Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-05-25

oil from Chief Justice HolcOmb, at Lin
| coin. an alternative writ Of mandamus'
| recurring Auditor Searle to either issue
n license to the order or show reason for
| not doing so. Spinney alleges that ne
fled statement as required By law anC
| that If was rejected without any reason
for such action being given. On April
IL he alleges he offered an amendeG
| statement which was also rejected, not
| withstapdinc the fact that he was
"wholly unadvised and ignorant of any
| overt act or violation of the law or the
state of Nebraska or fraudulent conduct
on his part Last year the attorney
general at the suggestion Of the auditor
brought suit against Spinneys company
to enioin it from doing business. a great
mass of testimony of evidence was taken
before a referee. The supreme court al
| lowed the order to continue in business
| but made q ruling in regard to represent
! ative form of government which led to
| new convention of the membership for
the purpose of selecting officers.
The Nebraska commission last week
shipped two carloads of exhibits 10 Port
| land for installation for the states dis
| play at the Lewis and Clark exposition
| These two carloads contain 800 bushels.
| of the finest corn of the state of the 1904
| crop. also thirty cases of the best sheaf
| and threshed grain that was brought back
from st. Louis exposition. This exhibit
material is in fine condition and will be
used until samples of the new crop caID
be substituted during the summer. This
shipment also includes the mounted steer
Challenger. which attracted so much at
tention at st. Louis: Il large and fine ex-
hibit of corn products and moving picture
films and apparatus. a complete new
set of films from the original negatives
have been taken and new scenes of the.
states industries added.
Secretary Wheeler, Assistant Secretary
Goulding and Miss Elsie GOldner have
completed their work of compiling the
journal of the senate and Thursday turn
ed the copy over to- the printer and their
records over to the secretary of state
James j. Roberts. who is compiling the
copy for the session laws. has discovered
that II. r. IA which provides for the
prevention of the killing of foreign game
birds, has q title much smaller than the.
body of the bill. consequently there is q,
question as to its cOnStitutOnality.
While the title only states that the bin
is an act to prevent the destruction of
these birds the bill goes on to say what
the punishment is should the act be VIC
lated
II. G. Leavitt the Ames beet sugar.
magnate, has given the state board of
irrigation formal notice of an appeal
~, IL.
ment in the Pathfinder case. where Leav
lit and the interior department were
claiming conflicting water rights for more,
than 100000 acres of land in Nebraska.
The success of Leavitt would have made I
it practically impossible to proceed witty
the work. according to John f. Field. the.
United States engineer i'll charge The
appeal is taken to the district court OF"
SCOTS Bluff County, which has a session
in September
In the district court ut Lincoln Satur--
day morning c. NJ. Chamberlain, former
banker Of Tecumseh, appeared and re-
ported that he was able to secure but
200 of the bond of So 500 required.
The judge then continued the matter to
May 20. On that date there will be n
hearing on the eighteen Indictments now
pending against Chamberlain in an effort
on the part of the defendant to have some
of them quashed.
Fairbury still has 4 company Of soldier
boys and in the near future expects to be
doing things along with the best of them.
Notwithstanding the company there III
tended to be mustered out 4 short time
ago. Adjt. Gen. Culver received word
Thursday that the company was taking
IN lot of new recruits and would be ND
to the scratch required by the military
laws Of the country.
Attorney General Brown handed down
an opinion at the request Of the state
board of equalization and assessment
that it was legal and right to
assess the property, moneys and credits
of fraternaI and mutual insurance CON-
panies and kindred associations. Later
in the day the board, in pursuance of this
opinion, decided to assess such property
of fraternals.
The executive committee Of the Lincoln.
branch of the prison association met last
week to discuss plans for the entertain
ment of the National Prison Association.
which meets there Oct. u to %. w J.
Bryan and Chancellor Andrews will both
be invited to deliver addresses ard it is
thought they will accept.
Up-to-date druggists in Lincoln. to es--
cape the rules of the Excise board per-
hitting them to sell liquor for medicinal
purposes only upon the presentation o. a,
are evading the law bv
,uring the prescriptions By telephone. The
system works all right.
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The Pleasantdale Telephone COMPANY
With an authorized capital stock Of $40.
wv, has filed articles of incorporation in.
he office OF Secretary of State Galusha..
Gov. Mickey on Saturday issued re-
luisition for Perry Meyers. accused Of
assault at Falls City. who i
low at Los Angeles. Cal. Two weeks
go Lieut.. Gov. McGilton. as acting GOV
rnOr declined n -