Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Othor
Mattero In Brief Form for All
Classes of Readers.
WASHINGTON.
Tho Kent bill for regulating and
Improving grazing on public lands
was approved by a humber of stock
men before the house public lands
committee.
A connnittco representing the No
tional Ono Cent Letter Postago as
sociation called on President Wilson
with Senator Burton of Ohio, who has
a bill for 1-cent letter postago.
W. S, West has been sworn In as
successor to the Into Sonator A. O. Ba
con of Georgia. Senator Hoko Smith
ecorted his now colleague to the bar
of tho senate, whoro VIco President
Marshall administered tho oath.
Tho Industrial Workers of tho
World and militant suffragists could
bo classed "among othor forms of
lawlessness," Senator Sherman de
clared. Ho added ho folt he could
cay so without his motives being
questioned becauso ho favored tho
woman suffrage constitutional amend
ment. Water power legislation aB a meas
ure of rollcf for tho peoplo of tho
west and south Is urged by Senator
Jones of Washington, who spoke in
favor of his bill granting water power
sites on tho public domain to munici
palities or public service corporations
under state or federal regulations
with tho power of tho government to
purcunso atter llity years.
Senator Reed of Missouri has intro
duced a bill which would authorlzo
tho creation of a commission to ac
Qulro for tho government by purchase
of condemnation tho homo of Thomas
Jefferson at Montlcollo, Vo. Repre
sentative Lovy of Now York, who
owns tho property, has declined fre
quently to consider selling it,
Felix Diaz has arrived hero and
will attempt to got a hoarlng boforo
the sennto foreign relations commit
tee nnd glvo his views on tho Mexi
can situation. Pedro Dol Vllar and
Cociilio Ocon, who represented them
solves as his supporters, appeared be
fore the commlttco to ask what atti
tude this government Would tnko to
ward a revolution headed by Diaz.
Tho interstate commerce commlttcS
of tho senate hnB agreed to report
favorably tho nomination of Henry C.
Hall of Colorado, to succeed Charles
A. Prouty, ns interstate commerce
commission. Tho nomination of Win
throp M. TJanlols of Now Jersey to the
vacancy on tho commission caused by
tho doath of John H. Marble, still 1b
hold up pending a report of a (Bub
committee. Secretary Rcdflold has ordered Com
mercial Agent J. A. Shrivor of tho de
partment of commerco to tho Pacific
coaBt to confer with Balmon packers
In Soattloj fruit nnd vegetable packors
In Portland and fruit cannors In San
Francisco. Ho will address tho San
Francisco chamber of commorco and
gathor material for co-oporatlon with
all thoso interests for tho Incraiso of
tholr foreign trade.
Advocating his bill to rccognlzo
Etnto primary laws for tho selection
of delegates to national conventions
nnd oloctlon of national cpmmlttoe
men, Sonator Shorman, republican of
Illinois, declared a national primary
Jaw was tho remedy for party dan
cers. Ho assailed tho proposal Tor a
iintlon-wldo presidential primary, ohi
tho ground It would result In a few
statoB absolutely controlling presi
dential nominations,
DOMESTIC.
Margaret IC McNamnrn liaB been
nppolnted chief matron of the Indus,
trial School for dlrla at Delaware,
O., after much trouble, The law of
Ohio forbado tho appointment of n
woman on public boards In Institu
tions, but a new law was passed by
popular voto at tho last election, and
women may now servo on such
boards, concomed with tho welfaro
of women and children.
Tho Farmers and Merchants bank
of Maudau, N. D., Iiub boon closed by
Stato Bank Kxamlnor Sllvorton, who
alleges violation of tho stato banking
Jaws. Tho books aro bolng chocked
by inembors of the Btato board.
Tho govornmqnt'B regulations re
garding thu manufacture and salo of
jDlemargnrino are bo strict that tho
flotations of tho law charged against
lohu I'1. Jolku und others wero lm
possible, It was argued at their trial
n tho Chicago federul court by Uiolr
.ttomey, John Dnrton Payne.
Max Zimmerman, a horso doaler,
(who asserts that ho met Ralph Lopez,
ho Mexican outlaw who took refuge
fn a Utah mine after slaylmj six inuii,
old tho St. Paul pollco (hat ho had
ecu Lopez In St. Paul.
Tho coldest weather of the winter
'prevailed at Chatanoogn, Tenn,
Senator Stono of Missouri has been
mndo chairman of tho forolgn rela
tions commltteo.
Tho strength of the individual
hairs Is increased by frequent cutting,
but not their number.
Tho United States has more than
C.O0O.O00 factory employes and 1,
COO.OOO railroad omployoi. ,
Mrs. Mlnnlo Taylor, wlfo of John
M. Taylor, a Los Angeles mining en
gineer, won probation for her huBband
on a bigamy chargo and then sent
him to tho county chain gang for two
years to provide $1.50 a day forher
and her two children.
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Mrs. John D. Sprckels, Jr., haB left
San Francisco for Europo with a party
of friends after announcing that sho
had discontinued her suit for divorce,
brought early this year on grounds of
alleged cruelty. Spreckels contested
tho suit.
Tho production of eggs in Iowa In
1913 was worth more than tho annual
output of tho gold mines of Alaska
or California, or any other Btato in
tho union, nccordlng to a statement
issued by tho Iowa department of ag
riculture. Tho year's lay amounted
to 97,549,731 dozen.
According to figures compiled by
tho ofllco of publlo roads of tho De
partment of Agriculture, expenditures
in tho United States for Improve
ment of roads havo been moro than
doubled slnco 1904. In 1904, expen
ditures for this purposo nmounted to
$79,771,417, whllo in 1912 tho total
was $1C 1,332,265.
Thoro Is no catiso for alarm in thq
Imminent possibility that tho United
States will havo to import wheat and
othor foodstuffs, said United Statos,
Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio
at tho Saturday luncheon of the re,
publican club at Now York, at which
tho development of this country's for
olgn commorco was dlscussod.
Out of 47 men assigned to work by
tho municipal employment bureau of
Chicago last Saturday, 199 failed to
show up at tho Jobs. Tho manager
of tho bureau reports that it is dlf,
flcult to find men for all tho work
available. Jobs offered to 500 follow
ors of "a loador of tho unemployed"
wero spurned by tho whole bunch.
In connection with tho Palnosdalo
murder mystery, said to havo boon
one of tho developments of tho cop
per miners' strlko, llvo members of
tho western federation of minors wero
arrested at Houghton. Tho arrests,
wore mndo after an alleged confession
by John Huhrn, formor secretary of
tho South Rnngo local of tho feder
ation. Tho fltnto of Montnnn, through Its
sonator, James Walsh, hns presented
to Notro Dame univorslty, South
Bond, Ind., tho sword of Gonoral
Thomns FranclB Meagher, worn dur
ing tho civil war. General Moaghor
was territorial govornor of Montana
following tho closo of tho war, and,
his death by drowning Is ono of tho
tragic myBtorlos of tho upper Mis
souri. Ono of tho causes that lead to tho
high cost of living Is Indicated in tho
Blmplo stntomont thnt statistics gath
ered by tho Department of Agricul
ture Bhow that of all tho tlllablo land
In tho United Statos only 27 por cent
was under cultivation at tho last cen
bus. Thoro wore 1,140,000,000 acres
that might bo tilled, but only 331,.
000,000 acres that wore tilled. For
every 100 acres actually cultivated
thoro wore 375 acres lying ldlo.
FOREIGN.
Tho American rdcrults. refused by
Gonernl Villa arrived at Juarez from
Chihuahua. Each was glvon $25 gold
by tho general.
President Huerta nnd tho members
of his cabinet sent messages of con
dolonco to Nelson O'Shnughnessy, tho
Amorlcnn chargo d'affaires, on tho
doath In Now York of his fathor, Col
onol James T. O'ShaughnosBy.
For Insulting tho Gorman crown
prlnco In an .artlclo, Hans Louss, n
wrltor, was sontonced toxslx months'
Imprisonment. Tho artlclo, which
appeared In tho Wookly DIo Wolt Am
Montng, wua ontltlod, "William tho
Last."
Throe thousand robols under Gon
oral Ortega, who wero moving townrd
Torreon. wero defeated between Con
ojas and Kscalon, according to nd
vices received at tho war department.
Tho dispatch Bald 400 rebols ' wero
killed in ' tho ongagomont. Tho fed
eral forces, commanded by Gonoral
Rlcardo Ponn, numbored 700.
Tho Bteamor Snntlunl wont ashoro
at Clros Point, near Tangior. Tho
Spanish cruiser listrnmadura and ilvo
other warships have boon ordorod to
stand by to help rolloat tho vobsoI
and to bout oft tho Insurgent Moors.
Tho federal forcos under tho direc
tion of President Plaza, have renewed
tholr attack on Esmoraldas, Ecundor.
President Plaza arrived at Usmornl
dna, which Is hold by tho robolB, bov
oral days ago, and slnco thnt tlmo lias
received sq 'eral hundred reinforcements:
IS A VITAL ISSUE
CANAL TOLLS REPEAL SO
S1DERED DY WILSON.
CON.
FOR COMMERCIAL EXPANSION
Belief at White House That Repeal
Is Important In Carrying Out
Diplomatic Plans.
Washington, D, C. Development
of American foreign policy as an influ
ence for commercial expansion and
tho causo of universal peace is a vi
tal concern of tho Washington admin
istration In its efforts to havo repeal,
ed tho tolls .cxomptlon clauso in tho
Panama canal act.
ABido from President Wilson's as
sertion that tho national honor of tho
Amorlcan peoplo Is Involved in up
holding a treaty obligation, there aro
circumstances surrounding a settle
ment of the controversy .which aro
oxpoctcd by administration officials
to havo a broad effect on tho diplo
matic relations of the United States
with tho world.
Behind tho protest of Great Britain,
it has become known universally,
stands the united support of European
nations, whoso formal objections to
tho tolls provisions havo boon hold
in abeyance to await tho outcome of
England's negotiations with tho
United State3 on the subject. Under
lying tho sottlement of tho tolls dis
putes an ambitious program of Amer
ican diplomacy which contemplates
an early adjustment of relations with
tho nations of tho globo so that tho
Panama canal may bo opened In an
era of diplomatic good feeling.
Look for Good Will.
Though there exists no agreements
or obligations with England to this
effect, tho extension of England's re
ciprocal good will, in tho view of dip
lomatists and persons closo to tho ad
ministration, cannot but aid in bring
ing about eventual triumph of tho
American policy in Moxico and a sat
isfactory settlement of delicate nego
tiations with Japan and influence a
host of othor diplomatic difficulties
which havo accumulated to tho
Unltod States In tho last decade nnd
in which tho friendship of Great Brit
ain could bo a healthy factor.
Will Be Held as Hostage.
El Paso, Tex. Nonpayment of tho
ransom demanded as tho price of tho
llfo of Luis Tcrrazas, Jr., will not re
sult in tho execution of the prisoner,
acordlng to a tolegram received from
General Villa at Chihuahua. Informa
tion as to tho tolegram came to rebel
agonts, but theso added that Goneral
Villa most certainly would oxposo
Torrazas to tho enemy's flro at Tor
reon unleBs tho prisoner's fathor,
Gonoral Luis, Terrazas, refrains from
political activities. Tho younger man,
it is assorted, always has been hold
as hostago to contrbl, If possible, his
father's efforts In behalf of Goneral
Huorta. Even after repeated warn
ings, it is declared that tho elder Ter
razas has aided tho Mexican govern
ment with men and money, until a
wook ago General Villa declared that
his patience was at an end. Tho lat
tor's decision to waive the matter of
ransom came through representations
mado by General Carranzn. supremo
chief of tho revolution, and by his
agonts.
Experiments With Wireless Phone.
Syrncuso, Sicily. William Marconi
arrived hero with apparatus for ex
porimonts in radio-telephony. Ho was
received on board tho battleship Ro
glnn Elena by tho duko of tho Abruzzl
who gavo a dinner In honor of tho In
ventor. Mr. Marconi expects to spend
ton dnyB on tho battleship oxchang
ing wireless tolophono messages with
polntB on tho Mediterranean.
Austrian Suffragettes Meet.
Vienna. Hundreds of women's
mass mootings In favor of woman suf
frage wore held throughout Austria.
At nil of them resolutions wero
adopted declaring that it was tho gen
oral demand of Austrian women for
tho tho voto In parliamentary and lo
cal elections. Tho mnss meetings
wero organized by tho socialist party.
Operation on Julia Marlowe.
Baltimore, Md. Julia Marlowe, the
actress, who recently was takon 111 In
Los Angeles, Cnl was operated on
for nppondlcltB nt a hospital here, ac
cording to a report from a rollablo
Bourco. Her condition was said to bQ
sorlous.
$10,000 Gara, at Fullerton.
Fullorton, Nob. Tho $10,000 garage,
which Is being built by Dr. Abel Is
Hearing completion. This building is
50x120 feet. T. V. Jackson & Son
aro tho contractors.
Woman Killed By Employe.
Now York. Mrs. Mablo Garcia,
a woll-to-do Cuban and owner of a
cigar factory, was Bhot and killed In
her homo In Park avenuo by Victor
Reynolds, a young employe of hors,
whoso attentions sho had rejected.
Roynolds committed Bulcldo,
Meat Famine At An End.
Sydnoy, Australia. A settlement
has been reached In tho dlsputo bo
twoon tho employers nnd employes In
tho meat trade. Tho strlko had
brought about a moat famine.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Mnrch 29 will bo "go to church Sun
day" at Lincoln.
Organization of a farmers' union Is
being perfected at Western.
Tho stato college conference will bo
held at York, March 13, 14 and 15.
John Cassel of Stapleton had a leg
broken by tho kick of a vIcIoub horse.
Eight or ton houses at Alnsworth
aro quarantined becauso of a smallpox
scare.
Jay C. Oliver of Morrison, 111., Is
the new secretary for tho Y. M. C. A.
at York.
The explosion of an Incubator lamp
destroyed the home of John Yockel at
Beatrice.
Mrs. Anna W'eltzker, aged 84, was
found frozen to death in a snow drift
near Florence.
Farmers around Garrison havo sub
scribed $0,400 for the purposo of build
ing an olovator.
Hastings club women havo raised a
found of $1,500 for an old people's
homo at that place.
Beatrice business men havo passed
resolutions favoring penny postago on
first-class matter.
East Central Nebraska Teachers'
association will meet at Fremont,
March 2G, 27 and 28.
Geneva will voto on a $10,000 bond
lssuo this sprlrfg for the purpose of
building a town hall.
Thomas Buckley, a former Nebras
kan, lost his life by tho caving in of a
well near Iowa City, la.
Tho Fremont Ministerial association
plans to hold services In tho Dodgo
county Jail each Sunday.
Eight cars of hogs, the largest ship
ment ever made from that place, left
Dawson one day last week.
An epidemic of mumpsis enlarging
the facial landscape of a large portion
of the inhabitants of Edgar.
Wlllard Butler, tho Fremont boy con
victed of killing his father, was sen
tenced to llfo Imprisonment.
Tho triennial convention of tho
Royal Neighbors of merlca will be
held In Omaha, March 17 to 19,
Ex-Governor George L. Sheldon was
tondored a banquet by members of tho
Masonic fraternity at Tekamnh.
John Krummnck, for a quarter of a
century a Burlington employo at Lin
coln, dropped dead of heart disease.
An historic homo erected at Ne
braska City many years ago by Judge
O. P. 'Mason has been destroyed by
fire.
Farmers around St, Libory will go
into tho business of raising water
melons on extensive scales this sum
mer.
A high school basketball tournament
under tho auspices of the state univer
sity will be held at Lincoln March 11
to 14.
A national guard company was mus
tered in at Ord last week by Lieuten
ant Stoll of tho adjutant general's
office.
" Efforts aro being mado by tho state
board of agriculture to get auto races
for tho first day or the fair, Monday,
September 7.
The big living house on the Lancas
ter poor farm was totally destroyed by
fire, but Its thirty Inmates wero gotten
out in safety.
Grant Macfnrland won over thirteen
competitors In the annual contest and
will represent Stanton In tho district
oratorical contest.
Gust Anderson, near Craig, was so
badly frozen when ho got lost In tho
storm of Inst week that he may lose
his hands and feet.
Tho goneral merchandise store of
Stumpp & Rounds at Howe was
broken into and a largo quantity of
clothing and shoes stolen.
Tho town of Eustls, in Frontier
county, is all worked up over a saloon
fight. For years tho town hns con
tinued wot without question.
C. E. Joyce, an Iceman at Weeping
Water, has just finished harvesting
nearly 1,000 tons of ice that will aver
ago oVer fourteen Inches thick.
Tho Public Service club of Broken
Bow gavo Its first monthly banquet to
tho members and their wives, there
being sixty-three In attendance.
Sterling will havo a six days' Chau
tauqua this summer.
Fred Fncknltz near Hastings was
awarded $500 damages for farm prop
erty destroyed by flro originating from
a spark from a Union Pucllic engine.
O, H. Llebers, Gago county's farm
demonstrator, has returned from Wis
consin, whro he purchased forty-five
high grade Holstoin cattle for Gago
county farmers.
Tho fiddling contest given by tho
Improved Order of Red Men nt the
opera house at Plattsmbuth was list
ened to by a crowded house. This
was tho fourth annual contest.
A proposed bond sale for $12,500 to
build additions to the Loup City high
school was defeated by thlrty-ono
Votes'.
George Knrg03 and Melville Pope,
two Fairbury boys, are In a sorlous
condition as tho result of colliding
with a treo as they wero coasting
down a long hill.
James G. Russell, oldest civil war
veteran in Nebraska and perhaps In
tho entire country, nnd tho oldost
showmnn In tho United States, as
100 yearn old March 1st, and Mr. nnd
Mrs. RubsoU kept open house all day
at tholr homo In Lincoln.
Clint Clnlr. former manager of tho
Nebraska City baseball team, and nt
ono tlmo first baseman for Hastings,
hns been engaged as mnnagor of tho
Grand Island tenm.
Laura McKInzey. whose husband
was killed during a brawl at a streot
fair In Wilber Inst fall, has brought
suit for $20,000 dnmagos against nlno
saloons of that place.
Throe hundred formor York rosl
dents now In California held a re
union ana picnic nt Whltttcr. noarLos
Angeles, recently. They are members
of tho Southern California York
County association
NAMES SHORT
0NJET1TI0NS
BUSINESS METHODS IN FARMING
ARE WINNING OUT.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Western Newspaper Union News Scrvlc.
Count of the university location
petition names by counties hns Just
been completed by tho secretary of
state. Of tho 23,386 names allowed to
remain on the petition which Is now
short Just 781 names there aro 3,104
names from Douglas county. The re
quired 5 por cent of that county is
only 1.4G2, as the total vote, according
to tho secretary's records, was 29,247
at tho 1912 election.
Tho colectors of names will havo
until ninety days before the general
election to fllo additional names and
this will be taken up at once, accord
ing to tho staff connected with tho
work. The names ruled out by the
secretary number 2,877 and were col
lected at the state fair and ono or two
other places where large" crowds were
present. The fact that the, petitioners
signed the documents without regard
to the fact that names from many
counties appeared on each petition
was held by Secretary Walt to bo con
trary to the apparent Intention of the
law.
Counties In which the required 5 per
cent of names has not been collected
aro Adams, Banner, Blaine, Burt,
Cheyenne, Dawes, Douel, Gage, Gar
field, Greeley, Grant, Holt, Hooker,
Howard, Keya Paha, Knox, Logan,
Loup, McPhcrson, Morrill, Perkins,
Red Willow and York. Under tho law
tho 10 por cent petition is required to
contain names of 5 per cent of the
total legal voters in each of only two
fifths, or thirty-seven counties, of tho
state, so this action of the law has
been complied with In substance.
Business Methods on the Farm.
"Tho farmer who uses business
methods Is cpmlng to the front. Tho
other fellows aro being weeded out."
according to F. A. Sherzinger of Nel
son, who Is both an editor "and a
farmer. For twenty-five years he has
been a close student of agricultural
conditions In Nuckolls county. After
admitting that he was a "crank on
businesslike farming," Mr. Sherzinger
continued:
"Men who use their heads make
money In the farming game and this
state cannot bo beaten. The shiftless
the unobserving and the unprogresslve
aro being lost In the shuffle. This ap
plies to both landowners and tenants.
"When a tenant does not get re
sults nowadays ho Is soon informed
that the owner wants possession on
the first day of March. Land has In
creased in value from the old fixed
price of $20 an acre to $100 and' over.
It Is hard to set a limit for new meth
ods, and ney markets and new crops
will Increase values."
Treasurer's Monthly Report,
""he monthly report of Stato Treas
urer George shows over $50,000 of
uninvested funds on hand. There Is
now $CC,558 In tho general fund. The
balance on hand tho first or February
In all funds was $721,C51. During the
month tho treasurer received $624,435,
paid out $639,831 and ha? on hand
$740,255.41. Of that amount $8,219 73
Is cash on hand and $738,035.68 Is in
state depository banks. The total
trust funds Invested is $9,564,714. Of
that amount $.83,249 is invested in uni
vorslty warrants, $123,063 In normal
school warrants, nnd $60,069 In gen
eral fund warrants. Tho balance. $9,
298.333, Is Invested in bonds. There Is
$44,1S7 still in tho university building
funds which tho treasurer will pay out
In .cashing warrants that have not
been sold by the original owners.
Tho night classes at the stato peni
tentiary aro attonded by more of the
Inmates at every session. Tho men
who hnvo enrolled in either thq com
mon school or the commercial courses
are progressing rapidly with tholr
studies and Warden Fenton Is pleased
with tho work. The plan of classify
Ing tho men In view of their previous
education hns proved a success.
Good-natured bandying and rich
renditions of songs of his own compo'sl
tion In the minstrel shows at the pent
tontlary brought attention of local
people to Thomas Mclntyre, sent ur
from Cheyenne county for murder and
he has been paroled to Judge W. H
England of Lincoln. Governor More
head signed tho parole after ho bo
camo convinced that Mclntyro had no
hand In tho murder or tho Sidnej
wntchmnn, for which ho and Ham No
vlllo nnd Con Sullivan were convicted
A confession signed by Neville states
thut Mclntyre was not in tho yards
Shoes for National Guard.
A carload or hiking-shoes, the first
peace donation or footwear ever .mado
to tho Nebraska National guard, hn?
Just boon received at headquarters In
Lincoln. Tho consignment will be
Rtored In the nrmory nt present and
will likely bo given out nt tho state
camp this year, ir tho plan to join
with other states In tho maneuvers nt
Fort Rlloy. Kns.. Is followed out, then
tho shoes will bo given out previous
to tho dopartnre for that encampment
Tho shres, according to General Hall'
are of a durable quality '
NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE
Chnncellor Avery, W. R. Mollor, Dr.
Sheldon and Dr. Condra will attend a
conservation congress at McCook,
March 6.
A now innovation In tho geological
department will bo a six weeks' sum
mer course In tho Blnck Hills. Espe
cial attention will bo given to geology
and mining.' About twenty will be in
tho party.
Tho Ladies' Relief Society of Fre
mont hns been Incorporated. Interest
ed in it aro Minnlo Zlatky, Fannie
Krehsteln. Myrtle Verbln, Lizzie Koo
rlch and Ida Berlk. Its purposes are
charitable
Tbo death knell of Arms outside, the
state which come Into Nebraska to bid
on stato printing was sounded In dis
trict court when tho State Journnl
won Its case in an injunction suit
brought to prevent printing of su
preme court reports by a Missouri
firm.
A petition for a military encamp
ment to be held at Fort Leavenworth
Is being circulated among students on
tho university campus. The camp is
to bo after final examinations in June,
and will not interfere with summer
vacations. The university senate will
decide whether a camp should be
given or not.
Immense exhibits of all food pro
ducts manufactured In the stnto are
planned for tho coming stato fair ns a
part of tho exhibition to be put on by
the state food commission. Initial
plans for the task have been worked
out and if they go through tho entire
old agricultural hall will be devoted
to tho vast showing.
Secretary of Stato Wait has com
pleted his count of names on the peti
tion asking that the question of uni
versity removal be submitted to a vote
at tho general election this fall. He
found a total of 2C.2G3 names. The
number required by law is 25.912. This
leaves only 351 names in excess of tho
number required by law.
At n, meeting of the state board of
educational lands and funds, held at
the capltol building, the report of the
appraisers, allowing $8,000 for tho pur
chase of additional land for the state
fair grounds, was adopted. This
amount was appropriated by the Iaet
legislature and tho board found the
land to be worth that amount.
Capt. S. G. Jamison has tendered
his resignation as quartermaster for
tho Nebraska National guard on Ad
jutant General Hall's staff, and will
be succeeded In that position by Capt
Jesso Craig of Wymore. Captain
Jamison expects to remove to Los An
geles, but has not fully matured his
plans.
Six hundred newspapers and 2,000
manufactories of the stato will bo
asked by Labor Commissioner Pool to
report data on their industrial opera
tions according to a schedule now be
ing sent out by that official. The in
formation gathered will go into the
industrial report of the labor commis
sion and wil contribute to the publicity
on Nebraska's resources from a manu
facturing standpoint.
W. S. RIdgell, stato fire warden, has
received an invitation to speak at n
meeting of the Commercial club, and
tho firemen of St. Edward. Tho ob
ject of the meeting is to interest the
city officers in tho purchase of suit
able fire fighting apparatus. Mr. RId
gell Is paid by tho flro Insurance com
panies doing business in Nebraska and
he is ever ready to preach fire preven
tion and the purchase of good flro
fighting npparatus.
Organization of the lately appointed
minimum wago commission has been
effected. Governor Morehond was
chosen chairman and Miss Anna
Ilawes of tho university faculty was
selected as secretary. Lack of funds
duo to legislative oversight will pre
vent tho commission from extending
its activities, it was agreed, but every
effort will bo bent toward doing as
thorough n Job of investigating female
labor conditions as possible. Gov
ernor Morehead agreed to give the
arising problems special attention nnd
indicated! that he would take a hand
in formulating a report for the next
legislature. Other members of tho
commission are George Norman of
Omaha and Labor Commissioner Pool.
At the meeting of tho commltteo of
university students appointed to In
vestigate student self-government In
other colleges nnd universities, It was
decided to have complete reports of
tho committee printed and placed In
tho hands of thoso Interested.
Several students of the forestry de
partment of the stato university will
take advantage or tho opportune to
do active work in the government for
estry reservo at Halsey. Neb. The
work will begin about tho mlddlo cf
March and will last two weeks.
Baseball has been eliminated ns a
recognized athletic sport at tho Uni
versity or Nebraska. This action was
takon by tho athletic board on recom
mendation or Director or Athletics
Stlehm, who said experiences or the
past row years proved that college
baseball was. not appreciated In towns
or tho conference whoro professional
teams wero maintained.
Dr. Bossoy of tho state univorslty
has gone to Arizona for a few weeks
for tho purpose or studying plant 1 1 to
In the desert regions or that district.
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