Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-09
LANE SPOT IN STATISTICS
Large Number Of Shipments by Ex-
press Companies Not Listed.
ATHLETIC MEET AT STAT FAIR
Great Preparations Being Made for
the state C-onventioa Of Po-tmas-
ter-. witch Meets June
Tweuty-Three.
tFrom a staff Correspondent

tFrom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. June 8-(Special)-Ffgures
shortly TO be issued by the Department OF
Labor. and Industrial Statistics IN the
matter Of xpress shipments viii differ
materially from the report Of this class
Of shipments made last year The fig
ures so far Indicate that the total ship
mentr viii be much less. but Commits
~ioner Pyder has found that no returns
have been made on a number of products.
Both the express companies and the de-
partment are to blame for the omissions.
The department for not including a col
umn for the items and TO the express
companies for not reporting under the
head OF other shipments.
A large item about which no report has
been made Is the shipment OF ice cream.
One&dealer in Lincoln reported this morn
ing he shipped an average OF 100 gallons
OF ice cream every day in the ear. On
spcial oacasions IN the summertime this
shipment amounts 70, as much rs 400 or
soc gallons a day. but for the year around
IL IL TOO gallons a day. At least one
other deaier ships as much. while the
Omaha dealers. IL is estimated. ship more
than 400. 600 gallons a year. These ship
ments are paid for at a rate Of 10 cents
a gallon. Other items not reported is the
shipment Of cigars and candy. These wo
items alone constitute a great portion OF
the. Nebraska shipments by express. W1en
the SCHEDULES are made out for The ex-
press companies next year there viii be
space for these items and several more.
This year the labor commissioner had
to a great extent to depend upon the
schedules which have for years been used
BY the department.
Athletic Meet at Fair.
n. .e.s. Fl -.,-4 has wruFaa ~ nr1r
pirate Szog for the use OF Physical Director
George NJ. Pinneo. with which to conduct
a state athletic meet during the state fair
this faIh According to Mr.. Pinneo's plans
this meet viii be. more successful than the
one held last year. and with a great deal OF
enthusiasm he predicted that there would
be = least twice as many athletes from
over the state to take part in the contest
events this year as did last year.
The meet viii be held on Tuesday. Sep
TENDER I. from 1 to , o'clock in the after
noon, during which hour the track will be
open The events will take place in front
of the grand stand.
The contestants who have made proper
entry will be entertained during the fair,
receiving admission TO the grounds on the
day OF the meet. and each succeeding day
of the fair. This. eonaidon was made as
an indncement to Young athletes in all
parts OF the state to make an effort to take
part. Gold. silver and bronze medals will
be awarded the winners OF the several
events.
The requirements for entry in the meet
are that each contestant must be a regis
tered amateur atlete in either the Athletic
league OF the Young Mems Christian asso.
citation or the American Amateur Athletic
union. Registration may be made in either
association through Physical Director
George NJ. Pinned Of the Lincoln Youns
Mems Christian association. by mail or BY
personal appearance
The feature OF Fhe meet Will be the hall
miIn eptiatry EelaS race. which vii be the
last st4sB ON fne progfam. Each country
teamswn be composed OF four. each of one
OF wAsm will run 20 yards. Several c9un-
ties have already signified their intention
of taking part. Among the other events will
be the 1Bo-yard dash. A9-yard dash, hall
mile run. one mile run, running broad
Jump. running high Jump. and pole vault.
convention OF Postmaaters
The sixth annual convention OF IN,
Nebraska Association OF Postmasters vii
be held in Lincoln June 2. "A. Is. The dat
was but recently decided upon and an
nouncements ~ the meeting are now being
sent out by Wesley J. Cook OF Blair, sec
Rotary OF the association. The announce
ments are signed by the secretary and b,
President z. R. Sizer.
The announcement urges postmasters o
all GLASSES to prepare to attend the meet
Ing and to bring their wives. for enter
tainmspt viii be provided for the wOmei
as well as the men. Subjects Of interes
20 all postmasters have been assigned Il
different members for discussion. The con
vention viii meet at . O'Clock on Tuesday
June % After an address Of welcom'
and a response the organizations Of tn
postmastets Of the different classes vii
hold separate meetings.
The third class postmasters will be Gale,
10 order by a. A. Flyers. vice president o
this 2sociation. fourth class postmaster
by TIE president of their state association
Separate halls will be provided for thes
meetings. where any matters Of tnteres
can be discussed aud such action as the,
desire the convention 10 take outlined.
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