Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-30
Nebraska
ASSESSORS IN EVEN YEARS
Attorney General Martin Rules on
Validity of Bills.
TWO ACTS ON SAME SUBJECT
broken Bow Boosters at Lincoln 20
Secure New Agricultural school
~ PossibIe-ROads object
to sand Rate.
LION Q staff Correspondent.l

~ Diu GldiI correspondent
LINCOLN, April 2g.--Cspecial TelegramJ
Following the finding Of the conflicting
provisions OF two measures relating to the
slection Of precinct assess ors Attorney Gen
sral Martin this morning handed down an
opinion wherein he states that H. r. 1874.
providing for the election Of these officers
In 1912 and every two years thereafter.
shall be effective. and that II. r les. nam
ing 1909 and odd years instead, should be
invalid. The act sanctioned by Attorney
General Martin was the last Of the two to
he passed by the legislature but is in har-
mony with the proposed constitutional
Amendment providing for biennial elections.
Broken Bow Wants school.
delegation OF Broken Bow citizens
headed by ex-state Land Commissioner a.
r. Humphrey, ex-State Senator F. NJ. Cur
RE and L. II. levitt, visited the city today
for the purpose Of laying before the board
OF Public Lads and Buildings their claims
for the location Of the new southwestern
Nebraska agricultural school al that place
The visitors asserted that their city
being centrally located could be reached
from all parts of the state and would in
consequence have the effect, IL the school
was located there OF putting an end 10
appeals from other parts OF the stain for
the establishment of other similar schools.
In urging the consideration of the, board
The committee offered the state 146 acres
Of land on which to locate the school,
The entrance OF the Custer county town
into the fight is somewhat of a surprise
ms it was thought that this town had no
ambitions in that fine. The division point
which defins the limits where the school
must be located runs only short ways
from the town on the east and directly
through the south part Of Broken Bow on
the north
Sand Hearing Resumed
The hearing on the application of the
railroads to increase the sand rate from
different producing points in the state TO
Lincoln, Omaha and south Omaha, was
resumed today after occupying most OF the
time yesterday before the State Railway
commission
The common carriers attempted to prove
that the present rate of ~ cents per 100
pounds is not remunerative, while the
Commercial clubs of Omaha and Lincoln
asserted that the raise to 2 cents was ex-
orbitant A representative of Hugh Muir
ray. the paving contractor of Omaha, de-
clared that the raise would mean an addi-
tional cost to him OF g.. 800 per year more
than he would have TO pay under the pres
ent rate, ana declares that all the paving
bids taken by him for the present year
and for which he has signed contracts
were based on the present rate
Wolf Bounty Warrants.
The celan-up of warrants issued in con-
formity with the allowance of the 500, 900
wolf bounty claims occurred today when
the last ones were made out by the state
auditors force. The total number of claims
paid under the old law, which is now ex-
tant. IL 4.474. all of which have now been
paid in full scaipers OF those who had
slain the beasts bought UP hundreds of
the claims, 1t is said when 1t became evi-
dent that the legislature was going to
allow the outlawed claims and made con-
siderable money on the investments, 1t is
asserted.
F1eEo Appeals Case.
William F1ege, sentenced to life imprison-
ment for the killing of his sister, oLuise, at
Ponca, today appealed to the supreme court
for reheartng in the case. The alleged
crime was one OF the most revolving which
has ever occurred in northeastern Nebraska
and at the time Of the trial last fall created
more than ordinary interest over the state.
According to the evidence. Flege, after kill
= his sister, left the body In the yard.
where II was found terribly mutilated