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all buildings of three stories or more
shall be equipped with apparatus. He
said that he wants tie same enforcement
Of this statute as that which has been
given the game laws. This is taken to
mean that owners of buildings which
come within the provisions of the law
will be held to a strict compliance, and
the policy of tempOriZing will be eschew-
ed in the future. Under the terms of the
amended section. which carries the
emergency clause, owners of buildings
will be given six months Ill which to
comply by erecting fire escapes. 1t is
believed this will not supefsede the re-
manning sections of the old law, which
require that the labor commissioner shall
give motive to owners TO comply with the
law This latter provision calls for the
imposition Of Il fine ranging from SO
to $500 where the apparatus has not
been installed within sixty days after
service of notice. While Deputy Labor
Commissioner Bush has not settled upon
a definite Interpretation of the details.
of the statute, it is intimated that the
department will give building owenrs
the benefit of the doubt within the six
months Those who have not acted after
the expiration of that period Will be held
to q strict accountability.
William Holden, the Platte County
bank rObber who was sentenced TO the
penitentiary at Lincoln for fourteen
year term several months ago, made an
attempt to escape Tuesday night. Late
Friday afternoon he was found III his,
hiding place in the drying kiln in which
the broom manufactures prepares the
handles for use. Since he disappeared
he has been secreted i'll a pile of handles
in this room awaiting q chance 10 scale
the walls with the aid Of a 1OO-foOt rope
which he had constructed from broom
Irvine. With several boxes Of sardines
and some bread and several jars of water
he had managed to remain III hiding. Sew
eral fruit jars full of water which had
been taken by, the convict to his hiding
place had been exhausted and his in
tense thirst, due to the heat of the dry
room, caused him to betray his presence,
and he speedily gave himself up to the
SearcherS.
What promised to be Il most interest
ing fight between n number of towns in
the state over the location of couple Of
junior normal schools was nipped in the
bud Friday afternoon by an opinion
handed down by Attorney General
Brown to the effect that Superintendent
McBrien had no right to re-establisIr
the junior normals that We're established
at Holdrege and North Platte by Super
intendent Fowler. The law provided
that not more than five junior nOrmals
should be established, one at Valentine,
McCook and Alliance and two by the
state superintendent. The attorney gen.
eral holds that the two established at
Holdrege and North Platte by Superin-
tendent Fowler are as firmly established
as are three by the legislature. and
succeeding superintendent cannot change
the location.
A question regarding credits has
been asked the attorney general as fol-
lows: whether a loan broker having
both credits and debts arising from the
ordinary transaction of his business may
offset the one against the other to find
the true value of his credits?'' This
proposition is mooted, but not decided,
in the case of Lancaster County against
Mcdonald. If the notes and
fact of the broker, they should be as
SeSScu W uliI0 LAII IL JHcy represent
moneys loaned or invested, we would
suggest that no deduction of debts be
made from them until such time as the
supreme court may modify the rule an
nounced in the recent case Of Lancaster
County against Mcdonald.
The far-famed Jahnel bridge law. which
goes into effect July ], has excited but
no
missioners of the state. if the lack Of
interest manifested is any indication. The
measure provides that county commits
sioners may at their option call on the
secretary Of the state board of irriga-
ton for bridge plans, but up to date not
single query has been addressed to
that department in relation to the law.
The legislature authorized the publication
of 1000 copies OF the measure in PAM
phlet form. and these have been distrib-
uted to the various counties of the state
so that it is regarded as a foregone con-
clusion that the officials know Of the ex~
istence of the new enactment.
Attorney General Norris Brown said
Thursday that reports received by him
from various sections of the state indi-
Gated that the total assessable valuations
would be greatly increased. County as
SCISSORS and county attorneys are doing
their level best to get all property on
the assessment rolls, according to Brown.
and he believes that the net result Of
their efforts will be to show a remark
able increase in the states total vaIua|
ton
The prison officials pay little attention
to the story that opium is being snug
gled into the penitentiary by a syndicate.
\ recently released convict named Jones,
told the police a sensational story Of
Friday, and it was claimed
that the mattsr would be called to the
attention Of the governor, but so far no
action has been taken. The governor
said that he knew nothing of the matter.
Former Principal Beatty, of Peru. is
a silent candidate for place on the fac
ulty Of the new western normal He