Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-26

The value Of the crops in the last three
years has kept above that of any one year
and the next greatest year in the history of
the state Is that OF 1901, when the total
value was S274OS0, $50.
start High school Meet Here.
One of the things to be decided at the
meeting of the State Teachers association
here is to determine how many high schools
Of the state will enter the high school
meet to be held in this city The high
school athletic meet in the spring has been
held annually at Iowa City on the State
university grounds. There was some COM
plant that high school boys were placed in
an environment that was open to criticism
when the boys go to Iowa City. Conse-
quently four years ago a fight was started
TO get the meet here. Some OF the big
high schools elected members of the Board
Of Control pledged TO put the meet here,
but It did not do it. Now the plan Is to
have a meet here anyway and high
schools may enter both meets. The high
schools in this city, Ida Grove. Grinnell
and probably Marshalltown. the high
schools that have been prominent in ath-
letics. have already agreed to come to this
city for the meet here.
Joseph for President.
Frank d. Josephs of Manchester, Ia,
county superintendent OF schools Of Della
ware county is a likely candidate for the
position Of president of the county superin-
tendents' section Of the Iowa State Teach
ers association. He is an alumnus of Len
nox college and very popular man.
Would Protect Wholesaler.
A law protecting the wholesaler from the
merchant who sells out his entire stock
with the view to defrauding is proposed by
J. NJ. Calender, chairman Of the house
committee on manufactures at the last ses-
sion of the legislature. Mr.. Calender as
serts that nine-tenths of this legislation in
Iowa thus far has been in the interests OF
the farmers and the manufacturers and
wholesalers interests have been neglected
Twenty-Five states have laws that protect
merchants against the retailer selling out
the stock and skipping with the money, but
Iowa has none and hence Manufacturers
and wholesalers locate in other states He
! advocates the enactment Of such law IN
Iowa.
Beef Prices Are Up.
Prices OF beef have been boosted to the
Board Of Control. The state institutions
/ OF Iowa have been consuming about $4,000
worth Of meat every three months When
the bids were opened for the meat for the
first quarter of 1907 It was discovered that
some kinds Of meat had been raised so per
cent The board has been getting a very
low price heretofore. The question that is
agitatlng the board and the superintend-
ents OF state institutions U.s. should the
quality Of the meat be lowered in order
/ that the support fund can be made 10 pur-
chase the same amount Of meat as form
erly? II is likely that the quality will not
be lowered but the legislature may be
. eLra to A.
Two Want One Job.
], w. Brown OF Boone and Joseph Meyers
OF Elkader, Ia, are candidates for the po-
sition of assistant secretary Of the senate
Meyers was clerk of the committee on en-
crossed bills at the last session and has
the endorsement OF Senator Newberry
Brown has the endorsement Of Senator
Ericsson and the race for the position is go
Ing to prove a stif one,
May Affect Many saloons.
A decision OF the supreme court in the
case OF an Oelwein FaIoonkeeper may af-
feet hundreds OF saloonkeepcrs in the
state and cause any number OF them 70
circulate new petitions OF consent. The
feature OF the courts decision that may
AFFECT other saloonkeepers was not dis
covered at first In the opinion. In the case
OF the Oelwein saloonkeeper an Injunction
was asked to restrain him from operating
It was found that he had compiled with
all the provisions OF the law except one.
He did not have the consent of a property
owner who had bought the property within
the year The court held that the consent
of a property owner did not hold after
the property changed hands. The courts
decision reads:
We do hold that the purchaser Of prom.
I eTtK from who has ronganfaA Ia
the maintenance Of a saloon within fifty
feet OF his property does not take the
property subject to the consent previously
given by his grantor. and that a new state
ment OF consent signed by such purchaser
must be hled by the saloonkeeper at the
| beginning OF the next tax year. To
hold thai the consent given by the owner
7 OF adjacent property Is binding on the
property in the hands OF a purchaser with
l revoked by such purchaser. would be "a
attach a condition or burden on the owner,
hands OF a purchaser, and this. we think
Is not within the contemplation OF the
statute. The purchaser acquires the prop
| erty free from any impeachment on account
OF the consent given BY the previous owner
and when Il again becomes necessary for
the saloonkeeper, az the beginning OF a
/ OF property within nifty feet Of the place
} Of business. he must have the consent OF
the purchaser.
Was IL a WhitewashT
) l MeMpcia OF the leslhldlulN are using Tue
term "whitewash" in reference 70 the re-
port OF the majority Of the insurance COM
mission that has been hled with the au,
! ditor OF state. There Is already every In.
, disation that the measures on insuranc,
will be the hardest fought In the entir,
session, not excepting the primary election
measure. which at the last session held
, the center OF the stage for the entire ses
} sion. The one thing about the report
which brings cut the term ''WhlteWash'