Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-01-04
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Nebraska Dalrymen'S Association viii Do
held in the stock judging pavilion of tho
university farm at Lincoln, Jan. IL and
IS, Henry C.. Glissman, Omaha, offers a
, registered Hostein calf, either sex, val
ued at $50, to contestant making highest
score judging Holstein cows. Messrs. j.
X. Honeywell and III. @. Young, Lincoln,
- offer jointly registered Jersey calf, vail
ued at $50, to the contestant making the
highest average score judging Jersey
cows. Open to members of the associa-
ton who are residents of the state. Tho
first prize will be awarded to contestant
making highest average score on both
breeds, and in case of tie will be drawn
by lot. The pro rata premium will be di@
! vided among those scoring % points out
of a possible 100 points, in the proper
ton to the number of points scored above
70; provided that of the pro rata fund no
contestant shall receive to exceed the
sum of $15. The Judging will be done on
Thursday, Jan. Is, at 3 p. M, in the
stock judging pavilion at the university,
farm.
The state board of education recently
held a meeting at Kearney to look into
the conditions relative to the states prop
erty there Neither of the buildings is in
such state of completion that the board
felt justified in accepting it. All except
81 800 of the amount due on the Kearney
building was allowed. making the pay
ment 81, $50. The money withheld is to
be used in finishing the interior. which
viii be completed by the first of the year,
and 81 600 is to be used in painting up
the exterior and washing the artificial
stone with an acid solution in an effort to
remove the stains. When completed the
building, according to Mr.. McBrien, viii
be one of the best owned by the state.
The chapel ut Peru is also in an unfnish
ed condition, although the contractor is
within sight of its completion. In both
instances the bonds are kept in full force
for the protection Of the state until the
work is finally completed and accepted.
The annual report of Il. A. Church,
chief oil inspector, filed with the govern
or, shows that for the fiscal year ending
Nov. 80 he had paid more money into
the state treasury than any previous in
cumbent OF The office. During the year
the receipts of the department were ST.
115, while the expenditures were $11,-
O91 80, leaving Il net balance of $1O,-
023.31 to be covered into the state treas
ury. This is an average OF $S32.27 n
month, or nearly 5000 month more than
any other Inspector has reported. A COM
paratiye statement of the average per
month. back to the time j. Ii. Edmisten
was chief inspector under the populist
administration, is as follows: j. Fl. Ed
msten. $192.11; J. n. Gaffin, S255.93; f.
r. Sizer, $653.41; J. E. Hays, $561.34,
E. a. Church, $S35.2I.
The official announcement of the result
in the state corn growing contest for boys
indicates that Robert Engel, of Saunders
County, is the winner of the first prize
from among 500 contestants, representing
90 counties in the corn belt of the state.
Engel received score of "a and will be
awarded a cream separator valued at
500. The winner of the second prize
is ID. 0. StelS, a Hall County schoolboy,
while the third prize went to Talmage
Miller, of Cass County, and the fourth to
Winfred BiXby, of Lancaster County.
State Superintendent McBrien announced
that the prizes will be distributed as soon
as the necessary afIidavits of parents and
guardians have been received, certifying
to the production Of the exhibits from the
seed furnished by the state department.
Gov. Mickey has secured compilation
showing the percentage of increase in the
Assessment of land values in the eastern
counties from. 1903 to 1901 1t shows
that some counties advanced more than
twice as much as the corporations, whose
average increase was 73 per cent. The
governor called attention to the fact that
the realty values used by the railways
In their comparison include the western
counties. where land was assessed at
more than One-ffth and sometimes as
much as One-half before the new law took
effect requiring the use of one-ffth.
The state auditor is not authorized to
issue certificate of organization to a So
ciety whose name or title so resembles a
title already in use in the state as to have
a tendency to mislead the public. Under
this holding of the supreme court the
Western Maccabees, fraternal benef-
ciary association organized at Grand Isl.
and is deprived of the right to use the
word ''Maccabees" in the formation of it's
corporate name.
Thursday Attorney General Norris
Brown filed q motion for a new trial
in the case Of the state against
the State Journal Company, involving the
alleged unauthorized publication Of SUI.
preme court reports. At the Office OF
that official the statement was made that
the suit is al original action in the SUI
preme court, and. therefore, the motion
for a new trial had to be filed within
three days, just as in the district court.
The state board of education elected Miss
Charlotte Lowe Il member of the faculty
in the model school at Kearney. The new
instructor taught for seven years at Liv.
erpool, England, and is a graduate of the
Peru normal. In addition, she has had
several years experience in city school
work ii Nebraska.
The third annual meeting of the Farm
ers' Cooperative Grain and Live Stock
Association will be held at Lincoln We'd.