Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-11-09
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! institution and he Will nave Ih@ support
! and the backing of some of the most re-
| sronsible people in Lincoln, including
| Gov. Mickey and everything possible VIII
! be done to encourage him and help nm
| in his work. The committee which has
| been hammering DR.. Heiner for couple
of years and which as climax took
! about twenty-five persons to the nome on
| u four of investigation to create Sent-
| ment" against DR.. Heiner, finally prevail
| ed upon Gov. Mickey to make trip to
| the home. AS Il result of the visit Gov
| Mickey found the reports about Dr.
| Heiners conduct of the home had been
| greatly exaggerated. Upon leaving he
wished DIR. Heiner success and asked him
to call on him at any time for assistance
and encouragement.
The bureau of labor and statistics has
completed its estimate of the corn crop
of 1905 and OF the compilation Chlef
Clerk Despair said: with the ald or
LOO assessors with whom this office Ia
bored industriously for four months Ia
the end that every acre of corn III tne
state would be enumerated, and with the
further cooperation of 800 crop CORE
spondents Gen in each county,, who have
reported crop yields in their communities
according to their best, conservative judg-
ment the bureau finds the corn crop of
Nebraska to be 243, IA bushels, at
value of $97, 4S5, 291.60. This produc-
ton is an increase of IL, I04, 900 bushels
over 1904. The bureaus enumeration this
year has been made with the most thor
ough and complete organization of crop
correspondents in this or any other state,
and the figures are issued with the great
est confidence as to their accuracy. 1t IS
the largest corn crop in the states his
tory, and Nebraska will retain its rank
of third place in the corn calendar.
State officers, who though residing in
Lincoln retain their citizenship i'll the
counties from which they We're elected,
and who have children i'll the public
schools at Lincoln, must pay the tuition
of such children at the same rate as
charged nonresident pupils, or furnish
the school board with q satisfactory rea-
son for not doing so. The rate Of tuition
is 81 month for the high school and 50
for the graded school. At these rates,
owing to Gov. NIickeys numerous pro-
geny, he will be stuck for about So for
tuition, while Norris Brown will get off
with $40 or $50, while four of the en-
ployes of Land Commissioner EatOn's Of
fee would come in for smaller amounts,
as would nearly all of the other state Off.
GERS and deputies. 1t is said the total
amount of money that would be taken
out of the state house would be in the
neighborhood of $500.
Members of the board of public lands .
and buildings are wanting d Sherlock
Holmes to tell them what has become of
some sample napkins comb and brush
and shoes which We're used by the board
in buying goods and then supposedly sent
to the different institutions to be kept
by the superintendent for the purpose of
comparison. Letters were received Fri
day by the board that these articles have
not arrived, though long overdue. The
goods are submitted to the board by the
merchant, then if they are bought they
are sent to the institution and kept there
to see if the goods bought are up to the
standard of the sample. They then be-
come the property of the state and are
paid for. The board does not know
whether the goods were lost en- route or
were put Ell route The goods are TAX
en- care of by janitor while in the state
house.
As a result of the attempt ON the part
of the school board of Lincoln to compel
state officers who vote in school districts
other than this one, to pay tuition for
their children who are attending the pub
lie schools of Lincoln, 4 test may be
made of the school law which requires
mo- rnct1 mills tn tyIiti
this time a movement is on foot to have
one of the state employees bring ma
damus proceedings against the school
board should it refuse admittance to those
children whose parents refuse to pay tut
ton, to compel the board to do So Iii
this way the supreme court would have
an opportunity to pass upon the law
which requires a student to pay when he
is attending school in a district other
than the one in which he lives
1t is up to Attorney General Norris
Brown to decide whether the assets and
the guarantee of mutual fire insurance
company constitutes capital stock The
question has been put to him by Insur-
ance Deputy Pierce. Under the old in
surance laws of Nebraska an insurance
company must have capital if it does
business in the state. a mutual COM
pany has no capital under that name. Mr..
Pierce has in mind mutual company
with guarantee Of $500, 600 which wants
to do business in Nebraska and he wants
the opinion of the legal department.
whether to admit it.
The Lincoln fire department will use
sleds to haul hose on this winter in going
to fires when there is snow on the ground
Each fire house is now having a sled
constructed for this purpose. Chief
Clements is of the opinion that much
faster time can be made with the sleds
when there is snow on the ground than
with the wagons, and he recommended
he sleds.
Attorney General Norris Brown has
been besieged with inquiries from county
clerks regarding the validity of the law j..