Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-22

| when Deputy Attorney General Norris
| Brown went to Auburn to try the case.
Mr.. Brown will argue that the courts
| have no jurisdiction in the matter. but
| that the work of the state board is final,
according to the statutes. The decision
will affect all of the counties whose val
uations were changed by the state board.
Judge Kelliger will come to Lincoln to
take the testimony.
Independent telephone companies in
Garfield County have organized a mutual
association and filed articles of incorpOra-
ton with the secretary of state. No
capital stock is quoted and the concern
will be run much on the order of 4 mu-
tual insurance company. The companies
entering into the organization are Gala
mus Mutual, the Rose Hill Mutual. the
Willow Springs Mutual the North Side
Mutual, the East Side Mutual, and the
Rockford Mutual. The organization is
to have perpetual existence. The head
quarters will be at Burwell, Garfield
County.
At their request Gov Mickey has sent
to Moran Brothers. builders of the battle
ship Nebraska, the names of the state
officers, congressman, judges and others
who will be invited to attend the launch
ing Of the ship, Oct. Z. Gov. Mickey
will be accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Mary Main Mickey, who will
christen the ship. Mrs. Mickey will be
unable to attend. The arrangements for
the trip viii be made by Adjt. Gen. Gull
yer, but so far nothing definite has been
decided upon. and it is not known whcth-
CT a special train will be secured.
An army of wOrkmen are putin" the
Grand Hotel i'll Lincoln il shape for Il
girls dOrmitOry for the state university.
New plumbing, new beds. new carpets,
paper ard paint have transformed it into
one Of the best dormitOries i'll the coun-
try. 1t has been placed in charge of Prof.
Candy, of the university, with Mrs.
FrankiSh as matrOn, and bids fair to
spring into immediate popularity. While
none but girls will have rooms. there
will be a large dining hall i'll connection
for both young women and men, with Ia
bic board for So per week.
Superintendent Fowler has issued q
circular letter to county superintendent
and principals regarding the work Of the
school year. Among the new things dis
cUssed i'll the circular is the teachers
book review club Mr. Fowler advocates
the organization of these clubs, whereby
a teacher, by buying one Or two volumes,
can get the benefit of a dozen or more
by going into a club. He also explains
the manner of registering certificates,
which many teachers have not UNDER
stood heretofore.
Lancaster County is to have a COM
plete rural route service which will give
each farmer within its boundaries a sat
isfactory delivery service. A large per-
centage of the farmers are able to secure
their mail in that manner but the work
to be done by Rural Route Agent Chase
Will give that service to every household
in the county. Lancaster County will be
the third in the state to be afforded such
service, Cass and Pawnee Counties hay
ing preceded it.
The new cells of the state peniten.
tiary have already got one prisoner into
trouble. The convict's name is Belts,
and he interfered with the lock on his
cell when the guard tried to lock the
door. lie WIS sent to the dungeon for q
few hours to think it over. Another con-
Wet, named Jones. severely cut Convict
Yates while the two were at work to-
gether and was sent to the dungeon from
july u to August y. Besides that he
VIII lose $50 days of good time
Judge ". II. Kelligar, of the First iu-
dicial district of Nebraska. sitting at Lin
coin, announced Saturday night, after an
all day hearing, that he would sustain
the injunction brought in Nemaha Conn
ty to prevent the raising of assessments
by the state board of equalization. The
decision puts in peril the state revenue
law, which consumed the greater part
Of the last session of the legislature
requisition has been issued for the
return to Nebraska of Charles Everett.
ahas Donakin Kid, who is wanted out in
Lincoln County for breaking Jail, and incl
dent to MS arrest for horse stealing He
is now under arrest at WOODBURY.. la.
1t Is charged that Kid, with another man.
hired buggy and horse from TverJ7
barn and sold the outfit instead of re
turning it to its owner.
The state board of public lands and
buildings and the state board of irrira
ion held their regular meetings Sent :
The former board passed on a number of
claims, including the one for the con-
'tructiOn of the hospital at Milford and
he latter board merely approved the
work done by Secretary Dobson during
he last six months
The report of the warden Of the state
filed with the secretary or
tate, shows that there are in the peniter
larry so prisoners, of whom 1S5 are en-
'loyed by the Lee Broom and Dustar
company. During the month twelve
we're discharged. five were paroled and
ne was remanded. There were received
nto the prison ten and one returned from
he asylum.
l.. Z. Burr, attorney for Hays B. Tom
on IN a suit against the Western Tray
lets, Accident Association, who was ac-,
used OF mutilating the records by At