Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-10
Governor Aldrich Rules They Must
Not Go to Penitentiary.
NEW ORDER PUT INTO EFFECT
Discovery Made Federal Census and
State Assessment of Land Values
at yariance-Work of Food
Commissloner's office.
lFIom a sad Correspondent.l


convict Prince on Deputy Warden Davis.
OF course the presence of the women
teachers had nothing TO do with this
affair. but simply served to focus public
attention on prison affairs. Those who
have only causually studied the question
are as rule OF the opinion that women
teachers are good thing and that they
operate as refining influence upon the
conyicts. Those who have looked deeped
into it, and these include ministers Of the
gospel. as a rule are Of the opinion that
the reverse is true. so far as the con-
victs are concerned. aand IL the custom
has any effect at all upon the women
engaged in the work II is for the worse.
Another result Of recent developments
at the penitentisry will be n change in
hospital arrangements. For long time
the hospital steward has been a trusty
convict. the last one being Dinsmore. The
passage Of dope" into the prison brought
out that Dlnsmore had utilized his liberty
and the peculiar opportunities which his
position afforded to traffic in the drug
and that he was the go between through
whom the convicts procured the drug.
He has already been transferred from his
position as hospital steward and 1t now
has been decided to place student at the
medical college at the penitentiary in the
position OF steward and interne. This
plan is expected TO be benefit TO the
student and at the same time put a better
equipped person in charge in the ab-
sence OF the prison physician than under
the old method of detailing a convict.
Middle In Clay County.
The last federal census and the new
Rssessorship law have between them In
yoived the town Of Clay Center In
fine muddle. which the attorney generals
office has been asked to clear up. The
town is located In four different town
ships under the law each township has
an assessor. Before the late census this
worked all right for each township as
SCISSOR assessed the portion OF the town
which was in his township. The census
showed Clary Center to have more than
100 population and under the law II
should have a town assessor but none
has been elected. The authorities want
a. know xbetber ons should be Amounted
and they have been informed that such
was tho case. This did not settle all the
difficulties for one OF the township as
800, I,,o. a, the town and the au-
,ho,s,,a. wan, to know whether he is
.,,..,,,,s a. ,,a,,o ,ho assassn,apt a, the
1910, =, ,ha ,ounsbIn outside Of the
.o,,r n,hsr n. cannot assesSed the nor
a., =, ,ha ,ou,n.hln ,rs,de The local
o,g,.,,Is have been informed that the
,as,,,.,,v ,...S.or shouIa mako the as
sassmen, outside. decisions of the gu
nrems court being cited TO show that tho
change IN boundary lines of a district did
no Iegislate out any official during the
term for which he bad been chosen.
conx,I, oxer Co,ony.
ro,,. Klein ~ chicago has been I'm
=, lncoIr consulting 1. " Guye labor COM
,,,,.stoner regardIng the settlement OF a
,olonv ~ chicago Jews who are anxious
10 locate on Nebraska farms. These
neop,e were farmers In the old country
ana are des,rous of getting back to the
so, They have only a limited amount of
,,,eaps however. and n will be necessary
,or chem % n,,rchase ON time and some
q, then, viii need other assistance. but
This will be furnished BY their own peo-
pie. They are particularly anxious to
get located this year and Mr. Guye Is
hopeful OF accomplishing THIS lie mas
In mind a tract OF land sufhcientiy large
and which is especially adapted 10 ualry
ing, with which these people are famihaf
and II Is thought the deal can be con-
ssmmsted and the people move onto the
land by the time grass starts
Difficult TO Get Coal.
Some time ago the contractor who
supplies the state institutions asked to
be permitted to put In thirty days sup
ply OF coal In advance as a protection
against a possible coal strike April /.
Some progress has been made, but the
large consumers Of coal among the instita
tions have more than two weeks sup.
ply accumulated. in spite Of the permis.
sion to stock up and an effort Of tho
contractors to do so. The snow block.
ades on the railroads and extra con
slmptlon que 10 severe weather nave
maze II iniposslole 70 get aneao as niuci
a. desired. WIN the aoVeht Oh setueo
Weather u y eApeeteu the suppiy VI
coal "ih Oe increaseu. .. ..
Census Figures High.
A compilation has been made to show
the relation between the assessed yalua.
tion Of Nebraska lands and the valuation
placed upon iarm iands IN the federa
census ana II SHOWS some startling re-
SUITS. In some counties the assessed
valuation Is only Il per cent OF the value
liked by the census and In others II Is
" per cent while the average Tor the en-
tire state is eotlS per cent. In no county
Is the assessed valuation as high as the
census figures. The greatest discrepancy
Is In the counties Where iand Is devoted
almost exclusively 10 cattle range and u