Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-09

r. win be devotea n wark Of the main
association. There will be no idle time.
everv minute VIII be occupied. Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings viii Be devoted
to entertainment. and the convention will
close on Thursday afternoon In time for
s1 who desire to take the evening trains
for home.
emocra Boosts sheldon.
e o. Garrett, the democratic statesman
from Fremont whose friends claim has
nailed down the democratic nomination for
Lieutenant governor. accompanied by Mrs.
Garrett. Is the guest OF the family OF Grant
Martin. deputy attorney general While
the democratic candidate believes Mr..
Bryan will carry Nebraska. he is making
no predictions about the vote Governor
Sheldon viii get. Governor Sheldon was
placed in the bunch Of big men at the con-
ference recently held IN Washington by
Mr.. Garrett and the candidate still sticks
to his original classification.
No Meeting of Assessment Board.
Governor Sheldon was confined to his
home by illness today and Treasurer Brian
and Land Commissioner Eaton are some
where between here and Geneva, probably
water bound. For these reasons the state
Board OF Assessment failed to meet. secre-
IdET OF EAaLe aANhlu spent the QaN EAINA
out what the various towns would get
under the terminal tax law by the use OF
his system.
LANCER Files for EI-ctsr.
Joseph J. LANCER Of Wilbur. Saline
county. has filed his name with the secre-
tary OF state as a candidate for presidential
elector on the republican ticket. Mr.. LANCER
was elected to this same job in $50.
Compromise at Odessa.
The people Of odessa. who have been
clamoring for a depot agent for some time
and who appealed to the state Railway
commission to help them, have settled for
the present their differences with the Union
Pacific. The road agreed to employ a man
at Odes1a. who would devote a portion OF
his time to billing and receiving freight and
to selling tickets. This plan is to be tried
until April L The compromise goes into
effect June d. The station agents reports.
made to the commission. did not Justify the
railroad Keeping an agent at Odessa at a
salary OF S6O a month, 30 the compromise
was suggested by Chairman Winnett.
COmpIIIng Telephone Rates.
The independent telephone systems OF
the state are at work on a compilation Of
their rates in Nebraska to file with the
commission. The rate book of the Nebraska
Telephone company, filed some months ago.
covers over 500 pages and shows the rate
charged from every station.
Moore n Resident of Connecticut.
The reports published some weeks ago
that r.. E. Moore. Lincoln's- weaithiest citi-
zen. had moved to Connecticut have been
verified by his returns to the county as
SCISSOR. Mr.. Moore gave his address as
III Bradford street, Strandford. Conn. 1t
is understood Mr.. Moore moved east for
business reasons. The $4,000 added to his
assessment last year by the assessor has
not yet been collected and no steps nave
been taken looking toward its collection.
This sum was added to his personal prop
erty.
Costs In Lumber Case.
The costs in the suit OF the state against
the Nebraska Retail Luber Dealers asso-
citation have been figured by the clerk OF
the supreme court to be S,f54O9. and they
are taxed to the Lumber Dealers associa.
ton. This is the case in which both the
state and the defendants claimed to be
satisfied with the decision.
Planning Work for COnvicts.
Since the flare up over the amount Of
money to be paid for convicts to be used
in the broom factory at the state peniteh-
tiary the talk OF the use OF the convicts
by the state has been started anew. After
a visit TO Kansas Governor Sheldon came
back with the idea that perhaps Nebraska
could do SOME soOd for itself BY 1sing the
convicts IN the manufacrMe OF brick to
be used in constructing state institutions
The use OF the convicts in the Peru Goa
mine was another dream discussed by the
state officers. but thus far nothing has
been done to bring about this condition.