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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1919)
2 fHE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919. M'KELVIE MEETS WITH FARMER'S ORGANIZATIONS Discuss Proposed Legislation; Question of Through Roads Across State Meets Opposition. (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 31. (Special.) Representatives or organized agri culture to the number of about 100 gathered in the offices of Governor elect S. R. McKelvie today and dis cussed legislation necessary to the best needs of the state from an ag ricultural standpoint. The morn ing session was executive and con sisted chiefly in the governor out lining his policy regarding legisla tion and the consolidation of depart cents. In the afternoon the meeting was public and general discussion was had on subjects under the morning program. The proposition of the re organization of the state board of agriculture caused the most inter est, at least on the part of members of the board who were present. Speaker Jackson, who is a member of the state board, asked the gov ernor if he thought that he could, fix up anything better than the sys tem the board had had for 50 years past. Governor Replies. The governor replied by saying that when he was back home the nice litt'e school house where he had attended school, and which had been adequate to meet all demands at that time, had now given place to a modern building. He disliked to see the old landmark go, but im proved conditions demanded im proved methods and he thought this would apply to the present board of agriculture. His plan would not abolish the board, nor take from it any of the functions as far as run ning the state fair and other fairs were concerned. The only change that would take place would be to take from it the agricultural activi ties connected with the gathering of statistics and the like. Good Roads Question. State Engineer George Johnson then discussed the matter of good roads, and this met with some op position, the main contention being that the farmers did not like to see the roads built unless they took care of the traffic from the towns to the farms and back. They did not want to see a system of through roads which only looked after the tourist proposition. Mr. Johnson said that it was the intention to make special effort to cover the matter of heavy transportation from the farms to the towns. Morning Semion. At I hi forenoon spsslon, Mr. McKelvie rtis.usseit t hi" tentative nRTirulturat pro kiuii) whli'h ha experts to recommend to the legislature In his message. The first purt of this dealt with the i i v i I administrative rode and one depart ment under thil code will be devoted ex clusively to agriculture and kindred sub jects. This department will have super v ision of the duties that heretofore' have fume under the administration "of the Kood, Prug and Palry commission, tht state Board of Agriculture (except the state fair and other agricultural exposi tions), the Livestock Sanitary board, the Siallion Registration board, the Conserva tion commission, and at least one new fc'tioti will be devoted to farm markets "'Twas bliss in that glad dawn to be alive" was written in the new year of the French Revolution, when the sleeping giant of Europe be gan to shake himself free from the shackles of ignor ance and oppression Can not we, in America, say the "Happy New Year" with even deeper joy, since we stand today with "hands across the sea" to the giant of Europe, now in the full noon day of his awaken ing. Together we shall end the age-long mistakes that have stoodin the path of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. "A Happy 17...: T i) i lsew i ear T he- House oS Menagh Honored by Clan Gordon on Golden Wedding Day h o ?, y ,, - n Mr. and Mrs. John Trench, 2922 Seward street, had particular reason to be happy yesterday, which was their golden wedding anniversary. When they attended the annual New Year's eve celebration of Clan Gordon No. 63, Order of Scottish Clans, they were surprised to re ceive a generous gift of money, handed to them on behalf of the members of the clan. Mr. Trench is chaplain of Clan Gordon. He and Mrs. Trench have lived in Oma ha 37 years. They were married in Paisley. Scotland, December 31, 1868. Mr. Trench is a pensioned employe of the Union Pacific shops. and marketing. This plan of administra te organization will eliminate many of the evils that have heretofore resulted from overlapping functions and divided responsibility. It will leave all educational and experimental work to the departments of education, particularly the state uni versity. Aurlcultural fairs and expositions, and meetings inrident thereto, will be left to the state and county agricultural so cieties, and the subjects of control and law enforcement will be collected and the work co-ordinated within the State Ue partment of Agriculture. Recommends Co-operation, Mr. McKelvIe recommended that the state join wilh the federal government in the eradication and control of contagious diseases in farm animals and that there should be unrestricted sale of. antl-hog-cholera serum and virus, and, if it became necessary in order to bring this about, that an adequate state plant should be operated within the proposed Slate Depart ment of Agriculture. Air. McKelvIe also suggested legislation In the interests of the sheep and wool growers. Legislation is needed that will facilitate and extend the work of the county family farm bureau so that It may Include ex tension work In agriculture and home economics as carried out through the em ployment of county agricultural agents, home demonstration agents, boys' and girls' club leaders, agricultural specialties and all types of extension meetings car ried on in the county. There Is need for co-operative credit so cieties so that the honest. industrious farmer of small means can be given the advantage of larger credit and lower priced money. Want Rural High Schools. rrovlslon should be made for the read justment of boundaries of our school dis tricts ao that our rural schools may be consolidated, and rural high schools should be established. Vocational training and physical culture should be made part of the course of Instruction. Mr. McKelvIe called attention to the fact that 60 per cent of the farms In Ne braska are now operated by tenants and that some legislation should be evolved that will forestall the further develop ment of such a menacing situation. Kxperiences of the war period have in dicated the necessity for rural highways which are of prime value for marketing. Nebraska Is pledged by the action of the last legislature to co-operation with the federal government in the raising of funds and administration of construction and maintenance of rural highways. Tax On Motor Tars. Mr. McKelvie recommended a tax upon motordrlven vehicles in addition to the property tax as a further aid to road building. The road work is especially timely now in order that employment may be provided for the surplus labor that will be produced by the demoblliiatlon of our military forces. The following organliatlons were rep resented at the meeting: State Board of Agriculture. Corn Improvers' association. Association of State, County and Dis trict Fairs. Nebraska Conservation and Public wel fare commission. State Dairymen's association. Nebraska Farmers' congress. Nebraska Farmers' Co-operative and Educational union. Farmers' Co-operative Grain Dealers' and Live Stock Shippers' association. Nebraska State Urange. State Horticultural society. State Live Stock Improvers' association. Aberdeen Angus Breeders' association. Dairy Cattle Breeders' association. Nebraska Horse Breeders' association. , Nebraska Holsteln Breeders' association. Nebraska Potato Growers' association. Nebraska Poultry Breeders' association. State Association f Farm Bureaus. State Association of Rural School Pa trons. Nebraska Sheep Breeders' and Wool Growers' association. Nebraska Stock Feeders' association. State Swine Breeders' association. National Non-Partisan league. Nebraska State Irrigation association. Nebraska Jersey Cattle Breeders' asso ciation. Nebraska Holsteln Frieslan club. After discussion of several other propositions, the question was asked of Mr. Johnson what number of peo ple of the state would be most served by the county seat to county seat road program as laid out by the department. Mr. Johnson replied that 63 perecent of the people of the state lived along the lines of con templated road building and that 75 per cent lived within four and one half miles of the roads. h 1 1 in h i in ii n i u n mi Action of Governor Makes Hit With Defense Council Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 31. (Special Telegram) Following the an nouncement by Governor Xevillc that he will abolish the council of defense officers of the Madison county council they declared that they were glad that their trobues are over. They declare that their work had been about finished after the ar mistice was signed. Some of these officers feel that the organization would be disbanded anyway by Governor-elect McKelvie. Officials iu charge of Liberty bond and other campaigns, however, are not pleas ed with the order, declaring that their work in the future will be ex tremely hard without assistance from the defense council. Scribner Man Sells Hog for Record Price of $5,000 Fremont. Neb., Dec. 31. (Spe cial.) John Bader, the well known Scribner hog raiser, sold the Great Orion Sensation, head of his herd, to Ed Kern of Stanton for $5,000. Sensation is considered one of the best boars of any breed in the coun try and won the junior champion ship, at ihc Nebraska state fair last fall.'. - ... Pioneer Gage County Woman Dies at Home in Rockford Beatrice, Neb. Dec. 31. (Special) Mrs. Susannah Lillie, a resident of Gage count since 1864, died in her home near Rockford yesterday, aged 87 years. She is survived by three sons and a daughter. Her husband passed away years ago. She owned a tine farm of 240 acres. Hinsdale Todd, for the last two years carrier of rural mail route No. 3 out of Beatrice, died yesterday of influenza in his home, aged 24 years. Hhe was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Todd, and is survived by his widow, who is seriously ill of the disease. Private Emil D. Schwartz, a mem ber of old Company C of this city, which left Beatrice on July 15, 1917, was severely wounded in action in France on October 25, according to a report received here yesterday by the War department. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwartz of West Beatrice, and has a brother, '"Pud" Sehwartz.with the American 4roops in France. Miss Minnie h. Nielsen, a nurse in the Lutheran hospital here, died Sunday of pneumonia, aged 33 years. She was a sister of Miss Katherine Nielsen, the head nurse af the Institution, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Nielsen of Western. Neb., to which place the remains were taken yesterday for burial. Brother of Omaha Attorney Attacked by Pneumonia Fremont, Neb., Dec. 31. (Spe cial.) Will Rine, son of Mr, and Mrs. P. S. Rine, graduate of the State university and star second baseman of the university base ball team, is lying critically ill of pneu monia following influenza at the Rine farm home north of Fremont. Mr. Rine is a brother of City At torney John Rine of Omaha. His parents, who are sojourning in Cal ifornia, have been sent for. Burlington Porter Fined on Illegal Liquor Charge Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 31. (Special) William Hackley, a colored porter on the Burlington road, was fined $300 and costs yesterday by Judge Woolsey of Wymore on three counts, one for bringing liquor into a dry state, the second with having liquor in his possession and the third with transporting liquor to be delivered. The amount of the fine and costs were $321.50, which Hackley arranged to pay. Auto Thieves Steal Car While Owner Is in Church Fremont, Neb., Dec. 31. (Spe cial.) Two Ford touring cars were stolen in Fremont over the week end. Will Peters lost his car while attending the theater and H. C. Wheeler's machine was stolen while he attended church. NEW YEAR'S WILL BE COLDEST DAY OFTHEWINTER Mercury Goes to Ten Be low at Several Points in State; No Sign of a Blizzard. The new year will be ushered in with snow and the coldest weather of the winter, according to the pre diction of Colonel Welsh, in charge of the Omaha weather bureau. At 9 o'clock Tuesday morning the thermometer registered 5 degrees above zero. The coldest weather repoited from any place in Nebraska was 10 decrees below zero at Alli ance and Sidney. Valentine report ed 8 degrees below and Sioux City, la., lcported zero weather, 5 de grees colder than Omaha. The coldest temperature reported to the Omaha station was from North Dakota, where the mercury sank to 30 degrees below zero. New Year's day will be snowy with a bitter, cold, penetrating wind. Officials say that the weather will be bad but they do not expect a bliz zard. While the weather all through the Missouri valley and west to the mountains is cold, there is nothing approaching a blizzard. This is the report coming to the railroads. Monday and Monday night there was some snow, but generally not enough to interfere with traffic, as the snow was in the air and not on the ground. Out in the state there are snow flurries Tuesday, but as a rule the weather is clear, with high no. thwest winds. Winner, just over the Nebraska line and in South Dakota, reported a temperature of 16 degrees below, and up in the Black Hills country the range was from zero to 18 be low. Sheridan, Wyo., reported 16 below. Omaha Boys in France Send Greeting to the Chamber of Commerce The Omaha Chamber of Com merce received a postal card Tues day morning that will be very in teresting reading to the friends at d relatives of the boys of the old Fourth Nebraska regiment. The postal is from Bordeaux, France, and is addressed to the "Omaha Commercial club." On the front of the postal is written "From the Omaha boys of the 127th F. A., formerly old Fourth Nebraska." The message side of the postal is as follows: Bordeaux, France, Dec. 6, 1918. j Dear Mr. Commercial Club: Just 1 a few lines to let you know chit the 127th F. A. are figuring on be ing home before many days. Thrre are about 800 Omaha men in this regiment, so look for a big time when we arrive. "THE OMAHA BOYS." COURT ORDERS EXPRESS GO. TO OBEY SGHEDULF Must Put New Intrastate Rates into Effect or Show Cause by January 10. Lincoln, Dec. 31. The Nebraska supreme court today issued an alter native writ of mandamus directing the American Railway Express com pany to put into effect a schedule of intrastate express rates as promul gated by the Nebraska State Kail way commission or to show cause by January 10 why the commission's rates should not become effective. The supreme court's action was taken on an application filed today by the railway commission for a writ of mandamus to compel the ex press concern to adopt the commis sion's schedule of charges instead of charging rates ordered effectve tomorrow by the federal railroad ad ministration. The commission, whose rates are lower than the fed eral charges, questions the railroad administration's right to control in trastate express business. Checker Expert Dies. Manchester, N. H., Dec. 31. Lyman N. Stearns, known as an authority on the game of checkers died here today. WAR. PUZZLES ME UN ffiQTT Thayer County Fair Holds Annual Meeting in Deshler Deshler, Neb., Dec. 31. (Special) At the annual meeting of the Thayer County Agricultural society Monday, Paul Grupe, John Albrecht and Richard Roiienbnrg were elect ed directors for three years. The following officials were re-elecied unanimously: Albert Caughey, president; John Rotlenburg, vice president and superintendent of grounds and buildings; K. J. Mitch ell, secretary; Richard Kodenbu', treasurer: John Albrecht, chief i police. A sheep department w.is added with George Weimers, super intendent. The fair will be held the week before the state fair. Start Suit to Collect on Soldier's Insurance Fremont. Neb., Dec. 31. (.Spe cial.) Suit to collect $.'.500 on an insurance policy held by Priv. Kd ward Pniss of Snyder, who died at Camp Dodge Inst fall, lias been started iu district court by Robert Frahm, administrator of the young man's estate. The defendants are the Bankers Reserve Life Insurance company of Omaha. Firemen's Convention to Be Held in Fremont Jan. 21 Fremont, Nib., Dec. 31. (Spe cial.) Rrennrts sent nut 1,1 llir r(- ! led that the annual coiurutioii oi j the Nebraska State Fii men's asso ciation. , scneduleil tor rrcuiont Jan uary 21, 22 ami 2X had been called off owing to the influenza epidemic, are erroneous. Plans for the con vention are lcitin i .ade by the com mittee of the Fremont lire depart ment and Commercial club. No ollicial announcement from the pres ident, J. W. Guthrie of Alliaiue, calling of the convention has been received. Employe of Nebraska Power Company Hurt by Electric Current Ray Born, 2768 South Thirteenth street, an employe of the Nebraska Power company, was badly burned by a power wire at the substation at Thirtieth and Larimore streets at 1 o'clock Tuesday. He was work ing among some wires and at the direction of another man pulled a switch which caused a heavy cur rent of electricity to pass through his body. The shock also caused an explosion which created consid erable disturbance i.i the neighbor hood. Born, who was made uncon scious by the shock, was taken to the Swedish Memorial hospital on Twenty-fourth street, where it was found that his arm had been seri ously byrned. Gage County Line Stock Men Want New Legislation Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 31. (Special) Provisions of a bill which has been drafted by the legislative com mittee of the Gage County Live Stock association to be placed be fore the legislature, urge a state ap propriation to aid the federal gov ernment's fight on tuberculosis in stock; revision of the fence law and a dog law to protect the growing sheep industry, and a liberal appro priation for the equipment and main tenance of the state serum plant. Another "provision relates to the sale of stock remedies. The bill yas prepared by Frank C. Crocker, pres ident of the county asociation. County Agent Rist, Frank Putnam. Frank Thornburg and A. D. Graf. 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