Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
VALENTINE WANTS DEPOT
Objects to Crookston Being Made Base
of Supplies for Indians.
PETITIONS FOR POSTAL CLERKS
Farmers Are Taking Up Parcels Post
Proposition and Sending Petitions
60 Congress for Passage of
the Law.
CFrom a Staff Correspondent.)


gram.)-Citlzens OF Valentine are protest
ing against the proposed removal OF the
United States Indian freight depot from
that place to Crookston. on the ground
that the distributing points from which
supplies are used are nearer Valentine than
to Crookston. Valentine people urge in
petition to Senator Burkett that freight
for the agency trading stores is shipped
to Valentine and then freighted to differ
ent points in the agency. In view OF
these conditions they ask that the depot
remain where 10 Is.
Bank Clerks Invite Burkett.
Senator Burkett has received an invita-
ton from the president Of the American
Institute Of banking to attend the banquet
OF bank clerks to he held in Baltimore
the 18th of February.
Petition for Mail Clerks.
The McCook Commercial club has sent
to Senator Burkett a set of resolutions
asking for various changes in the law
governing salaries and sick leave of rail-
way mail clerks. The petitioners urge that
mail clerks, first be allowed sixty days
sick leave with pay, instead of thirty days,
as is now provided; second that they be
allowed thirty days annual leave, the same
as Is allowed III the case OF CieIhS CHI
ployed in the civil service In Washington;
third. that the present limit of fifty-two
weeks for receiving pay for injury re-
ceived while on duty be extended so as to
include half pay for an additional fifty
two weeks In case their INJURY extended
for that length of time; fourth that they
be allowed pay for travel and expenses
incurred while away from home.
Parcels Post Petition.
Petitions for the enactment of a parcels
post law are being received by each con-
gressman and It is expected the farmers
will have an inning. Senator Brown today
presented to the senate a petition from the
Farmers Protective society of oxford. in
which the passage Of such law is de-
manded in strong terms. During a for
mer session OF congress members were as
sailed by numerous petitions from business
men and commercial clubs asking that any
parcels post law be killed, speedily. The
oxford petition declares that the farmers
are being Disseminated against. 1t de-
clares that IL local merchants cannot do
business after the parcels post law has
been enacted they might as we'll take in
their signs and close up shop,
Senator Brown also presented an address
Of the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union OF Wahoo, favoring
the passage of the LLttlefield- Bacon bill to
regulate interstate commerce in intoxi-
eating liquors. and a petition Of the Com
mercial club OF Columbus praying for the
enactment of legislation granting travel
pay to railway mail postal clerks
Minor Matters at Capitol.
Attorney NJ. l.. Learned OF Omaha was
admitted to practice in the supreme court
today on motion Of Senator Brown.
Representative Hull today introduced a
bill to grant to the state of Iowa one
bronze or brass Napoleon" cannon. The
cannon is sought to be placed in front of
the new Historical building at Des
Moines.
Upon motion OF Judge D. O'Connell, Will
lIams Kenyon of Fort Dodge. Ia. was
today admitted to practice before the SUI
preme court.
A. w. Clark of Omaha, Very Rev. JOS
eph Ruesng of West Point Neb.. Law
renee Connor OF Dubuque. Rev. w. II.
Slingerland of Des Moines and W. b.
Sherrard of Sioux Falls, S. %, are in
Washington In attendance upon the confer
ence on the care Of dependent children
called by President Roosevelt, to meet
in Washington today and tomorrow.
Iowa postmasters appointed: Lawton,
Woodbury. county, Myrtle NJ. Hoogkrk
vice C. NJ Wray, resigned. Underwood,
Pottawattamie county. Lewis o. Bundy,
vice G. E. Fisher resigned.
Rural route No. l has been ordered es-
tablished April l at Barnum, Webster
county, Iowa, serving fifty-five families.