Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-01
KEEPS SCHOOLS UP TO DATE
Nebraska Reviews American History for the
Year Just Closed.
RESULTS or IRRIGATION CONGRESS
winter wheat a Excellent Condition
and sudden Change I'm weather
Fails 20 Cause In
jury.
(From a Stan Correspondents

state a work on the history of America
during the year 1901. The book was pre-
pared at the request Of Mr.. Fowler by II.
w. Caldwell, professor Of American his
tory in the University OF Nebraska. An
edition OF Is, 900 has been printed and Il IL
the intention Of the department to place
one copy in the hands OF every eighth
grade and high school pupil in the state.
The volume consists OF thirty-one pages
and touches upon political history, in
dustrial life, reform movements, educa-
tional progress. religious work. scientific
researches, military affairs, neurology,
colonies and dependencies and foreign re-
lations. All rights of the publication are
reserved by the state department. The
book contains pictures Of william McKin-
ley and President Roosevelt.
Nebraska Thirty-sixth year.
Tomorrow will mark the beginning of
the thirty-sixth year Of Nebraska's state
hood, the territory having been admitted
into the union on March 1, 1867, thirty-hve
years ago. From tomorrow until March 1,
1908. oficial documents bearing the great
seal of the state will be dated in the
tbirty-sixth year.
Home from Irrigation Congress-.
0ONGIuOT O1Ndkc anu 0ltl6 EukluStT
Dobson returned today from the Interstate
Irrigation congress-, which met Wednesday
and Thursday in Sterling, Colo. Both
we're ~gratihed at the enthusiasm displayed
at the meeting and especially at the in
terest shown by the Nebraska delegates,
who formed a large part Of the congress.
Three states we're represented. Nebraska.
Colorado and wyoming. Upwards Of thirty
delegates we're present from Nebraska.
W adopted resolutions similar to
those adopted at the recent meeting with
the Omaha Commercial club" said Mr..
Dobson. They favor the making of al
appropriation in the river and harbor bill
for the construction of irrigation reser-
volrs in the arid and semi-arid regions
and the repeal Of the desert land act, the
Communication act and the stock reservoir
act. 1t was also recommended that an an
nual appropriation of $3.50, 900 be mad for
investigations by the United States geo.
logical survey. Heretofore the appropria-
tion for this work has been 500, 900 an
nually. We also asked for an appropria-
ton Of SIS, 900 for irrigation Investigations
to be conducted under the direction Of the
Department Of Agriculture. Congress
made a small appropriation for this work
last year, amounting, l think, to $50, 200.
Some Of the Investigations were conducted
In this state by o. ". P. Stout Of the
university. The irrigation congress
thought the work should be enlarged.
Nothing was said In the meeting about
the compromise irrigation bill. The Colo
RADIO delegates did not favor any national
appropriation. They thought that private
capital would carry out all practical irri-
CATION schemes in their state.
THE attendance at the meeting was
much larger than we expected. Our ses-
sious were held in the courthouse and
the room at all times was filled to its ca
paclty. The Nebraska delegates cut al
important figure at the meeting and the
people out there were surprised to see so
many Of us in attendance. There were
ten men there from North Platte"
Good Crop of winter Wheat.
Director Loveland Of the United States
weather station says the reports he has
received during the past few weeks indi-
cate that the crop of winter wheat now in
the ground is in an unusually good condi-
tion.
my advices are contrary to the reports
printed in some newspaper that wheat
suffered greatly in the last prolonged cold
period" said he. For the purpose of
ascertaining the condition of the growing
plant / asked our correspondents In various
parts of the state to take up pieces Of the
ground containing wheat and put them
under shelter. The result was that in
nearly every instance the plant began to
grow rapidly. showing that scarcely no dam
age had been sustained.
'"The winter wheat fields were generally
we'll covered with snow during the first
twenty days Of the month"; continued Mr..
LoveIand. THE snow melted slowly during
the last ten days and the ground Is now
practically free from snow in all sections.
No conditions unfavorable for wheat de-
veIoped during the month and the crop
continues generally In good condition. Some
slight damage was done by the dry weather
early in the season and on high land, where
the snow was blown on. But this applies
to only a small part Of the acreage"
Questioned regarding the effect of the
| change in the weather which took place
today, Mr.. Loveland said: Such furries
as these will not damage wheat unless &C
| companied by sleet. At this season of the
year we are bound to have freezing and
thawing alternately, but unless the weather
Is extremely cold no damage will result.
A slight freeze. even II the ground is moist,
will do no harm. So far as l can tell from
the present indications. there is 10 pros
pect of q sleet storm"
New interpretations.
Articles Of incorporation Of the Stuart
bank Of Stuart. Holt county. we're recorded
in the secretary Of states once today. The
institution is capitalized for s25. 900. The
incorporators are: Lawrence w. Weaver
Thomas f. Memminger. A. H. Bohannon,
Benton Maret and G. A. Luikhart.
The Dawson emeha Telephone COMPANY
has recognized. with q capital stock Of
$40, 900. Its incorporators are: Joseph @
McGinnis. Rice Page. Frank L. Blakeny. r
2. Fenton. Joseph G. Heen and w. G.
Hummel Of Dawson and oliver @. Ayres Of
Humboldt.
State Superintendent Fowler has returned
from the meeting Of the superintendents
section Of the National Educational asso-
citation in Chicago. Membership in this or
ganization is limited to state. county and
city superintendents. There were forty rep
resentatives OF Nebraska In attendance al
the meeting.
Clerk r. q. Herdman Of the supreme