THE 8EMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEiRASKA,
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SU Ul illL
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters In Brief Form for All
Classes of Readers.
r WASHINGTON.
Opening of tho Panama canal to thu
worlds commerce on August 10, next,
was announced by Secretary Garrison.
W. 0. Mulkey lias been sworn In
Xor tho Third Alabama district, suc
ceeding Henry D. Clayton, recently
appointed to tho fodoral bonch.
Tho resignation from congress of
Representative William G. Sharp- of
Ohio, recently appointed nmbnsaador
to France, has been announced In a
letter to Speaker Clark.
After months of deliberation, tho
eenato Judiciary commllteo has agreed
Upon tho final revision of tho Clayton
nnti-trust bill to supplement tho Sher
man law which passed' tho houso last
Eprlng.
Great Increases in the Importation
of fresh beef and other moat products
slnco tho Underwood tariff, with its
freo list, wont into effect, aro re
ported to tho Department of Agricul
ture. President Wilson in withdrawing
tho nomination of T.iomas D. Jones
of Chicago to bo a member of tho fed
oral reserve board, lias ended tho bit
tor controversy over his confirma
tion in tho senate.
President Wilson has nominated
Clarence W. Ashford of Honolulu to
l)e first Judgo of tho first circuit court,
and William E. Edlngs, also of Hon
olulu, to bo Judgo of court of thd sec
ond circuit in Hawaii.
Spurred on by tho democratic cau
cus, which has ordered a "hurrying
up" of legislation, tho sonato inter
state comriiorco committee favorably
reported tho revised railroad securi
ties bill. Tho completo trust program
Is now beforo tho senate.
Civil suit to separate tho Npw York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad com
pany from its subsidiary rail, trolloy
and steamship lines will bo brought
by Attorney General McRoynoldj In
the United BtntcB district court nt
Now "ftjrjt within tho next foy Jay a.
X resigning from tho houso of
representatives, James T. McDermott
of tho Fourth Illinois district has
brought to nn, find tho agitation In tho
houso that followed tho publication
and Investigation of tho lobby charges
mado by M. M. Mulhall, a former
agent of tho National Association of
Manufacturer.
President Wilson has sent to tho
sonato for ratification new peaco trea
ties' with, twenty nations, providing
for Biclal Investigation of disputes In
nil cLes where tli(5 resources of di
plomacy have failed. They rg tbj
troatlcs which Sccroln?y Bryan has
indicated tho president wIbIigb to
have ratified beforo congress nd-
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(fl" DOMB8TIO.
Ex-Congrossman James Richardson,
sovereign grand commander Scottish
Rttos Masons, southern Jurisdiction,
diril at his homo at Murfoesboro,
Tun.
Tho long contlnuod effort to un
tangle tho Now Havon railroad with
o t litigation camo to an cud when
PrcMdent WIIhoii, In a lottor to At
torney General McRcynolda diroctod
tho Institution of a Shorman lawsuit
to diesolvo tho system and ordered
that tho criminal aspoctB of tho caso
Lo laid beforo a fodoral grand Jury.
Destructive competition, wuBtoful
irin'ng and a suporilulty of mon In
the Industry woro held responsible
for ttie constant clashes betwoon mln.
cis and oporators by witnesses boforo
tho Federal Industrial commission nt
Chicago.
Three persons woro killed outright,
another died later and twonty-ono
were Injured, some seriously, In a
head-on collision at Westport, Conn.,
between a train of thrco trolloy cars,
carrying 279 Sunday school plcnlckors
and a trolley frolghl.
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ilonry II. Rogors, Standard Oil mil
lionaire, left an estato of $19,009,009
in Now York stato and D. Ogden
Mills left $30,530,791, according to of-
flclal uppralsals filed at Now York.
Announcement was mado at Phila
delphia that a delegation representing
through national associations, more
than 1,000 wholosnlu houses which an
nually handle products, approximat
ing $2,000,000,000, will ho received by
President Wilson to talk over busi
ness conditions,
Tho mlle-hlgh nltltudo of Denver
affects visitors nnd makes tho heart
beat fnstor. This Is Bald' to bo the
reason nearly .twice as many' strang
ers as Denver "resVtleuts woro married
Jn Denver In tho past year.
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i Tho Southern road Is said to havo
boon looted in much tho anmc manner
I1B WIU irY 11UVUII.
Albort Myer of Albert Lea, Mif.n.,
was unanimously ro-olocted president
of tho American Optical association
at tho seventeenth annual congress
nt St. Louis.
'I ho list of rats Infected with bu
bonic plaguo was Increased to sevon
nt New Orleans when examination of
a rodent captured showed that It bar
boied plaguo germs.
Sidney Ossosky, general claim
agents of tho Chicago surfaco rail
ways has been dismissed following
charges that ho had appropriated
$117,000 of tho company's funds.
Tho fog which has hung over tho
Rhodo Island coast for several days
having lifted tho cup defenders sailed
tholr tightest race, tho Resolute again
winning, but only by seconds over tho
Vanltlo and by less than two min
utes over tho Defiance.
Hopos for a satisfactory adjust
ment of the wago controversy bo
tween tho woBtorn railroads and tholr
employe took dullnlto shapo with tho
assembly of tho fodoral board of mod
latlon, whoso good offices havo been
accepted by both sides.
Tho Chicago divorce prevention bu
reau of tho municipal court has open
ed lta doors as tho first branch of a
court created solely to fight tho dl
vorco ovll. Tho dlvorco prevention
bureau Is part of tho court of domestic
relations.
There Is no foundation for much of
tho agitation about business condi
tions In tho United States, George M
Reynolds, president of tho Contlnon
tal and Commercial National bank,
nnd John Shedd, president of Marshall
Field & Co., of Chicago asserted In
tholr testimony boforo tho federal
commission on Industrial relations.
With tho closo of tho professional
baseball season lsss than two months
away tho pennant races In both major
nnd minor loagucn aro tightening up
In a remarkable manner when tho
scores of associations aro considered
as a whllo. Willi a few ox .options
hero and there tho struggles lor first
places aro far sclosor than has been
tho rulo for several years.
Upon recommendation of tho receiv
ers of tho Metropolitan Strost Rail
way company of Kansas City, Mo
Federal Judgo Hook ordored an In
crease of 1 cont an hour In tho wages
of tho employes of tho company. The
Incrcaso will affect nbout 111,000 men
and will cost tho company between
$110,000 and $125,000 n'yoarj jvjeord
Ing to tho estlaTe? of tho receivers.
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V FOREIGN, TD
European diplomacy IS faced with a
situation of extreme gravity In the
controversy between Austria nnd
Sorvla.
Tho Canadian Pnclflc will electrify
tho flVQ-milo tunnel now being bored
through tho Selkirk mountains, neai
Rogers Pass, British Columbia.
Tho merchants of Havana havo ad
dressed a petition to tho American le
gation requesting that arrangomonta
bo mado with tho American govern
nnt to nlQw wy ships, on tho way to
Moxlco to BtOiraTTuavana,
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Count Alexander iRomo who was
leader of tho Garibaldi legion during
tho hiBt Balkan war, In which ho was
wounded, died at Athens. Ho was a
member of tho chamber of deputies of
which ho was at ono tlmo sponkor.
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Shamrock IV, with Its convoy, tho
steam yacht Erin, tho former under
Kb own sail, loft Plymouth for tho
United States. It Is expected that tho
next port of call of tho challenger for
tho Amorlca's cup will bo tho Azores.
Two London miffragottos belonging
to tho British nobility, Lady Barclnv
and the Hon. Miss Edith Fitzgerald,
woro arrested at Buckingham palace,
whero they mado persistent and un
successful attempts to present to King
Georgo a lottor written to his mnjesty
by Mrs. Kmmollno Pankhurst.
A crowd of militant suffragettes
created a wild tumult In tho iisslzo
court and its vicinity when Miss
Dorothy Evnns, an official of tho Bel
fast branch of tho womon's social and
political union, was brought up fer
trial on tho charge of having In her
possession exploalvos for tho purpoBo
of committing a felony.
A conspiracy against tho govern
ment was discovered at Lima, Peru,
and a largo number of plotters woro
surprised and captured In tho roil
denco of Dr. Garardo Balbuona Bar
ranco. Tho prisoners Included seven
military men, all of whom confessed
that It wns tholr Intentions to over
turn tho government.
The strike situation in Russia took
on a moro serious aspect nt St. Pe
tersburg when nrmod conflicts oc
eured In tho streots and rosulted In
tho wounding of many pollco, Cos
sacks and strikers.
In compliance with tho king's sum
mons, which all spoak of In accord
ance with tho tlmo honored tradition
as "coinmand," tho eight party lead
ers most vitally concerned -with a set
tlement of tho homo mlo deadlock
met at Buckingham palace. In nn ef
fort to reach un agreement.
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8ERVIA MUST ACCEPT TERM8
OR FIGHT.
PROSPECTS OF EUROPEAN WAR
Chanco of General Engagement
Among Nations Is Not Regarded
at all Unlikely.
London. Now proof that Austria is
fully determined to make war on
Sorvla is scon In recont developments,
while tho possibilities of a general
European war scorn greater than havo
over confronted tho present genera
tion. Tho Servian reply to tho Austro
Hungarlnn ultimatum wns an accept
ance of almost all tho Imperial de
mands, except that Austrian ofllclnls
shall participate In tho investigation
and fix responsibility for tho antl
Austrian propaganda.
Sorvla proposed an appeal to tho
powers at The Hague for the settle
ment of that feature. Notwithstand
ing this humiliating surrender, which
wns moro than Europe expected of
tho proud little nation, tho Austrian
government has given the Servian
minister his passports, which may bo
construed as a virtual declaration of
war.
First Act of War.
Austria also committed nn act of
war by arresting tho chief of the
Servian general staff, General Putnlk,
nsar Budapest, but he was soon re
leased by tho Emperor's direct com
mand. A formal declaration of war Is not
oxpected becauso Servla la not a
party to Tho Hague convention which
requires this. Tho suspension of all
parliamentary and Judicial institu
tions has been decreed In Austria, and
an Ironclad censorship has drawn a
cordon of secrecy around tho country,
so that tho outside world Is in com
ploto ignoranco of everything hap
pening there except what tho govern
ment wants tho world to know.
Even now the Austrian armies may
bo closing in on Sorvla and launching'
a sudden blow, as Japan did when It
sent Its fleet against the Russian
ships without warning.
King's Men Shoot Into Mob.
Dublin. Threo men and one wo
man aro dead and more than sixty
porsonB aro in tho hospital wounded,
as a result of a batallon of the King's
Own Scottish borderers firing into a
mob In tho streets of Dublin. Soven of
tlin wounded aro oxpected to die.
Among tfiqm or'fl tiL0 women nnd a
boy of 10. ' ' . .
ThXntfray was tho result of a gun
running exploit of tho Nationalists'
volunteers, who wero being aided bjV
a mob composed largely of woman
and youths. A consignment of rifles,
anid to number 10,000 woro landed nt
Dowth, nlno miles from Dublin, from
a prlvato yacht. Tho Nationalists' vo
lunteers cut tho telegraph wires and
stopped travel on tho Dublin roadB,
and acordlng to reports sent away
most of the rifles, together with 70,
000 rounds of ammunition, In motor
cars,
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May Disrupt Peace Plan,
"Washington. Advices to tho offect
that Gonernl Carranza is not disposed
to make a formal agreement granting
amnesty in ndvnnco of his actual as
sumption of power In Mexico City
roached Washington from tho head
quarters of tho constitutionalist chief.
This Is not In lino with what the
American government has previously
understood to bo Carranza's position,
nnd If Insisted upon may disrupt tho
proposed peaco conferenco in Moxlcj
at its vwy beginning.
The Unltod States has takn a de
finite position urging that an amncBty
nnd guaruntco bo glen. Informnl as
surances camo recont.y from Carran
za hat with tho" exception or those
who woro directly rosponslblo for tho
murder of Madoro and Suarez he
would not proseouto tho supportors of
tho Huerta government.
Dismissal and Not Imprisonment.
Washington. Abolition of Imprison
ment for -desertion from the navy In
times of peaco was ordered by Secre
tary Danlols. Under tho now regula
tions bluo Jackets who overstay their
loavo or commit slmilnr breaches of
discipline will bo summarily dismiss
ed instead of bolug sont to prison,
whllo men who becomo dissatisfied
with tho servlco and want to quit
may. havo an honorable dlschargo by
moroly refunding cortaln enlistment
allowances.
More Cases of Plague In New Orleans
Now Orleans. Two human cnBes of
bubonic plaguo and threo rodont
cnsos woro roportod by Dr. W. C. Rue
kor, nsslstant surgeon gonernl In
chnrgo of plaguo eradication work.
Men Missing In Chicago.
Chicago. Five mon wero reported
missing when flro destroyed the six
story building used by Morris nid
company as a refinery In tho stock,
yards. Thoso missing woro at work
on the sixth floor of tho building. The
flro started on tho sixth floor.
000 Miles In Row Boat.
Fairbanks, Alaska. William Mtwo,
a Fort Yukon merchnnt, who malle a
C00-mllo trip In a row boat from tho!
Porcupine river to Fort Gibbon tto
havo his legs nmptittcQ, diod.
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II
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Thirty-flvo ncres of land on ,th
Helm farm, Superior, yielded elghtj
bushels of oats nn acre.
The date of Harvard's fall festival
has been changed from August 12 and
13 to August 19 and 20.
Claudo Aubrey, who broke Jail al
Grundy, la,, was arrested In Auburn
by Deputy Sheriff Broady.
Tho Harvard Community club is
planning for a fall festival. Commit
tees havo been appointed to arrange
a program.
William Haley, a tramp, was fined
$10 and costs for attempting to rifle
tho cash register at tho L'lndell hotel
at Hastings.
L. C. Todd of Nehawka was fined
$5 by Judge Archer for falling to
havo lights on his automobllo when
driving at night.
Ten thousand dollars for hl3 lost
too Is what Georgo Pelck of Omaha
si demanding of tho Chicago & North
western Railway company.
Tho International Sheriffs' associa
tion decided in favor of federation of
peaco ofllcers boforo adjourning the
convention In Lincoln.
An excellont yield of potatoea
seems assured from reports from
Sioux, Box Butte, Sheridan, Scotts
bluff nnd Brown counties.
Ralph Buchtol of Tobias was badly
bruised when ho was thrown from
his motorcycle north of Ohlowa. He
was going at a high rate of speed.
For tho first tlmo slnco the revenue
law of 1903 went Into effect thero is
a reduction in the total- assessed val
uation of all property In tho stato.
Tho sixth annual tournament of the
northeast Nebraska tennis association
will bo held at the Norfolk Country
club courts. Fifty players will com
pete. A delegation of Cedar Bluffs boost
ers In eighteen automobiles toured
through Saunders county In the in
terest of tho festival to be held July
28 and 29.
Georgo D. Thomas, newly appolnt
sd postmaster at Soward took charge
of that ofllco. William Royer, whom
ho succeeds, has served for fourteen
years.
William Fried, vice president of tho
Nyo-Schnelder-Fowlor Grain com
pany, died at his home in Fremont
of cancer, after an Illness of about
six months.
David Primrose threshed a seventy
acre field of wheat lying Just west of
Primrose that averaged thlrty-soven
bushels to tho acre and tosted sixty
two pounds.
Sheriff Jones of Auburn has filed as
democratic candidate for stato sena
tor, and Cashier Yont of the Brook
State bank as a candldato for tho
houso of representatives.
Deputy Fish Commissioner W. J.
O'Brien and Deputy Gamo Warden
Gust Rutenbeck have returned from
.Curtjs, whero they deposited six tons
of fish jjj Hig In kg at that place.
According to tlTo FepSrT oT the
street railway companyy filed with
tho city clerk, the gross receipts of
tho Omaha lines for the threo months
snding Juno 30 wero fwSJOO.-lC.
From reports received and compiled
by J. R. Dnucan, secretary of tho Ne
braska stato horticultural society, it
appears tho prospects for apples are
not as good as they wero earlier In
tho season.
Cafl Lonnon of Hebron was injured
when his team ran away after ono of
the horses fell on a bridge. Ho was
thrown Into the river and ono arm
was broken. He was ablo to mako his
way to a doctor.
John Gillesplo was returned from
Superior to Hastings on a charge of
passing a WorthleEs check. Ho made
good tho cheek which William Otto
cashed a Month ago and paid a fine
of $10 and costs.
Charles Olson of Nowman Grovo
Ihs appealed to the supremo court
from a Judgment of tho district court
of Madison county in a caso whoro
he brought action against tho village
board of Newman Grovo to compol
them to recount the votes held In tin
city election on tho proposition of II
ceuso to saloons.
During the last weok entries wero
mndo by plow and rood grader manu
facturers who will exhibit at tho next
state fair. Somo distinct ndvanccs
havo boon mado during the last yenr
nnd tho now modoU In farm machin
ery will Interest both the doalor nnd
tho purchnser of up-to-date imple
ments for farm us'o.
Agricultural enthusiasts In a num
ber of counties nro preparing tho
county displays for the stato fair. Ex
hibit spneo Is being assigned by Su
perintendent Wllllnm James of Dor
chostor. Tho agricultural exhibit of
Nebraska has aroused envy nil over
the country. It promises to bo a rec
ord brenker this year.
Shipments out of Omaha by parcel
post havo becomo so heavy that a new
termlnnl mllway postoillco for hand
ling parcel post packages will bo
opened In tho Union dopot postal sta
tion by tho railway mall service. Six
or eight additional men will bo om
ployed In tho department which will
bo installed in tho basement of tho
Union dopot station.
Lieutenant Govornor S. Tt. MoKol
vie has left fer a trip to Now York,
Philadelphia, Boston nnd othor east
ern lolnts. Ho expects to he gone
until Soptnmbor 1.
Tho Lusk-"Wyomlng Oil Co., which
has "been drilling for oil JuBt across
tho stato lino from Harrison, In Wy
oming, lias abandoned tho well nt a,
doptli of 2.250 feet on account of lack
of funds. Tho drilling rig will ho
moved sbc inlleB west of tho present
slto and n well will bo begun for tho
Pino Dome Co. If this well Is sue
cessful the ribandoned well will b9
'coniptetetl at a 'lrtter dato.
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SCHOOL COMMISSION MAKES
RECOMMENDATIONS.
TAKE SCHOOLS FROM POLITICS
Removal of the Major Educational In
stitutions From Political Field
lo Planned.
Lincoln, Neb. Removal of the
stato superintendent's office and the
major educational positions from tho
field of politics Is contemplated In rec
ommendations to bo made? to the 1915
lawmakers by the state school law
revision commission.
In its report tho commission will
give its reasons why submission and
adoption of such an amendment would
work untold benefits to Nebraska's
school system.
Further than this tho commission
will recommend a moro equnl distri
bution of tho school apportionment
moneys, easier methods for consolida
tion of rural schools, moro feasible
plans for maintaining rural high
schools, elimination of third grade,
certificates to eighth grade graduates,
and passage of laws enabling school
treasurers to draw Interest money on
district deposits.
Drs. Howard, Wolfe, Luckey nnd
Caldwell of the state university woro
named on a committee to assht tho
commission In determining non-partisan
methods for election of school sys
tem heads. Tho commltttee will re
port at a later session to be held by
tho body.
Tax Law Proving Its Value.
Lincoln, Neb. Popularity of tho
corporation tax bill passed by tho
1913 session at Governor Morehead's
request and with assistance of tho
democratic house, advanced several
notches when the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad com
pany camo in with a $2,500 check and
tho Omaha & Council Bluffs Street
Railway company and affiliated prop
erties camo in with a check for $3,380.
Under the old law the companies
would havo paid $G75. Tho total in
favor of tho new law thereforo la
$5,005. The Standard Oil company
camo In also with a $400 check,
whereas under the former statute its
f.eo would havo been nnot to exceed
$125, according to clerks In the ofllco
of tho secrotary of stnte.
Listed among tho "names of tho af
filiated properties of tho Omaha street
car system aro the Metropolitan Cablo
company, the Omaha Cablo Tramway
company and other concerns whose
names are not known to many present-day
residents of tho metropolis.
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Knox County Decreases.
Lincoln, Neb. Knox county has re
ported a decrease of assessed values
this year. A report filed with the
stato board of aHSessment shows the
total assessed value of all property
In tho county has decreased from
$1,006,543 to $998,500.t Tho county re
ports a decrease In tlio value of lands
although 14,000 acres of accessablo
lands woro added to tho assessment
roll this year. Tho counties of Fur
nas, Gago, Garden and Knox have not
yet reported. In Gago county the de
lay is duo principally to the attempt
if the countv board to change tho
-valuation of horses and other llvo
stock on a basis of the age ot tno
animals. It Is almost impossible for
tho assessor to figure out tho result
which tho board desired to reach.
Will Delay Valuation.
Lincoln, Neb. Officials of the en
gineering department of the state rail
way commission aro not likely to bo
seen on tho streets of Omaha and
nearby cities and villages within the
noar futuro, making a valuation of the
property of the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street Railway Co. For tho
stato supremo court, which has had
under consideration tho question of
tho railway commission's right to
compol such n valuation did not rulo
on tho matter previous to summer
adjournment. That means that .tho
opinion will bo stayed until fall and
that after it is rendered thero will be
the customary legal delays for filing
of motions for rohearlng and other
turns In the litigation.
No Action Taken.
Tho Stato Railway commission has
decided to take no action in tho agi
tation by Omaha parties looking to a
physical valuation ot tho South
Omaha stock yards until after tho hog
service rate hearing has been beforo
tho board. Tho commission wrote to
the parties who had been looking up
the matter stating that unless u com
plaint was ontored tho matter would
tto over until after tho hog service
hearing was completed.
Can Use the General Fund.
Lincoln, Nob. A eolutlon has at
last been found by the State Board
of Control of tho problem of. making
up deficits in tho maintenance funds.
Attornev General Martin has given
out nn opinion In which ho says that
it !s within tho power of tho beard to
uso $5,000 of its general appropria
tion for the purpose of making up tho
deficit In tho maintenance, fund fer
tho girls' Industrial school. This prin
ciple will apply oqually well to de
ficits occurring In the maintenance
funds of the other state Institutional
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CRUSADE BRINGS RESULT8.
Many Lives Saved and Accidents Pre
vented on Northwestern.
Lincoln, Neb. Tho "safety first"
crusado of the Northwestern railroad,
started four years ago, has bosn pro
ductive of great good. Figures show
ing tho effect of tho movement havo
been filed with Chairman Clarke or
the railway commission by Superin
tendent Walters.
Comparisons made between tho four1
years ending Juno 30, 1910, and the!
four years ending Juno 30, 1914, show
tho following:
Fifty-nine less trainmen killed and!
6,244 less Injured.
Twenty-eight loss switchmen killed."
and ninety-six less Injured.
Tweuty-threo loss statlonmen killed
and 074 less Injured.
Thirty-five less trackmen killed and
1,884 loss injured.
Two less brldgcmen killed and 213
less injured.
Two less shopmen killed nnd 75G'
less Injured. '
A total of 310 less persons killed'
and 10,113 less ihjured.
Adjutant General Kail has an
nounced that unless a change of dato
Is found necessary, tho annual en
campment of the Nebraska national
guard will bo held at Ashland, August.
27 to September 4. This dato Is'
chosen because It is tho only time,
regular troops can be present. At;
lesat two companies, of regulars will'
camp with tho stato troops. An addi
tional $18,000 will bo allowed by tho
government on account of tho pres
ence of regular army troops.
The state rahvay commission has
granted leave to tho Nebraska Tele
phono company to issuo $1,500,000 of
common stock, the proceeds to be
used to retire $1,350,000 of G per cent
domand notes for widen the company
received their face value, tho balance
of $150,006 to be used for future con
struction and betterment. April 4 tho
capital of the company was $11,838,482
and its liabilities $15,078,5C7.
Stato Food Commissioner Harraan
held another meeting with creamery
men for the purpose of Inducing oper
ators of creamerlea to buy cream ac
cording to grade and not according to
weight. Governor Morehead address
ed the meeting. Tho creamery men
agreed to try tho now method for one
month, beginning August 1, without
changing the price. This trial will
educato operators in methods of grad
ing cream and if it is found satis
factory the method will bo continued
and different prices will bo paid in
abcordanco with quality and grade.
Drainage district No. 1, Richardson
county, has appealed to the supreme
court from a judgment .for $7,000
given in favor of A. S. Daggett and
others "who sued for damages caused
by tho condemnation of and for right
of way for ditches, dikes and levees.
Secretary Ludl of tho state printing
bureau will open bids July 30 oa
twelve different biennial state reports,
ranging in number of copies from 300,
to 7,500. A small amount of printing
for state institutions and state de-i
partments will also bo awarded on
that date.
Tho board of control may have to
go to. tho courts to got funds to run
tho penitentiary. Tho ' maintenance
fund of that institution Is exhausted,
but there Is $25,000 of other funds
nvailablo for salaries, repairs and"
other purposes, most of which is not
needed fer the purposes for which it
was appropriated. Tho board of con
trol will ask leave to transfer these
funds of tho institution to tho main
tenance fund or ask the right to draw;
out of the state treasury $30,000 paid
in during the present biennium from
the labor fund of the penitentiary, it'
has been tho custom to turn all mon
ey derived from convict labor con-j-tracts
Into tho state general fund;
Under tho Gerdes law stato Institu
tions are required to turn in all cash,
funds Into tho state treasury and
thou draw out' such funds on vouch-'
era and warrants as they aro needed.!
Tho attorney general Is of the opinion,
that this law does not apply to tho,
convict labor fund, becauso the legis
lature appropriated maintenance
funds for tho penitentiary without re.
gard to the money derived from con
vict labor. The penitentiary has a'
cash fund derived from tho salo of,
products of various kinds that is turn
ed into tho state treasury under th&
Gerdes law and which Is drawn upon
by tho stato board. Stato Treasurer
George will not permit tho board of
control to draw tho convict labor fund
from the stato goneral fund without
an order of court. Tho board will;
endeavor to transfer unused funds of
the penitentiary or to obtain the uso
of tho convict labor fund which Is now
In tho state treasury.
Next November a Junior agricul
tural short course will bo held In
Madison county. Delegates will be
sent trom Madison, Wayno, Pierce
and Stanton counties. Tho program-
Reports from Sheridan, Box Butto,
and Brown counties Indlcato that the
potato crop In the northwestern part
of th estato will bo up to tho usual
standard. Tho vinos aro in healthy
condition, tho yield good and tho crop
has come through remarkably free
from disease Sheridan and Box
Butte counties aro closo rivals In tho
matter of production. Brown county
does not grow ns many potntoes, but
manages to turn out an early product.
In Scottsbluff county tho potato crop
Is an Important factor. Sovoral days,
ago the reportu Indicated a gbod crop;
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