The Red Cloud chief., 1912-10-03
SAVE MUCH MONEY
TOTAL FIRE SALVAGE THIS YEAR
TOTALS OVER s,o,ooo.ooo.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items Of interest Gathered from Re.
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.

Fire departments and volunteer fire
hghting organizations in Nebraska are
credited by Fire Commissioner Ran.
dali with having saved over $25,000..
600 Of property In Nebraska from In.
cineration during the past two years.
He bases this estimate on figures
which he has compiled from reported
conflagrations occurring In the state.
The total salvage from fires during
1911 Is found by Mr.. Randall to have
been $14,977 ,109, and this year SO far
tho same item Is placed at $l0,762,7S0
Chancellor Talks to Students.
The great development of colleges
and universities during the last gen.
Grafton and the increasing numbers OF
college graduates found in important
places was the theme OF Chancellor
Avery's address to state university
students at the opening convocation
Of tho school year Tuesday. He un-
qualifiedly commended Industrial edu.
cation as means OF giving equal
economic opportunity to all
"Since 1890 our population has In.
creased approximately one.half, while
the number of college students has
practically Quadrupled." said the chan.
cellor. The University OF Nebraska
now has an attendance about equal to
the number of students In all Amer
lean colleges and universities eighty
years ago.
Bill to Promote Racial Purity.
Designed to promote racial purity.
two bills, which will be introduced In
the coming legislature. have been
drawn UP by A. j. Leavitt Of Omaha,
secretary OF the Nebraska Prisons AZ.
sociation. Surgical operations are pro.
vided for In the case Of confirmed
criminals. paupers. idiots and rapists
confined in state institutions. This
bill provides that the operation shall
be performed only in such cases a.
have been pronounced unimprovable.
the matter to be determined by two
skilled surgeons appointed on the stan
OF each institution and acting In con.
junction with the regular institutional
physician and its board Of managers.
The other bill provides that no person
can obtain q license to marry without
presenting q medical certificate, sworn
to by a physician and showing the ap'
plicant to be free from all contagious
and venereal diseases.
Must Reform Methods.
| Adjutant General Phelps is asking
certain companies OF the Nebraska ma.
tional guard to reform their methods
to conform to the wishes Of the war
department. Major Julius A. Rem Of
the regular army. who inspected the
guard In Nebraska last spring. report.
led to the war department that two
companies have rifles that are all In
bad condition, four companies do not
have armories In which United States
property is properly protected from
the elements or from theft; three com.
Ipanies use property for non. military
purposes and three companies allow
property in the possession Of the indt
vidual men.
Money In OH Department.
The state oil inspection bureau col.
iected more money In fees during Au.
gust than in any previous month In ito
history. The total receipts were &c..
D5672, this being much in excess of
any past month. The big record IL
attributed to the fact that roads were
good throughout the month and that
more automobile travelling was done
and more fuel consumed than ordi.
narily. The office turned into the state
treasury $5.506. after paying $1.10S.41
az running expenses.
Few Moving Picture FIree.
Only three fires in moving picture
theaters have occurred this year in
Nebraska. according to Information
gathered by the state fire commission.
er's office. The loss involved In them
was about $1,000 Last year there
were four such fires The number of
moving picture theaters In the state
is estimated by Commissioner Randall
at more than 1000.
The relation of public service cor.
porations to the public and incident
ally to the railway commission. IL be
ing studied In Lincoln by Prof. J. H.
Gray, head Of the investigation now
being conducted by the National
Civics Utilities Federation. DR.. Gray.
who is connected with the University
of Minnesota, arrived in Lincoln Mon.
day and has confined his work here
solely to the records Of the commits
sion. At noon. Tuesday, at q private
session, he addressed members of the
Nebraska university faculty and the
commissioners at the commercial club.
Land Commissioner Cowles started
the system Of having the state board