Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-22
Nebraska
JACKSON VISITS RESTAURANTS
Chief Deputy Food Commissioner
Says They Must Be Cleaner.
GOVERNOR NAMES INSPECTORS
Inspection of Irrigation Districts
Western Union Reports
Called in Question.
CFrom q STAFF Correspondent

tain restaurants In this city and Omaha
must clean their premises within the near
future or suffer prosecution was the state
ment made by Chief Deputy Food Com
missioner jackson last night in an address
before q Wesleyan university club. Mr..
Jackson asserted that az the present time
the standard restaurants is somewhat
higher than in the past. but says that
there are some which fall considerably be-
low the mark. The new demands being
made by his department he declares are
meeting with compliance by restaurant mon
in general, but there are still some which
he says have considerable room for inn
provement- In the opinion OF the food
commissioner there are two kinds Of
restaurants-ths very good and the very
bad. The chief matters with which the
commissioner finds fault are the sinks and
refrigerators OF eating places and the
floors and walls Of their kitchens.
|. Commissioner jackson says that he has
up to date inspected about three-fourths
Of the restaurants in Omaha and the same
proportion in this city.
Five Food Commissioner.
! Governor Aldrtch today made announce
ment of the appointment of five food.
dairy and drug commissioners, one OF which
| is to work regularly and the other four
during the summer months only. The men
named were: f. H. Mccain of University
Place, VIII Forbes Of this city. George ].
Thomas Of University Place. Noel Negley
OF Ansey and L d. Miller of Alma
Inspects Irrigation Districts.
State Engineer Price left this morning
for q trip to the western part of the state,
where he will inspect the entire irrigation
section. Before leaving. Engineer Price
received word that the Platte rver is lower
than usual at this time of year, but has
assurance from government engineers that
on account Of a large amount Of snow in
the mountains there are indications that the
supply of water for irrigation purposes will
not be diminished over former yearA
Litigation for Western Union.
The Western Union Telegraph company,
it is said, will have suits filed against It
in several counties Of the state due to it's
failure to report its gross receipts. County
assessors in Seward, Lancaster and sew
eral other counties, It Is said, have applied
for the information, but have been refused.
| Secretary Seymour of the State Board of
Assessment has written to the various
| county assessors telling them that the
| statement Is specifically required, and II
! the company refuses to comply with the
| law urges county officials to take such
action as their county attorneys may deem
| best.
Under the law telegraph companies are
! taxed on tangible property and on fran
chise values. Under q decision in the
case of Omaha against the Western Union
the company alleges that the court de-
cided that gross receipts do not constitute
franchise value and that the legislature
had no right to fix value in that man
A..
the court decided that gross receipts of
the business are a proper element in fixing
franchise values, and as the law calls for
such a report II is said that the officials
intend to force the company to comply
with It.
II Duffy to Address Carriers.
Charles D. Durry of Chicago. treasurer
of the National Association of Letter Car
riers, will be present in the city Saturday
to attend the state convention OF letter
carriers, according to advices received by
Secretary E. ]. Parker today. Mr.. Duffy
will make an address at the afternoon
session.
Silas A. Holcomb of Broken Bow, for
merry governor of the state and later Judge
Of the state supreme court. today sat be-
fore the bench where he used to preside
and argued a case for a fellow townsman,
c. b. Wilson. who had been convicted in a
lower court Of practicing medicine without
8 license. With a voice weakened by years
OF sickness and body that no longer knew
the health and vigor so characteristic of
his earlier years. Judge Holcomb pleaded
with the seven judges for the right OF a
man whom he claimed simply adjusted
portions of the human body, contending
that such an act did not constitute the
practice of medicine.
The case. which was brought up from
the district court OF Custer county, is to
test the right OF chiropractors work with
out permit Opposed to Judge Holcomb
is Assistant Attorney General Bdgerton,
who in reply asserted that the accused man
had clearly violated the law OF the state
and could not practice his calling until he
had complied with the statutes regulating
the practice of medicine