Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-10
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| time it has turned down Il proposition to
| print biennial reports. At the meeting
! Saturday morning the secretary was in
| structed to withdraw from the advertise
! ment for bids all reports that were not
| mentioned in the statutes. This means
| that the following departments will not
! print reports: The fish commission. the
| irrigation board, the library commission
| and the state board of charities and cor
| sections 1t was suggested that these Of
| fees might be able to print their reports
| and pay for them out of the approprla-
| lions for their office expenses. This prop
| osition did not suit the board, however.
! and it gave notice that such bills would
not be authorized Auditor Weston and
| Secretary of State Marsh voted not to
allow the printing and Treasurer Mortcni
sen voted for the allowance.
| Out at Wesleyan there are things do
| ing because q number of students rebciled
| at the demand for them to buy cadet UnI
/ forms. As Il result five boys have been
| suspended and the end is not yet. Some
| days ago when the order was issued for
the students to dress up III soldier clothes
q number of the boys refused AMI de
manded that their tuition he paid back
to them, as the schools catalogue did not
state that the students would be re-
quired to buy the uniforms. The school
officers said the purchasing Of the cloth
| ing would be cheaper than the ordinary
clothing of the students and that was one
| reason why they were insistent upon the
students acceding to the orders. All OF
the students except five finally came
around to the officers way of thinking
These five were Obstreperous and were
suspended, pending the return Of the dove
of peace.
The telephone war which has been I'M
der way in Lincoln for the last year re-
sulting III slaShng of rates, q better
ment of service and much fussing, is only
now beginning. The fighting of the last
year has been merely a little skirnllsh-
A campaign is now being Wagcd to
knock out of offices and private houses
one or the other phones. The fight of
this kind is now before the finance com7
mittee of the board Of regents of the
state university for settlement. Both
the Lincoln Telephone Company and the
Nebraska Telephone Company has a
phone i'll the university. Now the doc
tors have taken up the fight and will do
away with one of the phones. AS it is
now every physician in town almost is
compelled to use both phones both in big
office and in his residence.
Attorneys for the Oxnart1 Sugar Beet
Company and the Norfolk Sugar Beet
Company have filed briefs in the supreme
court in the suit against the state for a
total of $46.262, claimed to be due be-
cause of the law that authorized the state
to pay q bounty to the manufacturers Of
sugar made from the sugar beet. The
last legislature granted the companies
permission to sue the state and suit Was
begun in the Lancaster County district
court. Attorney General Prout filed
demurrer, which was sustained and the
cases just filed is an appeal from the de-
cision of the lower court. The attorney
general holds that the legislature had no
right to authorize the payment of Il bouD-
ty for q private enterprise and as q
second defense that the bill had two sub
jects.
United States Senator Willard is 10
receipt of letter from the fourth assist
ant postmaster general in regard to the
establishment of solid rural free delivery
service III Washington and Sarpy Coun-
ties. He says the territory is now being
investigated by agents Of the department.
and report is expected very soon. When
the reports Of the special agents arc re-
ceiyed the matter will have prompt at
tention by the department., which means
that the solid service may be expected by
Nov 10 III these two counties
Dopooror L,I ,
from death by being caught in a lathe in
the Burlington shops at Lincoln. As it
was he was only slightly bruised. though
nearly every stitch of his clothing was
torn from him. Demerer was caught in
the machine while at work near it and
upon his yell for help his fellow work.urn
rushed to his assistance and succc c,lcd
in dragging him out Of it. He was then
carried home and a physician summoned.
who found that he had not been injured.
The Continental Investment Company.
Of Chicago, which has an office in Oma-.
ha, has notified the state banking board
that it will not attempt to do any bust
ness in Nebraska until the state banking
board has given it the proper authority
Some days ago Secretary ROyse got hold
IF Il prospectus of the company and
signified his intention to put
4 stop to it doing business here until q,
few rules and regulations were con-
formed TO.
Attorney G. 0. Whedon filed with the
district court a petition asking for a,
judicial inquiry into the affairs of Lam
,aster County. The petition is fled in,
IN appeal from the decision of the county
i'll making the present
eyy. Mr.. Whedon holds that the levy is
and excessive and. among
'ther things, that the fees paid to county
'fficers are excessive and that too many
deputies and employees are on the pay
oil.
\ requisition issued by the governor
If Ohio was hOnOred at the governors
'f1ice for the return to Hamilton Coun-
y, that state, Of George w. Bacon.
wanted for forging and selling railroad
ickets. According to- the information
lied Bacon was clerk in the office of
he c., n 0. e II. z. Railway, and