Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-18
Nebraska
ALLIANCE GOES TO COURT
\ Commercial Club Objects to Chadron
Getting Normal.
FILES SUIT AGAINST BOARD
Claims Box Butte city is Entitled to
school ane that Law
was Not Com
piled with.
Trom a SIAN correspondent

Vrom a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb. March IE-(special Tel
egram.)-Acting for the Commercial club
Of Alliance, Ira Z. fash secured a tenn
porary restraining order late today 70 pre-
vent the State Board OF Education from
proceeding with the construction OF the
State Normal school at Chadron. Judge
Frost, who granted the temporary injunc-
ton. set March = as the date upon which
to hear argument for a permanent injunc-
tion. .''..'
The attorneys appearing for the Com
meroiai club Of Alliance are N. X. G.iggs
of the Burlington railway and c. c. Flons-
burg II is alleged in the petition that the
law under which the board acted Is uncon-
stitutional In thtA the object Of II Is not
set out clearly in the title: that the law
required that proposals for the new school
be filed with the board within sixty days
after the law became effective. and that
with the exception Of Alliance no city or
town filed such proposal within the time
limit: that the secretary and president Of
the board Of trustees OF the Chadron acad-
envy had no right TO make a deed to the
property which # is thought to turn over
= the state, and that there is doubt OF the
title which the state can secure to the
AUound.
Y To proceed with the building, the petition
said. would necessltate the state getting
into serious litigation in putting such ex-
pense to the taxpayers.
The law which provided for the location
OF a new normal school was enacted by
the late democratic legislature. which also
enacted a law which abolished the State
Board Of Education and created the State
Normal Board OF Education. Governor
CHI mo,h,r1.- .n1.t.NL1 fg.o - =
the State. Normal board, and then the con-
stitutionality Of the law was tested in the
supreme court and II was held to be in
valid. In the meantime, however, five
towns which desired the normal school
filed their proposals with the new board,
Alliance being the only town to file with
both boards. Before the case was decided
the sixty days following the going into
effect OF the normal school. law had
elapsed.
The meeting OF the schoolmasters' club
In Omaha Friday night promises to be Of
some interest, inasmueh as an effort has
been made to see TO IL that the State Nor
NAL boardJt Is censured at that meeting for
disohargtng Principal Crabtree OF the Peru
Normal school.
II is reported that q r representative Of
a publishing house has been busy at work
among the member OF the club and that
II is practically certain that the resolu-
lions OF denunoiation wi be adopted. 3
Parties who are connected with this
bOog selling concern have already busted
themselves to see that the board selects
a successor to Principal Crabtree who will
be as friendly TO them as has been the
deposed principal. In addition to looking
for . man to stand as their candidate
they have alsokSebt4 out Ssuggestions for
educators to run Tor state treasurer, so
IL elected they will have a friendly In
dian on the board
II was published in a local paper here
that educators IN the Third district were
organizing to oppose l.. G.. Brian for con-
gress because as a member of the normal
board he voted to accept the requested
resignation OF Mr.. Crabtree. 1t is, possible
that q book selling house. Is behind this
movement and II is not improbable that
Investigations will follow to see Just what
is inspiring some teachers to pull chestnuts
out of the fire Tor a book selling concern,
LRymen's Convention Ends.
The three days session OF the Laymen's
Missionary Movement came TO a close to-
night with a splendid meeting at st. Paurs
church, at which time w. 8. Lewis and
George Heber Jones spoke. The former
took for his subject The Spiritual Awaken
Ing. OF China" and the latter 1.-The Return
ing Gospel from Heather Lands"
As on previous occasions Of the conven-
tlon, the church was full and the most in
tense interest was shown in the proceed
ings. During the afternoon there was a
mass meeting OF women, many coming to
the city from the surrounding towns. and
this crowd seemed equally as impressed