Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-13
OTOE NAY HAVE CANDIDATE
Senator karIhall Says If Others Trot Out
Favored Sons his County win.
SOME FACTS ABOUT WESTERN NEBRASKA
Beatrice Man who Carries Draft for
Nine Years Comes TO Supreme
Court 20 Collect Amount
IL Calls For.
ONE FACTS ABOUT WESTERN NEBRASKA
CFrom a STAN Cotrespondent)

AfTOm STAN correspondent
LINCOLN, April 1z.L(special )-Former !
State Senator Marshall from Otoe county !
was In Lincoln yesterday and today trans
acting private business and talking politics.
Il see Lancaster county has a candidate
for congress 70 oppose Congressman
Pollard" said Senator Marshall. 80 far
Otoe county has no candidate, but sup
pose II Lancaster is going to make fight
TO get the congressman Otoe and the other
counties as well will have candidates,
though have heard nothing definite about
tho matter. Otoe county, Of course, is for
Judge Hayward. and II he wants to be a
candidate Of course he can get the delega-
tion. However, l have not heard anything
fron Mr.. Hayward relative to his cam
ddacy.
Il have heard a good deal Of talk about
the enactment Of a primary election law by
the next legislature and about selecting
candidates by primaries for the coming
election, but down our way the matter
has not taken on much shape. 1 do not
fully understand just how the primaries
are to be carried out and who is to Day
the cost, so am open to conviction in the
matter.
There il a lot Of talk in our county for
George Sheldon for governor, though can
didates for other Offices have been dis
cussed very little"
AdvertIsInR western Nebraska.
The state bureau of labor and statistics
is preparing to issue within a short time
a bulletin on western Nebraska. This pub
licaton will be one of the most exhaustive
reviews of the resources of that section
of the state ever put before the public.
1t will show the crops of the various coun-
ties, description Of the land in each town
ship and the average sale price, rainfall
and other important facts.
Agricultural implements at Fair.
Secretary Mellor OF the State Fair board
is planning space for the display of agrl-
cultural implements at the State fair this
fall. The hog barns already filed the
sheep barns are almost filled and assur-
ances have been received that the horse
barns will be filled. The secretary so far
has been so busy with other duties con-
nected with his Office that he has not yet
started in his efforts to secure agricultural
exhibits, but applications are coming in
for space Just the same and the display
promises to be greater than ever before.
Tax Case Friday.
Attorney General Brown expects to again
begin the hearing in the Burlington rail-
road tax Injunction suit Friday afternoon.
1t is expected Secretary of State Galusha
and Land Commissioner Eaton will be in
the city then to testify members of the
State Board of Assessment. Both were alb
sent on official business last Tuesday, when
the first hearing was held. Mr.. Eaton is
still out i'm the state. but is expected to
return by Friday. on that date it is ex-
pected Charles j. Greene attorney for the
Burlington, will cross-examine the witt
nesses, which he asked to go over from the
first meeting.
suit on Old Draft.
For nine long years James Wrigley of
Beatrice carried a draft in the pocket of
his vest during which time, two banks,
either of which would have cashed the
draft, went out of business. Then one
day, few years ago. while Wrigley was
walking down the streets of Lincoln he
felt in the pocket of that self same vest
which he had on when the check was
given to him and here he found it, He
at once took IT to a Lincoln bank and
had It sent to the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank at Beatrice for collection
That bank had long since gone out of
business, so Wrigley filed a suit. He lost
in the lower court and the case is now
pending in the supreme court to which
1t was appealed today.
The draft was issued by the Beatrice
institution against the American Ex-
change National bank of Lincoln. 1t was
delivered to Wrigley August 10, 1894 The
action to collect was not brought until
April Z, 1903 almost nine years after
the draft had been issued.
From the date of issue of the draft to
the time the suit was started, the plaintiff
made no effort to cash the draft, and both
the banks went out of business and
wound up their affairs. The check or
draft in question was made out for
Robert wrigley, brother Of the plaintiff.
10 pay an account.
The plaintin put the draft in his vest
pocket and carried it for almost nine
years. The brief states he knew he had
the check, but neglected TO cash 1t and
finally thought he had cashed it and then
forgot all about It.
In November, 1899, while in Lincoln, he
found the check in his pocket and went
10 the drawee to cash it. He found the
drawee bank had sold out to the First
National bank of Lincoln. He presented
the check to this bank, which sent II to