
OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters In Brief Form for All
Classes of Reader.
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WASHINGTON.
Independent telephono people would
liavo tho government opcrato the
long-dlstanco lines.
President Wilson will veto the post
offlco bill If congress Insists on a re
turn to tho spoils system.
Federal appropriation $25,000,000
for good roads was proposed by Rep
resentative Moon of Tennessee.
President Wilson commuted to ex
piro July 21, life sentence imposed on
Turner W. Barnes and Fred Robinson,
Inmates of tho Leavenworth pentiten
tlary, wllo took part In a mutiny
umong tho prisoners In 190t, whon a
guard was ltilicd.
Resolutions asking that a congres
sional commlttco bo appointed to In
vestigate conditions In operations of
grain oxchangos In -tho country be
foro any laws regulating tho ex
changes are passod wero adopted at
Chicago recently by tho council of
Grain Exchanges of America, In an
uual session.
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Any alien laborer who within tho
year previous to his admission to tho
United States had not earned 30 per
cent of tho wagOB paid In UiIb coun
try for tho samo work, would bo ex
cluded from tho United States by a
bill Mitroducod by Reprosontatlvo
aillctto of Massachusetts. It Is do-
slgvtd to bar cheap foreign labor.
President Wilson has practically
Delected Colonel William C. Qorgas
if tho Panama Canal commission for
Burgeon general of tho army. Tho
colonel's friends oxpect his nomina
tion to go to tho scnato very soon.
Colonel Gorgas practically mado tho
building of tho aPnama canal a possi
bility by sanitating tho Isthmus.
Exemption of all assistant post
masters from tho civil fecrvico, nnd an
npproprlntlon of $200,000 for experi
ments In government ownership of
railway mall cars wero two proposals
that attracted much attention whon
tho annual postoMco appropriation
bill was submitted to tho Iioubo. Tho
bill carrlos a total of $305,247,757.
Last year boforo tho parcel post sys
tem was Inaugurated tho total was
$283,444,171.
A fleet of govdrnmeut-owned freight
and passenger vessels to oporato from
Alaska to North and South American
ports has boon proposed by Senator
Morris as an amendmont to tho rail
road bill. Ten to twenty vessels would
bo constructed for uso as army or
cavy transports. Tho government
would be authorized to lease tho ships
for operation to tho Panama Railroad
company now owned by tho govern
ment President Wilson will give a pub
lic hearing on tho Immigration bill
when It got8 out of congress and
comes boforo him for signature Presi
dents Cleveland nnd Taft gavo such
hearings and It was after ono of thoso
that Mr. Taft vetoed tho laat Immi
gration bill, proposing among other
things, a literacy test Many provi
sions of tho ponding mcasuro are bo
ing hotly contested.
4 DOMESTIC.
Congressman Curloy who Borvod a
two months' Jail sentence was elected
b mayor of Bosto...
Liability of tho Oceanic Steam Navi
gation company for tho Titanio disas
ter will bo aguod In tho supremo court.
Job hunters and boggers who had
heard of his millions chased Henry
Ford of Dortolt all around Now York
City tho other day, forcing him to
Heo from publlo places.
Mrs. Nora Sullivan died horo, aged
110. Sho was born In County Kerry,
Ireland, and was employed In tho
houBchold of Daniel O'Connoll, the
IrUh barrister, 'boforo coming to
America, eeventy-flvo years ago. She
had used tobacco fdr tiho last eighty
years.
Moro than half of tho pcoplo who
llvo In Connecticut havo deposits In
tho savings banks, according to tho
annual report of tho stato bank com
missioner. Tho 022,000 depositors
havo $307,500,000 to their credit.
Tho llnnl crop estimates for 1013,
Issued by tho statistical olllco of tho
Dominion government, bIiowb that
Canadas prlnlclpal Held crops In that
year covoroil 35,375,000 acres, nB
35,575,000 acres In 1912, and their
valuo wub $552,771,500, as comparod
with $557,344,400 In preceding year.
James M. Lynch, recently appointed
Now York Btnto commissioner of la
bor, left AfUa'ny for Indianapolis, to
Bovor IiIb connection with tho interna
tional Typographical union as its
president.
A BOILING DOWN
Thero aro 483 Iron mines in thin
country, employing C5.17C persons.
In a year Undo Sam, smoked Just
7,707,000,000 cigars and 14,000,000,000
clgarottos.
Directors of tho National Carbon
company of Cleveland, mailed let
ters to tho stockholders recently ask
Ing approval of a plan for Bharlng
profits with 'their employes.
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An amendment to tho marrlngo"law3
which would rcqulro tho publishing
of engagements two weeks beforo tho
issunnco of licenses, will bo sought
by Chlcagoans prominent In Juvenile
protection work.
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Firo loss In tho United States wat)
lower In 1913 than tho year beforo,
according to tho .total of figures Is
sued by Insuranco Interests. Tho to
tal property loss was $203,408,250, ae.
compared with $207,453,900 In 1912.
Tho census of 1911 shows tho total
population of tho Union South Africa
on May 7 of that year to havo boon
5,973,394, comprising 1,276,242 Europo-
ana and 4,097,152 of natlvo or other
mixed races.
Tho Iola Portland Ccmont compiny
of Iola, Kan., with a capital of $1,500,
000, was thrown Into Involuntary
bankruptcy recently In tho federal
court at Fort Scott, Kan., on the pe
tltlon of creditors with claims aggre
gating $3,000.
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"Governor Glynn finally refused to
pardon D. II. Tolinan, tho convlitfed
Now York money lender. District At'
tocnoy Whitman refused to say that
ho favored an absoluto pardon for
Tolinan. Tho governor requires tho
Indorsement of tho trial Judge and tho
prosecutor In -"every caso where ho
exorcises clomency.
Rollcs of tho lato President Mc
KInloy sold at auction hero by .tho es
tato of his nloce, Mrs. Ida McKlnloy
Morso Cooper, brought $990, it was
announced recontly. A gold plato
presented by tho employes of a lo
cal Iron works as a memento of tho
launching of tho battleship Ohio
brought $325. It cost $1,500.
Tho flrBt shipment of wool from
Omaha to tho east sent out this sea-
son was mado going over tho Great
Western. Tho shipment consisted of
300,000 pounds from tho Omaha wool
warehouse. It is about ono-half thai
has boon In storngo Blnco early in tha
winter. Right now tho Wyoming
wool Is coming In pretty freely and
for tho next threo montliB It Is ox
pected that tho shipments east will bo
large.
A potltlon asking that tho fran
chise bo given to women and that
thoy bo allowed to vote at tho elec
tions for tho Imperial parliament and
also to sit as deputies was Introduced
Into tho Imperial parliament by tho
German woman's suffrage union. It
was' rofcrred to tho consideration of
tho government without nny recom
mendation. Mombors of all parties
took part In, tho dobate on tho peti
tion. A chain of retail groceries and coal
markets, financed by tho city of Chi
cago and operated for tho boneflt of
thoso who aro out of work but who
still havo somo small savings will bo
started In a short tlmo. City and
county ofllclals and labor unions are
back of tho movement. An Item of
$25,000 to. provldo capital for tho ven
turo has been placed in tho city's an
nual appropriation bill by tho flnnnco
committee.
FOREIGN.
Munich pollco havo forbidden tho
tango dauco In public.
Throo titled women flow with Avia
tor Grahamo-Whlto at Hendon aoro
dome. Default of Moxlcan lntorost pay1
monts Is Intorprotod by somo as a bid
by Huorta for lntorventlou.
Rofugco General Morcado says ho
will abldo by whatever disposition the
Unltod States Bees fit to make.
Tho Italian govommont has mado
donlal of tho rumor that negotiations
woro In progress for tho aalo of
Italian warships to Turkoy.
Moro thun sixty womon wives nnd
mothers of coal miners Imprisoned
for Btrlko riots from Wellington,
Ladysmlth nnd Nanalmo, II. c, ap
peared boforo ox-Promlor McBrido in
tho executive chamber of tho pro
vincial govommont building at Vic
toria, to appeal for clomency for tho
prisoners,
Tho duko and duchess of OrleanB,
desiring to avoid scandal and tho cost
of tho proceeding), ngrood to with
draw from tho courts tho Bult Btnrtod
by tho duchcBB for soperatlon, ali
mony and tho restitution or largo
sums eho had advanced hor hus.
baud.
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It cost Italy $191,400,000 to acquire
Tripoli, a country which, according to
all ucountB, Is, with tho oxceptlon ol
tho desert of Sahara, tho least doslr
ablo part of Africa.
Imogono Van Dyko, onco a famous
actress and known In prlvnto llfo ua
Mrs. Albert Honrlqulos, died In Now
York recently. Mrs. Henriquoa
mado her first appoaranco on tho
Btngo with John McCullough and was
aftorwardB leading lady with Lester
Wallack.
BUS! TIMES AHEAD
CONGRESS HA8 MUCH TO DO BE
FORE TACKLING TRUSTS.
WILLTftVTO SHORTEN SESSION
Majority Leaders Are Insistent that
All Legislative Business Be 'Con-
eluded by July.
Washington. Congress has mtioh
business to transact beforo It under
takes consideration of anti-trust legis
lation concerning which President
Wilson will uddrezB it, and It Is tho
aim of democratic leaderB to shorten
tho eslon as muchras posslblo.
With tho congressional campaign
coming next fall, and tho republicans
and progressives already active, tho
majority leaders aro Insistent that all
legislative business be disposed of bo
foro July 1 at tho latest, in order that
overy man can bo In his district to
fight for retention of a "democratic
majority In both houses of the next
congress.
Tho fact that senatorial contests,
undor the direct elections amendment
to tho constitution, aro ponding in
many states, makes tho situation
moro urgent from a campaign stand
point. All Eager to Limit Session.
President Wilson Is as eager as tho
chieftains In congress to limit tho
faosslon ns much as posslblo and all
aro pulling togother to cxpedlto legis
lative mattors. Conferences on a
legislative program will bo held In
the near future.
Among tho most Important meas
ures pending are tho Alaskan railroad
bill, rural credit legislation, regula
tion of stock exchanges, and tho Pa
nama canal tolls quostlon.
All proposed legislation, It Is now
practically agrcod, cannot bo crowd
ed througih at this time, but what
bills aro to be Bldotracked has not
been determined. -
Tho Alaskan bill, which was urged
by tho president In his last message,
and which would provldo for a gov
ernment built and operated railroad
Into tho Interior of tho territory, Is
certain to pass. Senator Chamberlain
procured unanimous consent for a
voto at an early date. Tho houso al
ready ha3 tho samo subject under
consideration.
Fire at Sioux City.
Sioux City, la. Great quantities of
hums and bacon wero destroyed by a
spectacular blazo In tho fou--3torv
ham and storngo house of tho Armour
Packing plant. Tho loss to the
building and contents is estimated at
$75,000.
Tho structure was tho oldest of tho
Armour plant. Besides a storage
houso for smoked meats It was used
as a box factory, laundry and canned
Montn warehouse.
Twolvo streams of wntor vera
thrown on tho building nnd nftor an
hour's fighting tho blazo was undor
control, although ut tlmps o'hnr
packing houso buildings seemed in
(j'nngor.
Rail Strike Practically Ends.
Capo Town. Tho railway Btrlko
practically ended with tho decision
of the operating force to resume work
immediately. Tho strike of tho min
ors also Ib rapidly nearly its end.
It Is estimated that tho mobiliza
tion of tho burghors will cost tho gov
ommont botwoen $1,250,000 and
$2,000,000.
A proclamation was Issued at Pre
toria demobilizing all tho command,
ors and regiments oxcopt thoso in tho
Rand and tho Pretoria and Fauro
Bmlth districts. This means that
30,000 mon will bo rotnined In tho
field.
Radio Station.
Washington, D. C A special board
of naval officers has selected as a
Blto for a hlgh.powor radio station on
tho California coast a location on
La Chollaa' Holghts, about four mllos
cast of San Francisco and eleven
mllos from tho Beacoast. It is ex
pected that a tract of land compris
ing 722 ncros, wltli an olovatlon of
450 feet nbovo tho sea level, soon
will bo acquired by tho government
for about $15,000.
Volcano8 Are Subsiding.
Toklo. Lato advices from Kakofchl
ma sayt tho volcanoes aro subsiding.
Thero Is groat sufforlng In tho entire
section for it Iibb beon found linpos
slblo to glvo ahelter or food to tho
thousands who lost Uiolr homes.
Has Tiny Piece of Radium.
Washington, D. C A tiny particlo
of radium, 20 milligrams, worth $14,.
500, was received from Paris for
oxporlmontal purposos, in an effort
to standarlzo tho supply hero.
Recommends Eugenic Marriages.
Richmond, Va. A ougenlc mar
rlago law, a state working colony for
drunkards and drug flondsd, a blblo
bcUo1, a circulating library and an
academic night school In tho btato
penltontlury woro recommondod In
Gov. Mnnn'a message.
Inventor Kills Self.
Frooport, 111. Naainan Sponcor, 90
yonrB old, wtho claimed to bo tho In
ventor or tho gang plow, committed
Bulcldo nt his homo in Eaglo Polut
by shooting himself 'With a rlllo.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Burglars and petty thieves are mak
Ing life a burden to the inhabitants of
Fnlrbury.
Plymouth Congregational church al
Lincoln will build a new thlrty-thoua
and dollar church.
Sterling, In the northwest part of
Johnson county, Is likely to have an
electric lighting plant.
A number of boys have been arrest
ed at Kearney for stealing coal from
ruilroad cars In transit.
Omaha la soon to have a public
school room devoted entirely to Italian
boys nged from 10 to 18r
James Podany. of Clarkson was
badly cut and bruised when he got
caught in tho flywheel of a corn
Jsheller. ' The next meeting of the Southwest
ern Nebraska Checker Players' asi'o
fclation will bo held at McCook, Janu
ary 20.
i The Fremont Commercial club, mer
chants' association and "atl club wll'
(hold a fair In thnt city, opening Febru
ary 23.
, Over $713,000 worth of fnrm mort
pagCB were filed In Adams county dur
ing 1913, while only $000,000 worth
jvcro released..
1 Tho village of Thayer wants to In
corporate and has filed a petition with
frho county board asking that tho town
to allowed to do so.
The new high school building ai
Neligh was dedicated last week, ar
interesting program being given dur
(lng the day and evening.
Little Emll Johnson, 17 months old,
whose mother was convicted of mur
der at Wahoo, has been adopted "by
Rov. R. B. Hall of Neligh.
Tho body of an unknown man wa
found hanging from a ladder proppeq
against a hay stack on the fnrm of E
Etchlsorf, near North Bend.
James Byrne, an elderly man, was
asphyxiated when he Inadvertently
jturned on a gas Jet In his room at the
homo of a friend In Lincoln.
Clark Wclllver of Dawson county
who hunts coyotes with dogs, has
chased 28 this season, so far, and out
of that number captured 24.
A kitchen cabinet fnctory of Denvei
employing forty men, will bo movea
to Hastings at an early date If local
business men can bo Interested.
Postmaster Springer of Brady has
been let out of office on account of
holding two offlces at one time. Ho
was also a county commissioner.
A "boy farm" project Is about to b
started by tho Rt. Rev. George Allen
Beecher, bishop of western Nebraa
ka, in connection with the Kearnej
Military academy, of which he is
head.
Plans have been perfected by the
Kearney canning factory directors to
open tho factory again next year. Last
summer was a bad one for the factory
and tho plant only ran one-half of fhe
time.
Tho poultry show held by tho Ne
maha County Poultry association at
Auburn was ono of tho most success
ful shows held In thnt part of tho state
for some years. There were 410 birds
exhibited.
Members of the Lincoln firo depart
ment aro proudly driving a horse lent
to them by Secretary of Stato Bjyan.
,Tho animal Is being trained and will
take the place of a horse which has
become lamo.-
Four members of the senior class of
tho Stanton high school Byron Baer,
Max DeWltt, Walter Fechner and
Georgo McLeod Omvo been presented
with Bweaters In appreciation of their
good work on tho football field last
fall.
Coyotes or small wolves are so
plentiful In southern Lancaster and
western Otoe counties and so destruc
tive to poultry that hunters of Bennet,
Palmyra, Panama and Douglas will
attempt to exterminate them by a big
hunt.
R. F. Osborn, an AInsworth man,
camo near losing his llfo when his
auto turned over, pinning him under
neath. He was rescued by his two
boys, aged eight and ten years, who
flnnlly succeeded In raising the ma
chine. A subscription paper In an effort to
raiso $100 000 for a now hotol hulld
ing In Fremont is being circulated. J
Mrs. carollno McMIcken, nged 79
years, and for many years a resident
of Brock, died Monday morning from
Injuries received Sunday while at
tempting to start a fire In tho kitchen
range with coal oil.
Ono of tho Interesting features of
organized agriculture week at Lincoln
will bo tho program to bo held Tues
day, January 20, by tho Nebraska
Horso Breeders' association, at tho
Judging pavilion at the stato farm.
An effort Is being mallo by the
Kearney school board to open a non
graded room In tho city schools to
provide for backward and deficient
pupils.
Ex-Mnyor C. J. Miles resigned his
position as president of tho Hastings
baseball team ns soon as It was an
nounced that ho had been elected
president of tho stato league.
McCook.Tho Burlington has Its
great lco houses at McCook now Ir
readiness to recolvo this year'B sup
ply or ice, nnfl tho 'work of filling
them will begin at once. About 15.00C
tons are annually stored here.
A smooth couple havo been working
the unwary of several Nebraska towns
by taking fake orders tor glove-fitting
shoos, demanding cash with the or
ders, which so far havo not boon filled.
SInco tho school bond question
failed at Ohlowa thoso favoring the
proposition aro . stirring up Interest
In the Ibsuo and pxpoct finally to wis
out.
A number of fires of mysterious
origin have occurred in Beatrice dur
Ing tho past fow weeks and local au
thorltlcB aro or tho opinion that a flr
bug Ib at work. It Is probable tha
state ofllclals will lnvestlcata.
ARE 11 G000 SHAPE
CLAIM THE EXISTENCE OF VET
ERINARIAN TRUST.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Despite a $45,000 deficiency and tho
almost complete depletion of stores of
the Institution, Superintendent Baxtei
of tho Hastings stato hospital reports
to Governor Morehead that affairs are
moving there In better fashion than at
any time in tho past. Improvements
mado In the medical division have en
abled many permanent cures to bo.
made. At the present tlmo the Institu
tion hus 373 remalo and 700 male
patients. In addition, thoro are fifty-
thrco females and forty-one males oif
parole from the hospital. Female at
tendants number sixty-eight and male
attendants seventy-seven. Tho state,
In the opinion of Superintendent Bax
ter, should look at onco to providing
the institution with more adequate firo
protection. At present the system Is
In decidedly poor shape, and In case of
fire It would not prove at all efficient.
The hospital head suggests that this
bo given Immediate attention.
Think a Trust Exists.
That a veterinarians' trust exlstq
In the state and that farmers resent
Its encroachments Into domain that
does not belong to tho "vets" exclu
sively, because of their professional
training, wero assertions made to Gov
ernor Morehead by a delegation 0.1
farm paper editors and agricultural
experts who called to protest against
adoption of stringent rules by tin
live stock sanitary board. In the dele
gation wero Dean Burnett of the agri
cultural college, Editor L. A. Herror
or the Nebraska Farmer, Editor Oah
Davis ot tho Independent Farmer and
F. C. Crooker or Filler, former mem
ber or tho board In question. Tho et
Tort Ib tho result or the hog cholera
serum war in this stato. Veterinar
ians contend, and their stato associa
tion so recommended, thnt only men
or their profession can administer th
serum with certainty.
Cost of Running Public Schools.
There was spent last year for tho
running or tho public schools or N
braska, the grades and high schools,
the sum or $9,220,977.51, according to
ho report prepared by State Superin
tendent Delzell for the year ending
July 7, 1913. This sum was spent in
educating 284.7G6 pupils between tho
ages or 5 and 21, or a total or $32.38
spent on each pupil enrolled In tho
public schools. Moro than hair or this
outlay or money went for teachers'
salaries, there being 11,757 employed,
at an average wage or $G1.21 a month.
Tho remale teachers, outnumbering
tho male nearly seven to one, received
In wngqgtho Immense sum or $4,578,r
453.21. Tho male teachers, number
ing but 1.6G3, received $865,917.00.
Tho female teachers numbered 10,094.
Tho average monthly wage of the
women was $58.G2; of the men, $80.51,
Other expenses ran as follows: Build
ings and sites, $1,134,633.77; repairs,
$404,482.42; fuel, $403,495.41; refer
enco books, etc., $20,214.19; text books
and pupils' supplies, $389,915.93; fur
niture, $150,542.58; all other purposes,
$1,267,322.94.
Marked Interest In Agriculture.
So Interesting is becoming tho study
or agriculture in tho stato that Charles
Epperson or Fairfield writes to the
state board or agriculture as rollows:
"This teacher, Boehr, Is a corkor. Ho
uses most everything for text books
In his school work. He uses imple
ment manufacturers' catalogues, al
manacs, seeds, seed catalogues, pic
tures of horses, the state fair premium
list and many other things which many
of us throw Into tho waste basket. He
has got my boy, who Is taking work
under him, making collections of
worms and moths and birds' nests. I
can't lean up ngalnst a radiator In tho
houso anywhere without disturbing an
agricultural experiment. The boy has
planted seeds In cotton on plates and
In boxes containing dirt, In old pans
and other places. These aro distrib
uted all over tho houso on tho various
radiators where the heat will cause
them to sprout."
Fires to the number of 1.2G5, involv
ing a loss or $1,715,676, were reported
to the Btato fire commission during
tho year 1913, according to tho report
handed to Governor Morehead by Com
missioner AV. S. Rldgell. Duilng tho
year 1912 thero wero 1,355 fires, with
a loss or $2,251,174. Tho loss or tho
year Just past has been lower than at
any time since the creation or the fire
commission, henco ' Judge Rldgell Is
happy In tho belief that tho people of
tho stato have been taking somo ot
his prevention doctrine to heart.
Wants Law Amended.
Stato Treasurer Georgo has at
tempted without success to get the
legislature to amend tho law so as to
requlro county treasurers to remit at
short lntorvalt3 all collections duo tho
state. Tho counties aro required to
mako annual settlement nnd they let
It go at that, most of them. It Is not
charged that county treasurers bene
fit by retaining Btato funds In their
possession, but it Is alleged that tho
counties benefit by drawing 2. per cent
Interest on all stato runds deposited
In county depository banks.
NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE
Eight candidates for the headship
of tho Kearney state normal recently
vncated through the resignation of
Dr. A. O. Thomas, have mado applica
tion thus far. All of the applicants
aro out-of-thc-Btato men.
Briefs and exhibits of various kinds
boosting Tnblo Rock os tho town for
tho location of the Btato Intermediate
reformatory to bo established In tho
unknown future by tho board of cotf
trol, have been received by that body.
The Superior National bank has
brought suit in district court against
tho National Bank of Commerce of
Lincoln, asking Judgment for $10,
856.07 on a draft drawn by tho now
defunct First National bank of Su- '
perlor on tho defendant, together with,
$2.25 protest fees.
EffortB to muke the state prison au
thorities give discharged convicts $10
in cash when they leave tho Institu
tion will be made by the stato prison
association in a cotirt action soon to
bo started. Heretofore tho convicts
havo been receiving $5 because of tho
scarcity of state funds.
The scientific management or Ne
braska farms, homes and ranches will
be discussed at the meetings or about
twenty-five societies included in OrA
gnnlzed Agriculture at Lincoln, Janu
ary 19-23. All tho equipment or the
university farm and a talented array1
of proressors will bo at the dlspoBaloJ
thdvlsltors.
It cos the stato of Nebraska an'
avorage of $106.36 for the support ol
each inmate In its public institutions
during tho six months from Juno 1 to
December 1, 1913, The average mim
ber of inmates in tho fourteen insti
tutions under the hoard or control
during that period was 4,425, and tho
total cost or operating them was
$470,650.
The monthly report ot Warden Fen
ton shows that tho number or con
victs In the penitentiary increased 332
to 336 during tho month ot December.
Twenty-four were received by corn
lnltment, one who escaped was -returned
"and two returned rrom fur
lough, threo were discharged, nine
teen were paroled and one remanded
by order of court.
Fees received by tho state food,
drug, dairy, oil and weights and
measures commission totaled $6,843
for the month of Dece.mber. Of that
Jiuge amount $6,376 represented cob
lections for ollinspectlons. During
tho month 140 cream stations, 13?
hotels and cafes and 373 grocery
stores and merchandise establish,
ments wero inspected.
Where grade crossings aro not ade
quate for the protection or llfo tha
railway commission may order rail'
roads to construct overhead crossings.
Such is the attitude assumed by tho
commission in an order requiring tho
Burlington to change a grade crossing
on tho Postle property near Chalco to
an overhead crossing. Tho chango
must bo effected within four months.
Tho salaries of nine state bank
examiners totaled $8,434 for tho
six months ending November 20, 1913,
and traveling expenses or the same of
ficials amounted to $2,713, according
to the' state banking board report
made to Governor Morehead. Charter
rees amounting to $590 were received
during the hair year period, rrora
twenty-three banks, which organized
In that time.
Tho right or farmers to uso bog
cholera serum on their own herds is
to bo discussed at a meeting of tho
state sanitary livestock commission.
Tho stato veterinarians' association,
whicti met recently In Lincoln, has
suggested to tho commission that it
adopt a rule to prevent any except
veterinarians from administering the
sorum. Tho commission has taken no
notion ponding counter statements.
Farmers, stockmen and men repre
senting farm publications met at a
local hotel for tho purpose of recom
mending certain sanitary Improve
ments along the lines of stock yard
sanitation, stock in transit and tho
control of hog cholera and other inrec
tlous and contagious diseases ot llvd
stock. Ono ot tho subjects discussed
led to a vigorous attack on certain
recommendations made by the veter
inarians at their meeting a month ago.
Executive committeemen or the gov
ernors' conference of tho United
StateB havo asked Governor Morehead
to voto on the question of holding tho
1914 gathering the middle of Juno or
tbo first week In December. Tho con
ference will bo hold at Madison, Wis.,
nDd the subjects to bo discussed will
center around the "Uniformity of
State Laws." Governor Morehead is
give tho conference his views on tho
Nebraska crusado to reduce tho num
ber or boards and commissions in fhe
state nnd to have an efficiently oper
ated, unirorm stato government.
Flfty-nlno horses and mules round
to bo suffering with glanders havo
been killed In Nebraska during tho
year 1913 by order or tho state vet
erinarian, and the owners or these
animals havo been reimbursed in tho
gross amount or $4,774. This is at the
rate or about $80 for each animal
slain. Tho number disposed of la
about half as many as In 1912.
State Superintendent Delzell has is
sued a letter to superintendents and
principals urging that Monday, Janu
ary 26, be observed aa Child Labor
day In Nebraska.
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