Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15
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; ing with his wife and while away from
his residence abandons the woman. is he
to be prosecuted at the place where the
couple sojourned, or i'll the county of
their residence? These are the questions
which Edward NJ. Cuthbertson. now IN
der sentence of six months in the Doug
! las County Jail, wants to have answered
by the supreme court in the hope that it
will hold that the abandonment is a
crime at the place visited. At the date
fixed in the information as the time OF
the abandonment, Cuttbertson, who had
been employed by railway contractor,
was at ChadrOn, where he was visited by
his wife, and on that day the couple quar-.
relied and he left her, going to Missouri
The question now is, where did he aban-
don the wife? Was it at Chadron or
was it at Omaha, where the couple had
resided before he went to ChadrOn?
His interference on behalf of the Win
nebago Indians, whom he says are being
robbed by INSCRIPTIONS spectators, has
got Rev. Father Joseph Schell, of Ho-
, mer, into justice court as defendant
Compliments are Charles, Thomas and
George Ashford, bankers and general
merchants at Homer. The case is Ill the
nature of Il test. Father Schell recently
called the Indians together iii council
and secured their Endorsement of plan
whereby an auditing committee should
handle the Indians money, paying 1t out
only to those to whom it was really
owing. Father Schell was at once made
the agent of the Indians to do this. He
refuses to pay bills until they are item
lied, and only then when the charges are
reasonable. In the case now in court
. the Ashfords claim that George Rice Hill
owes them $199 and that Father Schel
, is preventing it's collection.
The good work of the Nebraska Pris-
Oh Association has attracted the atten-
ton of the national committee located at
, Trenton, n. ]. Dr. Martin, of the Lin
coin association, received Il letter from
A NJ. Fish, chairman of the committee
: on discharged prisoners, of the nationai
committee, asking for a copy of his re-.
port on this matter to be incorporated in
the national report. DR.. Martin is well
pleased with the progress of the Ne.
braska association i'll its work with the
growing membership. which at this time
is almost 800. The committee is CON
stantly after new members. for upon the
membership is dependent the finances.
of the association, each member paying
a fee of 81. The association will meet IN
Lincoln a week from Tuesday.
At the close of business last Thursday
night the permanent school fund COLI
tanned $69,312SJ, with investments in
sight to take every cent of it and more.
too. The report of Treasurer Morton
sen, filed with the state auditor, shows
there has been paid out Of this fund dur
ing the month 114,62S.96, and received
into it $7S, 1881. For the quarter there
was received into this fund 1895, 570.1S-
and paid out $66 1920. There was re-
ceived into the general fund during the
month $47, 222.S So, and paid out sos,
1892. In all funds, on August 1, there
was 1916, S16.59. During the month
there was received into all funds $1G3,
3S2.72, and paid out 5000, 1855, Of
which there is in cash on hand S3,6JS.2Gr
and on deposit 1881, 1920.
j. c. Stevens, formerly Of the state
board of irrigation, but now connected
with the government survey, will leave
Lincoln the first of the month for Den
yer, where his headquarters will be in
the future. Mr.. Stevens has just complet-
ed taking measurements along the Mo
brara for distance of several hundred
miles. and Incidentally looking out for
irrigable lands. He found little of the
land that was fit for irrigation, however
The river runs through canyon and
for many miles is three or four hundred
feet deep, this making the cost of get
ting water to the lands too much. He
l. Job
Counties.
There are 4G3 cases to go on the SUI
preme court docket for the September
term. This is twenty-three more than
the number of cases on the docket for
the September term last year, and proves
conclusively that the litigation in the SUI
preme court instead of falling off is in
creasing at famous rate. With this
great increase in the number of cases
which must be disposed of, there is a
prospect of another glut such as that
which existed three years ago when it
took the average ltigant from two to-
three years to have his case determined
in the supreme court. The situation is
already causing speculation among law
yers who have supreme court practice.
Thursday was visitors days at the
capitol at Lincoln, and the officers at the
state house were kept busy all the tins
showing curious sightseers from over the
state the wonders of the big building.
While all the officials did their utmost
IN making it pleasant for the out-of-tOwn
people, the dome was still q superior at
traction. Great numbers of people have
made the ascent to the browning lam
tern, from which they are enabled to.
view the entire city, and the grounds for
miles around. While the greater distance
Of the 200 feet in perpendicular height
must be made on a tortuOus spiral stair
way, no casualties have taken place so
far.
Lincoln is to have another representa-
tive on the governors staff. and l.. w.
Garroute, a travelling man, is slated for
the honor. While t commission has
not been made out, it has been rendered
him, and the recipient is already re-
ceiving the congratulations of his fellow
travellers.