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: A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth GeOti
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SmNA'I' : - -Lioutenant Governor
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McGilton called the senate to ardor on
) " the llth : with only seventeen members
C ) III'eHent , just enough to transact husl-
'i1 ' ; ness The stan cling committee report-
ed back S. It' . 59 ! ) , the apportlonumcnt
tt ; bill hy GIllin of Dawson , for general
t : ( tile. The bill waR generously aU1 ndell.
'Ii' ' H. [ n 77 , providing for the collection
of vital statistics , was passed. S. I. ' .
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112 , hy Good of NOll1aha , provIding ,
j that there shall ho appointed four . '
hank examiners at a salary of $ IfiUO
it II year , Instead of $1,800 ; that I\ fee of I
$2fi shall he dlllrgcd for the examin-
icl allen of a hank with a exumln-I
between $2fiOOO and fiOOOO was
untended moot recommended for
! rocoJ11 \ pas-
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liage S. F. 78 , hy Lavel'ty , providing
fC for the tllltlllJ of fish and spawn from
It streams ! hy the game warden and for
tl the sale of the Same , was recommend-
fcl ! for II/lr.mge / ! , Jill Is introduced were :
fr S. I. 18B , hy g1JlWrHOII of Clay , a bill
tc for 111I net to release , discharge and
h , remit all unpaid taxes due to the sllllo
of Nebraska from the county of lImn-
! c mon , and levied curd assessed all prop
hl JJ'ly In said county for the year A. D.
mtl 1891 ( , and all years prior thereto , and
authorizing and directing the treasurer -
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uror oC said state to cancel and ds- !
it charge on the books and records oC
h his olllco all charges against said
, county and the ( property situate there
In 011 accollllt of salel taxes. S. It' . 190 ,
t lIy Saunders of Dou las , a bill for an
it act requiring that the plat of all adell-
ttl lions situated outside time corporate
limits of any town or city shall have
S nttnchcd hereto I a certificate showing
that there are no unpaid taxes there-
l1 on , and that the said plat and dedica-
tion have been IlCCllllcl ! ( by the Board
' < of County Commissioners or Board of
) Supervisors , and providing for the
tc vacation of lands attempted to be
platted und dedicated hut not accepted -
ed by the county authOJ'ltios.
IIOUSE-Owing to stann-hound
trains , there were not a sufficient
number of representatives able to re-
turn to Lincoln on time 13th to make
n quorum \ of the houso. That body ,
therefore , adjourned until Tuesday ,
without attempting to transact any
business.
SENATE -'l'hese hills were read a
third time and eased In the senate on
the llth : S. Ii' . G.I , allowing any one ,
whether an of11cer or not , to seize a
selno or net being used l11egall S.
P. 79 , to provide that inebriates and
those addicted to the "dopo" habit be
confined In the ( asylum for treatment. .
S. F. ] 3 , to provide for sewers in cities
of the first class. S. Ii' . 78 , allowing
j the fish commissioner to take spawn
from lakes and streams to be placed
In other streams , and providing that
the mOItl' ) ' received tncrefor shall constitute -
Hlltute a cash fund for the use of the
commission. These bills were recom-
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lU(1nded } for passage , after which a re-
cess was taken until 2 o'clocle. S. Ii' .
40 , providing a penalty for overworking -
Ing a horse or mule and for unnecessarily -
6arl1) tormenting any other animal.
S. F. 41 , providing that corporations
shall ! act as guardians , trustees , etc.
This bill was objected to yesterday
because It was argued that It would
place all or the probate business of
the state In the hands of foreign corporations -
porations , but today there was no objections -
jections to It. A large number or bills
were reported tor general file and
ninny ; recommended for passage.
HOUSE-Tho house , on the 14th ,
i ; , took up hills on third reading and
passed : 'I'o give to cities and villages .
ses the right to toreclo tax sale
I' cerUfhmtciS Immcdll\tfl after their
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purchase and to provide rates of interest -
tOl'est in I such tax sale certificates.
Providing for a state accountant at a
salary of $2,000 a 'el1r. Giving to restaurant -
taurant and boarding house keepers
the same legal protection against
fraud as Is accorded hotel and Inn
keepers. Providing for the payment
of the entire county road tax In cash.
'I'o make the penalty for breaking
and entering apply to buildings of all
chal'llctcrs. Providing for construction
of plank , brick , stone and concrete
sidewalks In cities under 50,000 popu-
lation. Making the open season for
deer and antelope August 1fi to November -
\'omber Hi ; on prairie chickens , sage
and grouse , Sepember 1 to November
W : ; clucks and other wild water fowl ,
September 1 to April 15 ; jacksnipe
and yellow legs , September 1 to May
1 ; wild pigeons , doves and plover ,
June 15 to August 1 ; trout , April 1
to October 1 ; other fish , April 1 to
November 15 ; prohibiting killing of
quail during 1905.6,7 and fixing open
season on them after 1907 from November -
vomber 1 to November 30 ; limiting
number of geese or bJ'llnt t.o be killed
per day by a single hunter to ten ;
game birds t.wenty-five and prairie
chickens ten during the month of
Soptembor. The ] bill imposes a fine of
$5 a bird or sentences of ten days for
each for aU birds killed In excess of
the legal number. Providing that the
proceeds of inheritance tax shall be
used for the construction of permanent -
nent roads and go Into the road fund.
Vesting In the State Banking Board
discretionary power as to the integrity -
rlty and responslblllt of persons applying -
plying for banking charters. Appro-
priating the $15,000 balance from the
World's Fair state fund to enable Nebraska -
11rnska to parlclpate in the Lewis and
Clark exposition in Portland , Ore. ,
and providing for the appointment by
the governor of a board of commis-
sioners to carry out the provisions ot
this act. A call of the house was
necessary to secure the twotbirds for
an emergency clause.
SgNA'l'E-The Shreclt fraternal
bill , providing fa I' an elected member-
shill of 95 per cent to control the af-
fairs of lodges , was killed In the com-
mittee of the whole In the senate on
the 15th. house roll No 30 was recom-
mended for passage , gIving the fraternal -
nal societies the right to incorporate .
All the orders were Inchllled and senate -
ate files Nos. 10 and 12 were Inde-
finitely lOstiloned. House roll No 102 ,
by Ward , to give $3,000 to the South
Bend hatcheries was recommended for
Imssage. House roll No. H6 was recommended -
commended for general filo. The bill
regulates the speed of motor cars ,
Senate file No 169 , the Shrecle drain
age hill was recommended for general -
al fila lIouS'o roll No. 128 , by Rouse ,
regulating the payment of hotel bills
and providing a penalty for neglect
thereof was read for the first time InI i I
the senate. Senate file No. 7 , by Sheldon -
don was passed without the emer-
goney clauso. The bill provides a 1
mill levy to pay the state debt. Senate
the No. 21 , by Yore , to regulate the
passage of traction engines over
bridges was recommitted to the corn
mittee. Senator Glt11n'g reapportion
ment bill was recommended.
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IIOUSE-- " \ When the house met on
the 15th Tones of PoUt called up his
resolution calling for an Investigation
of the action of the state hoard of
public lands and buildings for having
used , to build cottages at the Norfolk
asylum , $100,000 that was appropriated i'
ated two years ago to l'ebulld the was t
wing or the asylum , which had bElen
destroyed bi' tire \ A \ motioD to tabs lo
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the resolution was defeated. ITouso ,
roll No. 133 , by Jouvonat , to provide
a guaranty deposit fund on inter )8t-
bearing deposits , In state banks , by
an annual tax of one.fifth of 1 per
cent on deposits , to he paid by the
banks , was defended by its introducer
and opposed by Howe of Nemaha , I
Ferrar of Hall , Wilson of Pawnee and
other membm's. The ] bill was recommended -
mended for Indefinite postponement.
These bills were Introduced : 'ro per-
mit state omcers } , In case of emergency .
gency , to purchase stationer costing
less than $25 without Intervention of
the state printing hoard. To redistrict
Nebraska into senatorial and repre-
sentative districts. To amend chapter
43 of the Compiled Statutes of the
state of Nebraska of 1903 , by adding a
new section. To prohiblt the stealing
of , or attempting to steal , rides entrains
trains , engines or cars , or any part or
portion thereof , or climbing thereupon
while stationary or In motion , and to
provide a penalty and punishment not
exceeding sixty days in jail and $25
fine Authorizing county boards to ac-
quire title to land to be used for pub-
lic road purposes 'I'o amend sections
5 and 45 , chapter 28 , of tIle Compiled
Statutes of Nebraska ! for the year
1903 , relating ) to the fees of sheriffs ,
and other county officials. Fixing the
salaries at sheriffs and the manner of
appointing and paying their deputies
To fix the minimum number of trains
and regulate the running time on railroads -
roads In the state of Nebl'll'lm.
SENATE-The senate got busy on
engrossed bills on time morning of the
16th } and passed these I11pasures : S.
F. 107 , transferring $2,6.16,15 from the
penitentiary special labor fund to the
general funll. S. Ii' 104 , allowing coun-
ty courts to dispense with administration -
tion of estates and to enter decrees in
certain cases S. F. 128 , providing
when a husband or wife Is competent
to testify for or against each othor.
S. F. 113 , to prevent the Illegal expenditure -
penditure of public funds. S. F. 123 ,
to repeal the statute providing for the
appointment of county attorneys. S. F.
106 , to transfer $6J39.45 ! from the inheritance -
horitance tax fund to the general fund
of the state. S. F. 129 , to provide for
suspended sentences in ! cases of wife
degertlon. S. F. 86 , district clerk fee
bill. S. F. 116 , providing for the pay-
mont of road taxes in cash or labor.
A motion by Sheldon of Cass was
adopted to not consider H. R. 49 , pro
viding for the establishment of a
binding twine factory at the state pen
itentiary until the appropriation bills
had all been considered.
HOUSE-In the house on time 16th
H. R. 20 , by Richardson of Madison ,
appropriating $35,000 for general repairs -
pairs at the Norfolk Insane asylum
including the rebuilding of the alII +
wing , was favorably acted on . despite
the protest of Jones of Polk , who
wanted the bill to lay over until the
Investigation committee appointed under -
der his resolution yesterday reported
H. R. 62 , hy Ernest of Johnson , pro
voiced much discussion , being an appropriation -
propriation hill. It provided $10,000 :
for an agricultural Imvlllon at the
State fall' It was recommended for
passago. H. R. 110 , .Tunlcln's anti - trtts t.
bill , wag amended so as to have suits
brought under this act for Its enforcement -
meat In the state and not count '
courts. The bill has been recommend
ed for passage. n. n. 195 , hy House or
Hall requiring saloonleeepers to give
guaranty bonds of $5,000 , was recommended -
mended for passage , hut Horton moved
to except It from time commltteo's '
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port and have the bill recc-mmended 1
for Indefinite postponement. Burn
moved to except H. R. 169. his bill t 0
allow university regents to condemn
land ] for unIversity purposes , which }
had been reported for Indefinite Imes I- :
ponement , and recommended It for
passage. S. F. 198 , by I 11perRon or
Clay and Meservo of Knox-To esta .
lash a State Engineers' Examining
board S. F. 109 , by Ollllgnn of Halt -
'l'o amend an act to rCgu1Ate the pIII'-
chase of supplies and to create ! A
Doard of Control tbordor ,
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Re-'roppln ! ) Sweet Apple Trees. j
A correspondent recently sent to the
Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta-
ion the following questions which I
were answered by Professor W. 1\1. "
Munson as below :
"Can sweet apple trees be successfully - ,
fully grafted ? Will It pay to re.top I\ _
large sweet apple tree , a foot or more -
In diameter ? Should an orchard of
100 trees be all of one variety ? "
It Is very doubtful if the flavor or
the fruit has any relation to the value ;
of a given tree for purpo \ } mss of graCl- , -
lug. Toman ! Sweet is i often used as a . -r-
basis for top-worltlng.
Apple trees up to a foot In diameter
may be top-womed If ! unsatisfactory.
Care , however , shotld be used that too
much of the top Is not removed In
anyone yeur. Cut ofT about one-third
of the top the first year and insert
scions on stubs not more than two or r
three inches in diameter. The next \
year remove more of the top and In- I
sort other clans , and the following ,
I year complete the work.
! It Is not advisable to plant a solid ,
block of 100 trees of one variety un-
less there are other trees In the Immediate -
mediate viclnit ) ' . Some varieties are ,
I self.fertlle , and will give satisfactory \
results If planted alone ; but It. Is always - }
ways safer to provIde for cross fertlll- "
I zatlon. In large orchards every third Per P
or fourth row should be of a different
variety. Two or three varieties are , Y
enough for a commercial orchard , how- 1 :
ever , and It Is seldom advisable to
plant more. I
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Modern Methods In the Orchard. ' \
Modern methods are entirely adapt-
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ed to the farm orchard , and If applied !
will insure good crops and annual , .
ones , If the process Is begun while the
trees are ) 'otmg. There arc those that
declare that these advanced methods
are useful In the great commercial orchards - (
chards of the country , hut are not useful -
fnl In ! the family orchard or In the '
commercial orchard of the small farm- , 4i !
er. It is true that it If = pore difficult ,
to do things In a small way than In a
large way , and that the per tree cost
of cultivating , spraying and pruning
Is greater. But even then a large mar-
gin of profit Is loft. The man with a
family orchard has the advantage over
the big orchardist In that he gets a
better rate for his fruit , as he sells it
to himself and docs not have to re- .
duce the price to offset railroad
charges and commissions for handling
and profits in s011lng. A small spray-
Ing outfit can be purchased at a low
cost , and its use may make a differ-
once sometimes of $25 to $ fiO on an
acre of apple trees. Cultivation and i
pruning cost not much mora propor- i
tlonatel in the small orchard than In I
the large one. The growing of a coyer - , ' !
OJ' crop each fall will protect the roots"j "
of the trees In the family orchard as 1
well as In the large commercial or-
chard. .
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In n recent address Professor Pear-
son told of examIning four lots of t _
milk that had been held ] at tempera- t
tares of 45 , 50 , fi5 and GO degrees for . !
twentyfour hours. They contained .
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the following numbers of bacteria at
the end or that time : 445 , 3,100 , 67,000 ,
and 134,000 , the quantities of milk be- '
Ing the same. The bacterial content
at the beginning of the twenty-four
hours was the same. '
It will pay well to give more attention -
Lion than Is ! done on the average farm
to the preservation of barnyard ma- -
nitre , first by guarding it from the
sources of loss that occur In the , ordl-
nay open barnyard , and , second , by '
treating it wIth materials calculated
to reduce the losses from escaping
ammonia the one band , and to In.
crease Its content of phosphoric acid
on th ® other.-Ohlo StnUoD ,
