Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-02-18

The house passed the Gates bill
Thursday morning, which vii permit
the establishment of a saloon in the
village of Fort Crook. The bill re-
ceived SO votes, after two or three
calls of the house. and 81 voted against
IT,.
Fries. Of Howard county, is after the
man with money who fails to report
the same for assessment and taxation.
In q bill he introduced in the house
Thursday he provides that the assess
or shall have the power to examine the
deposit record of every bank in his
county and the books keep by the
secretaries of all building and loan
associations. The bill provides the eN-
animation shall be for taxation purpose
and shall not be made public or made
known in any way.
A delegation of citizens of Grand
Island interested in the manufacture
of brooms were in Lincoln to boos,
for the appropriation providing for the
establishment of q binding tWine plant
RI the state penitentiary.
The house members Thursday indie
fnitely postponed the Noyes bill,
which requires a license of $4,000 for
saloons in small towns. The house
was emphatic in its attitude n it is
safe to predict hat there viii be no
anti-liquOr legislation at the present
session of the legislature.
In the senate the Ellis bill allowing
500 for each county to be spent in
making tests to secure good seed corn
vas recommended for passage.
Ransom's bill, taking from the su-
preme court the right to set aside
death penalties. was passed by the
senate.
HOWells bill, memOTialiZing cor
gress to expend $500, O0O, 600 on river
and harbor improvements, was passed
by a vote of % to 3.
Among the new bills introduced in
the senate Thursday was one by
Howell of Douglas which amends the
liquor law to permit the Sunday sale
of liquor containing not more than
five per cent of alcohol, within three
miles of a metropolitan city in
amusement parks where there is On
appraised vaiue in halls, grounds an:
equipment of at least SEQ. 600. Tho
bill is intended to permit the use Of
krUg park at Omaha for Sunday
amusement purposes, as we'll as Oh
week days.
Senator Donohoc introduced a state
wide initiative and referendum ~"
which requires Il petition Of rot les
than ten per cent Of the voters tor -
submission Of any question to the voters
that has been passed upon by the legls-
lature. and also provides for the initia-
two II, q Ctroil1- ,,opnE-
The drainage bill introduced by the
committee or drainage in the senate
is intended to cover defects in present
laws that have been found to exist in
different sections of the state where an
effort has ben made 10 form dramas.
districts.
The senate decided TO participate
with the house in the Lincoln day cb-
servancc Of the Grand Army of the
Republic, to be held in st. Pauf'g
church on the afternoon nf February
18th.
Nebraska Will not spend more tnan
$4,000 fOr the Lincoln statue to be
erected in Lincoln as q centenary nc
mortal. the house refusing Monday t.
concur in the senate amendment in
CT"asing the house appropriation from
$4,000 to $25,OGG.
The primary system in Nebraska
was remedied Monday by the pass1~o
Of the Kuhl rotation bill. The bill.
which was drawn by the Cedar county
member. provides for rotation ty cleo
ton districts.
tn Taylor anti-disCrinCinatiOn act.
which amends IL" present act by pro-
Vid;ng against buying as we'll as sell
ing at rates discriminative between
localities, was passed.
A bill restricting the university to
% per cent OF the / mill levy was
passed. This bill. which includes
100000 uncciiected taxes of the pre-
ceding hjennium. will give the uni
versity $775,000 during the next two
years. Added to this amount will be
S4+4.00O from other sources
Bills have been intr ,duced to pro-
vide for a bee inspector, a drug in
speeter a dairy inspector, three Alas