Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-22

fOOu COmmlSSIQner " +. thompson.
In his biennial report to the governor.
recommends that the payment of fees
to his department be abolished and the
commission be supported by a direct ap-
preparation; that the scope OF his depart
ment be extended to all foods and condi-
mentS and all articles used for food or
drink by man. At present the depart
ment has jurisdiction only over dairy
products, vinegar and cider. Commits
siOner Thompson calls attention 10 the
fact that the legislature in passing the
present law saw fit to restrict the scope
Of the department. t. the Iimi.xd articles
of food found i'll section +. These ares
Butter, cheese. imitation butter, imita~
ton cheese, milk and cream, vinegar, ei-
der and all laws concerning dairy prod
ucts. He says: a careful observance
of the analyses of the one item of vine
gar viii shoW conclusively the necessity
of food law covering all foods and'
condiments which shall include all arti
cles used for food or drink by man.,
whether simple or compound. Since
May s, 1903, the members of this com
mission have turned down upward of
$50 barrels of grain vinegar colored to
Ike uuu SOlu as tIucI VI LlitilL
gar, and anyone familiar with the costs
of vinegar can tell you that on this item
alone the commission has either saved
the retailer a large sum of money or COM
PEELED the jobbers and wholesalers to fur
nish pure goods, which the retailers were
supposed to have been buying
George D. Bennett will be reappOinted
secretary of the state board of equaliza-
ton and Ed Royce will hold on 10 his
place as secretary of the state banking
board. Neither of these appointments
has been officially made. but there is no
doubt but that they will be announced
in due time. a majority of the members
of the state board of equalization have
expressed their preference for Mr.. Ben
nett, believing that he deserves another
term, because it was due largely to his
work and his understanding of the law.
that the late board got along as
well as it did in starting out under the
new order of things The salary attach
ed to this office is $1,000 year. and as
the responsibilities are n great deal more
and the work q great deal heavier than
that of a deputy. it is very probable an
effort will be made to get the next lasis-
lature to increase the salary.
State Superinten J. /. Nc
Brien announced Saturday the appoint
ment of Ed G. Bishop, OF Lincoln. as
deputy state superintendent of public
instruction. Mr.. Bishop is "a years old.
He was reared on the farm. His early
education was obtained i'll the rural
schools of Iowa and 1T the Rockford. Ia.
high school. For five years he was Il
student in the Lincoln Normal Universe
ty and graduated from that institution
i'll 1897. He holds q professional life
certificate. For three years he was prin-
cipal of the Bradshaw schools. He
served four years as county superintend-
ent of York County. During the last
two years he has been at the head of the
English department of the Lincoln Bust
ness College and at the same time TAX
ing graduate work in the University Of
Nebraska.
State Superintendent Fowler has certi-
6ed to State Auditor Weston his appor-
tionment of school money, amounting To
$272.257 .O6, certified to him by TreaSur-
er MOrtenson Dec. 3. The whole num-
Der of school children in the districts of
the state IS 81, 419, and the money win
be distributed $O.721365 ped pupil. Doug
las County will get the largest amount,
$40, 9SS.4O, having the largest number
Of school children, topping the counties
with 429jS. Lancaster comes next with
,, 2S5 pupils and will get S1G,615.GG.
Unless all signs fail. Addison Wait
will be the next chief clerk in the o.ice
If the banking board. 1t was said We'd
nesday that \. y. DOdsOn, the present
chief clerk, would not be an applicant
.or his old position. and that the board
members were favorable to the candidacy
If Mr. Wait The latter is at present
in the office of the secretary
If state and was before the last Rcrub-
lean state convention a candidate for
secretary of state.
In n decision written by Chief ] stice
in the case of the City of Beat
ice against Wright, county treasurer Of
Gage County, the Mickey-Ager tax law
s declared unconstitutional by the su-
IRENE court. County Treasurer Wright
ought to enforce the law against GER
ain city property in Beatrice, and the
ity resisted and attacked the conStitu-
ionality of the law. Its contention was
lpheId, Judge SedgWick concurring in
separate opinion.
Those sport loving Omaha people who
ontemplate going to Homer to see Clar-
nee English and Dave Andrews Of
south Omaha take a few pokes at each
Their would better consult with the state
authorities. Gov. Mickey heard that such
fight was in course of arrangement and
e notified the sheriff Of Dakota County
hat ne must not allow the fair name of
Iebraska to be stained with such an ex-
ibition. The sheriff promised he
7Ouldn't.
Nearly, if not all, of the state institu-
ons have made their biennial reports
} the governor, but they are not accessi-
lie to the public. as has been the custom.
Or the reason that III the Office Of the
overnor it is thought the wiser plan Z
'ould be to wait till all are in. compiled
nd compared with the reports of for
Ter bienniums and then the entire list
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