Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-08
Nebraska

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board except in the years It is assessed.
which is every -four years beginning with
1904
Many Fine stock Entries.
The fine stock entries for the state fair
are coming in faster than in any previous
year. there being 24O entries to date with
prospects for at least 6S6 before the fair
opens. This number will just FIJI the new
live stock barn. Entries made before
August Is will be listed in the official cata-
logue Of the fair. Among the entries from
other states are the following: c. l..
Saunders. Manila. Ia; H. w. Harding,
waukesha, Wis. c. A. S%tannard. Emporia.
Kan; Everett Hayes. Hiawatha, Kan:
John E. Painter, Noggen. Colo; Overton
Harris, Harris, Ia; c. struve & Son.
Manning. Ia; c. F. Mitchell & Son. Farra-
gut, la. A. S. Gibbons & Son, Earlham,
Ia. J. c. Bryant, Savannah, Mo; and ]. F..
Stephenson. la,
Gage Com pnny Bond Issue.
The state railway commission has given
permission to the Gage County Gas. Light
and Power. company to Issue funding bonds
to the amount OF SlOO, 900. Under the new
law enacted by the recent legislature it
is necessary for corporations to secure
permission from the railway commission
before issuing stocks or bonds.
Pullman Rates due
The state Railway commission issued
an order today reducing Pullman rates
In Nebraska. The minimum Of 81 was
cut to $3.50 and the maximum from $3.50
TO $3.50. Instead of seats being 25
cents. so cents and on up at a jump Of
26 cents, 5 cents was the unit. An
arbitrary rate of % cents was made be-
tween Omaha and Lincoln and from Lin
coin on the rate Is 5 cents additional
for every ten miles. That would make
the rate from Lincoln to Crete 35 cents
instead of so cents as now
Thompson Comes to Omaha.
Attorney General Thompson went to
Omaha this morning to consult with w.
ID. McHugh regarding the date and pro-
cedure of taking testimony in the cases
wherein the railroads are trying to de-
feat the 2-cent fare law and the Aid
rich freight rate law.
RiEht-of-way Man.
The State Railway commission has
employed Joseph NJ. shively as right-of-
way man to the state engineer and he
will have charge of the work of placing
a value upon the right-of-way of rail
roads under the recently enacted phys
ical valuation law. The position pays
S125 a month. Mr.. Shively was for.
four years deputy land commissioner
and he also held the position of district
clerk of Dodge county.
Emergency Rate on Machinery.
The Burlington railroad has secured
permission from the railway commission
TO put in an emergency rate of 20 cents
per 100 pounds for hauling the ma
chinery and building material of the
Ames sugar factory in SCOTS Bluff
county, the rate to be effective until
February rs. The railroad said this
rate is not "a compensatory rate, but in
order TO help out a Nebraska industry it
is willing to put in the low rate.
In connection with this comes the
SCOTS Bluff Sugar company of Colo
RADIO and filed its articles of incorpora-
ton with the secretary of state. The
company has a capital stock of $1,000
900 and the directors are w. A. Dixon
Caldwell Martin and c. W. Waterman
All reside in Denver and the headquar-
tiers will be in that city, though the
company has the right to transact all
" us bhcAllt5o III %
ming. II cost the company 1902 to file
here and $40 in Colorado.
Governors Party tn Seattle.
The Governor shallenberger party, which
will go to the Seattle exposition and the
northwest, will be made up as follows:
Colonel and Mrs. f. NJ. Westervelt and
Colonel and Mrs. H.. ]. Hill, Lincoln.
Colonel and Mrs. H. ]. Gates and daugh-
Colonel and Mrs. F. w. Getten, Omaha;
daughter, Crawford.
Colonel and Mrs. H. w. f. McDaniels'
Colonel and Mrs. ]. H. Kelley, Gothen-
Colonel and Mrs. George H. Lickert,
Colonel and Mrs. F, J, Mcshane, Omaha.
Colonel and Mrs. w. J. Furse, Alma.
General and Mrs. J, C. Hartigan, Fair
bury.
Colonel Albert s. Fitzsimmons, Tecum-
Colonel r. E. Pnler, MIllerton.
Colonel f. II. Cox, Bladen.
Colonel Robert Oberfelder, Sidney.
Asked to Make River Trip.
Governor ShalIenberger has received an
Invitation TO President Taft
and the party of governors down the Mis-
sissippi river from ST. Louis TO New Or
leans october % to 30. The invitation
came from the Lakes to the Gulf Deep
Water Ways association, which assured
the governor all Of his expenses would
be paid by the association.
Reward for Philips.
Governor S~hallenberger has offered a
reward of $500 for the apprehension OF
James Philips, who is charged with nav
ing murdered Marsh Hamilton in Omaha
a week ago.
DEMAND FOR REAL PAY DIRT
York County Soil Is SHIPPED Back to
Christian County, Illinois,
YORK. Neb., Aug. 7.-(Special)-So ia
nous has become York county for its rich
ness Of soil and its great productiveness
that already there is a demand for soil