Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-07
Nebraska
HOWARD WILL START SUIT
State Auditor to Make Strong Effort
to Collect Back Fees.
COUNTIES MUST PAY ARREARS
Ancient Claims for Caring for
Insane to he Collected from the
various Boards ~ Court
Eaters the order.
CFrom a Staff Correspondentl

NfTon starr COrreSpondent.)
LINCOLN. Oct 6-(Special.) suit will
be started In supreme court very soon by
state Auditor w. b. Howard to compel
the payment of amounts due the state
from several counties which have so far
refused to pay what is due from them on
accounts for care Of the insane dating
back some forty years.
Auditor Howard has been looking up
the matter for over a year and when the
matter was brought to the attention of
some OF the counties they promptly paid
the amount due or made some arrange
ments for its future payment. Some
counties have refused to pay the amount
or at least have paid little attention to
the matter. The amounts due aggre-
gated in the principal alone to Sy7, 600 In
terest on this amount in some instances
has more than doubled the original sum-
The counties which have not UP to date
either paid the amount in full or made
levies to cover the payment in the future
are Burt, Boone. Gage, Stanton. Dakota
and one or two others.
Fifteen years ago the matter was
taken through the courts by Douglas
county and that county was compelled to
pay $4,000 on the insane account.
1t cannot be said just how much the
action of the auditor will bring into the
state, but It should amount we'll Up to-
ward 100000.
Room at school for Blind.
One state institution in Nebraska is not
crowded for room, according to Superin-
tendent Abbott Of the School for the
Blind at Nebraska City.
"A great Misunderstanding prevails as
TO the kind OF children this institution is
capable OF taking care OF and educating"
said Mr.. Abbott this morning. while wait
ing to have conference with the men,
bers of the Board OF Control
The general idea seems to prevail that
none but those who are really blind and
unable to see at all are the ones eligible
to the school. This is a mistake and |
wish there was some way the people
could be given to understand that we
want the children who are not totally
blind" said the superintendent
1--WE take in children who can see to
some extent, but who cannot see suffi-
GENTLY to read. Those who are near
sighted TO that degree that it. is diff
cult to read, and those also whose eyes
are so weak that they cannot read, are
just as eligible to the instruction in the
school as those who have never seen the
light of day"
At the present time there are fifty-one
studentS in the school. and there is room
for, thirty more. Last year there were
sixty-four at the school, and some of
them taught the blind language who were
only partially blind.
Change to State Bank.
The First National bank of North Bend
has changed to state bank and It's
articles OF Incorporation have been ap-
proved by the state Banking board. The
bank takes the name of the First State
Bank OF North Bend. The capital re-
mains the same as that OF the old bank,
$4,000. Its officers are: Alex Thorn,
president; T. j. Kastle, vice president;
M C. cusaek, cashier, and NJ C. Kill
leen, ASSISTANT cashier.
Picnic In Old Cave,
State Superintendent James h. Delzell
took his office force to the old Robbers,
cave" as 1t is known, just south of Lin
coin. near the penitentiary, yesterday
evening and a picnic dinner was served
in the cave
EdEerton VIII Talk.
Assistant Attorney General Frank e.
Edgerton viii go to David City tomorrow
where he will represent the state repub-
hcan oomrnittee at a picnic near that
city. Mr.. Edgerton delivers a very in
structive and interesting address on the
workings Of the democratic tariff, which
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