Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-12-27
COWLES NAMES HIS STAFF
Only One of Present Employees Of
Land Commissioner Retained.
CHANGE FEE COLLECTION SYSTEM
VIII Refuse TO Accept Money for Fees
Earned in ONCE, but They Must
he Paid Direct to the
II reasurer.
Rrom a staff correspondent.l


LINCOLN, Dec. 26-(Special.)-E. B.
Cowles, land commissioner, has announced
the following office: c. c. Boslow of York
county, ex-county clerk, deputy; George E.
Emery of Beatrice, ex-county clerk Of Gage
county, chief clerk; Cal. X. Phillippi, ex-
county superintendent Of Thayer county,
lease and contract clerk; Ernest B. Fair
field, present state accountant, bookkeeper;
Maud Bratney of Adams county, delinquent
clerk; Meta Swain, Otoe county, stenog-
rapher; Robert Harvey of Howard county,
surveyor.
Mr.. Cowles has an office force of seven,
which takes the place of ten that now con-
stitute the office force. Robert Harvey is
the only reappointment.
Mr.. Cowles will not collect any fees in
his office or permit his deputy to collect
any fees. "All fees earned by my office,
said Mr.. 'Cowies. twill have to be paid into
the state treasury. II understand II has
been the custom for fees TO be collected in
the office and usually they are paid to the
deputy, but l shall change that Fees due
the office will have to be paid to the state
state treasurer direct"
Increase I'm Telephone Rates.
The Home Telephone company, which
operates at Gretna, Papillion and Spring.
field. has been given permission by the
railway commission to increase it's rates
as follows: Residence telephones, from 81
to $l.25; rural telephones, from $1.25 to $50;
business telephones, from $3.50 to 81 a
month The decision was rendered by
Chairman Winnett and Member Williams.
Mr.. Clarke was not sitting because a rela-
tive of his is president of the company.
MOrriII County omciaI Vote.
! The official vote of Morrill, county. the
recently organized county, has been re-
ceived by the secretary of state. For county
seat Bridgeport received SIS, Bayard 275,
Northport g. Irvington g. Angora and
Cleman /. Thirty votes were not cast on
| this question. The following officers were
| elected: Frank Irving, treasurer; c. ID.
| Casper. clerk; j. II. Steutevlle, Judge;
John Beldon, sheriff; f. e. Williams. at
| torney; T. G. Burke. assessor: c. r. Ed
wards, surveyor; Mary E. Walford, super
intendent; Fred r. Lindberg, II. Il. Smith.
W. T. McKelvey, commissioners.
| Applications for PardOns.
Governor Sheldon heard two applications
for pardons today l.. j. Hossman OF
Douglas county, sent up for eight years
| for burglary and M. F., Karin of Gage
! county, serving two and a half years for
obtaining money under false pretenses.
HOssman has served almost four years,
Willie karin has served about one year.
Hossman is a young man and with a gang
committed several daylight burglaries,
| going into houses during the absence OF
/ the people from home. He with others
stole quantity of women's wearing ap-
parel, which was recovered.
Health Inspector Reports.
DIR. w. II. Wilson, inspector for the State
Board of Health, has filed an annual re.
port for the year ending November "a
! 1903, containing an itemized list OF expen-
ditures and trips made to various parts
| OF the state. He made sixty-three trips
some of them to the extreme northwestern
and western parts of the state He spent
] S26oSo for railroad fare. Tho total expense
including his salary Of $500 a year, was
S21743S
An appropriation Of $4,000 was made by
the last Legislature for the State Board
of Health OF that amount &C. 400 was ap-
portioned by the board for the expense OF
collecting vital statistics, office furniture
and travelling expenses of one inspector
In addition to the sixty-three trips made
| aoibS huilDSI Ol COURAGEOUS disease 0iS
putes were settled by telephone and by
letter
In his report DIR. Wilson says:
Many calls have come In from over IN,
state for assistance in the matter OF i'm
! proving sanitary conditions impure water
| etc. Most OF such calls had TO be de
cltned from lack of funds for travelinl
expenses also from lack Of jurisdiction IL
such cases However, advisory letters
were sent out In each instance and II
this way frequently Improved the situa
ton, In my opinion, II the powers of tn,
board were enlarged and the expense funt
more liberal the Inspector might ma,
terially assist In bettering the sanitary ant
health conditions Of the state.
DR.. Wilson believes the State Board o
Health ought to have Jurisdiction In mat
ters which are now apparently under tn,
control of local boards OF health. Forty
four OF the sixty-three calls were for III,
investigation of smallpox cases.
COnEressman Il. G, Davex