Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-08
Nebraska
STATE BOOSTERS
START CAMPAIGN
Nebraska Publishers Association is
Assembling Facts to Be Used in
Advertising Nebraska,
rNTERURBAN WOULD ISSUE BOND
(Fron a staff Correspondent


From a stuff Correspondent
LINCOLN. June 7.-(specisl)-Albert e.
Rogers Of Chicago. accompanied by S. r.
McKelvle, president Of the Nebraska Pub
fishers bureau, an organization recently
formed by newspaper men TO advertise
Nebraska in the east. called at the state
house today to gather information.
The sum OF 5000 was subscribed by the
newspaper men OF the state forming the
association. and the advertising will be
done IN three Of the principal advertising
Journals of the country. II is the inten-
tion to make a comparison with other
states in order TO bring 10 the notice OF
manufacturers that this state IL a good
place 10 bring their products and also
20 establish branch industries.
Mr.. Rogers was very well pleased with
the information he was able to gather
from the records Of the several offices.
gained from the work
would Issue More Bonds.
Representatives of the Omaha & Lin
coin Railway and Light company, the
interuroan road running from Omaha 20
Papiliion. appeared before the railway
commission today and asked for a modi-
fication Of the order Of the commission
about six months ago relatiYprfo an issue
of bonds for the Improvement of the road.
The former order allowed an issue of
$4,000 in 5 per cent bonds. $4,000 in per
cent preferred stock, and $4,000 com.
mon stock, but the road now asks that
the amount be raised to $4,000 to enable
it to make the proper improvements, as
the former amount has been shown to
be insufficient.
Daughter at Maher Home.
Colonel John q. Maher will write no
more letters to Mayor Charles Bryan, for
quite period of his time will be fully
occupied looking after a little girl which
arrived at his home yesterday. The
colonel Is somewhat disturbed over the
fact that the little one is noisy, and he
fears It will be a suffragette.
Size of state Library.
According to a report filed with the
governor this morning by Harry Lindsay,
state librarian, there are now in the
state library !O.4O5 volumes of all kinds.
ranging from some over 800 years old
down to the present time.
Becomes State Bank.
The First National bank of Caxad has
changed to a state bank, and the State
banking board has approved its charter.
The bank has a capital Of $4,000 and the
officers are the same as before. H NJ.
Brown, president; N. Brownfield, vice
president, and H. w. Flint, cashier.
To Fight for Tax Money.
Ed Westering of the state treasurer s
Office, and Charles DeFrance. state &C
countant, went TO Omaha today to ex-
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there, preparatory to bringing suit to
compel the Douglas county treasurer to
make monty remittances to the state
treasurer of all money collected by
Treasurer Gre and belonging to the state
So far the county treasurer has RENTED
but $4,000. which was sent in during
April, and the state treasurer proposes
to rnandamus him to make the remit
lance every month.
Goes Back TO Franklin.
1t is understood that Deputy State
Treasurer Murray win resign as deputy
to State Treasurer Hall within a short
time and return to the Franklin bank
as cashier, a position he gave up to accept
the present position. Mr.. Hall will make
no announcement of successor for the
present. 1t is understood that the Frank.
lin bank feels that it cannot spare Mr.
Murray and has asked him to return.
VIII stock Daily Lake.
state Game Warden Rutenbeck will
80 to Virginia tomorrow TO seine the
lake owned by Representative Daily Of
Beatrice. The lake has a large number
Of rough fish in it and 1t is proposed tc
clean them out and stock it with bass
end crappy. While a private lake, Mr.
Daily allows the public to fish in it ali
they desire and so the game warden will
stock II.