Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-25
Sebraska Well Represented at Meet
ing Of the Superintendents.
HOPE FOR SIGNAL CORPS ?
Senator Warren Will Do His Z Z
Push it Through Senate, =
LAND OFFICES MAY BE RETA
tFrom a staff Correspondent.) )

WASHINGTON, beb. A.-tSpeclAl 1ele~
gram mot ih years has there been a more
representative body of educators in WASH
lngton than there ls here today in attend
ance upon the Department OF superintend-
ence Of National Educational associations.
Nebraska is strongiy represented and
through It's REPRESENTATION It is believed
that much good for the association will re-
suit.
c. E. Bishop, deputy state superintendent
of public instruction Of Lincoln together
with John r. Kirk Of Missouri. Thomas c.
Miller OF West Virginia, d. r. Johnson Of
South Carolina, H. @. Williams of Ohio,
J. w Olsen OF Minnesota, f. f. Balcomb
OF Oklahoma are the members of the com
mitfee who told the president that they
wished TO see the bill of Senator Burkett
become a law. They said that the aid pro-
posed IN that bill would do for normal
schools what the Morrill,, Adams and Hatch
funds have done for the state universities,
agricultural colleges and experiment sta
tions. The desired instruction is demanded
largely in rural communities and to pre-
. pare teachers for the work normal schools
would be able 10 reach larger proportion
of the citizenship. The president was
quested to aid in the movement for eff
cient instruction along the lines indicated.
The president gave his hearty approval to
the general proposition and said he believed
much goSd would be accomplished He was
willing TO help IN every way In his power
Among those in attendance from Nsbl ask
are the following: ]. II. McBrien, state
superintendent. Lincoln; C. c. Bishop. Lin
coin, deputy state superintendent: w. W.
stoner York j. w Gamble j. A. Wood
ard, Havelock; N NJ. Graham, South
Omaha; c. A. Fulmer. Beatrice Joseph r.
Fulk, Hebron; r. ]. Barr, Grand Island;
4. A. o. Thomas, Kearney normal; w. L.
Stephens. Lincoln; j. w. Mengel. wahoo
county suerintendent; G. W. A. Luckey
State university. Lincoln; j. w. Crabtree,
president Normal school, Peru; George 8
Towne editor Nebraska Teacher. Lincoln;
George Bougert, principal Kearney and
w, II. oaemmons, president OF the normal
school at Fremont.
Hspe Tor sfGmaI CORPS BIN.
There is hopes for the signal corps bill,
ace crding to Senator Burkett. Today he
had extended interviews with Secretary
Taft and General Allen, chief of the signal
cnrps and both expressed their confidence
in the Burkett bill being reported out Of
committees and passed. Senator Bur<ett
has been even more encouraged by the
statement OF Senator Warren, chairman of
the military affairs committee Of the upper
branch OF congress, that he would favor
the bill et every opportunity and would
help to report II to the senate. Statistics
are being compiled and furnished Senator
Burkett from time to time by the chief OF
the signal corps to fortify his bill and 1t
looks now as IL there was a chance for it's
passage But no one can tell what bould-
ers or rocks may be thrown in its way
before the bill is placed on its final passage.
Land offices May stay.
There is every reason to believe that the
land offices at Broken Bow and O'Neill
will be retained under special direction of
the secretary of the interior ONeil docs
not show on the records any great amount
or land still to be taken up but Il does
show large number of land holders under
the o'Neil Jurisdiction, and there is still
sufficient amount of land to be taken
up in the district to warrant it's retention
for the next two years at least. The agita-
tion growing out of land offices whose use
fulness TO the districts in which they were
created had waned very naturally took in
the ONeil and Broken Bow districts but
a superficial investigation could not con-
vince Moses p Kinkaid of the Sixth dis
trict that they should be abandoned with
out a proper presentation of facts, and he
invited his colleagues to assist him in pre-
senting the claims of these two land dis
tricts to Secretary Garfield. The other
day the secretary called the members of
the delegation 10 meet with him in discus
sion OF these offices Senator Burkett and
Judge Kinkald met Secretary Garfield on
Saturday and ''scrapped' out the discon-
thuance OF the Broken Bow and O'Nein
offices. AS a result Of the conference It
seems fair to assume that the districts I'm
which Broken Bow and OMEN are situated
Nnftn araW -
come
Ditch for Logan Valley.
Judge Boyd has succeeded in interesting
the secretary OF agriculture in the Logan
valley in his district and as a result of
very many personal appeals from the farm
ers living In that valley has secured from
the Department OF Agriculture an engineer
who will locate a drainage ditch for those
interested. Secretary Wilson has ordered
the engineering department to send a com
petent man to Cedar county in May to run
the ditch. In the case OF the Winnebago
Indians II will be necessary to secure leg
islation TO cross the Indian reservation
situated along the ditch and to permit the
use OF tribsl funds for the purpose OF dig |
Ging the ditch, but this Il is thought will !
be easy OF Accomplishment in view Of the |
fact that both the farmers and Indians are |
interested in the development Of lands in
tho Logan valley.
Minor Matters at Capital.
Senator Brown today submitted a motion |
in the supreme court on behalf of Judge !
Burge OF Lincoln TO dismiss the case OF |
Haffner against Dobrensk on appeal from |
the territorial supreme court OF Oklahoma. /
The following board is appointed to meet |
az Fort Crook for examination OF appli- /
eants for commissions: Lieutenant Colonel 1
William B. Davis deputy surgeon general;
Major William +. Blauvelt, Captains Ed
ward r, Christmas. Harry F. Dalton. Six
teenth infantry Captain Haywood S. Han
sell. assistant surgeon, and First Lieuten-
ant sydney Smith. Sixteenth infantry. re-
corder.
Miss Kramer, daughter OF Charles Kra-
mar. pOHtmaatar ~ n,luu,h,,s ,.rhn -.