Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-25
and this may he drawback 20 him accept
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ana this may be drawback 20 him accept
Ing the position were 1t rendered him.
school Land Statistics.
Advance sheets from the biennial report
Of Land Commissioner VI. NJ. Eaton convey
The information that the state Of Nebraska
in the last two years has sold 7s.sl7 acres
Of school land for the sum Of t1.235,Se77i.
This is equivalent 90 an average Of &l5.72
per acre. or more than twice the minimum
figure Of 81 a. fixed by the state consttu-
ton. The lands arc scattered over sixty
or more counties in the state
As originally appraised the school acre
age disposed OF during the biennium was
given a valuation OF ses35663i. The practice
OF reviewing sppraisements resulted in rails
ing that sum by t252. 131.4O. or q per cent
Some OF the tracts. however. were increased
200 per cent above the first valuation. The
prices received by the state ranged up to
t65 per acre.
Knox county is the banner one for acre
age that passed from the state to private
! hands, the sales there aggregating sO32
acres. II also led the list in the amount OF
money received. which was S1O5.3i2 Some of
\ the other counties where the volume Of
sales reached ar extensive total were: Dsw-
son, 5000 acres. sold for t7,12s; Antelope,
400 acres, sold for S72,s4O.
No land was sold in a number Of eastern
counties where the school domain has been
practically exhausted, except for lands held
I by the state subject to lease only Among
these counties we're Richardson. Nemahs,
/ Otoe. johnson, Douglas, Dodge and Cunning.
! In western Nebraska many counties are
not represented in the list because the land
they contain has not yet risen in value to
81 per acre, which is the least that the
/ state can accept for IT, Hayes. Perkins.
! Cheyenne, Kimball. Banner. Cherry and
others are in this class. This district may
be said to include about all of the North
Platte country west of Holt and Custer
counties.
Applications have been approved for the
/ sale of l2,6l3O7 acres for which contracts
are not yet issued These lands were an
praised at S154367Os. and have been re-
valued for sale at &195,777.72, an Increase OF
] 81, 4O.G6.
! Applications to purchase 11.7SO.SO acres
have been rejected by the board on account
Of low appraisements. They were listed at
S1S6, l55Gs, and valued by the department at
905,Sl67O, an increase Of $69,36102.
Pure Food Bill IncubatinE.
Food Commissioner Redfern Is preparing
a pure food bill to he introduced in the
next legisls ture to take the place of the
present pure food law, which is considered
| practically farce. in that 1t gives no au-
! thority to the state food commissioner to
enforce its provisions. The new bill will
be along the lines of the national legisla-
ton.
Seats for Douglas Senator'S.
| Senator Thomas of Omaha was here to-
day and selected seats for the Douglas
county members of the senate. He secured
| the best seats in the chamber, next TO the
entrance on the aisle to the right. He will
| occupy the seat made famous by Dick
/ O'Neal OF Lancaster county. with his
Casey at the Bat" and other poems and
| things.
McBFien Back from Missouri.
Superintendent McBrien has returned
! from ten days visit to dear old Missouri,
where he first saw the light. Though he
has broken away from the days OF the OK
/ wagon and the moonshine, and wears his
shoes BACKED sometimes, Mr. McBrien said
| he was given a cordial welcome and called
| upon the old black NANNY who nursed
I him years and years ago. He went turkey
hunting and saw bear, but failed to
/ bring back any game for reasons we'll
known TO those who know the oratorical
| superintendent.