The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1914-02-26
INCREASE IN ADVERTISEMENTS OF
SCHOOL LANDS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items Of interest Gathered from Rs
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form 60 Our
Rsadep.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Many Newspapers in Nebraska.

mo hAouV' ohN piOooc'y cho" as
most 600 publications. During the
year OF 1913 the state board of agri
culture paid the country press $1,344
for advertising. To the dailies In Lin.
coin and Omaha and other cities in
| Nebraska the state board paid $1,064
| Accounts are opened with each news
! paper and q contract Ia made. The
| newspaper industry in the state shows
q steady increase. Some papers have
reported to the deputy labor commits
sioner under the factory law, while a
great many do not care to be classed
as manufacturers as far as their jot
plants are concerned.
The pure food commission has just
Issued Bulletin No. 113, regarding the
| pure seed law, which covers the sale
Of agricultural seeds. among which
are alfalfa. barley. blue grass, bronze
| grass, clovers, corn (sweet and field)
fax, mllet, oats, rye, sorghum, timo-
thy and wheat.
| Every parcel package or lot of agricul-
tural seeds containing one pound or more,
| offered or exposed for sale in the state
| Of Nebraska for use within this state,
shall have affixed thereto In a conspicu-
| tinctly printed In the English language in
,egible type; not smaller than eight point
heavy ,.yS Gothic t caps; or plainly written
| The name Of the seed.
The name and address OF the seeds
man.
statement Of purity If below standard
dxed by law.
Marked standard II so or above.
| Place where grown.
| All agricultural seeds must he true 10
the name under which they are sold
Seeds containing noxious weed seeds
tSrd, Canadian thistle. Wild oats. corr
cookie. cannot be sold or offered for sale
In this state; Certain other weed seeds
| shall be considered as impurities In agri-
| cultural seeds II present to the extent OF
| more than 2 per cent. but such seeds can
sSa ee ssS e h0g san ee sr csa
broken seeds and seeds not capable Of
termination are also considered impuri-
the the case SEQ. Of noxio1s weed seeds. can be
sold II labeled to show the percentage Of
impurities and germination.
making the analysts Of seeds submitted
to this department..
The . penalty fCS the Violation .s. q The
law. The Enforcement Of this law Is in
| the hands OF the food commission and
the department Is now fully equipped to
| handle such seeds as are submitted Tor
analysis.
Address all samples OF seed for
analysis and requests for copies Of the
law to Clarence r. Hartman, Deputy
Commissioner. Nebraska Food, Drug,
Dairy and OIL Commission, Lincoln,
Nebr.
Boy Shipped az Live Stock.
A boy Grated and shipped as live
stock was the discovery made by a
veterinary surgeon at Lincoln when
he was called upon to inspect a car
load OF goods billed from Bertrand,
Neb.. to Burke. 8. d. The way bill on
the shipment included household goods
and zone hog" value, released. at $40.
Being an Interstate shipment, inspec-
ton was required. The veterinarian
found the household goods but no sign
Of hog. A careful search. however.
revealed boy curled up in corner
Of the car. none the worse for his trip.
BY billing the car as partly live stock
the shipper Is allowed low rate on
the household goods. and in the alb
sence Of hog the boy was sent by
the shipper as q substitute.
Five Towns Make Specific Offers.
Only five Of the eighteen towns that
have become candidates for the loca-
have thus far made their offers specific
and certain, according to the board of
control. The quintet comprises Table
Rock, Holdrege. Superior. Crete and
Kearney. The other towns have failed
to make clear the nature of their bids
for the place and will be asked to do
do before the matter Of selection IL
taken up by the board.
The total strength of the Nebraska
national guard Is 1883 men at the
present time--the highest It has
mounted during peace organization.
Leases Much School Land.
School land leases covering several
thousand acres in Custer. Sherman,
Dawson. Lincoln and Howard coun-
ties have been authorized by the board
of educational lands and funds. at
valuations exceeding the original ap-
praisements in the aggregate by $4,000.
The Custer county lands were re-
viewed by State Treasurer George, and
those In the other four counties by
Land Commissioner Beckman. In How
ard county, one tract was increased
in its appraisement from $50 to $40 an
acre, and another from $3.50 to $45.
A piece Of thirty-six acres in extent.
in Dawson county, was boosted from
ST to $26. These were the only radi-
cal increases. One tract in Lincoln
county was reduced from SIS, the val.
uation found by the county appraisers.
TO $13. The remainder were listed at
from 81, the minimum allowed by law.
up to $21. In most cases there was
q raise of 81 to 80 per acre over the
values found by the county appraisers.
Vancil X. Greer has been appointed