Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-03
Nebraska
WILL ABANDON RICE WELL
Lincoln Administration Decides Not
to Use II.
ORGANIZED FARMERS TO MEET
Series of Sessions VIII he Held Rt
Capital CITY During Middle of
MOnth-students Honor
DIR. {. II. Bcssey.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

NfTOm StlIt correspondent
LINCOLN, Neh., Jan. Especial Tele-
gram.) .)-Mayor Armstrong and two COM
mittees of the city council met today
and the result of their deliberations was
that the Rice street we'll will never be
used by the city as long at least as the
present administration has anything to
say about it. 1t is supposed the recent
outbreak Of intestinal trouble resulted
from impure water derived from this
we'll.
New Trust Company.
The Durland Trust company Of Nor
folk filed under the provisions Of the
new law today and deposited $4,000 in
securities with the state auditor. The
company has been. in operation for
number of years and has capital stock
OF $4,000.
state Berth for Mockett.
e. r. Mockett, formerly stenographer to
Judge Frost, probably will be employed
by the railroad commission to take the
testimony in the railroad valuation cases
before the railroad commission.
Ferris to he stenOgrapher.
J. II. Ferris of Lincoln is to be the
official stenographer for Judge Hamer,
who takes his place on the supreme bench
this week. He has served during the
sessions of the legislature and was one
OF the managers Of Judge Hamer's cam
paign.
Referee Files Report.
The referee in bankruptcy of Fred A
Corbin, former merchant and postmas-
ter at Reynolds, has filed a report show
ing liabilities of $1S,Ol2 and assets Of $S,96l.
Corbin is under indictment for embezzle-
nent Of postal funds.
Harbour Notices shocks.
Prof. L. II. Barbour, state geologist and
professor at the State university, dis
tincty noticed the earthquake shocks re-
ported from various parts of the north
west. He states the shocks have contin-
ued for three days, but at no time have
been violeAt or done any damage. The
university has no sesmograph and conse-
quently he is unable to give their direc-
tion or probable distance of the disturb
ance.
Trying to Force Road.
Judge Stewart in the district court this
morning granted an alternative writ COM
pelling the Rock Island to show cause
why it should not at once proceedito con-
struct a viaduct over its tracks at p
street. The writ is returnable January 49,
La Toilette Men Busy.
The La Toilette league has been send
ing out appealing letters over the state
urging that active work be undertaken
TO bring in a large number of persons
to the mass meeting which it is proposed
to hold some time this month.
students Honor Bessey.
Faculty students in the university and
residents Of I,incoln crowda1 tba Audi
torium this morning to honor c. II. Bes-
sey. dean of the school Of agriculture,
who returned last night from Washing
ton, d. c, Short speeches were made by
Regents Haller, Anderson and Allen, |
Chancellor Avery and Dean Davis and |
the students contributed rousing COL |
lege yell The occasion was the return |
of Dean Bessey from attending the con-
Ventlon of the American Association for |
the Advancement of Science.
The speeches were all highly commend |
atory of the work done by Dean Bessey. |
both in the university and for the ad-
vancement Of science everywhere. Mr. |
Bessey responded in a short speech, |
thanking the assemblage for the kind /
words and welcome home.
Board to Ask for Bids.
The board Of printing supplies will this
month ask for bids on supplies for the
current quarter, but as usual since the
new law went into effect expects no re-
sponses, for under the old law contracts
have been let until July /. At that time
the quarterly letting of bids is expected
to go into effect really and it is antici
pated will prove advantageous to all
concerned, especially the state, as under
this system the supplies actually needed
viii be better known, than where 1t is
necessary to estimate for an entire year
in advance
Organized Agriculture to Meet.
The state board of agriculture. COM
posed Of the officials Of the county as
sociations and of the various organized
agricultural horticultural and live stock
associations, will meet at the senate
i1ay hn~ To- 1 O -.