Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22
Nebraska
HOW OPEN PRIMARY WORKS
Democrats Evidently Voted for
Republican Candidates.
WHAT THE FIGURES SHOW
state Fair Officials Getting Ready Sor
the Fall Exhibit-BiE Demand
for Room In Cattle
Barns.
tFrom a staff correspondent

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LINCOLN, Aug. ~21.-(Special Tele-
am)-From thirty-eight counties Sec
rotary of State Junkin has received
official returns of the late primary cleo
ton. The returns indicate that demo-
Gratis either voted in the republican
primary or they remained at home with
the independent" classes, for whose
benefit the open primary law was
passed. Banner county this year cast
one democratic vote out of a total of
l2S. Last year Banner county cast
seventy-four democratic votes. The re-
pubiicans in this county cast 12s votes
this year and IT'S in the last general
election. Hooker county cast one demo-
cratic vote this year and ninety-one dem
ocratic votes last year. In York county
the democrats cast 465 votes for re-
gents and the republicans 1909. Last
year the democrats In the general cleo
ton cast 2,042 votes while the republi-
cans cast 2,209, showing a much greater
falling off in the democratic vote. John
son county cast 232 democratic votes this
year and 1850 votes in the general cleo
ton. The republicans cast 574 votes this
year and 1867 in the general election a
year ago.
Getting Ready for Fair.
Secretary Mellor and a force of clerks
are busy getting the final work done pre-
paratory to the opening of the state fair,
September G. o. e. Mickey, superintend-
ent of cattle. notified Secretary Mellor this
morning that enough entries had been
made to fill the new barn, which has
stalls for $50 head, but that the entries
justified the construction Of an addition
to the barn. The barn south of the new
structure will hold sixty head and this
will be filled, as will the nursing cows
barn, which has room for sixty. The ad-
dition suggested by Mr.. Mickey will be
erected as a temporary arrangement and
all cattle entries will be taken care Of.
Secretary Mellor has closed the contract
for five state bands in addition to the
Liberati band, which will give four con-
certs daily as follows: 1880, 1880 and 4:SO
in he auditorium and 7:15 before the
grandstand preceding Pains fireworks.
The state bands which have contracted TO
furnish music are the following: Geneva.
Monday and Tuesday; Nelson, Tuesday
and Wednesday; Aurora and North Platte,
Wednesday and Thursday; ~Stromberg,
Thursday and Friday.
State Buys Bonds.
superintendent Waterhouse of the Free
mont schools brought to Lincoln today
Fremon, school refunding bonds to the
amount of S27, 900, which he registered and
then sold to the state. The bonds net the
state IA per cent.
Treasurer Brian was offered 5000 North
Platte school district bonds to net the
state AZ per cent interest. The bonds
were offered by a Chicago broker. When
the bonds were first issued they were Of
fered TO the state for 4 per cent and Mr..
Brian refused to buy. and he informed
the officials having the matter In charge
he would take the Issue II the interest was
~ per cent. That was some months ago,
and he heard nothing more Of the bonds
until today, when they were offered to
him by the outside party. The history
showed that the first issue was cancelled
and the bonds voted again. The rate Of
interest was increased to an extent that
brokers could buy the bonds and sell them
to the state at the figures originally asked
by the state.
Jess Barton, a horse trader, was fined So
and costs by Justice Bacon for abandoning
a disabled horse on the public highway. II
was brought out at the trial that the
horse, being unable to travel, was left to
die by the roadside. Persons who saw the
animal reported to the sheriff and he fol
lowed and arrested Barton about five miles
from town. The horse trader said he would
go to Jail and work out the fine.
Conference on Paving.
Property owners along that part Of Tween
ty-seventh street which 1t is proposed &c
pave held a neighborly meeting Friday
evening at the home Of w. G. Shinn. in al
endeavor to reach a compromise OF con
flicting interests in regard to the Location
Of the paving and lawn spaces 1t wa'
announced that a tentative agreement has
been reached. whereby the owners along
the west side have consented to permit the
setting back Of the sidewalk six feet Of tn,
twenty feet OF street they have occupied
and the cutting down Of an outer row o.
trees. This will permit the pavement t
be thirty five feet wide, instead Of thirty
as originally proposed. and will provide