Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-10
Nebraska
GOVERNOR SHAKES PLUM TREE
Samuel Patterson Appointed Secre-
tary Of State Banking Board.
DIR. B. E. WILSON PATHOLoGIsT
A. ". ohnsO of LincoIn f. to he
Chief Deputy Fire warden
Several Trustees Are
Appointed.
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LINCOLN, June s.-CSpecial Telegram)-
Governor shallenberger shook the plum
tree hard today and as a result Samuel
Patterson Of Arapahoe gets the Job Of sec
rotary to the State Banking board at 5000
q year; A. ". johnson Of Lincoln Is APP
pointed chief deputy fire warden at $1,000
a year and DR.. B. +. Wilson Of Lincoln Is
appointed pathologlst at the Lincoln Insane
asylum at $500 a year.
THE following other appointments were
made BY the governor:
Board Of Control Nebraska School for
Dependent Children-Dr. p. L. Hall Of Lin
coin, three years. Rev. Harvey II. Har-
mon of Lincoln, five years; Rev. Arthur
l.. Weatherly Of Lincoln, one year.
State Board Of Examiners, Public Ac-
countants-John M. Gilchrist OF Omaha,
two-year term II. S. Virgins, one-yea
term.
Trustees for School for Blind and Deaf
Hon. w. r. Patrick Of Papillion, Hon. II.
II. Hanks of Nebraska City.
Mr.. Patterson succeeds f. Royse, who for
eight years has been secretary of the bank
ing board. Heretofore the appointment Of
the secretary has been in the hands OF the
attorney general, the auditor and the state
treasurer. The late legislature, however,
took this power from the board and left
off the treasurer and made the governor
a member of the board, giving to him the
power OF appointment. Mr.. Patterson was
formerly deputy state treasurer under
Treasurer Meserve.
A. v. johnson, the new fire warden, was
the head Of the Bryan Travelling Mems
club and devoted most of last summer to
boosting for the democratic ticket. He is
a wholesale cigar dealer in Lincoln.
DR.. Wilson succeeds DR.. Pilsbury at the
Insane asylum, the latter having served
during the late republican administration
The Board Of Control of the Nebraska
School for Dependent Children and the new
board 70 examine public accounts are crea-
lions OF the late Legislature. The School
for Dependent Children succeeds the Home
for the FTiendless, and it's management
goes from the Board of Public Lands and
Buildings, which is composed of state Off
GERS.
John w. stsinhart OF Nebraska City and
W. M. Wlndham of Plattsmouth retire from
the Board OF Trustees of the deaf and
blind institutions.
NfCBrien Inspects Schools.
Jasper L. McBrien. in charge of the ex-
tension work of the state university, has
returned from a trip out in the northwest
part OF the state and today he reported
that the seven young men graduates of the
Norfolk High school were all going to at
tend the university next fall. He also
discovered that the Ames la Agriculture
college Is soliciting students I'm Nebraska
Out at Brewster Mr.. McBrien found that
the peppfe' had'a school building with two
rooms.s ;one of which was used in which
TO conduct a six months school,. There
was $3.50 left in the treasury at the end OF
the school year, so next year this little
town will have two teachers AT Dunning
only a S-mill levy was made for school
purposes. The town has a mile of rail-
r~oad<yalued AZ $4,000 a mite and conducts
a seven onths school This town. is pre-
pairing to bund a four-room school house
though only two teachers will be employed
for awhile.
DahIman and ShaIlenberEer.
Word comes from Crawford hat the
Fourth Of July celebration there is coins
to be the biggest in Nebraska or there
abouts. Included in the celebration vii
be a reunion Of old settlers July g. Mayor
Dahlman of Omaha is to talk that day
The Monday following Governor Shallen
berger will be the orator of the day anC
he will be accompanied to Crawford by hi
staff. On Sunday, the day between tn,
appearance of Mayor Dahlman and Gov
ernor Shallenberger, the committee o
Crawford ia trying TO secure the Rev. /. +
Roach OF Lincoln to speak.
Trouble at Grand Island.
Governor Shallenberger is again havinl
some more trouble with his state institu
lions, Eli Barnes. commandment of tn
Soldiers Home at Grand Island, has com
planned against Joe McGraw, the adjutant
and the adjutant has complained agains
the commandant. McGraw said he dt
not like the way the commandant attende,
TO business. and the commandant says tn
adjutant Is incompetent. Governor Shallen
berger mentioned the trouble at a boar
meeting this morning and said he woul
go to Grand Island and look into tn
trouble,
VIII Test State Scales.
The State Board OF Public Lands ar
Buildings Is going to have a scale ma
look into the scales at the Lincoln insan
hospital to see II they weigh all RICH