Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-22
Nebraska
MONEY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
State Superintendent Certifies Num-
Der Of Pupils.
APPoRT1oNMENT OF THE FUNDS
Amount Going to the Nebraska
Counties Considerably in
Excess of Last
Year.
tFrom a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, May 2L-(Special) Estate SUI
perintendent Bishop has certified to State
Auditor Barton the amount Of the semi
annual school apportionment and the
amount due each county in the state. The
county OF Garden is not included in the
list for the reason that the state supern-
tendent has no official knowledge OF the
school census in that county. So the
amount due the school districts In the
new county has been accredited TO Deuel.
county and when the school census is taken
for Garden, the amount due will be paid 1t
~ Deuel. county.
The total amount apportioned is 1924 80
against total of 1898 1872. 20 for last year.
For this year each school district will re-
ceive .S7297 per child Of school age against
70 cents a year ago. The total number
of school children enumerated this year is
81, 452 against a total Of 369,Sj6 year ago.
The money was derived this year from
the following sources:
State taX........................ LIZA ~
Interest on school and saline lands
sold ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, TtfOl w
Interest on school and saline lands 1901, -,
leased ...,........................ oz,554 ~
Interest on nds.................... 135, SgS 81
Game and fish licenses ............. 5,S4lO
No slight Intended.
]. II. Mooney, chairman of the Furnas
county democratic committee, has written
a letter to Charles w. Bryan, in which he
says that the democrats Of that county
did not intend any slight of William ].
Bryan when the toastmaster failed TO read
his letter at the Beaver City democratic
banquet. Instead Mr.. Mooney said the let
ter was given to the POSTMASTER to real
ard 1T was inadvertently forgotten by
him"
IaNN of
Mr.. Mooney and Mr.. Bryan's letter for
publication this afternoon. In it Mr.. Bryan
makes his plea for the initiative and ref
erendum and county option.
Delivers Commencement Address.
Governor Shallenberger went to Papil-
lion this afternoon to deliver the address
at the commencement exercises of the
school there.
OIL Inspectors Fees.
State OIL Inspector Arthur Mullen de-
livered to the state treasurer today
$2,1S2.4O, the net earnings of his office
for the month of April The total re-
ceipts of the office amounted to $3,5O6.5O
and the expenses $1,924.50 The latter
sum is made up of salaries and expenses
of the lief and his deputies and S30C for
mileage books.
No Place for Express.
The Dolan Fruit company has filed a
complaint against the Wells Fargo eX-
press company. The American express
company and the Union Pacific ra4Iroad.
The company has it's headquarters at
Grand Island 1t pays the commission to
compel the evils Fargo company TO fur
press. The petition says that when the
agent of the company attempted to use
the baggage room of the Union Pacific
a.. ,,tlNl luin
unless he quit the practice. In the COM
plant against the Union Pacific 1t is set
out that certain business men of Grand
Island were promised that when the labor
situation was settled the company would
construct an additional room for the stor-
age of baggage and express, but" the Pc
tition says, I'VE are unable to substa-
initiate this before your commission as the
promise was given orally and the men
to whom II was given being then past
middle life have completed their three
score years and ten and are now beyond
the Jurisdiction of the commission
This matter has been taken up from
kime TO time unofficially by our president
Mr. Dolan. AT the time he first asked
for adequate facilities he was a young
man in his prime, but he has grown old
and gray awaiting the coming of these
I-tomorrow. Lack of facilities is the
complaint against the American.
Wants sOundprOOf Floors.
Professor Gregory inspector Of normal
framing in high schools is very much
Kratified over the action of the school
board at Lexington In Insisting upon the
contractor putting 1 deadening of the
floors of the new school building. In his
rounds over the state Mr.. Gregory has
found that many schools have floors
which are not sound proof and as a re-
cult the noise made by pupils in tie sec
md story, walking TO and from classes
occasions much annoyance to teach'rs arlc
pupils in the first story. 1t is reporte'
that the new $4,000 school at Grand
island is in this condition due TO the alb
AIence of deadening in the floors.
~ Bond Issue for Northwestern.
The Northwestern has received per
mission of the state railway commission
TO issue bonds to the amount of $I3.522,
boo 10 take up other outstanding 'indebt
3 ldness and make improvements. Til
money will be spread over many states
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