Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
Nebraska
WHERE SCHOOL FUND LIES
ssaRyasks Has Millions Invested in
State and County Bonds.
NEAR MILLION IN MASSACHUSETTS
Tennessee second and Idaho Bonds
Third-DOugIas County Also a
Heavy SELLER Of Securities
to state of Nebraska.

CFrom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. March 2A-(Special)-The
school fund Of the state is invested In
state, school. county and city bonds, d.
vided as follows: State bonds, A,2S7.9OO;
county bonds. S2,1Ss.gOO; school district,
$42s,Ss1.25; city bonds, s517,5OO. In Massa-
chusetts bonds the school fund has in
vested teT2,0 900 more than has been invested
in securities OF any other state. Tennessee
comes next as a holder Of Nebraska
school money, Treasurer Brian having
bought S7ss. 200 bonds Of that state. Idaho
is g close third. owing the state OF Ne
brsska, t7s9,5oO.
Douglas county has sold to the state
bonds to the amount Of 81. 225 600. The state
owns bonds issued by the city of Auburn
70 the amount of $4,000. the largest
amount bought from any other town In
the stats.
The adoption OF the constitutional
amendment providing that school money
may be invested in school district and city
warrants has resulted In the investment
Of almost 100000 OF school money in
these securities. The interest paid the state
for city bonds Is ~ per cent which is
more than Is paid by state securities and
yet less tina cities and towns have here
tofore had to pay.
Testing seed Corn.
State superintendent Bishop sent out a
letter a few days ago to- each high school
principal, city superintendent and county
superintendent in the state. calling atten-
ton to the tests recently conducted, which
indicate that a large percentage Of the
seed corn in Nebraska will not grow or is
weak in terminating power. Much OF the
seed corn with the usual favorable appear
ancs Of sodndness and vitality has lifeless
or weak seed germs.
superintendent Bishop suggested to su-
perlntendents and principals that they ar
range TO have their class in agriculture,
normal training class or other reliable
pupils, construct q homemade seed corn
tester and advertise that they will test free
Of charge not to exceed a bushel Of seed
corn for any farmer who will bring in his
corn for that purpose, the corn to be care
fully and accurately tested, each ear sepa-
rately, a definite report 10 be made and
every err returned to the owner.
The letter was accompanied by a bulletin
on How to Test Seed Corn" II tells stu
dents how to prepare a termination box,
gives detailed Instructions as to the test
ing Of each seed ear, and has a blank re-
port 70 Tthe student to fill cut present to
the farmer whose seed corn they test. This
report Shows tu9 64dCh COhulllon VI edCn
ear tested. TIL letter contained the fol-
lowing caution:
BE sure tina 1.-THE test is SO accurate and
thorough that the owner of the seed corn
may rely upon the result as indication Of
the actual condition Of his seed corn as to
terminating power"
The letters were sent out Saturday and
since Monday morning orders have been
pouring IN for additional copies of the bull
.letin Cor the usegof teaoheFss and pupiissin
agricultural classes. So great has been
the demand for the bulletin that a second
edition has been ordered. The plan has
met with enthusiastic approval from school
people over the state. and many commend
atory letters have been received.
Captain HAMILTON Comes TO Guird.
Captain r. II. Hamilton, retired, has beer
selected as adviser for the adjutant gen,
eral OF the National Guard and viii
shortly remove from Omaha to Lineolr
with his family. Captain Hamilton is {
son-in-law of Peter Her of Omaha, a grad
uate Of West Point, and several othel
military schools. He was engineering Off
Ger on the staff OF Major General WOOD
IN Cuba. While in Cuba he had yellow
fever, but recovered sufficiently to be sen
on to the Philippines. While there he wal
\ retired because OF his physical condition
Letter WrittenJ Not Mailed.
Joseph Sparks. q member OF the teachers
examining board, said he did not send
letter to Principal Crabtree asking him t.
send IN the names Of the graduates VIII,
were given certificates by the defunc
normal board, as reported in The Bee thi
morning. =
Mr. Sparks said he dictated the lette
asking for the names OF the teachers. blu
after II was written he consulted witt
State superintendent Bishop. who informe,
him 4Aat the normal board had alread!
ordef Mr.. crabtree to report the names
Therefore, he said. 1t was not necessar,
for him to mail his letter. Had the boar,
not taken this action, Mr.. Sparks said, h
would have cent the letter. incidentally
the names OF the teachers have not bee
reported to the normal board.
Bishop May Get No P~erauIsite.
Whether State Superintendent Bishop ha