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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1912)
LAW SEEMS AT VARIANCE Governor Inspects Irrigation Works at Scott's Bluff Senator Hoagland Point Out Double Provision on Filing. GUARD EQUIPMENT IS HISSESO Aajataat t.earral Srads ollre t (oat pa (Budrn that Their Allonaares May Ur Cut Dow a I'laaiber. Mretlag. (From a staff Correspondent.) LINCOUX, Feb. H-iSoeclal Telegram.) -Senator W. V. HoaKland of North Platte has called the attention of the secretary of atate to an Inconsistency in the elec tion law which may cause some trouble to candidates unless they take precau tions. Section 117 f chapter X wheeler and section IK (5. of the same chapter are at variance, one provides that where a senatorial or representative district comprises more than one county the fll in fur the primary and for the election shall be made with the secretary of state and the other that It shall be made with the oounty clerk of each county In the district. In the absence of any Judicial determination of the question as to which provision governs It nay be necessary to be on the safe side to comply with both provisions. Seeks to lat oa Kroatier Day. Charles B. train of Cheyenne as In Lincoln today trying to Interest the state fair management In a proposition to put on at the state fair a wild west show, similar to the one given every years at Cheyenne frontier day. Secretary Mellor was of the opinion that the board was not In a financial position to take up so expensive an undertaking and tt Is prob able nothing will come of It. Gaard Eqalpsseat Short. Adjutant tjeneral Phelps has notified company commanders of the National Uuard of the number of blankets, shirts and other supplies each company is short and asked what resson. If any there is why the value of the supplies should not 1 deducted front the company allow ances. The blankets cost M each and the shirts l-'.fi each. One company Is short twenty-nine shirts and fourteen blankets, while others are short a less number. Ordnance makes a better show In. there being shortage of only three rifles and eight bayonets In the entire Kuard. Under a ruling recently made un less a valid explanation can be mad for the shortage the value must be taken from the company allowance. Master Plasabera Meet. The Muster Plumbers' convention met behind closed doors today. An address was made by J. C. Hlxby of Omaha oa the good that could be accomplished for the trad by united work. A. C. En yon, president of the national association, addressed the gathering In the afternoon. Tha report of the president. P. C. Phil lips of Lincoln showed that the asso ciation had not grown much during the year, which fact- was laid to lack of organisation work. Oil rase lata tsar Is. K. H. Baldrlge and secretary Hibbs of the National Refinery -company ap peared before the attorney general to Ascertain if they could not ponvlne Mm he' was wrong In his ruling ex eluding low grade kerosene used for power purposes. The attorney general held to his previous opinion that his lullng was according to law,, and It Is probata! the oil producers and consum ers of oil for power will appeal to the eoarta. 1 la Doubtful, however, If they expect to accomplish mora than hold up the law until they can get It amended by the legislature. Heaelllaa at Aradesay. There was an Incipient strike or re bellion, whichever you desire to call It, at the Nebraska Military academy today. Some of the atudenta thought they should have a holiday on account of Wash ington, birthday, but the faculty thought otherwise. The trouble was speedily settled, though It is not given out whether th rebels were taken out and shot or simply taken Into the basement and siianked. Hastlaas Prafessars Will Heslaa. HASTINGS,, Neb.. Feb. J2.-(8peclal.)-Vecausa of th trouble in the manage ment of Hastings college growing out of friction between the trustees and th syuouical commission, many members of the faculty are planning on locating else- here after th close of the present col Iii year. Several of th professors are considering offers and probably all of them will have their plans fully made up liefor the June commencement. i SCOTT 5 BLUFF, Neb., Feb. !t-Spe-cial. (-Governor C. H. Aldrich was the guest of Scott's Bluff Tuesday afternoon and evening. He as escorted over the city, and out to the big sugar mill and other points of Interest. A special dinner was given at the Emery hotel, at which were F. Alexan der, mayor; C. A. Morrill, president Com mercial club: C. N. Wright, president Tn-State company: E. T. Westervelt. Scott's Bluff Kepubllcan: Rev. T. C. Osborne of the Presbyterian church. Rev. H. II. Harper of the Methodist church. ex-Senator 1- U Raymond. Beach Cole man attorney; A. i. Shumway. secretary I republican county central committee: S. K. Warrick, president First National bank. After an informal reception at the Com mercial club rooms, the governor was escorted to the Methodist church, where he addressed a house of Interested people In an entertaining and forceful manner. The governor was very much Interested in the Irrigation works and projects and spent pome time with a committee dis cussing the legislative and executive needs along thst line. The committee consisted of W. I- Miner, Wilbur Bar bour. J. C. McCreary. C. N. Wright. An drew Wise. II. T. Bowen. O. L. Shumway and others. Before the governor left he sent the following telegram, which voices a uni versal sentiment among the people under the federal project, and the business men of the neighborhood: SCOTT'S BM'FF. Neb.. Feb. Ju.-Con-gressman Smith. Chairman House Com mittee on Irrigation. Washington: Hav ing spent three days inspecting the Irri gation projects in western Nebraska, 1 am flrmlv convinced that some perma nent relief must come to the settlers un der the Interstste project, and 1 earn estly recommend the passage of an act est" tvtHrR''ALnit David City Dedicates New Gymnasium and Auditorium DAVID CITT. Feb. 8.-(SpeclaU-Be-glnnlng Saturday Inght and running for on full week, will be th fullest week DsvsJ City has had for many years. The occasion la the dedication and opening . r.M rttv library, gymnasium and auditorium, built by local money. The dedicatory services proper will occur on next Sunday. Th speaker ior tne oce aton being th Hon. Richard L. Metcalf nf 1 1..,!,, Th n ma ram for th week consists of a concert by CM Thloball, th violinist; th bwws nen rinse", basket ball games, art exhibits and every thing ls of a boosting nature, ending with a banquet, at which It is expected tot people will attend. BLACK HAND THREATS AGAINST CUSTER MAN BROKEN BOW.' Xeb.. Feb. -tSpe-clal.)-A good deal of excitement Is being caused among th residents in the ex treme north part of th city by reason of some blsckhand tactics that are being pursued by unknown psrtlea. U B. Neff. a laboring man who. with his family and aged grandmother lives in that section, haa been th recipient, lately of several threatening letters warning blm to get out of town or take th consequence. Th last letter waa addressed to the grandmother, who Is over sD years of age, warning her not to spend any of her pension money on Neff. Another letter stated that Neff's family would be well taken care of If anything happened to him. A large quantity of coal oil was recently poured over the threshhold of the door and on Sunday night a number of shots war fired In close proximity to th house. Neff owns th property he lives on, but can not insure It under existing circumstances. He Is badly frightened and take th matter very seriously, but apparently can give no reason why he should be thus annoyed. Both county and city officers sre working on the case. t Hagaa glare la Robbed. RAGAN. Neb.. Feb. 8.-vSpeclal.)-Tne general store of Tocum ft Gould was en tered Wednesday night by burglar and about 139 In small change removed from th register. Entrance was gained by breaking In th glass In a back door. The strength and energy build ing elements in FAUST SPAGHETTI are equal to those in many times its cost in other foods. FAUST SPAGHETTI istheeconomical food it will cut your meat bills in half. Write 'for booklet of Faust Recipes. afAVIX BBOS. INDIA TEA Appreciated by Coffee Lovers Yet Economical to Use 300 CUPS TO THE POUND. ONE TEASPOONFUL MAZES TWO CUPS. Published ty five Growers of India Tea SHRIYER PUZZLED OYER LAW Dong-las County Assessor Up Against Perplexing Problem. SELECTING DISTRICT ASSESSORS Governor Aldrlca's Throat Sore aa He U Obllaed Taarel Saeaktas; Date at tw Election la atl.nal Caard. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. S.-tSpecia!.)-W. G. Shriver, county assessor of Douglas county, is up against a problem which he desires Henry Seymour, secretary of the Board of Equalisation, to solve for him. Mr. feymour admits he is stuck and has asked the attorney general's office to solve It for him. That detriment Is delving into the statutes and supreme court opinions and expects to be able to answer Mr. Seymour, who will answer Mr. Shriver. who will tell the voters of Douglas county about It in due time. The law provides that in ountlee con taining cities of more than 4.000 Inhabi tants in addition to the county assessors there shall be elected as many district assessors as necessary to peijrm the work and that these district assessors shall be elected en masse. The law alo says that precinct and township officers need not be nominated at the primary election, but are to be named by the old caucus system. In another place the law 'says that wherever the word township or district officer Is used It shall be defined to mean the same aa precinct and vice versa. What Mr. Shriver wants to know is whether the district sssessors shall go on th primary ballot, whether they must divide the county into districts and the nominee In each district must reside In the district in fact, the whole machinery by a-htch these district assessors are nom inated and elected. Officers Meld Over. In reply to the letter of the county at torney of Blaine county taking Issue with the attorney general's office on the ques tion whether the county assessors in Boyd and other counties hold over when no election was held last year the attorney general's office as of the opinion the Blaine county man has overlookrt? the general provision that unless otherwise specified In a law cresting an office all officers hold over until their successors sre elected and qualified, and that It was under this provision of law the office held the old assessor was entitled to The office. Auditor Barton Is Just starting an In quiry to ascertain whether all the firms or corporations which have been using th words "trust company" in their titles have cither complied with the new trust company law or ceased to use the words, (joreraor. Throat sore. Governor Aldrich, who has been on a tour investigating the irrigated section of the state and also making a number of publlo addresses In the western and northern portion of the state, has been compelled to cancel his final date for Saturday at Wahoo and will return home Friday instead of Saturday night aa pre viously planned. He had a cold when he left Sunday and constant speaking has brought on throat trouble. Kler-tloa. la (aaard. Election have been held in two com panies in the National guard to fill va cancies csused by promtfons. Sergeant F. B. Bult has been chosen captain of Company C. Nebraska City, of th Second regiment, vie Captain McCormlck, pro moted to be major. In Company K, tteo ond regiment, Schuyler, Lieutenant Nell H. Map haa been elected captain and Sergeant Ira W. Funk elected first lieu tenant, the elections being due to th pro motion of Captain Johnson to be major. Holbrook t'lalsaea Testlsaoay Before th Stat Railway commission today Engineer Holbrook for the Union Pacltio completed his testimony for the company In the physical valuation of the road. His testimony related to the value of rolling stock and other equipment. He testified to additions to the cost being mad by changes and improvements made In such equipment after It waa purchased by th company and to numerous things which brought his estimate up to more than Jl.0UO.0O8 In excess of th valuation of th representative of the state. He was followed by Engineer Kates for th Stat, who was put on In advance of the conclu sion of the company's testimony becAse Mr. Holbrook desired to return home and It was desired that he hear Mr. Kates' testimony concerning the class of property he himself haa valued. Most of the offices In the state house were closed this afternoon on account of It being Washington's birthday anni versary. All were open during the fore noon. Slew Style Seed Tester. Th pur food department has received a new pattern of seed tester and Chemist Redtern pat It to work at once. This make thre kinds, he la using, th rag baby, on In which th grain Is kept moist imply by us of water In the trays and th latest one in which th grain Is simply laid In moist sand and th whole machine put In a warm room. The governor's office today granted a requisition for the return to St. Joseph, Mo., of William Haaaard. now in custody la Omaha. H la charged with grand larceny. Maklag Orchard Maaey Maker. The bureau of labor and industrial statistics has Just Issued a comprehensive bulletin on fruit raising In Nebraska. In addition to giving some examples of what financial returns some fruit raisers have received th bulletin sts out what kinds of lands are suitable for raising of dif ferent fruits and also what sections have made a success of It. On notable article la what a Cass county man did to make profitable an orchard which had been unprofitable because H did not besr good crops and that Uttl of an Inferior quality. He called la experts from the university and they made his orchard a big money soaker, tr pin ease la within the reach and conprehenBtoa of anyone. la tae Ftltas; B. Byron L. McEldred of Omaha has writ ten the secretary of stste how to proceed to get his name on the primary ballot as a canrisnal for state auditor aad re awested that the proper blanks he sent him. He does am say In his petition what party ha belongs to. Up to the pre stat there are three npnbUcans who aav Clew for Una office and only c iisautial. Henry Richmond. C t. Harwood of Greeley county has nqweated the secretary of Stat to sewd Mm Mass oo which to mak a populist petition for senator from the Eighteenth district. W. R. Earl mt Chambers. Holt county, write the secretary of state to know haw many and wba are filed aa candi dates for uiusji esainaa from the sixth raw rtct. He does ant say whether be Oodles to get Into the race or If so what party ha asaiuas to. Fireman Scott Given Verdict for Twenty Tive Thousand FA1RBL RY. Neb.. Feb. -tSptcial -Friends of James H. Scott in Kn.rt.nry bv received word that lie was awarded a verdict of (.000 In Ms personal Injury suit with the Bock Island railroad at Guthrie Center, la. The third trial was held at that point laM week and quite a number of train and engine men of Falrbury were taken to Guthrie Center to appear aa witnesses. Mr. Scott sued the Rock Island for I&io.iW damages for a personal Injury sustained at Montrose, Kan.. October. lim. He was employed at that time as a locomotive fireman out of Falrbury on a fast freight and hen i neartng Montrose, Kan., he climbed up on the tender to see if it would be necessary ' to stop at the next tank to lake water, i In doing so he lost his balance and fell to the ground and fractured his back. 11U engineer, Ot B. Clark, later discovered he was missing, stopped the train ami Instl- j tuted a search, flcott was found and brought to Fair bury. He is 7 years old and will be unable to walk as l-'ns as he lives. is sftara. am. assn' Taa I ansa j s rsWil i at tan kat mt dafTy Briserr. Take Dcerr Btoen for aotxlr. relief. Be rr sal by Beaaaa Drag C. MERRICK FARMERS JOIN IN SEED CORN MOVEMENT CENTRAL CITY, Nob.. Feb. S.- (Spe cial.) 8. C. Basaett of Ulbbon, secrctaiy of the State Dairymen's association, and Frank O. Odell. secretary of the Ne braska Rural Ufe commission, were the guests of the Central City Commercial club yesterday, completing arrangements for the reception of the seed corn special train which slops here on February 1 at :50 a. m. At a largely attended meeting of rep resentative farmers and business men the whole seed corn situation was dis cussed at length. One prominent Mer rick county farmer, aho has viKorously opposed the seed corn agitation as an unwarranted Interference with the fai m- ers' business, publicly announced his conversion, stating that he has made a careful test of eighty ears of his best looking corn, with the result that only one ear was found that would grow, lir Is boosting for the seed corn train. I R W. Badger of Central City has been carefully testing corn all winter In un effort to locate a supply of reliable seed. He reports that over 100 texts of corn from all parts ot the county show that ; less than M per cent will grow. Messrs. Odell and Bassett attended a meeting last night and presented a proposition from tho department of agri cultural extension of the University of Nebraska to establish ten experiments! farms In each ot twelve counties, In which the owners of the farms shall undertake to operate their farms for one car under th advice and supervision ot experts sent out from the university. The meeting unanimously endorsed the project and pledged the co-operation of Merrick county, appointing a committee to ralso 11.19 to ssslst the university In launching the proposition. The Nebraska Central college at Central City has a well equlpied agricultural department under the management of Prof. V. S. Culver, a graduate of the agricultural college of th University of Nebraska. It Is pro posed permsnently to employ Prof. trt-er as county agriculturist and give hlin general supervision of the project under th direction of th University of Nebraska. Waists and Aprons Friday!! a v On the Square About 400 Aprons, made from India Linon HEM STITCHED, with bibs; known as Maid's Aprons, each, 25 cents Think of material, cutting, making and then the price, 5 cents. About 300 Ladies' Waists new, latest designs,, all white, trimmed embroidery or lace. Neither fire nor flood connected with this purchase. Well worth $1.25. To attract you to the square and make this section "The Public Square" Friday 79 Cents Each If either item interests advise early visit. Store Opens at 8 A. M. Sale Starts on the Dot. Thos. Kilpatrick & o. of bonds for sddltlnns to th various school buildings, sll of which ar now overcrowded. Hastings Will Vale aa frkool Bonds, HASTINGS, Neb.. Prb. ti-t Special. -Petitions have been prepared for a so cial (lection on th proposition to issue LINCOLN BRIDGE MAN GETS MORRILL COUNTY CONTRACT BRintiKI'onT. Neb.. Feb. r.-iSpeclsl.t Governor Aldrich, president of the Ktste Hoard of Irrigation, and Slate Knglneer 1. 1. l"rlee were present today when the iiiunly conimllonere of Morrill county opened Hie bids for the two slate aid brldRcs si Bridgeport sml Hard. Seventeen bidders were present. Includ ing Hartletl ft Kllng. Cedar llaplds, la.; ". R. lnman, Cheyenne. Wvo. ; .Midland Ilrldge company. Kansas City; l"iieblo Itrttlfte company, rueblo, Colo.: Ward Welnhton, Audulion. Is.; Colyer Con struction company. Fnlrbury. Neb : Har rington ft Anderson. Fort Collins. Colo.; Lincoln Construction company. Tecumseh. Neb.; Western Bridge and Construction company, Omshs; C. O. Sheeley, Denver. Colo.; J. W". Turner Improvement com pany, lies Moines, Is.; Uggett Walton, Fort Morgan, Colo.; C. A. Edwards, Kearney, Neb.: W. II. Roller. Frirt Collins. Colo.; J. 1 Mull In. IJnroln. The contract for th two bridge com plete was awarded to J. I Mullln for Kl.Sim. although he was by no means the lowest bidder. NEBRASKA CITT GIRL TAKES DOSE OF POISON NtniUSKA CITY. Neb., Feb. (Special.! Yesterday afternoon Miss or a Selhy, aged SI yean, and a .Salvation Army lass, who haa been making her home with Mr. and Mr. 3. W. Williams, drank a large do of strychnin and was trying to swsllow mora when the gats was knocked out ot her h soils by Mrs. Williams. Th girl hs been de spondent for some time past and has threatened to take her life before. Iliyslelana were called and pumped her out after she had a number of convul sions. She waa alive this morning, but physicians have no hope ot saying her life. Her parents live In this city, but she has not been making her horn with them for some time. 'fates fratat Cambridge. ' C.VMHRIUOK, Neb., Feb. Jt-lclsJ.) Frank Maker hss sold his clothing stors In this city to Kusaell W. Shields of Blus Hill. Neb. The new proprietor took pos- session yesterday. A. L. 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