Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-08
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| 1IIkkR4E4ltN~NoO 49,
| Cant. Muffin, who assited IN looking
| after the interests of the state in thA
Royd County land cases over the pro-
tests of Attorney General Prout, and
whose claim. which was allowed by
| tbe legislature was vetoed by Gov.
| Mickey. has received his money. The
| board of educational lands and FUNDS,
during the absence of Gov. Mickey,
held a meeting and voted MT Murfn
| $500 as attorneys fee. The voucher
| on file in the office of the audltor
| reads: For professional services In
| the matter of appeal of q. w. NC
Cright and e. j. Emmons TO secretary
of interior at Washington, ID. G., IN
yolying school indemnity land, In 1ulb
| for all services in Boyd County lana
cases" Capt Murfin and Robert
RYAN were employed by former Lana
| Commissioner Follner to look AFTER
| the states interest in the case and the
| two attorneys were barred from the
proceedings in the lower court upon
| the application of General Prout ana
Gov Mickey the latter holding the
legal department of The state Shoulo
| look after the interests or the state
Follmer objected to the proceedings
which Prout desired to file and thus
took the matter into his own hands.
Though Murfin and Ryan were thrown
out in the lower court. Mur1n held on
AMI finally went to Washington, and
the interior department upheld the
position taken by Mr.. FOllmer. Then
Murfin wanted his money The legis-
lature appropriated it and Cow
Mickey vetoed it because the boardi
had not authorized his employment.
Murfin during the absence of the gov
ernor got his bill through the board
and the money was paid out of the ap-
propriation for school land notices and
expenses.
Because Architect Berlinghof refue-
ed to recommend to the state normal
board the acceptance of the new nor
NAL school at Kearney the board took
no action in the matter at it's meeting
held last week. Some time ago Mr..
Rerlinghof made an examination OF
the building and found it did not
come up to the specifications and ne
ordered a number of changes. These,
it seems, have not been made to suit
him, and especially is he displeased
with the stone put into the structure.
Not that the mixture is not strong
enough. but it is not finished as called
for in the specified lions. There is yet
due the contractors something like
$500 and this will not be paid untif
the architect recommends to the board
the acceptance of the building. Tho
next meeting will be held ct Peru.
March 8.
z. C. Calkins. member Of the board
of regents of the state university, who
was appointed a committee TO look in
to the legality of the library and Incl
dental fee charged by the university
to students, and to make report on
the ACCESSIBILITY of selling text books
at cost to the students, has made his
report Mr. Calkins holds it is Legal
to charge the fee and he objects siren
uously to the regents going into the
book business, and he believes it
would not result in a saving to tho
students. He says the buying Of
books should be referred to the state
legislature and if it is found to be a
good idea the Legislature should make
an appropriation to pay for the
books
The following changes in the faculty
of the medical school have been an
nounced by the regents. DR.. Ewing
Brown. of Omaha, has resigned his
position and will take up his practice
again. Dr.. Palmer Finley was ap-
pointed instructor in didacticS and
clinical gynecology Dr.. Francis Lee
was made professor of materia med
lea. DR.. Matte Laughlin Arthur be-
comes instructor in obstetrics. Henry
Bassett Lemere was made clinical as
sistant. DR.. Pollard was advanced to
the position of adjunct professor Of
obstetrics. Ernest Clifford Page was
elected lecturer on medical jurispru-
dence, succeeding DR.. Francis Brogan.
James Mcdowell Patton was elected
clinical assistant in GEOLOGY. Dr. Geo.
Brown Dandy has resigned.
Miss Marie Mickey, daughter or
Gov. Mickey is threatened with an at
tack of appendicitis, and her family
fear she will have to undergo an OPP
Grafton. Miss Mickey spent the great
er part of the winter in Denver, hav-
ing gone there for her health, and
during her absence she was stricken
with what the doctor said was appen-
O1cltlS. she was IN Deu Tor several
days and finally returned home much
improved. During the last few days
she has again been troubled but Fri
day Gov. Mickey announced she was
much better and it was thought She
might escape without an operation.
Gov Mickey came out in q new role
Friday afternoon. He shoyeled the
snow from the steps leading to the
capitol grounds on the II Street side
of the state house. This duty the gov
ernor took upon himself because of
the illness of Janitor Beeson, who is
supposed to look after this part of the
grounds. The other ianitors were busy
with their own work and so the gov
ernor acted in place of Mr. Deeson
and did the work in approved man.
ner
Warden Beemer has found the hos
pital at the state penitentiary more
OF a luxury than necessity. During
the last fifteen months he has not had
a man in the hospital for any Ia1gtb