Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-06-29
yEMAHA VALLEY
Senator Burkett Sees Hope for His
Dream Coming True.
LIGHT IN OMAHA CLOCK TOWER
Senator Brown Prevails with Treas
ury Department TO Listen to
Appeal from Omaha Com
merciaI Club.
(Fnm a staff correspondentn }

WASHINGTON, June 2s-(Special Tele-
gram)-Among the su4ry ambitions of
Congressman Burket, when he represented
the First Nebraska district in congress
was to straighten the Nemaha and reclaim
its broad valley from inundation by period
ical overflow. The Nemaha valley through
southeastern Nebraska and its crooked
ness is proverbial He began down In
Richardson county and secured the CO.
operation of the government with the peo-
pie there and since then has been grad
ually extending operations upstream At
present there is a force of engineers in
the vicinity of Table Rock and the sena-
tor has secured the promise of the de-
partment to keep the engineers actively at
work, and before the summer is over they
hope to get up as far with their plans
as Tecumseh.
In speaking OF the matter today, Sena-
tor Burket said: Thousands of acres of
the best land in the world can be re-
claimed BY a little organized effort, and
my opinion is the government can do no
more active service than in lending assist
ance to the several communities where
such condiuonse exist"
Light for the Omaha Clock.
Senator brown, although he was busy
from the committee on finance today
favoring a vote by the states on con-
stitutional Amendment providing for the
graduated income tax, took up with the
Treasury department an order which was
to go into effect on July l, disseminating
the lighting OF the clock in the Omaha
postoffice tower This clock is lighted by
the government at cost of $1,000 a year,
and as the Authorities in Washington have
got a fine freak of reduction and re-
trenchment, hey saw a way to save a
thousand dollars by disseminating the
lights in the clock tower. The Omaha
Commercial Hub, through it's commits
sioner, called the attention of Senator
Brown to the order, and protested against
its enforcement. Mr.. Brown I'm turn pro-
tested to the treasury people, who agreed
toa reconsideration and the senator hopes
that the postoface clock will be illuminated
during the corning fiscal year.
Duty on Tin.
Senator Candles amendment providing
that when 500 tons of tin yearly are pro-
duced in the United States that the duty on
/ tin shall be cents per pound was adopted
| by the senate today. Under existing law
| production is fixed at 5000 tons per year
when the same rate Of duty is TO be col
1 lected. This has virtually made tin a free
commodity as the total tin product of the
/ United States has fallen considerably be
low the provisions in both the Dingley and
Mckinley bills. The Gamble amendment is
Of very great In crest to the Black Hills
country.
Personal Notes.
] Secretary William Hayward of the ma
tional republican committee arrived in
Washington yesterday on personal business.
/ II is understood he win have a conference
with Postmaster General Hitchcock and
the secretary Of tie treasury. He paid his
respects to the president this afternoon.
/ w. c. Cook, chairman of the republican
state committee e Sioux Falls, United
States Attorney Z. E. Wagner of Alex
andra, r. ]. Houston OF Sioux Falls and
John Q. Anderson OF Chamberlain, S. D.,
are in Washington today and were in con-
ference with Senator'S Gamble and Craw-
ford
Senators Brown and Burkett today united
In the recommended on OF Lewis n. Trailer
20 be postmaster at Ralston, Douglas
county, Nebraska.
Former Congressman Frank Boyd Of Ne
braska had an exciting adventure on the
streets early Sunday morning. He was on
street car, when an alteration arose be-
| tween the conductor and a passenger.
Boyd was giving the row some attention,
when he felt a hand in his pocket. lie
/ truned, but not quick enough TO grab the
man, who jumped ffom the car, with the
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