THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 20, -1919.
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Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha Bee
RESIGNATION OF
VICTOR WILSON
EXP EG TED SOON
Railway Commissioner Gives
' Small Salary as Main
Reason; Has Other
Grievances.
Lincoln, July 19. It is probable
that Railway Commissioner Victor
E. Wilson will resign and go back
to the practice of his profession as
lawyer-banker.
When asked by the Bee eorre
spondent if the rumor that he was
going to resign was true, Mr. Wil
son said that he had not definitely
made up his mind, but was of the
opinion now that he would.
Asked to give his reasons he said
that there were many. First, the
salary paid was inadequate to the
work which" had to be done. "The
salary now is $3,000 a year," said
the commissioner. "Why a few
years ago when I held the appoint
ive position of bank examiner I was
pa;u y.UUO a year and when I made
comparison then with now and the
prices I have to pay for the neces
saries of life, I find that I am receiv
ing jujt about $1,000 a year salary.
I can make more in my private busi
ness and not have campaign ex
penses to pay either."
Work Amounts to Little.
He said that another reason was
that after the commission had made
investigations, going into the very
heart of things, after they had gone
into the evidence, the conditions,
cost, expense and all of -that, the
matter would be taken to the
courts, and as far as the railway
commission was concerned their
work amounted to very little, if
their findings were not to be con
sidered final. ,
Still another thing which is caus
ing the commissioner to make up
his mind that the office is a long
way from, being a desirable job he
put as follows:
"Ever since the United States
railway administration and the tel
egraph and telephone administra
tion were created, it has been ap
parent that both these agencies
have been bent on destroying state
control ana regulation oi transpor
tation and wire service and center
ing everything in the hands of the
federal government. This commis
sion has been in a constant strug
gle with them to preserve the rights
of the public in this state and have
been repeatedly overridden. The
re'eent decision of the-United States
supreme court virtually breaks
down the last vestige of authority
formerly had by state commissions
and even ties the hands of state leg
islatures. Show Same Tendency.
"The Interstate Commerce - com
mission shows the same tendency
and appears to have in mind the
view of becoming sole and supreme
in the power of dealing with trans
portation and like matters. The
National Railway commission and
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion appear to have been working
together to take over the power
which has heretofore properly be
longed to the state."
Mr. Wilson censures the Nebraska
delegation in both branches of con
gress for allowing this to be done,
and says they will have to stand
partly responsible.
Men Arrested on Forgery
Charges Are Released
Beatrice, Neb., July 19. (Special)
E. Wolf and H. Kaplen, who were
arrested at Wymore on a charge of
raising a number of checks on far
mers near Pickrell, were released
Friday evening by Sheriff Schick.
The men claimed to be representa
tives of a paper published in the in
terest of a livestock association, and
according to the sheriff the farmers
accepted receipts of $4.98 and $9.98
instead of 98 cents. It is said the
larger amounts represented "10
year subscriptions" while the
smaller ones were for less time.
"Boy Bandits" Rob Lead
Stores; Several Arrested
Lead, S. D., July 19.-(Special.)-Boy
burglars have recently caused
the local police considerable trouble
and " some of the stores have suf
fered heavy losses as a result of
their operations. Some of the lads
now in custody have . been impli
cated in other thefts from stores in
the past. One of the places entered
by the "boy bandits" was the store
of Joseph Seelig, from which revol
vers were taken and the cash regis
ter robbed. The store was ransacked
from end to end.
Branch of American Legion
Formed at Hemingford
Hemingford, Neb., July 19. (Spe
cial.) A local post of the American
Legion has been organized here
with M. R. -Swanson chairman and
V. W. Jenkins secretary. There arc
about 75 members. The post is
named in honor of James Barry, a
veteran of the Civil war, who died
July 11. They plan to build a com?
munity club house.
Arrested on Charge of
Forging Check for $25
Beatrice, Neb., July 19. (Special)
C Fray, charged with forging the
name of Mrs. William Young of
this city to a check for $25, was ar
rested here Friday by Sheriff Schiek.
The alleged offense was committed
some time agoand since then the
officer has been looking for Fray,
who has been making his home in
South Dakota.
- P. A. Barrows, Correspondent
Omaha Man Appointed
Member of Supreme
Court Commission
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SUPREMEMURT
APPOINTS NEW
COMMISSIONERS
Frank A. Shotwell, Omaha;
George W. Tibbets, Hast
ings, and W. C. Dorsey,
Bloomington, Named.
Lincoln, Neb., July 19. (Special
Telegram.) The Nebraska supreme
court today appointed three new
members of the supreme court com
mission. The new members will
take their office on September 15,
for, a term of two years. The sal
ary of the commissioners was in
creased by the last legislature from
$3,000 to $3,600.
The new commissioners are
George W. Tibbets of Hastings, for
merly a member of the state sen
ate: District Judge W. C. Dorsey
of Bloomington, and Frank A. Shot
well of Omaha. Judge Dorsey is a
former member of the legislature
and was appointed district judge by
Governor Keith Neville when a new
district was formed. Mr. Shotwell
is a brother of County Attorney
Shotwell and was formerly a deputy
county attorney of Douglas county.
Ihe retiring members of the com
mission, whose terms expire, are W.
C. Parriott of Auburn, Grant G.
Martin of Lincoln and F. O. McGirr
of Beatrice. The present members
of the commission have held office
since the board was formed four
years ago.
Civil Service Examinations
And Postmaster Appointments
Washington Bureau Omaha Bee.
Washington, D. C, July 19.
A charter has been issued to the
First National bank, Wilraot,. S. D.,
with a capital of $25,000. Increase
of capital of First National bank,
Baynard, Neb., from $25,000 to $50,-
000 and First National bank of
Remsen, la., from $50,000 to $60,000.
have been approved by the Treas
ury department.
Civil service examination will be
held on August 23 for fourth class
postmasters at Melberta, Gochner,
Monowi and Weston, Neb.
Postmasters approved: George A.
Parrish, Belmar, Keith county, Ne
braska, vice, Mary E. Stafford, re
signed.
In South Dakota: Beebe, ,d-
munds county, Julius F. Hardt, vice,
Anna O. Clinton, resigned; Laurel,
Sully county, Jessie Potoski, vice.
Charles L. Johnson, deceased.
Owner of First Gage County
Paper Dies in Washington
Beatrice, Neb., July 19. (Special.)
Joseph Rutherford Nelson, who
established the first newspaper in
Gage county at Beatrice with Nath
aniel Howard in 1868. died at his
home at Cashmere, Wash., accord
ing to information received here
Friday. The name of the paper was
the Blue Valley Record. Mr. Nel
son later crossed the plains, going
to the Colorado gpld fields, and re
turned to Beatrice in 1887. He then
moved to Galveston, Tex., where he
lost all of his property in the great
flood. He again returned to
Beatrice and left for the state of
Washington in 1910, where he re
sided until his death. His widow
and one son, Amos, survive.
West Point Pastor Called
'to Washington, III., Church
West Point, Neb., July 19. (Spe
cial) Rev. L. J. Powell, who has
been pastor of the Grace Lutheran
church at West Point for the past
11 years, has been called to the pas
torate of the church at Washing
ton, IU-, and has. left for that place
to assume his duties. He has built
up a congregation of over 600 mem
bers out of a former small member
ship and during this time has
erected a fine church, the, finest
Protestant church in the county, and
leaves the congregation in an ex
ceedingly prosperous condition.
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WYOMING STOCK
SEEKS PASTURE
OVER NEBRASKA
Lack of Feed and Water
Forcing 'Wyoming Cat
tlemen to Move Out
of State.
Lincoln, Neb., July 19. Letters
coming to C H. Heard, government
kfield agent in marketing work, indi
cate tl'Bt thousands of head of Mon
tana and Wyoming stock, in danger
on account of the drouth, will come
to Neb-aska ranees. Thousrh the
work cf the government agent is
merely to pring prospective Ne
braska buyers in touch with the
western situation, men who want a
total of -25,000 head have written
directly to him.
Thomas Quinn of North Platte
has wrtten Mr. Heard that he and
his neighbors will take 10,000 head
of cattle. Frank Van oHrn of
Lnckson wants at least 5,000 head.
A Long Pine man wants 250 head.
Two men from eastern Nebraska
and one from Iowa want several
carloads An Alliance man says he
will pasture several thousand head
at $1.25 a month. O. Hull, county
agricultural agent of Frontier
county, says there is an abundance
of grass in his county that will go
to waste if cattle are not found to
eat it. Several of the letters tell
of an abundance of grass and run
ning water.
Large Pay Crop.
The July 12 bulletin of the Ne
braska State Board of Agriculture
says that a bumper crop of wild
hay is assured. The second crop of
alfalfa promises to be large, the
bulletin says, the yield of clover is
exceptionally good, and the condi
tion of pastures remains excellent.
One Montana rancher has sked
Mr. Heard to helo him find 500 tons
of hay immediately. With hay he
hopes to carry his stock over until
rain comes and pastures green up
again.
Mr. Heard sent letters to mem
bers of the Nebraska Stock Grow
ers' asociation and all county agents
in the . state. He suggested that those
wanting cattle write W. L. Eeers,
field agent in marketing, Bozeman,
Mont., who is attempting to find
places for the stock of Montana.
All Owners of Live
Decoys Must Take Out
License, Says Holmes
Lincoln, July 19. John Q.
Holmes, former deputy in the state
game warden's department, and re
cently appointed United States
eame warden to fill vacancy caused
by the resignation of R. P. Holland
of Kansas, was a caller at the
state house Saturday.
Mr. Holmes will have charge of
four states, Nebraska, Iowa, Kan
sas and Missouri. He says that
the federal government through the
Agricultural department, which now
has jurisdiction over the matter of
migratory birds, has issued an order
that all owners of live decoys must
take out a license or they are sub
ject to prosecution. The license
costs nothing and can be had by
applying to Mr. Holmes at Orleans,
Neb., or to the state game warden
at Lincoln. '
Eddie Varner, champion blue
rock shooter of Nebraska, was also
a caller at the game warden's office
Saturday. Mr. Varner lives at
Adams and is not only the editor of
the Globe at that place, but is also
a special deputy game warden and
when not hunting news for his pa
per is hunting violators of the game
laws with considerable success.
Dodge County Men to Form
League to Oppose Covenant
Fremont, Neb., July 19. (Special
Telegram.) At a meeting of 40
Fremont men Friday night a com
mittee of five, headed by ,L. D.
Richards, was appointed to take
steps- to organize a Dodge county
league opposed to the peace cove
nant. The committee was further
instructed to call a mass meeting
to discuss the league of nations and
the peace agreement Telegrams
were ordered sent to Senators
Hitchcock and Norris expressing
opposition to the covenant. The
speakers were William Cain, T. L.
Mathews, Rev. Nathaniel McGiffin,
Frank Hammond, Bert Turner and
C. D. Marr.
Wheat Yields Well. .
Beatrice, Neb., July 19. (Special.)
, Frank Van Boskirk, a farmer liv
ing six miles north of Beatrice.
threshed 90 acres of wheat, which
yielded 18 bushels to the acre. Hen
ry Scheve, living near Harbine, fin
ished threshing Friday and secured
a yield of 22 bushels to the acre.
Tour Yellowstone Park.
-Hemingford, Neb., July 19.
(Special.) Twenty-five families
from this vicinity are touring Yel
lowstone park and auto roads are
reported good.
Leo Stuhr Says Foot
Race at State House
Picnic Was "Rotten"
Lincoln, July 19. State house m-
ployes held their annual picnic at
Capital beach Friday and it was one
of the most successful ever held by
the political crowd.
After a very "scrumptious" repast
the denizens of the old ruins pro
ceeded to have a good time pulling
off sports. Having shown himself
to be a good runner in the elections,
Railway Commissioner Thomas Hall
pulled off his shoes and entered the
free-for-all race for state officers
and heads of departments. He was
pitted against such sprinters as
Deputy Secretary of State Gaste-n,
Judge Parriott of the supreme court
commission and a few other runners
of more or less reputation. Food
Commissioner Leo Stuhr looked a
little worried when he saw Hall
pull off his shoes and the other con
testants do likewise, but looking
back over the last 40 years and re
membering the record he made in
school when a kid, he said, "Thun
der! I can beat 'em all with my
shoes on." He probably would if he
hadn't got behind and fallen down.
Saturday morning he said that the
race was "rotten," and was ''mis
branded," and will have to be tested
by the chemical department of the
pure food dynasty. The race was
easily won by State Veterinarian W.
T. Spencer. Railway Commissioner
Thomas Hall has not crossed the
line yet. He is said to be investi
gating the roadbed and transporta
tion privileges.
Another race of "rotten" propor
tions was the men's skeleton race.
There were three contestants: Fire
Commissioner Ed Beach, weight
261; Chief Clerk Mayer of the food
department, weight 247, and King
Cole, chief clerk in the governor's
office, weight 297. The race
proved to hve been faked and all
three contestants were suspended
from the American Racing associa
tion for 20 years for "pulling."
There were many other interest
ing sports.
Hail Damages Corn.
Beatrice, Neb., July 19. (Special.)
Hail Thursday afternoon damaged
a strip of corn for Harry Shores
living near Cortland. About half
an inch of water fell. The wind
accompanying the rainfall was so
heavy that it blew over a number
of outbuildings on the farm.
Falls City Girl Weds.
Falls Citv. Neb., July 9. (Spe-
r;an Miss Hilda Ohlemever
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Ohlemeyer ot this city, was
married tn Dr. Harrv A. Wise in
Nebraska City Wednesday morning.
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