Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
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state institutions during lne AeAt wv
Mum. Auditor Weston Topped OF S"iii'
thing like $4,000 from the estimates
made by the heads of the INSTITUTIONS
Among these items not allowed by tue
auditor in making up his estimate 10 DE
nrasented TO the legislature were 'heSe-
$40 600 asked for by the superintendent
of the institute for the feeble mihdeo at
Reatr;ce for girls cottage; S3O,OUo ASK
cd for by the superintendent OF the "ea'
and dumb institute at Omaha Tor the
nurcbase of land and the erection OF i
gymnasium and library; $4,000 asked 10
nav for an addition to the west "lHs ~
the blind institute; $1,000 addition 10 tne
soldiers and sailors home at Grand ISL
and. $500 for commandment hone az
the soldiers and sailors home at Nllto!d'
the iunior normal school estimate OF %ic,-
600 was cut to twelve. The estimate OF
APPROXIMATIONS for PERMANENT improve
ments was made up as follows: foG the
state university: Woman's building at
the state farm, $50 1000; freproof wing 10
the museum, $4,000; new swine barns.
cattle sheds, rebuilding veterinary clinic
laboratory, paving south, west ana east
in front of campus and brick walks Tor
farm, S5J.410. New normal school ut
Kearney. ground improvements ara Wa
ter and sewerage, $4,000; Peru norman
school, pumping plant and fixing heating
plant, $1,000; Grand Island soldiers
home. commandments cottage and ad1Inis-
tration building, $4,000; Milford indus
trial home, new engine house, $lO,Ooo-
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The log school house in Nebraska i.
gradually becoming thing of the past.
while new school houses are gradually
being erected. The reports of county
superintendents being received by the
state superintendent show that during
the last year the sod school houses We're
decreased from 334 to 2l3, while there
was erected 1853 new school houses,
against 160 built last year. A conparlz
son Of the returns of last year and This
year show this: Number Of buildings:
Frame, this year, 6O15; last year, J.9f9:
brick. this year, 500; last year. 324
stone, this year. 50; last year, 80: log.
this year, 105; last year, III; total mum
Der OF school houses this year, G,IGi: last
year, 614S; number of school houses well
furnished with apparatus this year, A.
COS; last year, 4 ,432; districts owning
books, this year, COCA; last year. sos
number of days taught this year average
992 ,209; last year, 929,G94.
According to the latest report fled By
Examiner Virgins of his examination OF
the books of former Adjt. Gen. Colby,
the latter is just now $141 short on pre-
miumS on warrants that should have
gone to the state and 1926 short on the
Wilbur affair. The shortage in the first
place has not yet been reported 10 Gen.
Colby. The warrants that Cen. Colby
had drawn to pay out now on file in the.
auditors Office that were sold to the per
manent school fund, were bought mt Il
premium. The state has already received
$500 from the general government as part
payment OF the amount due, IS unearth-
ed by Mr.. Virgins.
Judge Post, representing DR.. Walk"r
and DR.. Monk, whose certificates
recently revoked by the state board Of
health for unprofessional conduct. was
in Lincoln and announced that he intend
ed to appeal the case to the courts.
Should the case be appealable the trial
probably will occur in Lancaster County.
Some legal authorities say, however.
that the courts have no jurisdiction in tho
matter, as case of the same character
was tried once before and the supreme
court upheld the state board, ruling that
its power was suprem1
The Nebraska photographers will meet
at Lincoln during the first week Of May
i'll the art hall of the state university.
The executive committee of the associa-
ton met and decided on the time and
place, but the program has not yet been
arranged. The executive committee is
composed Of Alva C.. Townsend, presi-
dent; ]. W. Wilson, Of Pawnee. vice
president; d. w. Wright, of Nelson. sec
ond vice president; w. 3. Fritz. OF Ere
mont, treasurer; c. J. Fenncl. of Scluy-
Ter, secretary
Lincolns Thanksgiving was in kecii..
with the many blessings enjoyed by Tie.
city during the last year. Through the
medium of q well organized charity as
ISOLATION the poor were fed and the sick
were visited and good cheer was scatter
ed everywhere. Union services were held
i'll many of the leading churches. Dur
ing the afternoon all the business houses
were closed and everybody in the city
went to the football game.
The request Of Secretary Royce, of the
banking board, that state banks ger in
their statements recently called for at ALI
early date, has not been acted upon very
Up to last Wednesday morn
ing $50 had returned their statements
out of a total of 517. The returns have
not yet been tabulated or compared. and
it is not yet possible to tell what the
showing will be.
NJ. A. Brown, who assisted President
Roosevelt in carrying ninety counties in
Nebraska by being one of his electors
spent just $50 for the honor that was
conferred upon him. He fled his state
ment with the secretary Of state Wednes-
day morning, being the first elector 70
file.
Gov. Mickey issued a requisition on the
governor of New York for the return 70
Nebraska City of f. O'Bren, under ar
rest in New York, and wanted in the Ne
0raska town for statutory assault.
The United States government ba,