Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-26
Nebraska
LlNCOLy LlN DISPESSARY
: Excise Board Puts Matter Of Rules to
City Attorney.
POWELL ONLY ONE FOR LICENSE
Eemafaaer OF the Excise Hoard
~ Opposed TO Any Kind
OF safe in that
rom a stasf csr-s.p.sten.-l

LINCOLN, april E6--tspeciaf The TX
else board put it up 70 CItv Attorney Flans-
burg Its morning D. formulate rules and
-svl.a. Ions Tor the sale of liquor BY a city
d spen=ary. or whatever place is 20 be
-es y-ated officially
Exrisen1an Powell. a. he announced
t-..lrh TIE Bee. advocated wholesale
- or houses where beer could be
d-~fed b. r1e case delivered 70 the homes
.f purchasers and also the retail dispensar7
vaere liquor could be secured for medicinal
pu-po=cs IN Original packages. Mr. Powell
advocated granting license % these
places
Mayor Love and Mai5or Ha-pham and
City Attorney FlansburE al opposed the is
suance u any kind q license. The mayor
advocated the sac Of Lqu0r IN and al drug
stores af the CITY
In bis Opposition TO rhe beer depots the
mayor argued Jhst even y such places were
c~TEzrsd there would be the same amount
of Ne. shipped .iat1 the city and it could
NOT be kept track o. In answer 20 this
Mr. Powell a-vued mat 70 snip a case OF
beer from Omaha the express would be 70
cents. or from Council Bluffs would be 20
cents. while the case could be bought %
the city from a depot and delivered with
s-r the express charges The state law
would prevent the shipment from being
made from Omaha while the extra % cent e
from Council Bluffs would act as an
obstacle 20 prevent purchases there. and
besides these interstate shipments could b.
controlled By a rule ike that adopted last
year
Bur Sfr Powell way finally outvoted and
the board agreed to establish the city dis
peusary for the sale of liquor. with the
probability that this place will also be
permitted to sell beer for medicinal pur-
poses The license Tee is % be $1,000 M
Flauzbu-g probably viii report AZ the next
meeting Of the beard.
Earnings Of Railroads.
The zross- earnings Of the principal rail-
roads doing business in Nebraska as shown
by the reports on Ele with the state Rail
uay commission for the entire system for
tina period from June / u February 3. 1e9,
compared with the same period ending in
1919 is as follows
Northwestern ......... 81. ssl-6sl so. 45a.s44
Burlington .---.--.---... E2,l3oGl y G5.120
Union Pacific ....-..... 52-d349S4 5s,5Sl. 449
Money for soIdIers' Homes.
Goverunr shallenbergsr received this
morning from the government warrants
for BIB for the Use OF the two soldiers
homes. The money is apportioned at the
rate Of S70o for eaef member Of the home.
At Grand Island there are - members
and at Milford H. The payment was for
tae quarter ending March =.
stafe Hospital for COnsumPrfvea.
Now that the ideal city OF Lincoln
has officially disbanGed its sanitary camp
Tor the treatment u persons afflicted win
eunsuufptI5sf AMI driven tlis patients forth
% die talk has seen started for a state
hospital FOR The treatment Of these un-
turtunates VINO are unable TO pay their
own expenses.
The la+s legislature enacted a law an
tHorizinE the state Eoard Of Health TO
d. siE-ate some hospital where county pa
tents cuUld be cared for The board
desiEnated a Lincoln hospital. but the
council promptly nuIlifed state law by
forbiddiuE the camp by ordinance
Joel Piper, secretary &c the State Board
Of Charities and Corrections. this morning
adv0cRred the construction OF a hospital
for consumptives in some city OF the state
ard ne viii 50 recommend TO the gov