RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
FIGHTING ON BORDER
AMERICAN SOLDIERS FIRED UPON
BY MEXICANS
FAVORS THE HONOR SYSTEM
President Would Introduce New
Method at Naval Academy
Arctic Exploring Party
Is Located
Wtnltrn Newpnr.?r Union News Scrvlc.
Brownsville, Tux. Aiiiprlcan caval
rymen hnd two lights with Mexicans
across tho Itlo Grande Friday, 0110
here and one near Donna, about sixty
miles up tho river. In both clashes
tho Ampri.an soldiers wore fired upon
and returned tho flro without them
selves BtifTorliiK any casualties. Ten
American cavalrymen In the Donna
llpht, which lasted two hours -and n
half, reported they were fired upon by
about 200 Mexicans and believed that
they hod hit soventcon Moxlcnns,
Twenty Amorlcnn cavalrymen fought
on tho outskirts of Brownsvlllo for
half nn hour with Mexicans on tho
opposite side of tho bank of tho river.
After tho fight ono Cnrranza soldier
was taken to Mntamoran probably fat
ally wounded, but Cnrranza officers
denied emphatically that any of their
men Joined In tho battle. Investiga
tion of tho affair Is In progress.
Stefantson It Located.
Nome, Alaska. Vtlhjnlmur Stefans
on, chief of tho Canadian government
Arctic exploring and survey expedition
that left Victoria, B. C, In June, 1913,
nnd who set out afoot over tho Ice with
two companions from tho shoro of
northeastern Alaska In March, 1914,
to seek now land In uncharted seas,
did not go to his doath, as tho world
had begun to fear, but found tho now
land and tho only hnrdBhlpB endured
wore thoso of short rations. Tho
power schooner Ituby arrived from
Horschal Island with dispatches
from Htcfanrson to tho Canadian gov
ernment In which ho omlto referenco
to tho porlls of tho Journey on tho Ico
nnd gives spneo to tho Bclontlflc ro
milts achieved. Ho Beems to lmvo
been quite unawaro of tho anxiety his
long sllonco aroused.
IN FAVOR OF HONOR SYSTEM.
President Would Introduce It at Naval
Academy.
Washington. President Wilson
drew on his years of oxporlenco ns
bend of ii grent university at a con
ference with Secretary Daululs nnd
Captain Kberlo, tho newly appointed
head of the naval academy at Annap
olis. Tho conference, which was at
the president's suggestion, was over
problems of collego management, dls
clpllnn and administration, Including
reorganization of tho neademy. Tho
practicability of Introducing nt An
napolis tho honor system now used at
Prlncoton was tnken up nt tho confer
ence Tho president said thnt whllo
ho was head of Princeton ho hnd ob
served thnt tho honor system worked
well thore.
' Federation Elects Officer.
Omaha. Oiricors of tho Nebraska
federation of labor olectod horo Friday
were: President, T. P. Hoynolds,
Omaha; first vlco president, Ilobort
Dunlap, firemen's union, Omaha; sec
ond vlco president, O. A. Walker, bar
tenders' union, Lincoln; third vice
president, Rudolph Cheloborad, brew
ery workers' union, Omaha; secretary
treasurer, Prank M. Coffey, Lincoln,
sergcant-at-arms, Swan njork, brew
ery workers' union, Lincoln; legisla
tive committee, J. II. Wangborg, ma
chinists; Pntrlck Shophord, cooks and
waiter; II. J. Heal, printers, all of
Omaha.
Two Inches of Hall Fell.
Bdlndcn, Nobr. Hailstones half Inch
to dlnmoter fell hero Friday ovenlnc
and covered tho ground two Inches
deep. lAu far aa could bo learned tho
damago waB small. Tho storm contorcd
about Mlnden aud tho northorn part
of Kearney county. Thero was no hall
In tho eastern part of tho county, and
only a small amount In tho southern
and western portions. Tho hall was
acoomponled by a fairly strong wlud
nnd by about three-fourthB Inches of
rain.
"Come to Sunday School Day."
Lincoln, Neb. Governor Morehead
haB designated November 7 ns "Coma
to Sunday School Day," when it is
hopod to get GOO.000 peoplo in tho Btnte
to attend. Tho Stnto Sunday School
association is backing tho movement,
with ovory school in tho stato holplug.
Jopltn, Mo. Damages estimated by
aporutors and business men at $500,000
Was caused Wednesday by tho heavi
est rainfall over recorded In Joplln for
a similar porlod of time. Seven Inches
of rain fell in eight hours.
Increaso In Naval Academy.
Washington. Secretary Daniels will
rocommend to congress thnt tho mini
"bor of midshipmen in tho naval acad
emy bo increased to cnpaclty. Thnt
would mean tho appointment of prac
tically 300 moro midshipmen than will
bo cnrollod this fall, or about 1,200.
Heavy Export of Gold.
London. Announcement Is made by
the Dank of England that gold to tho
amount of 2,390,000 pouuds ($11,900,
000) had been onguged for export to
tho United States.
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JAPAN COMESTOTHERESCUE
HALF BILLION IS NOW SUGGEST
ED AS AMOUNT.
Government of Japan Will Mobilize
Industrial Resources British
Court Condemns
Cargoes.
Western NewKpnper Union News Service.
Now York. Tho proposed billion
dollar loan to Great Britain and
France Iuib shriveled in tho gossip of
Wall street to half Its previous size.
Flvo hundred million dollars was the
sum set as tho amount which Ameri
can financiers would lend. This flguie
socmed to bo tho uniform ono In a half
dozon or moro reports current in tho
llnuuclal section. At least ono finan
cier In closo touch with tho situation
wan quoted ns saying that this sum
would be loaned. The commission It
Rolf and Its American financial hends
had nothing to say an to this phase.
Condemns American Cargoes.
London. Tho Ilrltlsh prizo court has
condemned tho grentor part of tho
American products forming cargoes of
four steamships. Tho products, val
ued at several million dollars, uro de
clared forfeited to tho crown. Tho
Judgment waa delivered by Sir Sunt
uel T. Evans, president of tho court.
It Involves tho cargoes or tho Norwe
gian steamships Kim, Alfred Nobul,
IJjornstJonic-BJornson nnd Frldlnud.
All tho goods on these vessels, consist
ing principally of American meat
products, aro confiscated with tho ex
ception of n Bmall proportion which
the court released to claimants.
JAPAN COMES TO RESCUE.
Japanese Government Will Mobilize
Her Industrial Resources.
Toklo. Tho decision of tho Japnu
oso government to moblllro the indus
trial resources of tho country to In
creaso output of arms and ammuni
tion for tho allies, Ih explained by
Premier Okuma in an Intorvlow In tho
Kokumln Shlmbun, one of tho leading
dallies of tho metropolis.
"Russia has a grent numbor of sol
diers but sho lacks munitions nnd
other war material," tho premier Is
quoted as saying. "Englnnd is in the
samo position. Franco alone among
tho entente powers is ablo to meet her
own requirements. Japan now rea
lizes that nil tho allies must co
oporato to defeat our common onomlos
and has decided to glvo further assist
ance to tho allies. Wo havo sent In-
structlons to our ambassador abroad
to that effect."
Special Census of Nebraska Towns.
Washington, D. C A special census
of Omaha, Hastings and Falls City
may bo nindu by tho bureau of the
census. It Is statod, although con
firmation could not bo obtnlned at tho
Whlto house, that applications havo
been filed with tho president to direct
that such enumerations bo mndo. If
tho president approves an application
tho buroau of census Is propurod to
provide tho necessary oxocutlvo organ
ization to make the consua.
File Claim for Loss on Arabic.
Iluffalo, N. Y. Formal claim against
Germany for Indemnity haB been filed
with Secretary Lansing by Phillip
Colllor and his wife, Mnybclle, of this
city, who lost nil their possessions In
tho sinking of tho Arabic, upon which
they wero passengers.
Reports Are Denied.
Wnshlngton Hoports that Presldont
Wilson was favorably ccnsldorlng ar
bitration or American lives lost on tho
Arabic nro denied In high administra
tion circles.
Washington. Govornmont money
probnhly will not bo necdod to aid in
tho annual fall crop movement In tho
torrltory from tho Mississippi river to
tho Ilocky mountains, north of Texns,
nccojdlng to ud vices recohed by Sec
retary McAdoo from tho federal ro
servo agents of tho Minneapolis and
Kansns City fodoral reserve banks.
Offers of tho secretary to doposlt
government funds in theso banks, in
lino with tho policy which led to do
posits of $15,000,000 In thoso of Rich
mond, Atlanta and Dallas, wero declined.
WNwinitf iuwi jii ii m, jig
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AMERICANS IN MEXICO ADVISED
TO LEAVE FIGHTING ZONE.
Depositors Protest Against Uee ot
Their Money for Big Loan
Lincoln Wins Dollar
Gas Case.
Western Newnpnper Union News BerMce.
Washington. American consuls in
northorn Mexico, which now has be
come tho chief battle ground between
tho contendmg factions, have been ad
vised by tho Btato department not only
to notify American citizens to with
draw from tho danger zones, but to
lenvo Mexico themselves In tho event
that conditions become 'intolerable.
Socretnry Lansing describes tho in
structions to consuls, which wero is
sued sovernl days ago, as simply pre
cautionary on account of tho disturbed
conditions. They nro similar to thoso
given to American consuls In Europo
whenovor tho contending armies draw
near cities previously untouched by tho
fighting.
Lincoln Wins Dollar Gas Case.
Lincoln, Neb. After nine ycara of
litigation, and subject only to nn ap
peal to tho fodoral supremo court,
which Is now deemed improbable, tho
peoplo of Lincoln have won their some
what eclobrated enso for tho enforce
ment of tho dollar gas ordlnnnco ou
acted by tho city council In 190C. Tho
final determination may bo somewhat
delayed should tho defendant company
dotermlno to appeal, but dolay In of
footing final settlement will simply
entail nddltlonnl expense, for tho com
pauy Is under bond to refund all It has
collected for gas nbovo $1 nor thnn.
sand foot slnco tho passage of tho reg
ulatory ordinance.
WESTERN BANKS OBJECT.
Depositors Protest Against Use of
Their Money for Loan.
Now York. Objections from west
ern banks to a big American loan to
Englnnd and Franco, It tho money Is
to bo used for tho purchnso of war
munitions, gnvo the Anglo-French com
mlssloners and their American hnnn
something new to puzzle over when
tnoy convened at tho clearing house
Tuesday. Representations, It was ad
mitted, had como In largo volume that
tho banks In the Interior will not sub
scribe to such a loan. In somo enscs
It was tho personal objection of tho
banker, In other cases tho bankers
said depositors had been protesting
against such uso of their money.
Predicts an End to Trouble.
Now York. That tho difficulties be
tween tho United 8tates and Germany
would bo settled wlthtn a fortnight
was tho opinion voiced by Count von
nernstorff, tho German ambassador, at
his hotel horo shortly after his return
from Washington. Approached by n
newspaperman, Count von nernstorff
said.
"Ordinarily I glvo only prepared In
terviews ovor my slgnnturo. Today I
shall mako an excoptlon. You may
say for me that I am suro that within
a fortnight nil supposed difficulties be
twoon tho United States and Germnny
will hate beon settled nnd perma
nently settled, and tho nations will bo
moro friendly than they ever have
been."
Prohibited from Leaving Germany.
Amsterdam Tho HandelBblad lenrns
that all males from soventcon to forty
flvo yenrs of ago havo beon piohlbtted
from leaving Germany. Somo who at
tempted to loavo havo boon turned
back at Dutch frontier stations.
No Speeches for Wilson.
Wnshlngton. Presldont Wilson told
a delegation or vlsltorsfrom Mannssas,
Vn., that tho seriousness of tho Interna
tional situation makes It lmposslblo
for him to consider any speaking
dates.
Held for Ransom, but Escaped.
El Paso, To.. John Lowonbruck,
the Amorlcan cattleman hold for ran
som by supposed Salazar men south
of Hnchlta, N. M last week, and who
oscuped from his guards, has nrrlvcd
here. Ho suld that tho bandits burne.l
his automobllo and took everything ot
value from him at a point twelo
miles south of Hnchlta, then marched
him Into tho country, until ho was
sovonty-elght miles from tho border.
Thero ho was placed under a guard.
The guard dozed and ho escaped.
ilLDAN WILLBE MADE
SYNDICATE OF BANKER3 WILL
FINANCE IT.
REVENUES ARE RUNNING LOW
Will Have to Revise Revenue Legis
lation at Next Session of
Congress. Want to
End Trouble.
Wstern Newspaper Union .Vcbb Service.
New York. The proposed mammoth
loan to (Srcnt Ilrltaln nnd France, It Is
reported, Is to bo underwritten by a
largo sndlcnte of American llnanclers
aru bankers who nro to receive a com
mission for their services. Tho securi
ties offered, It was bald, will bo Hrlt
Ish nnd French 5 per cent government
bonds and tho price to tho invustor Is
to he at par.
Tho umount of the loan, It was re
ported, Is yet undetermined, but will
be between $G00,000,00O and $SOO,000,
000. Whether the munitions of war will
bo Included within the scope of the
proposed credit, so far ns could b
learned, has not been decided.
Solving Submarine Problem.
Berlin. A full settlement of the sub
marine problem enn probably bo nr
ranged by negotiation In Washington
Count von Dernstroff, German amlaa
eador to tho United States, Is In posses
slon of complete Information regard
ing tho wishes nnd policy of Germany
bo tho lAssoclnted Press is informed,
and has been given power to negotiate
terms of settlement with tho United
States subject only to final revision
and approval by tho homo government
A long report on the submarine situ
atlon was received here from Counl
von Bornstorff and nn equally long
messago of instructions went forward
to tho ambassador. Doth dlspntches
wero of a nature which seems to mako
olllclals confident that tho whole sub
marine problem can bo speedily and
Bafely settled.
REVENUE IS RUNNING LOW.
New Legislation Believed Necessary
at the Forthcoming Session
of Congress.
Wnshlngton. Revenue legislation In
tho coming session of congress was
discussed nt a long conference bo
tweun Secrctury McAdoo of tho trea3
ury and Representative Claudo Kit
chin of North Cnrollnn, majority lead
or of tho next house of roprcscnta
tlvea. Democratic leaders aro con
vlnced that legislation must bo enact
ed to swell tho government receipts Ic
view of the prospectB of continued wnr
In Europe. Customs receipts havo not
shown any tendency to increaso and in
ternal revenue receipts aro not equal
to n few years ago. Tho certainty
that largo appropriations will bo de
manded for tho army nnd navy als
must bo taken into consideration.
Torreon Has Been Evacuated.
El Paso, Tox. Torreon has beon evac
uated by tho forces of General Villa,
according to official advices received
horo. General Villa and staff havo
loft for Chihuahua City. Inability of
tho Villa forces to secure supplies
with which to advance against Gen
eral Obrcgon's Cnrranzn forces mado
tho position untenable. Plans for split
ting tho Villa army into small bands
for tho purpose of raiding Obregon's
lines of communication wero reported
by refugees who aro arriving by tho
hundreds. Tho evacuation of Torreon
was accomplished only after every for
eigner who wished to leave had been
offered every facility, according to ro
ports.
Want Potato Harvesters.
Hemlngford, Nob. Thero is a great
shortage of farm hands hero to assist
in getting tho potatoes out of the
ground. Men can get at least forty
days' work at $2 and bettor a day and
board. Unless at least 200 men can
bo omployed in this vicinity tho larg
est potuto crop over raised will bo
lost by frost. K. L. Plerco of the
Stato bank will direct any laborors
who come, to farmors who need them.
Washington That Great Britain will
soon allow tho shipment to the United
States of Gorman, Austrian and Turk
ish goods bought by Americans befor
March 1 was declared certain at the
etato department trado advisor's offico.
Clovcland. Dolegatcs to tho conven
tion of the MaBtor Horstshoors' Na
tlonnl Protoctlvo association, in ses
sion hero, declared that tho hard pave
ments used on automobllo roads was
helping tholr business. They say a
horso'B shoes now wear only one
fourth aB long aa formerly.
Washington. President Wilson has
been decorated with a miniature 'Anier
lean flag, which was pinned on him on
behalf of tho Grand Army of tho Ro
publlo annual encampment which
opens hero later this month.
Interested In Mexican Situation.
Washington. Informal Inquiries
havo beou mado by somo of tho Euro
pean goYcrnmentB as to tho Washing-,
ton administration's noxt stop in tua
Moxlcnn situation. Ambassador Jus
eorand of Franco hnd n long talk with
Socrotary Lansing. Colvillo Barclay,
tho British chnrgo d'affialres, discussed
tho situation with Btato department or
flclalB and notified them that ordors
had gono forth to British consuls to
consult with Amorlcan consuls on tho
advisability of withdrawing from
northern Mexico.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Civil service examinations for post
master will bo held at PIckerell, Octo
ber 8.
Lincoln won In Its enso for dollar
gas, after a fight lasting for nine
years.
Blood poison caused the death oi
seven year old Anna Strohl of Red
Cloud.
Tho fruit crop In eastern Nebraska
will bo largest In tho history of that
section.
Plans aro being completed for tho
horso show to bo held at Auburn Sep
tember 28.
Kearney has Just voted by a ma
jority of 78 out of CG4 to spend $50,000
more In paving.
Over 30,000 feet of walnut logs have
been sold by Gngo county farmers to
a Kansas City firm.
J. H. Schmidt a prominent Omaha
druggist, shot and killed himself while
temporarily deranged.
Greolcy Is boasting of a hall storm
during which stones seven Inches In
slzo covered the ground
Wnltcr Slgmnn. aged sixty, a Fre
mont man, was Instantly killed In nn
automobllo accident near Uchllng.
Nonlo Altmelor will die. and L. A
Schroeder badly Injured ns tho re
sult of an auto accident near Kear
ney. Beatrice is trying to raise a guaran
tee fund as a bid for an entertainment
In that city by the United Stutes ma
rlno band.
Opal Straight, a 5-year-old Clay Cen
ter girl, 1b dead from paralysis, the
result of a fall from a blcyclo a few
weeks ago.
The members of tho Olympic chit
of Alnsworth aro planning on a duck
bake to bo given In honor or theli
lady friends.
Osteopaths of Nebraska will con
tribute J1.000 a year toward the main
tenanco of tho Still research Institu
tion of Chicago.
Twelve counties hnvo combined rot
tho southwest Nebraska district fair
which will bo held at Maywood, Oc
tober 11 to 15.
Tho horse dlseaso that proved so
fatal Bomo years ago has again mado
its appearanco In tho southeastern
part of the state.
Tho first Indian fair ever held in
Nebraska t.as that of the Omahas
held last week on their agency in
Thurston county.
"Billy" Sunday talked to two audi
ences that packed St. Paul's M. E.
Church at Lincoln to Ita capacity,
Monday morning.
Charles Ilahn, near Tccumseh, had
two fingers torn from his hand, when
it got caught in tho separator ot a
threshing machine.
Lyons now has a Jitney service.
Merchants mako hourly deliveries
over the lines, nnd passengers nre car
ried to any part ot town.
Moro pralrlo chickens wero bagged
near Valentine on tho opening day ol
tho season than have been slaughtered
thero in a number of years.
lA livestock parade, in which stock
said to rival tho best shown at the
stato fair, was the feature of tho live
stock exhibition at Scrlbner.
Rouben Devero of Falrbury took his
first rldo In fifty years on a railroad
train, when ho attended tho state fair
at Lincoln a couplo weeks ago.
Tho Uttlo child of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Santo, at Fulls City, bad two
fingers severed from his hand by com
panions playing with a knlfo.
Seven tons or mall order catalogs
from a Chicago mall order houso came
near swamping tho resources or tho
Hastings postofflco one day recently.
During the month of August, the
county agricultural agent ot Madison
county vaccinated 501 hogs for cholera,
and 87 per cent or tho number lived.
Every king and queen that haB
roigncd over the realms or Qulvera
for twenty-ono years is to be in tho
big automobile floral parado of Ak-Sar-Ben
this year at Omaha tho after
noon of Tuesday, October 5.
Rev. Samuel Conybcare, for nine
yeara pastor of tho Central Presbyter
ian church at Cedar Rapids, la., has
beon called to the pastorato ot that
church at Central City.-
The featuro of a big community pic
nic, attended by over 2,000 persons at
North Bond, was tho public wodding,
of Floyd King of Norrolk to Miss Pearl
Stuck or Fremont
Elliott Davis, a student at tho Col
lego orAgr!culturo at Lincoln, hns
been soleotod by President Charlew C
Mooro of tho Panama Pacific Interna
tional exposition to bo tho solo Judge
or Red Polled cnttlo at tho exposition.
Friends and relatives or Frank Betts,
a Casa county farmor, aro consider
ably worried over bis disappearance
a week ago from Lincoln, wbero he
bad beon attending the state fair.
Tho elevator company was held re
sponsible by a coroner's Jury for the
death of Harry Pottinger, who was
crushed whllo laying brick on tho now
Miller & Pnlno building at Lincoln.
Cornhuskor football rooters aro dls
heartened at tho announcement that
Guy Chamberlain, dashing halfback of
last season, may not return to collego
this tall, tho call of tho farm having
proved to strong for him to resist.
Twolvo hoad of horses wero burned
to death in a flro that destroyed the
big barn on tho Fraslor farm near
Kearnoy, tho result ot a stroko ot
lightning.
Otoo county has Just paid off tho
last of tho old K. C. St. J. &. B. R. R
bonds for which sho obligated herself
In aiding the building ot tho railroad
In tho early 'COs.
An agricultural exhibit hall, 300 by
48 feet, has been decided upon for
tho South Platte exposition at Hast
ings during Octobor. Built in tho
paved street, it will furnish additional
spaco for holdlnc tho first baby show,
TREASURER HALL
MAKESJISCOVERY
BIG AMOUNT LAP8ES INTO THE?
8TATE TREASURY
NEWS OF THE STATE HOUSE
Items of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Source at
State House.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
After holding up all salary and ex
penso wurrants of tho stato lire com
mission for the past three and a half
months, Stato Treasurer Hall has dis
covered that ho has authority for tho
payment of theso claims accruing prior
to September 1, under tho general np-(
propriatlon bill of 1913 for tho main
tenance of stato departments and in
stitutions. Tho treasurer found this out from
Assistant Attorney General Ayrc3, who
in turn received tho Information from
Paul Eaton, an employee of tho Btato
library, formerly warrant clerk in the
stato auditor's office. After being ad
vised by the assistant attorney general
that the wording of tho appropriation
bill would Justify him in doing bo.
Treasurer Hall countersigned twenty
eight of the flro commission's war
rants which have been in his hands,
for a total sum of $2,328.23. Theso
were at once returned to the auditor's
office and from there delivered to the
flro commission.
Lapsed Into State Treasury.
A grand total of $382,542 hns lapsed
into the state treasury as unexpended
balances on September 1, from appro
priations mndo by tho legislature of
1913 and deficiency appropriations of
tho Inst bcbsIou. Of this sum, $280,
131 is credited to tho different stato in
stitutions and $102,411 to stato offices
and departments.
Tho stato university and tho four
stnto normal schools arc not repre
sented In the tabulation, an It appears
that they havo used all tholr funds?
and nothing appropriated for tholr
use will revert to tho treasury.
The institution lapses includo the,
$150,000 for a reformatory and $35,000
for a penitenllnry binding twine plant,
which were appropriated in 1913, but
never spent. Aside from theso items,
tho Institutions turned back a total of
about $95,000. They received deficiency
appropriations amounting to $77,000, so
that tho net return mndo to tho stato
treasury was only $18,000.
Among the departmental appropria
tions, tho railway commission over
ran Its allow nnce In tho last blennlum.
by $3,000, which was appropriated by
tho last legislature as a deficiency.
Tho net lapses credited to departments
aro thereby reduced to a little less
than $100,000'.
Seeks Salary and Expenses.
Attorney General Reed has com
pleted petitions in two mandamus
suits to bo filed in tho supremo court,
ono for Deputy Stato Flro Commis
sioner W. S. RIdgcll to compel State
Treasurer Gcorgo E. Hall to permit
the use of fees in tho ctato treasury
for tho support of tho flro commission
er's office, and tho other a friendly
suit to requiro Judge H. M. Grimes of
tho thirteenth Judicial district to set
a day nnd hold court In Arthur county,
a county that by mistake was omitted
by tho last legislature from the list of
Judicial districts.
Tho suit in tho Rldgell case w as
started by direction of Governor More
head. Tho state law requires flro In
surance companies to pay a tax into
tho state treasury for the support of
the flro commissioner's office. State
Treasurer Hall declines to permit the
taxes so paid In to bo used for the
salaries and expenses of the flro com
missioner and his assistants because
tho legislature did not specifically ap
propriate tho funds for the uso of the
department. It Is possiblo tho Rldgell
suit may determine the right of Food
Commissioner Harman to draw fees
from the Btato treasury for tho eup
port of the food and oil departments.
Party leaders wero responsible for
Stato Treasurer Georgo Hall giving ol
$1,000,000 bond Instead of the $500,000
bond suggested to him by Governor
Morehead. That is the atatemont or
tho treasuror in answor to some of
tho charges recently mado by tho
governor.
Uso of tho Btato fair grounds the
year round by tho school of agricul
ture is advocated in a statomont mado
by Socrotary Whltton of tho Lincoln
Commercial club. Tho latter thinks
that it is a Bhamo to let tho expen
sive groundB and good buildings vlr
tually lie Idle fltty-ono weoks in the
year. Ho insists that thoy could be
put to good uso by the Btato farm stu
donts and that many good results
could bo achlovod. Tho plan has tho
backing of many pooplo who havo
given it thought.
In tho volume of its gross receipts,
as well as In attendance and other
features, tho Nebraska stato fair this
yoar has proven a record breaker.
Although a complete financial com
pilation has not boon mado ns yot, Soc
rotary Mellor Is confident that the
full figures will Bhow moro monoy
taken In than over before Tho best
previous record mado for receipts was
In 1912, when tho fair brought in a
little over $101,000. In 1913, tho
drouth year, when scorching weather
during fair wdek hold down the at
tendance, tho receipts dwindled
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