The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-10
WANTS HIS LIBERTY
CLAIMS HE IS UNLAWFULLY DE.
PRIvED OF HIS LIBERTY.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items Of interest Gathered from Re.
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.

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Readers.
The supreme court took the case
OF John o. Walker under advisement.
Walker Is an Indian convict. lie al
leges that his sentence expired last
April and that he Is unlawfully de'
prived of his liberty. He was serving
a sentence of thirty years for murder
in the second degree. Governor Ala.
rich commuted this to ten years fuil
time, no good allowance to be In
cluded. Walter beese. attorney Tor
the prisoner. argued before the court
that the governor has no authority 10
deprive n convict of good time earned
as this allowance Is one OF the ele-
ments of the sentence, being provided
for by law Under the terms OF the
commutation by the governor, the
sentence will not terminate until
April or May, 1916. Assistant Attor-
ney General Edgcrton contended that
the governor had right to cut OH
any portion of sentence, and IL he
did not have that right the order OF
commutation issued by Governor AID
rich Is void and the prisoner will be
Obliged TO remain to serve his thirty
year sentence unless some other gov
ernor shortens the term.
Live Stock Breeders Directory.
The Nebraska improved live stock
,,,Nptnttnn hna raCGntIy
published directory OF the breeders
of fancy live stock in the state OF
Nebraska who belong to this associa'
tion. 1t contains, besides the breed
er's name and the kind of stock which
he handles. the approximate number
which he generally has on hand and
also the number which are for sale.
Practically every breed Of live stock
is represented in this little book. The
experiment station at Lincoln Is con-
stantly receiving inquiries as to who
has stock for sale of such and such a
breed" Doubtless the agricultural
press OF the state also receive many
inquiries. This little directory should
be a very helpful guide to any pros
DeCtlNe puICudSGI VI otucio lhtSASoSSo
in live stock. Any one desirous OF
securing a copy may write to Val
Keyser, secretary of the live stock
improvers' association. Fairbury
Nebraska.
Opposes Sale and Use Of Fireworks
State Fire Commissioner w. S. Rid
| u,hA tho nf Arnwnrks
on the Fourth OF July and who has
advocated a state law prohibiting the
sale Of fireworks. will not wait for the
next legislature to act, but will try t(
induce towns and cities to pass ordi
nances against such sales. Before
the Fourth of July next year." sale
Mr. Ridgell, II hope to have the SALE
of fireworks prohibited in most OF thu
cities and villages in Nebraska. Ir
my opinion 1t is useless to mourn tn,
loss Of life and property resulting from
the use Of fireworks when wholesaler
| and retailers are permitted to sci
, such works OF destruction. Cities ant
towns ought to take the matter up ant
| pass ordinances prohibiting the sal,
; or use Of fireworks"
Two hundred and forty.seven par
/ GELS Of land comprising 1895 acres II
J three western Nebraska counties
, have never been certified to the proper
l authorities for taxation purposes &C
F. cording to information just laid befor,
the state board The matter Is beinj
given attention Just now and acts o
, the federal government with regard I,
) final entry on the land in question ar<
being investigated. In the case q
) hand Morriell county has thirty-tw,
( entries, with total acreage thereiI
. Of 1888; SCOTS Bluf county. 149 en-
: tries, with II, 4s2 acres, and Siou:
r county, sixty-six entries, with 6.56
3 acres. Under the law the land is sub
1 ject to taxation as soon as the holde
. obtains full and legal possession there
v to.
1 Adjutant General Hall has added an
1 other company to the national guar
0 Bow men who want to undergo mil
/ tary training during the coming thre
< years.
o Tunis T. Lapp of Lincoln has bee
8 appointed state hotel inspector unde
q Commissioner Ackerman. He will TAX
r the place just vacated through the rel
q lgnation Of F. w. Brown, jr.
d State Treasurer George Is dicke
y ing with the state Of Tennessee In r,
5 gard to $62S,OO0 OF Tennessee stat
. bonds which Nebraska owns an
,. which become due July l. He desire
s at least 100000 cash and Is willin
d to accept the rest in bonds which wi
u net Nebraska 5a per cent. The oril
inal bonds draw 3 per cent.
d One hundred and thirty.one thou
i and men can be mustered In by tn
X state for war service, according to a