Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Nebraska
GOVERNOR USES THE KNIFE
Cuts Out Provision for Experimental
Farms From Big Bill.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM PLEDGES
tDdeterminate Sentence of Criminals
Not Favored and Bill Vetoed
Assessment Board soon
To Begin.
From a staff Correspondent

tFFom a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, April 7.-tSpecial Telegrame-
BY his veto OF items for $4,000 and 5000
for experimental stations i'm western Ne
brsska, Governor Shallcnberger has prob
ably prevented that section Of the state
from securing an experimental farm for
two years and incidentally he drove
sIotber knife into the vitals of a demo-
cratic platform pledget
The governor cut these items out Of the
general appropriation bill under the i'm
preston that the money has already been
appropriated nut of the university one mill
levy. Officials Of the university hold that
the proceeds OF the one mill levy cannot
be used for the establishment of the ex-
perimental farms. II their opinion is cor
rect then the two schools have gone by
the boards. f
The governor reduced the general appro-
~priation bill by $1,000, lie Topped of $4,000
appropriated for the state historical society;
$4,000 for the nurses building at the Nor
folk asylum, 5000 for unusual repairs
At the Peru Normal school in addition to
the above.
The current expense bill carries a total
Of 12,2s 40s. an increase of S334,62S over that
Of two years ago and the salary bill carries
a total Of 1896, 900. an Increase over two
years ago of s1O5,50. The governor finished
his work on all the bills this afternoon
late, among the number signed was the
pure food bill. which provides that the net
weight must be stamped; on packages of
food. other than preserves, meats and
canned corn and goods put up by the re-
taller. He vetoed S. f. ia, the irrigation
reservoir bill and s. +. 1886 the indie
terminate sentence bill.
Work on Railroad Yards.
Work is to begin within the next few
days by the Burlington on it's new railroad
yards. They will. when completed, run
from First and J streets west for a trifle
over three miles, and will give the Burling-
ton greatly increased facilities for handling
cars and making quick exchanges. Work
is expected to be completed within six
months after starting.
The yards are TO be finished IN single
hump, double yard style. and will contain
twenty-one classification tracks. They will
have a capacity of between 500 and 5000
cars.
At present the only yards of this nature
within the vicinity OF Lincoln are situated
81 Galesburg. The new yards will place
Lincoln on a par with the other towns
along the Burlington route near Chicago.
The principal asset of the new yards will
be TO greatly increase the speed with which
train crews can make up and dispatch
both freight and passenger trains.
Railroads File Reports.
With none of the roads showing any
great change In their assessments, four OF
the railroads entering Lincoln nave filed
their annual reports with Tax Commits
sioner James II. Sheffield. The reports
have yet TO be checked over by the COM
missioner. The Rock 1sIand's report, how
ever. is still to be received.
The ~Burlington's report shows a grand
total assessment of ,270,S $50. The total re-
ported by this road last year. with the
exception of the value of the real estate,
was 500, 66s.41. r.
For the Union Pacific the report shows
an assessment OF So, 125, 900. or $500 less
than last year; for the Northwestern, $27.-
d9, as against $277.50s last year; for the
Missouri Pacific, $1o8.2SO. against s95, 545 re-
ported In 1905. W
Residents of the vicinity of Sixteenth
and r streets are much excited over the
recent poisoning of a number OF valuable
dogs In the neighborhood. Within the last
six weeks. the poisoning of six dogs has
been reported, all sbut one Of which have
died. As all of them have been blooded
and priced animals. their destruction has
caused considerable feeling and a syster-
matte effort is being made to determine
who is responsible for the wholesale
polsononing and some of the residents who
have lost dogs declare that they will prose-
cute the guilty ones.
The two regiments of the Nebraska ma
tional guard are formed into a brigade