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MOCKETT OH DIRECT VOTING
Head of Nebraska Direct Legislation
League Issue Statement.
OPPOSES MAJORITY VOTE RULE
Dfrlirra rrlnelple Wrong Where
PrtMrat DikaltlX Hir He- ber
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(Fron a Ptaff Correspondent!
1.INCOUN. Per. h. tSpecial.l-John M.
Mnekett. Jr. president of the Nebraska
I'lrrct Legislation league, gives out the
following statement In reference to the
present discussion regarding the form of
the Initiates and referendum amendment to
be passed ty the Nebraska legislature
his winter: '"to reqnlr a majority of
all those who so to the polls election dav
o vots In favor of anjr messure submitted
o the people ander th Initiative and
eferendiim. la to defeat the very purpose
of the Initiative and referendum, which
I popular government by Intelligence and
tot by Ignorance. We have had the eys
.em piopoaed In Nebraska for thirty year
under onr present constitution and Its ef
fect haa been to defeat moat Important
tnd neceaaary reforma aubmltted aa con
stitutional amendments and approved at
the polls by ft large majority of those
electors Intelligent enough ta vote fur or
again! the proposition, but defeated by
the Inherent mans too careless, ton lasy
r too Ignorant to express an opinion upon
their ballot.
It Is only necessary to recall a few of
the constitutional amendments which have
received a large majority of those voting
for and against, but have failed to secure
a majority of all th electors who Went
to th polls.
Submission of AmpndmU.
Ia an amendment was submitted
providing for etsty days' pay of membera
of th legislature at tS per day. The re
turns show th vot on this amendment
aa follows! Fur. 66.713; against. 22.234. As
the total vot of th state was 128 000 the
amendment wss lost, but ft committee of
th legislature undertook to recount th
vote and It Is well understood succeeded
In finding enough votes to count thJ
amendment In.
in ISM amendments were submitted to
provld for an elective railway commis
sion ftnd ' to Invest ft permanent school
fund. The vot on eaoh of these amend
ments wss In round numbers 18,000 for
and 11.0U0 against. yt both of them failed
o become part of the eonetltutlon be
cause of th requirement that they must
-eoelve ft majority of all of th voters
who went to th polls.
In ItsM a number of amendments were
voted upor and all failed beoaus of th
requirement that each must have a ma
lorlty of all those f itlng. A good example
of the way the proscnt provision In our
antiquated constitution works Is the
intendment submitted relative to the
merging of the government of cities of
he metropolitan clans and th government
rtt counties wherein suoh cities are lo
cated. This proposition really concerned
IMouglas county and carried in that county
by a vot of i'i.W for and t:i'u against.
It had a majority W about 10,000 in the
tate of those voting, for and against and
carried th county whre It would go Into
effect by a vot of four to one. and yet
was declared lout. Of the Initiative and
referendum states, Oregon, 'South 1'akota,
Nevada, Montana, Missouri, Arkansas and
Colorado provide that a majority of tits
votes for and against ft measure voted
upon by the people' shall carry th prop
osltlon. " - nlbi li-Haar I tales.
In twenty-eight states of the union con
stitutional amendments are adopted by ft
majority of those voting thereon, and. In
th language, of Prof. Dealey of Brown
university, only "a few make constitu
tional amendments well-nigh impossible by
quiring a majority of the electora or a
majority of those voting at general elec
tion. " I
The theory that every proposition whtoh
the people vote upon shall receive enougn
Intelligent votes in. Its favor to overcome
th dead wsiglit of those who do not know
er do not care to vote Is a violation of
lound principles, of popular government,
if It were adopted In voting upon candi
dates Instead of principles many candi
dates would fall of election. It'll well
known, take th state over, that there are
thousands of Voters who do not take th
troiibl to vot fur Anyone except some
local candidate for asessor of road over
seer or similar officer. 1 Two years ago
there were, in round numbers, 3.000 voters
in the stat 'who failed to vot for any
candidal for governor. Sine votera are
coming now to vot less fur parties and
(or men and more for principles In which
.hey believe th tendency and th need
both strongly turn toward the proposition
that ft majority of those voting for or
against shall determine the enactment of
t principle or a taw or Its defeat. '
Nebraska Nates.
Ul'MBOf.DT --Vlfs Grace Shurtleff,
vounaevt daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
siiuiileff. was married in I J moo In rriuay
to Giland K. f'uidy r Omaha, at wnicu
latter place they will ieide. --
WCsT IKMNT The marriage uniting
r'revman i'adwell and luin nnl FsuIkl-ii
ivaa performed yesterday by t'ounty Judge
Meaald. Mr. and Mis, I'atlwell are lest
Jenta of northern Cuming county.
WRST POINT-The ratio of births snj
deaths In Cuming county Is being steadily
preserved, as shown bv the returns of the
legistrar of vital statistics to date lor
I lie month of Ueiembtr, numely. births, a,
deaths. 4.
OHAOftO.V- Carl Koderman and Miss
Ines Mc&lsnrS were married Iter by Kev.
Ineem K. Herbs ut the Klrsl Mthodll
church, and after ft wedding trip to their
uld homu at filler. Nrb.. will return to
the homestead of th groom.
t'HAlKON- Four new accountants are
being added to the Chicago & Northwest
il fore here, which wltl intuit iu th
near future of alt employes of the lllack
ililis division being kpt at fliiulron in
stead of i'hlcago, as heretofore.
HIMUtKTH The buelneas men of llil
dreth held ft meeting and decided to hire a
mglit watchman during the winter months
laying a aalary of l-ti a month. He Is to
patrol th tu.iln's section from 10 p. m.
to a. ni., salaty to te paid out of a
fund provided by the buslnese men.
CM A DKON- The city council granted the
lighting franchise for twenty yeais to Kasa
A klinxamait. -reserving the right f r the
city to buy st Hie end of leu ears. Kane
A- Kluiganian lately purchased the electric
light plant and expect to put In marv Im
provements to tin, autldtng Vnd ntacitinvi '.
HILJItETIl-lxral sports are eMhuned
over th rournliK meet to lie livid In
I r lend next MonUay and Tuesday. A fair
sistvd delegation from here will attend,
sine two dogs owned by Wilson and
Krumaeld will be entered from her and
one. Moan, owner, will be entered by
VVtleox.
HCMBOl.DT-An automobile driven bv
V. H. hutterfleld en. I occupied by Kovd.
Neb sr. Frank H. Krnett CMft and Rob
Kille was overturned at ft culvert near
Verdon. Infective lamps were responsible
I'or the accident, which did n.i mora aeri
ous damage than lo wreck the cover f
th machine and throw Mr. buia'e elbow
out of plaoe.
WKKT fMIXT-Th local lodne of the
taclh Hrutnerhood at West lolnt hss
elected new effioer. as follows: Presi
Uent. Mads riorensou: vice presiitent. Wat
irr Sorenson; pari preaideni. Allwrt OIen;
Ktoictai y, 8 J. Jolmun: treasurer, Hoi en
Jneii; inkide tiuard. W. M. Iurilxrn;
outside guard. II. A. Thompujn; manser,
thr yesrs, Chris Kelson.
HUATTtJMOrTll-The I.ntsI lodge of lie
Mm were notified by wire of the dath of
H 1. Kesner, a former liatiamouUi resi
dent, wliii ii ocvcired at Ldseiiinnt. It .
yrldav. lotcinunt is to take plac at
klrkwo'M), ,111. To 1 latumuutu IckJs
placed a hrautlfu; floral trlbtite n the
rkei (urlng the time the train was
stopped at the station .her.
W! iT liIXT yisty members vt ne lo
cal cemp of tlie Coming County lutsrhe
l-andwehr Vereln gsiht-red at the hom of
I'eler l-'rahm veter.lsv and celebrated
wlih him and hie family the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his marriage to Mrs.
Frahm. A silver emoklng set wss pre
sented lo the groom and a dnsen silver
spoons t the bride of twenly-flve years
tun
HII,triF.T!t-Mr Oscar Fcltind and Miss
Ida Aspegren were msrried at the home of
the bride's mother. Mrs. A. II. Aspegren.
fiorth of town. Itev. M. S. Natchetl offl
rlsted and they were attended bv Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Aspegren. Mr. and Mrs. K.clund
departed Immediately for New 1omlon. Ia..
where they will make an extended vlMt.
They will make their home on a farm near
Hlldreth.
T-:i,K CRRKK This village Is threstened
aith a damnge suit. Miss Ida Hanks, a
teecher In the ecboole here, fell upon a
loove board In a dilapidated rldewalk and
suffered serious Injury to her ankle. For
two weeks she hss been unsble to attend to
her duties In the schoolroom. She hss
s.rved notice on the members of the vil
lage board, we are told, that unless the
walks arn repaired at once and she Is paid
a sufficient amount to reimburse her for
expenses Incidental to her Injury and lost
salnry ut the school she will proceed with
a suit, asking dnmsges In the sum of ll.fc.
The members of the town bosrd are F
I. Kversole. (I C. 3?rsdter, 11. I". Currv
and J. V Knras.
Twelve Live Well
tOluO XUUU.
i TlTbiiinu, ia., iec. Ji.-A tale of
i...iioii alia tnrift, contrary to tlie usual
oi.t a oi uiiiruM, waa uiuolueu . ,u in
juvLiiiie court today by jams .Nannie Uj
eein.viiiiei , a probation oinct-r,' u me u
lUtiisiiincui ut tiie court aim spectator.
A laiuily of twvlve Is supported oil an in
come ut 1 a (lay, but now it waa uoos
naa not )ti been disclosed.
Alis Uppttiheiiiier told th story when
lie .equestcu juuge Conen to allow An
ionic h-il. 10 years old, to go home. Ha
nu aiic&ud ior being In th atresia late
at niniii.
"ie nan a splendid home, your honor,"
suid iVJiss Oppnheimer. "Mis mother
here," nodding toward the woman who
stood by the lad's side, "Is ft jplendtd
housekeeper and they have ten bright
children, of whom me oldest Is ft girl 13
years old.
"1 don't know how they do it," said Miss
(p-enlielmer, later, "but they are very
nice people and better horn conditions
could not be asked tor. Kverything Is
neat and orderly aad there Is no lack of
whuleaum food for the entire family. The
father Is a laborer and earns 1 36 a day.
That man is a credit to my community."
COTTON GOODS MARKET
SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT
Seasonably Quiet Conditions Prevail
In Jobbing; Hoose, Moat of Busi
ness Being- for Clearance.
NEW YORK, rec. 15. Th tone of the
cotton goods market showed some Im
provement In the gray goods division on
the last day of the week. Some spot stocks
were purchased and prices were advanced
Ho a yard above the low point. Mill are
not free sellers of goods beyond January
at bid prices.
The market la seasonably quiet In the
jobbing houses, most of the business being
don In trifling lots for' clearance pur
poses or to meet the pressing ' needs of
immediate holiday trade. Reports from
western distributing markets continue
gcrd. Th reports from Industrial sections
are not so good, but all merchandise under
order Is wanted, and prompt shipment on
ninny things Is asked.
On staple printed goods there have bean
ft few scattering orders booked. On
bleached goods the market ' la firm but
quiet. Gingham continue In steady re
quest. Colored cottons, such as tickings,
denims, striped and working suit goods
have been bought with moderate freedom
for dollvery In the next few months.
Nspped goods rule steady.
During th week several Important cot
ton manufacturers cam together and dis
cussed the wisdom of curtailing produc
tion ftfter the turn of th year. Another
meeting will be held In January and If no
further progress has been mad In Ilfhtlng
cotton goods value to ft parky with cot
ton and the costs of production It Is ex
pected that ait agreed form of curtailment
will be arrived at.
Th export business reported with China
In the last few days Is estimated at from
(.000 to S.OOO bale and consisted of four
yard, 4-70-yard, sheetings and aome drills.
Duck prices are beld steady.
Cotton goods prices range about as fol
lows: Print cloths, 2-ln h. 64kM's. le; MxOO's,
Sc! SSInch. MxM's. tt1tfc; brown
sheeting, southern, 5tr8';c; denims, os.,
144c; tickings, s os.. le; standard prints,
SHc; standard ataple ginghams. 7c; dress
ginghams, 9c.
Read TbU. If Vow Want Ibe llrneMt.
J. W. Oreer, Greenwood. La,, Buffered
with a sever case of lumbago. "Th
pains were so Intense I waa forced to
hypodermic Injections for relief. . These
attacks started with a pain In the small
Of my back which gradually became
fairly paralysing My attention was at
tracted to Foley's Kidney Remedy and I
am rad to say after using this wonder
ful medicine t am no longer bothered In
any way bf my old enemy lumbago." Bold
by all drugglata.
Afeanaaaed Coal Mine Sinks.
WASHINGTON. Fft.. Dec. 24 A C.ftl
mine, ahundoiied fifty years ago. gave way
today and carried down the large foundry
of Zulinixer Ijvos. A filten on West Chest
nut utreet, this city. John A. Bten. vice
president of thu company, and twilve
workmen were seventy Injured, but non
will die.
The Weather.
FOR NFBRARK A Fair.
Fi-r Iowa Fair, colder.
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40 '
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l.ral Rererd.
OFFfCr? OF T,li: WEATHER BtRK Al
Otnohe. ler. 45.-Offlclal record of t'em
peraturo and precipitation compared with
Ihe corn)Hnd:ng crlod of the last three
Highest today 41 is 4.) 47
l,nwif.t today S ,' 7 Vi '3
Mein terhersture SI ' i; v,
, w . . qn (
Temperature and precipitation departures 1
....... .... i wiusua smce March 1
and compared vhh t'10 list two years-
Normal tetnierut ure
Hunts for the d"iv 10
Total tifeu smie Marco 1 ji;
Normal precipitation 03 inch.
lefli-teni y for the oy 0) Inch!
Total rainfall t.!n.-e jrh I . .14 Ti inches
Deficiency -loco Mi 1 I HH Inches
Kxiesa for cor. ri Ki, IV). .. 4 X Inebes
Deficiency for cor. period l:0f.... 4,4 Inches
j l fits:
Cw, t p. m.
2l ,p-m-
TAKE OUT CARPAND BUFFALO
Iowa Lakes Being; Cleared of Coarse
Fish by Game Wardens.
CONSIDERABLE PROFIT HI WORK
ftallrawil Cnmmleelo tier's Contrarversr
with Ks press Companies Over
Rate r rant lees fie
N tattle' Owe.
I From ft "iaff Correspondent.)
DES MOlNEf. la. Dec. . t Special. 1
Deputy fish and game wardens have re
ported on the work whlrh has been done
the last season In the clearing out of the
lakes and bayous of the slate the coarse
fish, which under the low may be taken
with seines. This work has been done by
fishermen having permits to make the
seining, snd It Is sll done under the super
Vision of deputies. Over ft million pounds
of fish were tsken out of th state waters
In this way and sent to market. It was
chiefly buffalo and carp; The game fish
were all thrown back Into the rivers and
the seiners reported a larger amount of
bsss. ptke, pickerel, cropple and similar
fish than ever before. The chief harvest
was at Spirit lake and Okobo.ll. A number
f fish were also taken from the streams
st were of no value and were merely
Mroyed.
The total number of pounds of buffalo
and carp secured In the state during th
rear amounted to J .040. 433 pounds, which
enormous amoupnt was marketed In ft
large number of the principal Iowa cities,
but the grest majority was shipped to
Peoria. III., and were distributed from
there among many of the eastern cities.
The price received for the fish ranged
from 4H to R cents apound. which produced
ft good profit to the persons who removed
the fish, but the expense of securing them
was considerable as It was necessary to
ship the big seines to the places of op
peratlon and hire many men to sort the
fish and park them. Some of th sines
used were enormous In else, one In partic
ular being S.OOO feet In length and twenty
feet In deptji and It was with this one the
big haul was made. It also was necessary
to have a number of launches with which
to operate such ft seine.
If there Is no change In th present law
relative to taking these fish from Iowa
waters, the work next year will doubtless
be continued under the same plan, but a
change has been suggested that may re
sult In the men securing fish being obliged
to pay a little something for the privilege.
The same 'work has been don In other
states, th privilege being gran ted to the
highest bidder, which adds a little revenue
to the game expenses of the state.
F.x press Can a Natftbl One.
Th express rate case, on which the State
Railroad commission Is working at this
time, promises to be on of the greatest
the commission has ever passed upon. The
board Is confronted with th qustton of
trying to fix a' proper basis for rate reduc
tion and flnda few nr'Jnts to go by.
The -?hlef v.-.in. is t.i-lnv cl( ne by W. I.
Eaton, :he retiring mvml'fr of the board,
who is nisi the l.iwyor member of the
board and he nnx eer oi!(.'ently at wor't
fnr soma time -Utietiig the mftas of :estl
mony ifton, 111 nrih-r thai th board may
reach n con;;is'oi rs to what should be
reasonable ixi ro:w rats. It Is practically
conceded lj;.' the comns.nl s tnat some re
duction will b.? ordered, but It Is -also ex
pected that th chief importance of tho
decision will l.i ths fatter of discussion
of the elements entering into the case.
Bhtnpers Kxpeet Rebate.
Freight Commissioner E. G. Wylle of th
Greater Des Moines committee Is going to
see that Des Moines shippers take ad
varinge of the victory that he expects Iowa
01 Dra Moines to win In the frelahr rate
caHca now before the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Blanks for petitions for re
paration to the commission will be sent
to all Des Moines shippers and Mr. Wylle
will appear in their Interests until a fa
vorable ruling has been made. It Is antici
pated that th shippers of th city will
save many thousands of dollars by de
manding the refund of the excess freight
rates now being paid.
Dairy Specials for Iwa.
Dairy specials, which will cover the Iowa
lines of th Burlington, Illinois Central,
Great Western and Milwaukee railroads, i
were announced for the first of next year
by Secretary Gels oBtsford of the Com
mercial club. The agricultural committee
of th Commercial club haa co-operated
with the Stat Dairy association and Hugh
G. Van Pelt, state dairy expert. In arrang
ing for these trains. First on ths list will
b th Great Western special, which will
start from Waterloo January 4 or 6. It
will run north and double back to reach
Mason City on the 6th. Immediately follow
ing, the Illinois Central special will be run
Preparing; for Real Legislation.
Good roads men will forget differences.
Join hands and swear fealty at the Young
Men's Christian association auditorium
Wednesday next, for a long, hard fight
to gain legislation for the betterment of
Iowa country roads. .
M. O. Eldrldge of Washington, D. C, of
th United States good roads bureau, will
come to pes Moines especially for the con
ference, to glva Information as to what
other states are doing and have done, and
to glv advice upon the success of cer
tain types of legislation when put to actual
teat of road making'.
A thousand men, believed to be those
most Interested in the betterment of the
roads of Iowa, have been invited to this
conference. Senator Young, ex-president,
and the executive committee of the Iowa
Good Road association, have arranged the
conference for th express purpose of
bringing good roads men from every quar
ter of the state together for ft united ef
fort to secure better highways. It has
been aet in advance of the meeting of the
state legislature In order that plans may
be formulated for urging the passage of
such legislation as may be deemed neces
sary. All the members of th state legis
lature are members of 'the conference.
Itesalts of One Monday Hevlval.
As ft result of the Sunday revival cam
paign In Waterloo the churches In many I
Instances were crowded Thursday evening '
fo th midweek prayer service. The aver- I
age new members for the twenty churches 1
participating In the union effort will be
about 150. Some of the churches will con
tinue the revival effort after the first of
tht year. Sunday morning the majority
of the S.S57 converts were received Into
cln rch membership.
Inspeet etv Trolley Line.
General Manager Blake of the Fort
rodge. Des Moines A Southern Interurban
company and party have Inspected the ex
tension of the line to Rockwell City. The
party waa enthusiastic over the work and
of the splendid construction both under
foot and overhead of th new exfunslon.
The line was Inspected from Fort Dodge
Junction to Rockwell City. Here the work
men, electricians and company men In
general have labored for many months In
electrifying the line
Farmer Heewura a Haakrapt.
Henry M. Iially. a farmer living near
AUotia, has mado an assignment and gone
into bankruptcy. The papers were drawn
up by United States Referee In Bankruptcy
Spencer W. Crow ell. who has charge of
the case. The first meeting of the cred
itors will he beld on December t.
Blgner. tetter. Busier That Is what
advertising la Ths Bee win du for your
buslncs
ONE UNIVERSITY
AND ONE CAMPUS
(Continued from First l'ags
Arts and th Summer School. In thse de
partment we have a total of l.Offt smdenis.
A I th preefit time there Is a demand
for buildings, both tecltational and labora
tory. In connection with these depart
ments I'nless a consolidation scheme on
one rsmpus la brought about, there Is no
escape from a duplication of buildings,
administrative force, faculty and operation
necessary to do the work required.
ataaent Kr Attending.
Seventh: W have at the present time
In the College of Engineering 4.T students;
in the Colleg of I .aw, 192, and the Col
leges of Medicine and Pharmacy, 194. To
house the College of Engineering a mod
ern building has been erected and equipped
on the downtown campus. The question
arises that If a consolidation of the col
leges named In paragraph t takes place,
what would be the best thing to do with
these engineering students? We are of the
opinion that they, together with all the
undergraduate students of all the colleges
named in paragraph 8, are entitled to the
larger life of a consolidated Institution,
aai'l we hope that the time Is -not far dis
tant when they will enjoy It; but during
a transition period these students could
occupy their present buildings at a mini
mum administrative and operative cost,
until such time aa buildings could be
erected at the State farm to house me
chanical and electrical engineering; and In
this regard we are reminded that ohiy re
cently the dean of this college, In pre
senting the needs of his department, stated
that th Electrical Engineering department
was In urgent need of a new building and
equipment, and that the cost would ap
proximate a large sum; and In this con
nection we are reminded that the Agri
cultural college student must have oppor
tunities for securing education along me
chanical and electrical lines. That the de
mands of modern agriculture .make this
absolutely necessary, and that In the de
velopment of the Agricultural college, en
gineering must be considered; also that
one of the buildings now being asked for,
to be built lit the State farm, Is In con
nection with the Department of Agricul
tural Engineering; all these are facts
which lead us to believe that ft future de
velopment of separate plants would entail
much duplication klong these lines. .
Location of- Present arapns.
Eighth: It Is well known that the pres
ent university campus Is most unfortu
nately located, standing as tt doe upon the
western edge of th city, abutted close
by the railroads and agricultural imple
ment Jobbing district, and cornering what
Is known as Haymarket square, the smoke,
dirt and noise Incidental to the traffic
that must be carried on there making It
a most undesirable location for the uni
versity plant to be maintained and de
veloped. Physical conditions make It Im
possible for the city to expand very much
either north or west of th campus, so that
the natural and only growth of th city
Is gradually . further, and farther away
from the city,' thus necessitating the stu
dents living lu. a more congested . part
of th city or seeking their rooming
houses at an ever Increasing distance from
their class-rooms. - We believe that th
problem of maintaining and developing a
modern university with Its requirements
amid. such. an environment is Impossible
of solution. .., -.
Ninth: Th area of the present campus
la about tan and onb.alf acres. In addi
tion to this there T ttn ' atmetfc field of A
block, which cost the atat two years ago
over 140.000. This block contains about
two and one-half acres; r. '
lost of Extension.
In th report presented by th majority
of the members of the Board of Regents,
attention Is called to th fact that our
campus Is about th size of the original
Harvard campus, and that the last legis
lature. . by voting money to buy th ath
letio field, endorsed th policy that future
extension should be by the gradual ac
quiring of property contlguoua to th pres
ent campus as the growing needs of the
university require. W are strongly of
the opinion that for the state to announce
a policy that It will gradually acquire
land around the present campus as Its in
creasing needs make It necessary Ar It to
do so, would be verv unwise. It Is a temp
tation for people to, speculate In advance,
kttowlng that some, time or another the
state Is very likely to need th land. There
Is at this time In th office of th super
Intendent of construction a framsd plan of
a proposed extension of th present univer
sity site, prepared. by ft leading Boston ar
chitect. This plan contemplates the dis
mantling and moving of several ' of the
present buildings and th acquiring of the
property north of th athletic field ti
the railroad tracks, ft portion of wh'ch Is
sometimes, at certain seasons of th year.
Inundated with water to a depth of several
feet, and also the acquiring of the north
half of the two block south of the present
campus. The present appraised valu of
this land Is S313.G0O. - There Is alro another
scheme talked of that of going east on
R street and the acquiring of several
blocks. W find th appraised value of
this land to be $760,000. Neither cf thcs
plans would give the' university a campus
more than thirty acres In extent, and a
portion of It would then be divided by the
public street.. In this connection we want
most earnestly to call the attention of
your excellency and th member of ths
legislature to the fact that ' at present
Harvard university has a campus of 100
acres or more and that almost every uni
versity of distinction In our country ha
found that it Is absolutely necessary that
abundant room be provided for their grow
ing needs. From a careful Investigation
of present property values (Immediately
contiguous to the city campus, on th east
it would cost ItiO.OOO rer acre; north of th
present uthlellc field, .SJO.OOO per ar"e. and
on the south, 110,000 per acre. 1
Advantaaes af Stale Farm.
Tenth: Eltuatcd nearly In the center of
the lald-out residential part of 1 -loco In and
suburbs, the state owns 320 acres of land
called the State ' farm, and upon It ' are
biilldlnss used In connection with Ihe Col
lege snd School of Agriculture. It Is the
avowed policy of the Board of Regents,
we think are following the wishes of the
people of this state, to erect buildings
to take rare of the rapidly Increasing re
quirements of the College of Agriculture.
And In the extension of this college. If
the policy recommended by the major num
ber of this Board, namely, to keep all
the other colleges of the I'nlversity upon
the city lampua. Is to prevail, much dupli
cation of buildings and equipment, opera
tive and administrative, necessarily will
have to be provided; and from a very care
ful Investigation of this question, both
from the economic and educational side,
we are firmly convinced that It would be
mutt unwlbe for the slate to buy any more
land near to. or erect any more permanent
buildings upon the city campus.
Eleventh: The state could set aside sixty
or eighty acres of the I'nlversity Farm
for a campus site without Interfering In
any war with the Value or extent of its
experimental work carried on there. The lur
ration Is sn Ideal one. a splendid water
supple and plant la owned by the state,
sud ths scwersgs aad drainag could not
be better; and In addition, it has rallwav
trsckoKa facilities close at hand to Its
own property.
Twelfth: Ther Is no library building or
genersl library on the State farm, the li
brary there consisting of books which psr
tlctilarly .refer to agriculture. If any pro
fessor or student there wishes to avail
himself of a general llhrsry, they must
of necetmlty make a trip to th city campus
Which- entails a considerable los of time.
trsvcL and some rxpexi.'. If the dean or
any professor In the Agricultural college
wishe to consult the chancellor or any
of the administrative officers of the uni
versity, he must make a Journey to the
down-town campus to do eo. It Is needless
to say that this Is a great waste of time
and expense. The same thing Is true of the
Superintendent of construction and of
grounds and buildings and his assistants;
much of their lime could b saved by a
consolidation of the plants.
More Bnlldlnas Imperative leed.
Thirteenth: At the present time there Is
great congestion In the College of Arts
and Sciences on the city campus, and the
same thing is true In the Agricultural
college and the School of Agriculture at
the State farm. It the Imperative needs of
these departments are met and the present
policy of aepnrstton continues, there Is ab
solutely no escape from duplication of
buildings and. equipment.
Fourteenth: I'nder present conditions at
the city campus and also at the State frm
all coal and building material, as well as
other supplies, have to be hauled by team.
The cost to the state last year for hauling
coal alone was nearly $:l.000. For every
building which has to be erected or hns
recently been erected about S3 cents per
ton Is charged for drayagc n getting the
material to the building site. Should the
policy of moving to the Btate farm pro-
vail, trackage facilities can be obtained at
a relatively small cost, thus saving many
thousands of dollars In the erection of new
buildings and greatly reducing the oper
ative cost of the Institution.
Cost of Moving.
Fifteenth: From a careful Investigation
wo find that by the expenditure of twice
the amount asked for permanent Improve
ment by the Board of Rt-gents for th'
blennium we could move to the State farm
over two-thirds of the student body of the
university, leaving behind only the en
gineering, law and medical students. To
acquire th necessary land in the city for
ft moderate-sized campus of thirty acre,
if this land were acquired east of R street,
would cost nearly as mnch money as would
build the buildings.
Sixteenth: The superintendent of con
struction has Informed thn Board of Re
gents that additional facilities and equip
ment are Imperative for the power and
heating plants, both on the farm and city
campuses. To meet these requirements
more duplication must take place, unless
our present policy Is changed.
Seventeenth: Tlie state has to purchase
all of the "ater that Is used on the down
town campus from the city. On account of
the strong, salty character of the water
underlying the city campus It Is unfit for
drinking, laboratory or boiler uses. The
cost of this water aggregates a large and
Increasing amount each year. This could
be avoided by moving to th State farm,
Where tjie state owns a splendid water
plant and supply.
Eighteenth: It is well known that in
those states where the agricultural col
lege 1 separated; from the main university
by a considerable distance R has been
found to be ft Very costly thing to main
tain them apart; also that It causes con
siderable friction and public feeling, which
would be unlikely to exist If they were
consolidated; and w believe If our present
policy continues we should Invite the same
kind of trouble. The state of Minnesota is
almost identically situated with regard to
campuses, the distance between its agri
cultural college and main university being
about the same. There Is much duplication
In the two plants, but fortunately for that
state the financial side does not embarrass
It, but they still have their troubles which
would not be l'kely to exist if the plants
were together.
Present Bnlldlnas.
Nineteenth. The present valuation of the
buildings upon the city campus Is about
SfiOO.OOO. exclusive of what Is known as the
Tempi building. On of these buildings
ha been condemned by the architect as
being unsafe, two of the others within
the course of a few years will have to
be dismantled and replaced, at present
being. entirely out of accord with modern
hygienic and sanitary Ideals, and It must
be most detrimental to th students to be
compelled to us them. The library fa
duties are totally Inadequate and the ques
tion of extending the library bulldlpg has
vinf itvnuij unnu uiBVJUsneu vy (lie OOaru.
As an objection to the consolidation scheme
It has been stated that there would be a
loss to the state If It were called upon
to relinquish the present site and move
t the -State farm. W do not believe that
ther would be th loss of a single dol
lar, but, on the other hand, In the course
of ten or fifteen year the state would be
mr.ny thousands of dollars Into pocket
and, besides, have a magnificent institu
tion. Ideally located and operated at a
very much less expense than if dual In
stitutions are built up and have to be
maintained.
Twentieth: During the last few years
th attendance at the university has rap
Idly Increased and ther Is every reason
to believe that it will continue to do so,
especially at the Agricultural college, for,
as It Is well known, there has been a
wide Interest aroused as to the special
need the state and nation haa to develop
this branch of education. From statis
tics' It has been found that considerably
Over 90 per cent of the graduates return
to the land, and that there la a great and
unsatisfied demand for teachers In agri
cultural colleges and high schools. The
agricultural colleges In every state have
a rapidly Increasing registration and In
our state more and more of th students
from the School of .Agriculture are pass
ing into the college. ,
Twetity-flrst: The question of the earn
ings of needy students has arisen In con
nection with this discussion. From' data
furnished the board. It Is estimated that
these earnings aggregate tlon.00 per an
num, but the same authority for this state
ment also says that if a scheme of con
solidation was brought about there would
probably be a temporary loss only for
ewo or three years of about 16 per cent
of this amount.
1, online ! Fntore.
Twenty-second: From our own experi
ence and that of other states. It is only
reaxonable to assume that before many
years pass the registration for th differ
ent colleges In our university will be
largely Increased. We believe the wise
thing for the state to do la to prepare for
this by locating all Of the university
buildings on a campus which It already
owns, sufficiently large for development,
and not to be so foolish aa to be driven
to acquire land piece by piece at ex
travagant prices In a downtown district,
bi.inded on the north by railroad tracks
and on ths" west by Jobbing houses and
railroads and on th aouih by the business
portion of the city.
Twsnry-thtrd: As an evidence of what
the future requirements of the colleges
sjtuSted on the down-town campus sre
likely to be in tlie near future, th dean
of the colleges iecntly submitted to the
Board of IteKcnls a statement of these
needs, and they aggregated In amount
about Sl.inJu.tMi. Al the same lime tlie dean
of the Agricultural college submitted a
report of what he considered to be the
pressing needs of the nesr future of the
Agricultural college and School of Agri
culture at the Stste farm, and these
amounted to over SiVio.Ono.
In this connection It may be well to
stele that about twenty years ago Denn
Itesewy, who was then th acting chancellor
of the university, submitted to th Bord
Of Regents a project and plsns for th
moving of th university buildings to the
State farm. At that time ther were
about MO students in th university. At
the present time there are over 4.00O, In
cluding the Schools of Agriculture and
Music. IVan Ressey wss foresighted
enough at that time to see what the needs
of the Institution In the course of a few
years were likely to be. and today he says
most emphatically that some day or an
other, the state will he compelled to move
the university from the present location,
and It would be a wise thing to do It now.
W cannot forbear asking the question:
Is It wise for the state to longer delay
this, and by su.:h delay only make the
consolidation scheme more expensive and
difficult?
Supported by Authorities.
Twenty-fourth: The conclusions and
opinion we have arrived at and which we
have endeavored to set forth In this report,
have been confirmed In a very marked
manner by visits, which we have made
to other colleges and universities, and from
personal Interviews snd correspondence
with educators at the head of state uni
versities and agricultural colleges, who
have both expressed verbally their per
sonal opinion, and written It, sav'lng that
it Is certainly cheaper for a state to con
solidate all the colleges of Its university
upon one campus; also that It Is detrimen
tal to th best Interests of the Agricul
tural college student for him to be de
prived of the benefits that would natur
ally come to him If he were permitted to
associate with the larger life of the uni
versity; further, that It Is a grest bene
fit to the students of other colleges than
that of agriculture to have th presence
of agricultural students on the same
campus.
In conclusion we wish to say to your ex
cellency and through you to the legisla
ture, that we feel a great burden of re
sponsibility In thus presenting this question
to you and them. It la a most Important
one to the state, economically and educa
tionally. The university Is the people's
school, and they have the right to say
what polloy shall obtain, as to whether
It shall be built and operated on Iho lines
we suggest, or whether the opinion of
the majority of th Board of Regents shall
fasten upon th state a ollcy which we
believe to be unwise, from an economic and
educational standpoint, and absolutely to
the detriment of thn agricultural student,
to whom we must look to help solve the
problems connected with the soli and rural
life.
Therefore we ar of the opinion that the
present legislature should define the future
policy of the state In regard to the uni
versity's development to be that no more
permanent buildings be erected on the
down-town campus, but that all future ex
penditures Bliould he for buildings to be
put on the State farm, with a view to
building up a consolidated Institution there.
When large cities are willing to tax
themselves heavily for clvlo beauty, real
izing that a beautiful city. Is a paying
asset, we believe that In housing a noble
university like our, we can well afford
to follow In the footsteps of the other gieat
universities of the country In providing
a suitable, dignified, artistic, and spacious
campus, arranged on a general plan, suf
ficient for the present needs and the future
growth of the university.
GEORGE COUPLAND,
FRANK L. HAL1.KR,
Regents of the I'nlversity of Nebraska
DEATH RECORD.
Henry llrlch.
THCl'MSBM, Neb.. Dec. 25.-SpeclaI.)-Henry
Cirlch, a well-known farmer living
southwest of this city, died yesterday of
a liver trouble after being sick for several
weeks. He was sged 4? years and is sur
vived by a widow and several children.
The funeral will be held Monday.
ROMANCE OF FOUR STATES
Mr. Ben Davidson of along City and
Mrs. Hart of Cincinnati to Re
Married In Chicago.
SIOUX CITT. Ia., Dee. I4.-(Bpeclal Tele
gram.) A romance which had its begin
ning In the verdant hill of old New Hamp
shire last August will culminate in Chicago
next week -when Ben .Davidson,- head of
the big Davidson Brothers company de
partment store, will be msrried to Mrs.
Blanche N. Hart, a prominent and wealthy
widow of Cincinnati, O., whom Mr. Davld
son met three months ago while In the
White mountains for health and recre
ation. They will live In filoux City.
Poultry Show at lows Kails.
IOWA FALI-S, la.. Dec. 25 (Special Tele
Many cities and towns In northern and
central Iowa were represented by exhibits
at the annual poultry show held In this
city under" the auspices of the Northweet-
ern Poultry association. Over too birds, of
fered by fifty-two exhibitors, presented a
fine display of fowls of the best strains.
William Marsh of this city won the cup
offered by the State White Wyandotte
club, J. U Dixon taking the Marsh cup.
Offer by William Marsh In the same class,
whlie F. G. raid of Marshalltown won the
Mayor Bryson oup. J. Hlggenbotham of
Eldora won the hook and ladder cup of
fered In the Barred Hock class. F. 11.
Brunemeier of Hubbard took the cup for
the best pen of Hcse Comb Rhode Island
Beds. J. Freeland of Dumont captured
the cup for the beat ten Single Comb
Ilhoda island Beds.
barged with Several Hobberles.
TOLEDO, ia., Dec. 26. (tpeclal. Ac
cording to his own statements, a friend.
warm admirer and former employe of John
Deitz, made notorious by his defense of
the Csmeron dam In Sawyer county, Wis
consin, a middle-aged man, who gives the
name of Jack McGregor, 1s being held
here In jail for breaking and entering the
(reat Western depot at Berlin, la., lent
week. Charged with being directly con
nected with three other burglaries In Ber
lin and Morrison, the latter place in
Orundy county. McGregor, who la undoubt
edly going under an alia, is believed to
be badly wanted by the government for
postofflce robberies and also for bank rob
beries in Iowa.
Vie tint of Crossing arelaent Dead.
I.OOAN. la . Dee. 2S (Speclsl Telegram )
Willis King, wly was struck on the Illi
nois Cenval rrosing yesterday afternoon,
died here last night of Internal Injuries.
Eva Woodruff, though badly bruised, left
today with relatives for her home In
Blenro.
Ins ews Nates.
IXJAJC The f'ertrie current wss turned
on st Magnolia la at night from the electric
light plant st Missouri Valley. Magnolias
business houses and residences were
lighted with electricity for Ihe first time.
TABon-Herney Cheney, a Tabor dray
man, died at his home on Boutli Main
street Thursday from cancer and dropsy.
The funeral occurred Thurfdsy at Ihe
home
IxXtA.N Charged un bigamy by aer
husl-aml. Henry Poor. Mrs. Poor Is now- be
ing held here lo answer to the grand J'lvv.
According to the records. Mr and Mrs.
llrtirv Poor were united In niarrlnire hv
Justice .1. P. Cresger of l-osan lecember
. r7. and according to tbc best of In
formation Ihe two failed to agree at nil
Omes and finally sepiiritted. all of which
terminated In the present embarrassing cir
cumstances TAIMMl-At the preliminary debate of lb
Tabor HiKh scluxd held here In the Metb.-i.
dist Kplsrnpal church Thursdiiv evening
Ihe winners were Mlsoes .alda 7.ljK
l"na Weatherhoad and Albert Hentlev.
with Frank Kills as alternate. The ludce
were lVestrtent F. W Ung of Tabor col
lege. lYof. Edwin Ott and Mrs. F. M.
Itlrd. This debate Is preliminary to tlie
first paired debate of the southwestern dis
trict of .the st:ite. in which 'Tabor will
contest with Clnrlndn at the latter place
January 2". when the winners here Thurs
day will defend the nexatlve of the ques
tion. "Resolved. Thai a siadusted Incotn
tax. with an exemption of incomes belov
eV'W per annum, would be n desirable mod
ification of our system of federal tax
ation." ...
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