Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-24
Nebraska
PRIMARY ELECTION is CALLED
Ezeoutive office at State House
Issues Proclamation.
DATE FIXED AUGUST FIFTEEN
No COEniEance Taken of MOrtensen-
Purse Controversy over Railway
COmmissioner-M orehead
Grants RequsttIon.
LION . $40 corespondentl

CFrom a Staff Corespondent)
LINCOLN. June 23-(special.)-Under
date OF June 10 proclamation calling
for holding a primary election in the state
Of Nebraska was issued from the executive
office late this afternoon.
While the law requires that such procla-
nation shall be issued at least sixty days
before holding the election the fact that
81 this comes out at this time 1t is not
thought viii react upon the activities OF
any prospective candidates. The official
proclamation calls for the primary cleo
ton on the third Tuesday in August which
this year falls on the fifteenth.
Three judges Of the state supreme court.
two regents of the state university and one
railway commissioner to FIJI vacancy are
the state offices for which candidates will
be selected at that time. This announce
ment means that the governor recognizes
the action OF Governor Shallenberger in
appointing w. J. Furse 20 a place on the
rerailway commission and means that the
Mortensen-Fur controversy Is at an
end.
Aldrich stIII Absent.
Governor Aldrich. now absent in Ohio
where he went nearly two weeks ago, has
telegraphed home folks that he will not
return to this state until next Tuesday.
He is at present visiting his parents and
other relatives at Cincinnati. o.
MOrehesd Grants RequIsItion.
Acting Governor Morehead Of Falls City
today held a formal hearing and granted
requisltion from the governor OF Oklahoma
for the return Of A. L. Stehlik TO that
state where he is charged with defrauding
a Duncan bank out OF 800, alleging that
he had funds in a Crete. Neb., bank.
he e est He
bron and Sheriff Stephenson. who is here
\tfom Oklahoma. appeared before the gov
Nernor with the requsition papers. A. s.
Tfbbetts OF this city appeared for Stehlik
and Deputy Attorney General Ayers was
present as official legal adviser to the
acting governor.
For acting as he did today Mr. Morehead
Will receive two days pay from the state
and railroad fare and hotel expenses. There
is no statutory provision for such payment.
but during recent years it has become a
habit for governors to allow those acting
in their stead TO draw their salary. This
will give Morehead 1870 for his work
lin addition TO his expenses. Governor AID
rich viii be short a like amount when he
3 draws his salary at the end OF the present
quarter
H. Veteran Complains of Bread.
- An old soldier from the Milford Home
for Soldiers who did not give his name,
called on Land Commissioner Cowles and
showed him part of a loaf of bread that
appeared not to have been well baked.
That is the kind Of bread the old soldiers
have had to eat for five months" said the
caller.
lie explained that he had complained TO
Commandant Howard and had been given
thirty days leave of absence for his trouble.
NJ s.la he old hat ha
knew that the sample was not the kind fed
TO soldiers at the home during the last five
months because he had eaten there him
self and had found some good bread.
The caller said II the state board would
not take his word for the genuineness Of
!. the sample he would get statements from
sther soldiers in the home. Mr.. Cowles
replied that he did not want any state
ments when he could find out the truth for
himself by eating the bread.
More ASsessment Figures.
Abstracts OF county assessments for 1911
received by the State Board OF Equalization
show very little difference from the as
sessments Of last year.
Dakota county returns a total valuation
OF S2.5S9, 2Ss this year and returned 81, ,s75
last year Dixon county this year returns
AG7742s and returned SL127, sos last year;
franklin county this year reported S,S7S,lOs
and last year reported 1857. 4e3; Chase
county has returned S1O4l.S2l as the valu-
alton for this year compared with a.O65.
a. last year: Grant county has assessed
property at s7Ol.4S6 this year, as compared
Nyih $7o2 $50 last year.
More Bonds sold.
state Treasurer George has sold $2so.0OO
OF bonds Of other states and has arranged
for the purchase OF s224Ooo Of damage dis
trict bonds issued in Nebraska. The state
bends sold are sJOOcO Of North Carolina,
FER cent. $4,000 OF Maryland, per cent
10000 OF Louisiana. per cent.
The bonds purchased are $le4,0Oo OF drain-
age district No. !. Richardson county, and
sRgt51 of Fremont Elkhorn drainage dis
frc;, Dodge county. The latter bear pei
\vent and the former 4iz per cent interest
The purchase and sale will make gair
Of 10000 in three years for the state SAID
state Treasurer George
Il is understood that the Richardson
\ a County drainage district made a dea
whereby It would take the state bonds
from the state OF Nebraska II the stat'
would purchase its BOMBS. but Treasures
George says he knows nothing about an
arrangement the district may have made
He said he sold the state bonds TO Wood
McNair & More. bond buyers OF Chics 80
and bought the drainage bends direct from
the districts.
shirt Company Pays.
The Platte Shirt company Of Chicago
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