Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-07

OF teachers Is ueSlTeu WIFI tIle city dnu
county superintendent of Nebraska at
this office Wednesday and Thursday fore
moons, Sept. and {, 1905. As the state
fair rates will be in force at that time, We
hope for a large attendance at this con-
ference. Those who cannot be present
will please write us raising such queS@
tons and making such recommendations
as their Judgment may dictate. The law
goes into effect Oct. l and 10 time must
be lost in making our rules and reguIa--
tons for the new plan. We want the as
sistance and counsel of every city super
intendent and every county superintend+
ent in the state Please lend a hand in
this important work"
Attorney General Brown. who VIII
start mandamus proceedings against
County Clerk Drexel shortly to compel
him to assess the reserve fund of the
Woodmen of the World, has his petition
all ready to file but will hold it until
some time next week until he can take Il
trip to Omaha and examine the records
is the case A certificate was received
from the county assessor that he had as
sessed the reserve fund and spread it over
the records, but q letter accompanying
the certificate said he had not done that!
To get himself on the right track the at.
torney general will make personal in
veStigatiOn of the records of the Douglas
County officers.
Deputy Game Warden Smith has re-
ported to the state game and fish commits!
sion the arrest and filming of John Gallas,
residing near LOup City. Gallas was out
hunting for prairie chickens when thedep-
uty warden came along in a buggy and
hailed the latter for a side. After riding
for several minutes Calais became conf
dental and exhibited to the warden q
prairie chicken he had killed, also ten
dering the information that the birds
were plentiful i'll the vicinity. He was.
induced to ride on into Loup City. where.
a local justice of the peace assessed him
$6.15 for having the chicken in his pos
session during the closed season.
The board of Regents of the state un.-
versity at its recent meeting instructed
&. s. Allen to look out for the apprOpria.
ton made by the legislature two years
ago for the construction of the adminis.-
tratiOn building and which it was gener-
ally supposed would lapse back to the.
treasury Aug. 81. 1nasmuch as the build.
ing is just fairly started. nearly all Of
the appropriation would lapse under that
Interpretation of the constitution that
all appropriations lapse three months AFT
ter the adjournment of the next legiSla.
ture.
The state department of public INSTRUCT
-.
state fair grounds of Il model rural schOoS,
building, which is to be part of the edu.
cational exhibit at the fair. Work has
begun and is under the supervisio. Of
Willis Purviance, Of the department Fhe
school building will be of the standard di-
mansions and will be thoroughly equipped
with up to date furniture maps, globes
and all conyeniences of the advanced
schools of the day During fair week the.
school will be open to all visitors.
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The grand assessment roll has been
compiled by the force in the auditors
office. and it shows the total assessed val
uation of the state for 1905 is 1904. 47O,4
961, against 1924, 779, PA for last year,
A little more than S1.0OO,OOO Of this I'M
crease only is due to the increased assess
ment of railroads. The assessment roll
shows that the average value of real es-
tate per acre. improved and uninIprOyed,
has decreased. though the total assess
meht is increased over last year.
Attorney General Brown has filed a pc,
tition in the supreme court for Il judg4
ment by default in the Boyd County land
cases, which have for so long been Il hons
of contention. The petition Of the state
was filed many months ago. but TO date
no answer has been filed by the settlers
on the land. The land. so the departs
ment claims, belongs TO the permanent
school fund. and the persons now occupy
ing it settled upon it without authority
many years ago.
WOrkmen are busy Mt the state fair
grounds at Lincoln putting things in
shape for the coming fair. which begins
Sept. f. One of the latest attractions
booked by Secretary Bassett is the Igor
rotes, who will be brought here by DIR.
Hunt. governor of BoStOc. in the Philip
pines. These people will reach LincOln
several days in advance of the opening of
the fair and will give few dinners and
banqUetS with dog meat as the principal
iISH LOT the eulnca1lOn or the natives.
Charles Olson, who after several
months liberty on parole from the peni--
Tertiary. went wrong and forged a check
has been returned to the penitentiary to
start in again on the remaining fourteen
Years Of his sentence. On the forgery
.harge he was bound over to the district
'Ourt and bis trial probably will come up
1t the next term of court. What he gets
IN that charge will be added to his pres-
ant fourteen years.
The names of the Nebraska soldiers of
he Spanish-American war TO whom MON
" is due from the government have been
'eceiyed by the governor. and upon his
'eturn to the state Adjt. Gen Culver
will attend to he distribution of the
ame. This will be small work, as many
If the soldiers haze left the state and
re living elsewhere and many of them
ave already answered the last roll call.
Representative CaSpheer of CoDn