Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
state Treasurer Has Plenty of
Cash on Hsnd-OiI Inspector
Reports office Fees.
ICON a $50 correspondentl


river In Nebraska. is running at the rate
Of 1900 feet In addition. Projecting En-
gfncer Wes Of the government re eryoir
has promised to supply 10 feet psr sec
ond out of the water stored in the Path
finder reservoir for a period OF sixty days.
The fret OF the week there was $1,000
acre feet Of water in the res rvoir. and
this will probably be increased 20 10000
feet. These two sources Of ,upply. Mr..
Price believes. will be ample 70 water the
la-d under irrigation along the Platte river
In Nebraska during the two hot months
OF the summer.
state Has Much Money.
The June report Of State Treasurer George
shows that. notwithstanding heavy dis
bursements during the month, there is now
on hand IN the several state repositories
nearly as much money as at the close OF
May when the amount was unusually
large At that time II was 1851 900. not In
GLIDING cash on hand in the 5 a trtasury.
There is now on hand $76i.SS9.76 in the
depository banks of the state and So
903.s5 cash on hand. the whole totaling
s7s5.74a7l. During the month OF June State
Treasurer George received $sS6 561S6 and
paid out sOsle97.sl.
There is now 1886 Ice A. in the general
fund ard s27S52S.5O in the permanent school
fund, both funds showing an increase dur
ing the tn. The temp o-ary school fund
which has just been depleted on accoun,
of the semi-annual apportionment for this
support of schools. shrunk from $685. 157 4!
TO ssl71ss2
The trust funds of the state now In.
vested aggregate Ss751, s5s.5s. all Of which
Is invested in bonds with the exception Of
S1s2.9471O Invested in university fund war
rants. The funds invested are as fol
lows: Permanent school funds. 10 2.
s6s.0s; permanent university. s2OS. 75S07
agricultural college endowment. $494933 43
normal endowment, $6O.40o.
Farmer Kicks on Auto Tax.
In spite OF the warm weather and in.
different crop prospects sixty-one persons
in Nebraska had the money to inves;
e61.000 in new automobiles Friday Sixty
one autos were registered at the office o.
the secretary of state on that day. Johr
Waldron. a farmer living near York, pait
his annual tax of 81 for the registration Of
an automobile witt the secretary of stat,
and registered this kick on the back OF
his letter Of registration: I'VE as a clasi
of people are being skinned and taxed t
death on Industries that are Legitimate
ana n Necessity ana nOI a iuAuTys NnlC0 II
not right. as any fair-minded man can see
1t is getting so a man will have to &c
a license in order to love his family or be
fore he can do anything toward keeping
house" Mr.. Waldron will after the frs
week In July, under a new law. be re
quired TO pay his annual automobile tax 4
the county in which he resides and tn
tax VIII be used to repair and mako i'm
tprovements on the roads which are sup
posed TO be torn up and damaged by auto
mobiles.
Good ROada Boosters.
Lincoln will be given an opportunity Z
entertain good roads boosters July Il
when the Denver-Omaha transcontinents
road men will put through an initiation 1
Omaha. The exercises there are TO be hel
in the evening and IL has been suggeste
that II would De a good thing for the lc
cal men TO take their share of me burde
by entertaining the boosters at noonda
luncheon on that date. Preparations towar
such an end are being made.
wheat Cut I'm Lancaster.
According to reports from LAncaste
county farmers practically ali OF the whea
in this county has been cut, and threshin
is already under Roadway. farmer froI
near Panama reported that In the neigh
borhood OF loo acres had been threshe
in his part OF the county and that the Gre
averaged from fifteen 20 thirty-six bushe
per acre and tested out from sixty and
half 70 siXty-three pounds 10 the bushe
The Panama farmer further says that /
believes the corn has been injured hei
slightly by the drouth which has exists
for some time past but that he BELIEVE
there win be plenty OF corn IL rain fal
A. NHoSs h.
/. potatoes are turning out not more ths
twenty bushels 10 the acre.
Crabtree Turns Down Charges.
Charges made by a Broken Bow new
paper man that Superintendent r. Eli
Of that place had been guilty of unprofe
sional conduct have received little atte
ton from State Superintendent Crabtr
and he is inclined TO discredit them. II
matter was called 20 the attention
Superintendent CTabtree some time ago. b
in reply to the communication OF Il
Custer county editor the former said tn
he would pay no attention to the matt
unless IL was placed in the shape of
formal complaint.
Elliot was once a student at the Tn
versity OF Nebraska and was well know
here as a prominent undergraduate.
hANCnCOck imposes Amendment
According 10 a communication receiv
BY the local Commercial club. Senat
Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock Is against the amen
ment proposed to the income tax by tn
body.
The amendment proposed by the Iinco
Commercial club provided for the filing
reports with the Internal revenue autho
ties al the end OF the fiscal years OF I
various corporations instead OF upon d
cember 81 OF each year. This Senat
Hitchcock believes. would be inconvenie
and much confusion would result.
University Place Lacks Water.
According 10 Water Commissioner f.
Harbican. water famine threatens Vi
versity Place for the next few days. 7
big pump. with a capacity of $50 gallo
per minute. is now out OF service becaI
Of the breaking OF the cylinder II v
not be repaired until next Tuesday.
the meantime two smaller pumps. with
total capacity OF no gallons per mimi
are working night and day
Report of OF Inspector.
The month OF June IN the office OF ST
OF InAPsetor tusenstter wsE fully up
ne aSeEaSs almost C.So going late