Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-04-18
NEW RULE HITS H1NsHAw HARD
Anxious to Get Appropriations for
Beatrice and Fairbury.
NEBRASKA TOWNS ARE FAVORED
Government Engineers Coming to
Make Survey of Logan Creek.
HALLowELL CASE UP AGAIN
disqualification Necessary 60 Bring
Test of Law Regarding TAX
inE of Liquor onto AL
lOtted Lands.
tFrom a staff correspondent.l )

AoNteu LANDS
CFrom a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, April 17.--(Special Teie.
gram.)-In all probability the omnibus
public building bill will be reported next
week, the committee on public buildings
and grounds of the house having agreed
upon the general provisions Of the measure.
fag ends Of the bill being the only thing
left for them 20 consider. In the consldera-
tion OF the bill by the subcommittee. OF
which Judge Norris of Nebraska Is chair
man, he has been constantly met with the
demand on the part OF the Nebraska MEM
bers to override the rule laid down by the
subcommittee that I'm no case should a
member receive more than an appropra-
tion for site and building. for the erection
of a building where a site has been pur-
chased or for the purchase of a Site A
number of the Nebraska members have
introduced bills providing for the purchase
| Of site and the erection of public build
ings at two or more places in their dis
tricts and in consequence OF the demands
Of his colleagues Judge Norris is well nigh
tuckered out resisting the efforts OF his
| friends on the Nebraska delegation to
make exceptions In their favor.
| Congressman Hnshaw has been espe-
cially persistent in HIS efforts not only be-
fore the subcommittee, but before the full
committee, to secure appropriation for
the purchase of additional ground upon
which to erect an extension of the Beatrice
postoffice, and he emphatcally wants
site and public building at Farbury. Ac-
| cording to the rule of the committee, Mr..
Hinshaw cannot get both propositions. and
in consequence he is pretty warm. 1t prob
ably will be put up to the congressman to
make his selection as to which city he
wants to 60 into the BILL which will keep
the congressman thinking for a time at
least.
what Nebraska Gets.
The bill will carry an appropriation of
probably $4,000 for the erection of public
building at Plattsmouth, the site having
already been purcf ased. The reports. how
ever, from Plattsmouth are not reassuring,
the record showing that there has been
considerable falling off in postal receipts
at that place and It is doubtful IL Platts-
mcuth would have been considered by the
committee had not the government already
purchased a site there.
Judge Boyd will be given an appropriation
for site at Columbus. This. 1t is under
stood, is all that the representative of the
introduced a bill for Fremont. Boyd be-
lieves in going slowly as to public buildings
apprectating that concentrated effort for a
single city is more likely to bring results
than the scattering of effort. He says that
he will take care of Fremont the next time.
In view Of the fact that a term of federal
court is held at North Platte, Judge Kinkald
probably will be given an appropriation Of
100000 for the purchase of site and the
erection thereon of a postoffice and court
house in North Platte,
Judge Norris, member of the committee,
will be content with an appropriation for
the purchase of a site at McCook. This, he
has told the people, is all they could reas-
onably expect at this session.
Survey of Logan Creek.
c. G. Elliott of the engineer corps of the
Department of Agriculture In an interview
had with Judge Boyd today, stated that
there would be quite party of engineers
: leave shortly for Nebraska to begin on
May l making surveys looking to the
strengthening OF Logan creek, which runs
through the counties of Cedar Dixon,
Thurston, CumiTgs Burt and Dodge. The
work will be begun at the source Of Logan
creek, near Coleridge, Neb., and will cover
the entire course of the stream to its moutl
near Hooper, where II empties into the
Elkhorn. This is a preliminary step to tho
reclamation Of lands in the Logan valley
The object is to shut out the old channe
of the stream and have II run in compare
lively straight lire from Colerdge t.
q Hooper a distance of about 100 miles. A.
| the stream nov meanders through tortuOuf
channels, It travels a distance OF 300 miles
1t is planned TO build levees along the bank
so as to hold the stream within its channel
D making 100000 acres Of the finest farming
Z land in all Nebraska out of present pasture.
: and hay land
5 HaIIOweII Case Coming Up Again.
e The case of Halowell against the UnlteC
D States, growing out of the introduction Of
a liquor on an Indian allotment which wa
argued in the supreme court March Is, b.
, Thomas L. Sloan for the plaintiff in error
J and Solicitor General Hoyt for the Unite,
States and in which the supreme cour
later dismissed the questions certified t.
the court for consideration and determine
ton as the law points, now goes back u
> the circuit court of appeals for rectification
1t appears that the supreme court HEX
, that the questions certified to the suprem
= court by the circuit court OF appeals wa
not in legal form and this dismissal doe
not in any wise affect the points raised b
Hallowell, who was convicted Of bringing
> liquor into the Omaha reservation.
Hallowell was sentenced to term in jail
j but is out on bail. Solicitor Hoyt informe,
Mr.. Sloan today that the question woulC
be certified in proper form at the MAJ
term of the circuit court Of appeals, whicl
o will sit in St. Paul next month.
u BIZ 20 Aid Fruit JObbers.
Today Senator Burkett introduced a bill
" to regulate commerce with special refer
= ence to express companies, the Westen
d Fruit Jobbers association being greatly IN
terested in this legislation. The bill pro
hibts any express company TO transpor
! or receive for transportation any article o
commodity IN which said company, agen
Z or employe has any interest. direct or In
direct This bin is the outgTowth o
charges made by the Western Fruit Job
81 bers association, Of which Mr.. Branch o
Il Omaha. is secretary, that certain expires
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