Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-09
Nebraska

sion. The principal matter considered
was concerning equipment valuation.
Valuation OF Real Estate.
Henry Seymour. secretary Of the Board
of Equalization. has sent out letters to
| each Of the county assessors for informs-
ton as to how they are yalulng real
estate as compared with the present tax
able valuation. Their final report will
after the railroad valuat-o on must be fixed
AMI this information Is desired to enable
the board to act intell.gently on railroad
property.
Attorney General Grant Martin deliv-
cred an address today at the picnic and
barbecue which the university law stu,
dents had at Capital Beach. There was
large turnout of students and as the
day was an ideal one all had good time
A, X. Fisher OF Washington, connected
with the federal bureau OF biology has
written to Game Warden Miller to obtain
permit TO collect four settings Of
prairie chicken eggs in this state. and
to get them in Custer or Thomas counties
and when he does he yill try to restoek
Virginia with the great game bird. which
has become extinct in that section.
Imported Birds Thrive.
Game Warden Miller reports that Mon
golian and Hungarian pheasants which
the department has in pens in Antelope
park in this city are laying wei this
spring and from three TO four dozen eggs
are collected daily. These are Matched out
under tame chickens and there Is every
reason to believe there will be consider
in the fall. They will be given to COM
munities which will give assurances the
birds will be protected and 1t is hoped In
time to have excellent sport with these
magnificent game birds. .-.
Governor Aldrich has gone to Hastings
where he delivers an address before the
State Association of Commercial Clubs.
All the counties in the state except
Douglas have sent in the official returns
of the primary held April 49,
Love for Chairman.
Friends OF oDn L. Love. former mayor
Of Lincoln. have started a boom for
him as chairman of the republican state
committee. They point to the fact he
led the ticket as a candidate for dele
gate TO the national convention as proof
of his popularity with the voters and as.
sert he also has every other quality OF
leadership. No meeting has yet been held
of the delegates-elect and II Is not GER
tain any will be prior to starting for
Chicago. Headquarters has been ar
ranged for, however. at the LaSalle hotel
W. ]. Bryan. | nthe Commoner. prints
a card OF thanks to the voters of the state
who elected him a delegate TO the ma
tional convention. He says that previous
engagements" kept him out Of the state
during the closing days OF the campaign,
but you did not need me. You demon
strated Nebraska's right to stand In the
battle front" presumably having refer
ence to their voting for Clark while he
was in other states campaigning for
Wilson.
Miss Emma Baker. 1909 West Twentieth
street, Chicago. writes to Postmaster
Sizer, complaining that his office has
been dllatory in the matter of getting her
a farmer husband whom she wrote him
some lime ago TO procure for her. The |
postmaster has replied that he knows
he has been dilatory. but In extenuation |
asserts he has been busy finding a cork
leg which man worte him he left two
years ago in a Lincoln pool hall and
which he wanted the postmaster to find |
Doctors Discuss Fever.
Microbes, bacclli and all similar things
took a look at the hotel registers last
night and Immediately departed for the |
tall timber TO remain until the members |
Of the Nebraska State Medical associa-
ton complete their business and leave |
town, The time OF the session today was
largely taken up with the discussion of |
typhoid fever. the principal address being |
by DR.. Bannlster OF the regular |
army medical corps, who took up the |
subject of serum treatment. which he |
said had been absolutely demonstrated in |
the army to be preventive of the dread |
disease. He recited many instances OF |
Us Vs. At tNN hdhCuNtf
camp In Texas, where the soldiers were |
practically immune in spite Of the fact |
The people In that section of the state |
we're afflicted. Others papers and dis
,ussions related to methodS of proven
ion of the disease through Sanitation
ind removal Of the causes which produce |
he disease. At yesterdays session the
question of the sterilization of criminals
Ind imbeciies was discussed and prac-
ically all the medical men present went
m record as favoring the plan.