The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-06-07
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The semi-annual school apportion
ment certified to the state superintend
ent by State Treasurer MortenseI
amounts to $413.S51.03. which is abou
$4,000 more than the May appor
| tionment of year ago. The none.
was derived from the followinj
sources: School tax. s92,9S8.65; in
terest on school saline lands, $19S,
| 0S5.05; interest on school lands leased
$97,413.01; interest on bonds, $66,
| 275.17; interest on warrants, $53.
634.o6; game and fish licenses, $3.6s6
discount on bonds, $1.T71.09. Dougla
County, having the largest number o.,
children Of school age, comes In TO,
$44,924.5S Blaine County gets $212.80
the lowest amount Of any Of the coun
ties. Each county gets $1.10s57s fo'
| each child of school age, there beina
a total Of s413,S51.0S to distribute. IL
the state there is total Of 315,3A
children Of school age.
Stephen Bayles, of Red Cloud, wa,
released from the Lincoln hospital fol
| the insane Saturday and taken to tn,
| soldiers home at Milford. The atten
| ton of Secretary OF State Galusha wal
| attracted to Bayles, who was an old
neighbor and friend in Red Cloud, By
| letter from Bayles, asking the secre
| tary to ascertain If possible why h,
was being detained in the asylum. Mr.
| Galusha at once called UP Superin
tendent Greene and reported the re-
| ceipt of the letter. DR.. Greene mad,
| an examination OF Bayles and pro
| nounced him sane and not fit subjec
| for the asylum. Mr. Galusha commu
| nicated with the county clerk OF Web.
| ster County and had the old man senl
| to the soldiers home. II was reported
| that family trouble caused tn,
old man to be sent to the hospital.
|
In affirming the decision of the low,
] er court of Douglas County in the cass
| of Bertha Getzschmann ct al. agains
| the county commissioners Of Douglas
| County. the court holds that whef
| rival newspapers set up q claim fol
county printing and the commission
ers, after a hearing in good faith
| award the same to one Of the papers
a court of equity will not interfere b,
injunction to restrain or control It's &C.
| ton. The plaintiffs sought to secur,
| the printing Of the delinquent tax lis
of the county and two rival papers Sc
cured the work after a hearing as t,
the ability of the papers to come UT
to the requirements OF the law govern.
ing such publications. The board o.
commissioners was sustained.
| The state board of assessment hai
completed the assessment of railroad
! property in Nebraska. The assessmen
was made after consideration of tn,
stocks and bonds. net earnings and
the physical property. The board as.
sessed all the railroad property ir
the state at a total Of S47,699,S48.35
| This is an increase over last year oa
| $4o4;872. OF this increase $98,142 Il
credited to the Union Pacific Railroad
and $308,730 is credited to the Ash
land cutoff Of the Great Northern
| This latter road has not heretoforv
been assessed. With the exception o,
the Union Pacific, which was assessed
at 800 a mile higher than last year
| all the roads were returned the same
| -. =.
Frank Mccartney. brother Of w
S. Mccartney, who was murdered IN
the Lincoln insane hospital in Novem.
Der, 1904, has written to the stat,
board of public lands and building,
| from Nebraska City joining in the
request for an investigation into the
death of w. s. Mccartney asked foi
by superintendent Greene. Mr.. Nc.
Cartney said he had noticed in som'
of the papers that upon him had beer
placed the responsibility for concealins
| - thn M a mn r
from the public and he was anxiou,
i for an investigation, and was willing te
i bear any blame which might attach
to him. The board has not yet NAMED
date for the investigation.
The Omaha Printing Company has
! secured the contract for printing the
supreme court reports for 54 cents 9
(. page. The estimated number Of pages
/ for the entire Job is $500. divided In.
to seven volumes This was the jot
for which the State Journal Company
was the low bidder some time ego, but
inasmuch as It was plain there had
been a combine Of the big printers tc
run up the price, the bids were re-
jected. It's bid was 81 cents q page
BY readvertising the state saved
about $500 on this one Job.
william Meter, sentenced to Tho
penitentiary from Rock County Oct
II, 1904, to serve three and hall
years, was pardoned by Gov. Mickey
upon the application OF the brother OF
the convict. J. A. Douglas appeared
for the imprisoned man and showed
cause why he should be perdoned
The county attorney. the father and
mother OF the girl and others asked
that executive ciemency be extended
Meter will go to Keya Paha County
and work on the ranch Of his brother
A patient OF the Lincoln asylum
named walton, has been trying to ge'