Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-11-16
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greatest and most valuable crops III Ne
! braska is conclusiyely shown by Il report
| issued Thursday by the state bureau OF
! labor and statistics dealing with
| the acreage production and value of the
! alfalfa crop of Nebraska for 1905. The
/ report shows the total yield of the crop
to be 1901. go tons, at a value of $11,.,
1880. This great yield was raised up
on an acreage of 315,111 acres, which,
gave an average yield of AZ tons per
acre. The increase III the production OF
this valuable hay is very noticeable when
the acreage and production for the last
four years is considered. In 1907 the
acreage of alfalfa in the state was 201,-
500 acres, and the estimated yield was
644,979 tons; in 1908 the total acreage
was 23S, 403 tons, and in 1904, although
the acreage decreased about 1000 acres,
being 236, 321 acres, yet the total produc-
ton was greater, owing to a larger aver.
age yield The total yield for that year
was SS6,2O3 tons. 1t will, therefore, be
seen that by far the greatest annual in
crease has been made this year. Inc
increase in acreage over last year has
been 1880 acres, and in total produc-
ton 415,76 tons. Dawson County.
ranks first in the production of alfalfa
having produced 99,645 tons on an aver"
age of q, 1902. Buffalo County enjoys
second rank, with production of S4,-
116 tons from an acreage of 1857. 9TH
er counties having acreages over 1O,OOV
are Custer, Furnas, Hall, Harlan, Muck
oils and Webster. The value of SILL
1880 placed upon the alfalfa crop this
year will rank it of greater Importance
than the potato crop and makes 1t three
l.
crops combined This is quite surprising,
considering that the crop has only been
grown in the state to any extent in the
last few years.
Members of the self-appointed commit
tee organized at Lincoln to compel Rev.
Heiner to give over to their management
Tabitha Home, an institution valued at
$4,000, which he has built up during
the last seventeen years, are fighting
among themselves. and the committee iS
about to become Shipwrecked upon the
rock of distrust. This cropped out at q
meeting held by the committee Friday
night, at which time the committee ex--
pected to put the finish to the Rev. Helm
er and take active charge of the home
or get in a position to do so by secur-
ing majority Of the members of the
board of trustees. The fight came over
the spOils which the committee expected
to get after freezing Rev Heiner out
of the home The meeting closed. how
ever, with members of the committee dis
trusting each other and with Rev. Helm
er, serene and patient, holding the win
ming hand with four members of the
board to the three which he allowed the
committee to name.
Attorney General Morris Brown has
transmitted to the school board of Lin
coin his official opinion regarding the le--
gallty Of the claim made by the board on
the state employees for tuition fees. The
attorney general not only holds that the
children of the officers and others who
live in Lincoln but who maintain a legal
residence elsewhere are entitled to free
school privileges, but he denounces the ac-
ton of the board as an injustice and calls
attention to the enormous amount of
money Lincoln has flched from the state
by the enumeration of the children of
state officers and by the enumeration Of
university students. Before asking for
tuition fees from state officers, Mr.
Brown suggested to the board that the.
school district of Lincoln should pay to.
the state this money received by reason
of illegal enumeration.
That Attorney General Brown will in
sntute proceedings to recover from the
Lincoln school district the amount of
money that has been paid to it out of the
school apportionment by reason of the
enumeration of university students. there
seems little doubt. Developments indi-
cate that it will be an easy matter for the
state to make its case. That the law
was being violated and that Lincoln
school district was getting money from the
state which it was not entitled to, is eyi,
denced in one instance by the fact that
the census of school children ON file in
the county superintendent Office is not
even sworn to. The census enumeratop
explained this by saying that he knew
the report was not correct and that there
tore he refused to swear to it.
Joseph G. Gutter. who was appointed
some time ago by Secretary Dobson. OF
the state board of irrigation. to draw
plans for bridges under the law enacted
by the late legislature whenever plans
were requested by counties has resigned
his place and gone to California Or.
Gutter was appointed from Omaha. He.
will spend the winter in California. II
IS probable that no one will be appoints.
ed IN his place, as the demands of the
counties are so few and far between that
the general plans prepared by him will
likely be sufficient to supply the demand.
Gov. Mickey has not yet named a sue
cessor to Judge Babcock. of Beatrice,
the late judge of the district court OF the
Second district. A number of applica.
lions have been filed with the governor.
and it is likely that the man will shortly
be named.
The Lincoln city council has again. re-
fused to canvass the vote on councilman
cast last spring and the old members
are still holding over in spite of the order