Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07

the producers here as much Of the finished
as they can get.
lie instanced the rate on cattle from
the northwest to South Omaha More
cattle are shipped out of Belle Fourche
than any one station in the world. The
rate on cattle from there to South Omaha,
500 miles, is sc cents; the rate from the
river to Chicago. 500 miles, Is only a
third as much, ~ cents. The aim of the
railroads has been to transfer the mar
kets to Chicago and Buffalo. and against
this effort the Missouri river markets
nave had to contend.
Advantage Of Nearby Market
n advantage to the producer Of a
nearby market is great. 1t is to his In
terest that he does not go too far for a
market, since then he is going to an
other mans market, and suffers in the
competition that ensues. 1t is of adj
vantage to the producer, whether he be
engaged in grain raising. wool raising or
cattle raising to have a market near
home, where his stock may be shipped,
held and later marketed at times when
there is no congestion in the great mar
kets of the world. A nearby market Is
convenient, too. 1t means that he can
go and come without much expense and
with less risk to life and to his cargo,
and at the nearby market he gets as good
a price as further east.
Mr.. Ransom said that II was to the in
terest of Nebraska farmers that they
have at least three markets such as are
furnished by South Omaha, ST. Joseph
and Sioux City. because It means better
prices and a freedom of choice that pre-
vents Cutting at any one point at any
one time.
The speaker felt sure that s3,0O0,oO0 had
been saved to the wool growers of the west
by the establishment of a wool market in
Omaha. This big storage warehouse there
had been utilized to feed the Boston mar
ket. and the result was to compel the Bos-
ton men TO come west to buy at a higher
price instead OF making the grower ship
east to take whatever price he could get in
a full market. The same thing was true
OF the grain business.
Mr.. Ransom congratulated Lincoln upon
the fact that she had a great market for
Information in her great State university,
and while Omaha was looking after the
material welfare OF the state Lincoln was
furnished spiritual blessings. He closed by
urging closer cooperation between Omaha
and Lancaster county in those things that
go to make up the welfare Of the state at
large.
Governor TO Quit Talking.
After going to Omaha on Monday to fill
a speaking date Governor Shallenberger in
tends to accept no more invitations taking
him away from Lincoln until. the end of the
legislative session. The governor has re-
solved also that he cannot make any local
engagements where the occasion demands
anything more than his presence or an in
formal brief address.
New Home for Commercial Club.
At the Saturday noon luncheon of the
Commercial club today President Selleck
made the announcement that the proposed
new club house was assured. For some
weeks a paper has been in circulation, the
signers to which agreed to pay $3.50 each
into a fund for the building of a permanent
home. 1t was agreed at the start that no
less than $4,000 would be necessary for this
project. This meant that 200 members must
sign. At noon today there were a2 sig
natures.
Defining Mayors Power.
The mayor Of a city has no power to
suspend the operation of any ordinance
which contains no provision empowering
him TO do SO. This is the opinion of the
court expressed in the case of James e.
Pulver, which comes from Kearney county.
Pulver was a saloon-keeper at Minden,
where the ordinance provided tina liquor
dis~pensaries should close at IL O'Clock. His
place vas found open at 11:15 one night and
he was arrested and fined, later appealing
to the supreme court, He had two defenses.
The first vas that the mayor had given
all the saloons permission to remain open
until midnight upon the date of the alleged
offense. On this the holding of the court
was as above.
The other defense was that he was not
In town upon the date of the infraction of
the ordinance, the saloon being In charge of
his son, who supposed that the permission
of the mayor was all that was necessary.
The defendant knew nothing about the mat
ter until later. AS TO this proposition the
court says that where 1t is shown that
the violation is by an agent 1t is not neces-
sary to show guilty intent on his part, such
a prosecution being in the nature of a civil
action to collect the penalty.
Tn supreme court affirmed this morn
ing the decision OF the lower court in the
Kennison case. Kennison was sentenced
to the penitentiary for twenty-three years
for the murder OF Sam Cox at Miniature.
what Police Judge May DO.
The police judge of a city can only sit
&C an examining magistrate in cases wher
the penalty for the violation OF a statute,
ordinance or excise rule exceeds 800 This
is the holding OF the court In the case of
the state against William L. Dudgeon,
which originated in this city. Dudgeon is
a druggist and was charged with keeping
liquors for the purpose of unlawful sale. A
search warrant was sworn out and a guam
tity of liquor seized. He was tried in police
court and fined, appealing from there to
the district court. There he entered a plea
in abatement, contending that the police
court had only justice of the peace juris-
diction in a case where the fine prescribed
was over 500 and could only sit as an ex-