Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-13

the present bulIdlnRS nave been constructed.
There are other highways crossing the tract
and these must be vacated before the board
can legally proceed with the work in hand.
resolution was at once prepared and
adopted requesting the city council Of
Cherokee and the Board of Supervisors of
Cherokee county to vacate the highways on
the entire tract and making an offer to
open other and suitable highways for the
use Of the public Until this is done and
some agreement entered into with the coun-
ell and board in Cherokee county the con-
tracts for the buildings cannot be let and
will not be.
Meat Contracts Let.
The Board of Control today let the con
tracts for the supply OF meat at the various
state institutions for the coming quarter.
The pork contracts call for about $l2 900
worth of meat and the beef contracts for
$50 900 worth, Following are the contracts
as let:
Pork Products-swiEt and Company
South Omaha: School for the Deaf, Coun-
PavenpSTi, Ia: Industrial seRooi i Tor GIFTS GIFTS
Chicago: State Hospital for the Insane
Clarinda, la; state penitentiary. Fort
shalltown, la. Libby. Mcneil & Libby
Chicago: State penitentiary. Anamosa. la.
Institution for Feeble Minded Children
sane, Mount Pleasant. la.
Beef Products--Iibby, Mcneil & Libby
son, Ia. Swift and Company. South Omaha
Soldiers Orphans Home, Davenport, la
Institution for Feeble Minded Children
Glenwood, Ia; State Hospital fer the In
sane. Independence, la. Soldiers Home
Marshalltown, Ia; Industrial School foi
Girls. Mitchellvile la; state Hospital lol
Packing company, Sioux City, Ia: Schoo
for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, Ia Armour
Packing company, Des Moines, la: Stat'
penitentiary Anamosa, Ia; Hospital fo
the Insane, Clarinda, Ia. Industrial Schoo
for Boys. Eldora, Ia.
Counties Using Primary system.
The republican state committee has haC
made list OF the counties in the stat'
in which the primary system OF making
nominations and selection of delegates I,
the county convention is in use instea'
OF the caucus system. The list as prepared
by the committee shows that the follow
ing counties have adopted the primar,
system: Adar Buena Vista, Butler Cal
houn. Clay, Dallas. Delaware, Dickinson
Emmet, Franklin. Guthrie. Hamilton, Han
cock, Hardin. Humboldt. Ida, Louisa, Lu
cas-. Lyon, Madison, Marshall Mitchell
Montgomery, O'Bren, Osceola, Page, Poca
hortas, Pottawattamie. Ringgold, Sac
Story Taylor, Warren, Winnebago ant
Worth.
In Favor of COnger.
Captain J. A. T. Hull. member OF con
gress and chairman of the military com
mttee of the house, returned to his HON
| today and was at once beseiged by tn
politicians to know his attitude toward tn
pending political campaign in Iowa. II
refused to take any stand as between tn
many candidates for governor, saying h
has not been at home long enough to know
what is best for the party. II have bceI
misquoted by some Of the newspapers" n
declared, Sin the matter OF my attitud
| toward the candidates for governor. | an
for harmony in the party and the nomina
tion OF a ticket that will unite all mem
bers Of the party. What / did with ref
erence to Minister Conger was for harmon
and the best interests of the party. Whe
wrote him about the governorship
believed he was the man who ought Z
be placed in nomination for governor an
| still believe So" Captain Hull was al
most solely responsible for securing tn
location OF an army post in Des Moine
and for the passage of the largest arm
appropriation bill ever passed by congress
| and for these things he was warmly re
| ceived by his many admirers in Des Moine'
Independent Telephone Men.
The annual convention OF the manager
Of Independent telephone lines in low
commenced in this city today. The presl
dent of the association is J. s. Belamy {
Knoxville and the secretary is C. G. Deer
ing of Boone, Business sessions were hel
in the afternoon, devoted entirely to III
| nd ptatf NJ "a
ters of interest to the telephone men. Th
rapid growth OF independent and rural tel
ephone systems in the state is encourag
ing to them, but the owners OF the Be
system are preparing to enter the fiel
with rural lines and make competitio
sharp.
| MIX AduIteratiOn.
Dairy Commissioner Norton is sendin
out circulars TO the milk dealers in III
cities of Iowa calling attention to the fa(
that the laws OF Iowa make no distinctio
as to whether or not adulterants placed
milk are deleterious or good, but that III
laws absolutely forbid adulteration of mil
In any way. A great many OF the mil
dealers OF the state have gotten into ii
habit of using preservatiyes in their mil
and while this is unobjectionable from tf
standpoint OF health, the laws forbid
and the dairy commissioner will enforce Il
laws as they are.
New Corporations.
The Stilson Ferguson Lumber compar
of Pocahontas has been Incorporated, wit
capital OF SIS, 900. The Robinson Clothir
company OF Perry has been incorporate
with a capital Of $l1 900,
street Car Tax Case.
| The attorney for the street car comDaI
in Des Moines and the assistant county a
torney have gone to Council Bluffs to PR
sent before Judge Mcpherson in the fe
eral court the case Of the tax controvers
in this city. The company has claimed a
excessive taxation and for several yea
has refused to pay the taxes assess'
against II. The company has gone in
federal court to have the county restrain'
} from enforcing the collection of taxes
ordinary means.
. | ..I had heeu in he'd three WeekR with Dr