Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-07
Nebraska
BOTH SIDES GET HEARING
Governor Has Reopened Complaint
Against Officials.
OMAHA CASE UP SATURDAY
Executive starts Lecture Tour that
VIII Occupy His Time Until
Next FridRy-Berge
Quits.
OMAHA CASE UP SATURDAY
From a staff Correspondent

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LINCOLN, Dec. 6-(Special)-At the
same time Mayor Dahlman and the mem
beers of the Board Of Fire and Police COM
missioners Of Omaha appears before the
governor next Saturday to show why they
should not be proceeded against as derilect
officials, officers Of the Douglas County
Anti-Saloon league and Elmer E.. Thomas
are also supposed to be on hand to show
cause why they should be proceeded
against.
When the citation of the mayor and Po-
lice board was issued it was taken to mean
that Elmer r. Thomas and his Anti
Saloon league had made their case and
that Saturday would be devoted to a reply
by the mayor and board. At the governors
office today, however, 1t was made plain
that both sides will be heard Saturday
morning.
BerEe Files. Motion.
George w. Berge, who tried to impress
the supreme court with the fact that he
had bought a gold brick when he got hold
Of the Nebraska Independent, then the
property Of Frank Eager, has filed a mo-
ton in the supreme court to dismiss his
appeal and to have a mandate issue to
the district court affirming the decision Of
that court. In the lower tribunal Berge
was given judgment for some $50. He
appealed because he thought it not enough,
and Eager appealed because he thought
it too much. The Eager appeal resulted in
a confirmation of the lower court.
The case grew out of the sale of the
Independent to Berge, who, at that time
was running for governor and needed a
personal organ, in which to exploit his
views. Berge failed to land in the state
house and he came to the conclusion the
paper was worth several times less than
he paid for it. SO he brought suit fol-
damages.
Governor Goes ~a-Lecturing.
Governor shallenberger has started oul
on a lecture tour of Nebraska, which viii
keep him away from his office until mex
Friday. He goes under the auspices of the
university extension department. His ex
penses will be paid by the town in which
he lectures.
Lincoln LRwyeP Appeals.
Lafe Burnett, a lawyer of Lincoln, hai
appealed to the supreme court from tn,
decision of the lower court of Phelp.
county. which sentenced him to Jail TO
six months for unlawful conduct with Mrs
d l.. A. williams, a cliant of his, who, it wa!
Cldllu6ut II ALodhCs a wv Wv
> in Holdrege,
COwIes Complies Figures.
Land Commissioner Cowles, who hat
o been paying particular attention to tn
various state institutions, has prepared
T. table showing the appropriation for eacl
institution for the biennium for employees
wages and for maintenance; what coul'
5 have been spent during the last eigh
4 months without o-verreaching the appropi
alton and what really was spent?
The table shows that unless there 1
great retrenchment there will be severa
deficiencies when the next legislature meets
From the figures it is evident that Su
y perintendent Lena f. Ward Of the indus
= trial school at Milford carries the banne
for economy and good business manage
ment. She has used only IS per cent o
. her appropriation when she might hnv
used 80 per cent. Her institution is tn
only one which raised enough potatoes t
supply its needs and she raised some I
sell.
n Tho other extreme is the institution a
Kearney, which in eight months has go
d away with 40 per cent Of its appropriate.
IS and is bowling for more.
d General Wants Shooters.
y Adjutant General Hartigan expects to de
> velop some shooters in the National guar,
and 70 that end he has issue. the follow
ing orders:
= Beginning January 1, 1910, company com
manders will devote a portion OF each drill
n period to gallery target practice.
Company commanders will forward re
a QUESTIONS for gallery target supplies, whlcI
= will be filled and forwarded by this offic
9 at once.
d Before firing, companies will be thor
d oughly instructed in sighting, aiming, est
A mating distance and gallery practice d
provided in the Small Arms Firing regula
a tons, pages S3 to 81, inclusive, and ammun
ition will not be used until each man /
fully instructed as above.
The Windor Armory taget will be use
in all firing, records of all firing will b
n kept and forwarded to this office with tn
quarterly reports of March 81, 1910.
l. All firing shall be conducted under tn
direction and control OF a commissions,
officer Of the company, who shall certif
the scores and expenditure of ammunition
Il SLOW FIRE.
Distances, 200, 300 and 500 yards.
Position, 200 yards, standing; 300 yards
k~neeling or sitting; 500 yards, lying prom
with head towards taget.
RAPID FIRE.
Distance, 200 yards; 20 seconds. time liml
"a for score; position, standing.
At least two complete scores viii b
: fired for purposes OF instruction, Of fiv
shots at each distance.
in TIL record score will consist of five shot
at each dista &c,
" Every meu..gr OF a company is require
&MNNA Az
each member falling to shoot the course
"a there shall be deducted from the tota
score Of the company an amount equal I
the score Of such man had he shot an
missed.
The awarding Of prizes offered unde
paragraph one, circular No. g. A. @. o
! 1903, Will be governed by this order.
=, Company commanders will keep in mint
that THE development. not Of a minimum
L OF extraordinary marksmen, but OF a max
he imum Of good intelligent reliable shots,
Is desired.
ID Letter to Assessors.
Henry Seymour, secretary to the stat
ID board OF assessment, is trying to get IN
county and precinct assessors to com
N through with their work in better shau
than heretofore and to that end he Ia
sent out the following circular letter f,
each Of the assessors:
= We are having the latest revenue law
Of this state printed and bound in pamphI.
form. Will you please let me know ia
number OF precinct assessors I'm your count
and ] will send enough copies Of the law
to supply each assessor with one.
/ ebleve that careful investigation q
the laws by each individual assessor wi
tend to make a more uniform and pOssibl
better assessment Of the nronartp a. a.