Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-07
LEE WILL COME TO TERMS
Broom Contractor Decides to III
ploy Full Number of Men.
PAYS CALL UPON GOVERNOR
Pure Food Commissioner spends
Busy Day Testing samples of lee
Cream-Uniform system of
Physical Valuation.
From a staff CorrespondentO


LINCOLN, May 6-lspecial.) Clinton
r. Lee, contractor for prison labor, who
failed to keep an appointment with the
board Saturday, evidently did some think
ins over night. for Sunday he came 10
the executive mansion TO talk matters
over with the governor. He assured the
governor he would speedily make ar
rangements 10 put the full number OF
convicts to work and straighten out the
whole tangle. He thinks he should be
allowed some rebate from the charge for
the full number when not employed and
there is a disposition among the board
members to allow it for a period follow
ing the troubles at the prison. but not
by any means to permit that period TO
run to the present. 1t seems Likely the
board will hold him for the per diem.
just the same as II they had been at
work during a major portion Of the time.
The members of the board are at present
busy with the railroad assessment and
no meeting between them and Mr.. Lee
is expected for a day or two, but he is
expected not to wait for that to put the
men back to work, as 1t is not alto
gether the pay which the men would
earn that is concerned, but because it is
for the best interests Of the men that
they be steadily employed.
Few Rates Changed.
The Railway commission this morning |
permitted the Omaha road to reduce the |
rate on malt from Omaha to South Sioux !
City from SIS to g. The Union Pacific |
was authorized 10 make a rate OF 1876 !
cents per ton on coal from Lincoln TO |
stromsburg to meet the BURLINGTON rate. |
The Burlington was authorized to extend |
the rate of 8 cents per 100 pounds now in
force on brick between Omaha and Lin |
coin to include hollow tile.
Leroy Hall and others, through at
torneys, today argued In the supreme
court a petition for a temporary lnjunc-
ton against the town OF Crawford. The
Petitioner, Hall, owns a mill on the White
river at Crawford and the others have
appropriations Of water from the stream |
for irrigation. The city takes water
from the river for the municipal water
works and they assert the excessive |
amoont taken prejudices their rights.
They desire to nave the city restrained
from using more than 5000 gallons daily,
from selling water TO the Northwestern
and Burlington railroads and rom let
ting the man on whose land the sser-
voir 10 located use the water or irri-
eating his land. The court has not given
lie opinion.
Captain Jameson today assumed the
duties Of acting auartermaster Of the
guard and Miss Ida Havens
takes his former place as stenographer
In the office.
Major Antics, deputy warden at the
penitentiary. is going to Leavenworth this
week to spend a couple Of weeks seeing
how the authorities there run the insutu-
ton.
NJ. J. Taylor Of Custer county tells the
secretary Of state his campaign for the
nomination for congress cost
him Just $40. a
The state OF South Dakota asks that
r. T. White, now in Thurston county. be
returned to Elk Point, s. D., TO answer
he charge OF wife and child desertion.
White is resisting extradition and hear
ng will be given him tomorrow by the
governor.
Engineer Hurd and Messrs. Reed and /,
Hates Of the physical valuation depart
nent Of the railway commission, have
returned from Topeka, where they met
engineers Of similar departments OF other
states Harmonious action was discussed
and another meeting was set for septem-
Der, when 1t is hoped to have a uniform
,ystem Of procedure and methods mapped
,ut so that information gained by one
will be OF use to others,
Game Warden Miller was in Custer
county Sunday and arrested three Of a
yang Of Greek railroad laborers for kill
ng game out Of season. Residents of
hat section had complained that these
men are disregarding the game law, kill
ng ducks, prarie chickens and other
game, not even taking out a shooting
license, let alone observing the closed
,eason The hearing Of the arrested men
will be tomorrow. but II is understood
hey will plead guilty and all the party
las promised to refrain from shooting.
Fire Commissioner Randall goes to Sew
lrd tonight and Tomorrow will have a
rearing concerning a number Of buildings
which Il is proposed to condemn.
The pure food commissioner Is busy
hese days testing samples Of Ice cream