Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27
Nebraska
DRAFT COMPENSATION BILL
Special Committee Secluded to Meet
in incoln Tomorrow.
CURTIS SENDS OUT CALENDARS
Frontier County Men Remember
state Officers who Remembered
Then with New SchOOI-COst
of state Institutions.
tFrom a sad CorrespondentO

(From staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Dec 26-(Special) 49, The
committee appointed to draft working
mans compensation bill is scheduled to
meet at the governors rooms in the capi-
tol at p. m. Thursday. December q.
The committee is composed Of Represen-
tative l. d. Evans OF Kenesaw; Victor
Rosewater, f. 1. Ellick and A. c. Welt
zell OF Omaha; Frank NJ. Coffey, c. d.
Traphagen and Rev. A. l.. Weatherley
OF Lincoln. This is the first meeting of
the commission since it was appointed
and It is expected tho organization will be
perfected and the first steps be taken
toward formulating a bill.
Books the Boys Like.
The state library commission has been
collecting theopinions of the boys at the
Kearney Industrial school on the various
books bought for the school library. The
books originally purchased for the library
had become worn or had disappeared and
last January a new assortment was pur-
chased. From the comments Of the boys
Il appears that books on travels, ad-
venture and outdoor life in its various
forms have the call over fiction, and
the fiction that has any popularity gen.
orally deals with outdoor life. Biography
especially the books dealing with lead
ing Americans. comes next in rank, the
lives of Washington and Lincoln being
especially mentioned by the boys as help
ful and interesting.
Curtis on the Map.
Members of the Board OF Public Lands
and Billings, who located the state ex-
pertinent farm at Curtis were remembered
Christmas by large calendars for 1912,
sent out by a Curtis bank.
Most of the officers and employees of
the state house arrived this morning
from spending Christmas day at their
old homes, but few, among them Audi
tor Barton and Secretary Mellor Of the
Board of Agriculture did not arrive I'M
til afternoon. Those who remained in
the city for the holiday were on hand,
apparently none the worse for the cele-
bration and all reporting having had an
enjoyable time The public, evidently
had not recovered from the occasion, for
there was little in the morning mail to
requiree attention.
DelselI's Speaking Dates.
State Superintendent Delzen has a
number of speaking dates in the near
at Beatrice. where no addresses the BOYS
interested in agricultural competition.
At that time prizes will be awarded to
Gage county boys who entered the 1911
competition January he speaks at
Western on school topics; January 10
and IL he will be in Omaha and speak
before the Rural Life commission and
January IL before a farmers institute
at Diller
Number of State Employees.
In response to a query from John C.
Black, secretary of the National Civil
Service commission, Governor Aldrich
has reported on the number of state en-
ployes, exclusive of members of the
militia He reports that s61 on the state
payroll In all capacities and the number
of men subject to military duty as $780,
OO0. The number of county officials
is given as 1,203 The commission de-
sired the number OF municipal employees,
but this the governor was unable to
furnish.
Pardon to Alfred Jones,
The governor today issued pardon
TO Alfred Jones, on recommendation OF
the pardon board. Jones is pardoned
because he is afflicted with tuberculosis
and there is no hope for him If he re-
mains in prison. He was sent up from
Douglas county March s, 1908, on a
charge of larceny.
Cost to Keep state Wards.
The following figures have been COM
piled Of the amount appropriated for the
various state institutions, the amount
used to date and the cost per capita of
maintaining the various institutions. As
mentioned in these columns several days
ago. with one-third of the period expired
practically all had used up more than
1876 per cent OF the appropriation. but In
the case Of only one was the excess large
and there was every reason TO believe
the final expenditures could be kept
within the appropriations without Grip
plIng the institutions.
The most interesting feature of the
figures is the per capita cost of the
various institutions, which is as follows
for the six months period: Hastings
asylum, sSs.16; Lincoln asylum, $7s.45;
Norfolk asylum, $97.16 state penitentiary
$3.50; Soldiers home, Grand Island,
$12l.5O; dependent children, 1852; School
for the Deaf. ss46; School for Blind,
1914 Industrial home, Milford, $685.
Girls Industrial, Geneva, $l27.O7; feeble
minded, eBatrice, S75.51; boys school,
S15O.61; Soldiers home, Milford, $11S.2O;
Orthopedic hospital, $25757.
The great discrepancy in the per capita
cost at the various institutions, ii is
pointed out, is largely due to the char
Roter OF the inmates and the proportion
of caring for the institution which they
can themselves perform.
Court RescInds Order.
The supreme court this afternoon or
dered Judge Raper of eBatrice 10 rescind