Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Nebraska
HOTEL CLERKS MAKE READY
Annual Meeting for Nebraska and
Iowa at Lincoln Soon
MONEY YET IN LABOR FUND
charles Pool Expects 60 Have Fiji
teen Hundred Dollars TO Turn
Back TO state at End
of Term.
CFrom a staff correspondent

(From a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Dec. H.-(Special) - The
tenth annual convention of Nebraska
Iowa hotel clerks will convene i'm Lincoln
Wednesday and Thursday of this week
1t IL expected that this will be oe of the
most important sessions of the crganiza-
ion in its history
Officers of the association are:
President, William Anderson Rome
cotel, Omaha.
First vice president, William a. Wolf
Martin hotel. Sioux City.
second vice president. n. X Moore. La
Grande hotel Wahoo, Nebraska.
Third vice president, Art a. Frost.
sunmit House, Creston Iowa.
Secretary-Treasurer, Joseph McCaf-
rev, Schlitz hotel Omaha.
Sergeant at arms. r. T. Harvey, VIII
son hotel Webster City, Iowa.
Harding Called on Carpet.
l.. e. Harding, ON complaint filed by
Inspector Meyer of the pure food depart
ment of the state, was convicted of run
ming an .uRsanitary meat market at Null
len. Neb., and was fined $40 and costs,
according to report received by the de-
partment this morning
Fred Eberhardt of Waterloo was ar
rested last week and three counts brought
against him for running a meat market
of an unsanitary nature and keeping
meat unfit for sale. He took a thirty
days continuance.
Pool Has Money ON Hand.
Labor Commissioner Charles Pool has
prepared the biennial report of that de-
partment, which shows that when Mr..
Pool took hold of the labor department
on February l. 1913, there was Ss1 10 on
a., he ALL,
biennium April l. the sum had been re-
duced to 10 cents. There was in the
travelling expense fund the sum of
$5o4.66 on April l, 1913, but there were
two deficiency claims, which the legis-
Iature allowed amounting to sSO7. so, Ieav-
ing a deficiency when Mr.. Pool took
charge OF S5O1.99, which was squared by
the appropriation voted by the leRisla.
ture on the two deficiency claims. On
November 80 of this year there was on
hand a balance of S2lS5.35, and II &c
PROBABLE that when the biennium closes
Aprll l. that there will still be a surplus
lund Of approximately $500.
Honey Bees Take Part.
According to DR.. c. L. Bessey thera are
no less than l57 species of honey produc.
ing plants in Nebraska. DR.. Bessev has
prepared a paper on Honey Productive
Plants" which will appear in the 1e1l
report of the Nebraska State Board n,
Agriculture. "
In mis- paper the nectar OF the fIoUars
the night blooming plants and all IN,
phases of plants in relation to honey nro
duction are discussed. Frequent refer
ence Is given to the observations OF L. ID
Stillson OF York, who has made an az
tended study of the habits of bees.
In the list of plants given at the CON
clusion Of the paper. ReK .Aiois Klein !,
Brainard.S president rof the -stafs Re,
Keepers association, has rendered yasI
liable assistance. The bee Keepers vii
Join this year with the State fIorticultura
society in giving program during In,
week OF Organized Agriculture In Lincol,
January IS to %.
state Rail Hearings.
The state railway commission will hoI,
Two hearings at Hastings on Decembe,
70 both on application of the Lincolr
Telephone company. The company de
sires to discontinue the exchange at In
land and also to install metal circuits n
Saronville at small increase in rates
making the same charge as at Harvard
"here' the same service is given.