Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-23
Nebraska
WAREHOUSE LAW
HELD DEFECTIVE
Attorney General Reed Finds Rail
way Commission Not Qualified
to Enforce Provisions.
NO AUTHORITY UNDER THE LAW
From a staff correspondent.l

(From n STAFF Correspondent
LINCOLN. Neb., July 22.-CSpecial Tel
egram 1.-THE only campaign pledge made
by the democrats and enacted into law
by the last legislature. the public ware
house law, in the opinion of Attorney
General Reed, cannot be enforced by the
State Railway commission. He gives as
his reasons that the railway commission
was created for the purpose OF superVls-
ing railroad rates and that 1t has no
authority to take over any other matters
not set out in the law which created the
commission.
Thomas 70 sherman.
DR.. A. o. Thomas, state superintendent
has gone to Sherman county to look after
school developments in that county. The
people up there are wideawake on the
consolidation proposition and expect to
have some OF the best consolidated schools
in the state in that county.
To Extend Burlington.
Coleman township in Holt county, wants
a railroad and has voted bonds in the
amount of 1880 for an extension of the
Burlington into that township. The bonds
have been put up to the state auditor for
his approval and came to the state house
today. The road will connect with the
O'NeiIl and Alliance line OF the Burling-
ton.
state House Picnic.
The annual state house picnic will be
held Tuesday. July q, in the afternoon
The state house will be closed during that
time Sports of different kinds will take
place including a ball game between the
north and south sides of the state house.
thirteen Lucky for Once.
A peculiar accident happened last night
on the penitentiary line of the Lincoln
Traction company, when a street car
jumped the track about two blocks north
of the pen and turned over on its side.
Thirteen passengers were in the car when
1t went over, but none was seriously hurt.
Most of the passengers were base ball
players, on the way to play the Pen club
and all were able to go into the game.
OIL Fees Reported.
The report of the food, drug, dairy
and oil department of the state for the
month of June shows a healthy income
for that department, the fees amounting
TO $1,000 for that period.
The oil inspections amounted to $9,J0S;
permits 1888; continental receipts, 40;
$50, and weights and measures fees,
s2e97O
There were 3,215 inspections made by
the department. of which 1863 were of
grocery and general merchan6is 1858
meat markets, as cream stations, 2l5
cars of oil and 300 cars of gasoline.
Twenty-one complaints were filed and
eleven prosecutions made.
state Board Awaits Report.
The State Board of Control b not In
q position to make any statement re-
garding the death of an inmatc of the
Norfolk asylum who fell from a window
at that institution and was badly injured
this week. They have had no report
from the superintendent and will take
no action until the matter is brought
before them.
Kansas Wheat Crop short.
Gustav Dilgert of Atthison, Kan, a
cousin of Colonel Philip Alderman, hotel
commissioner, is visiting him this week.
He says conditions surrounding the har-
vesting of the wheat crop in his locality
are alarming Very little of the wheat
is cut because of wet fields, while a large
quantity of that which has been cut is
sprouting in the shock. 1t is estimated,
according TO the Kansas man, that the
wheat crop of that state will be $1,000 90
bushels short this season.
Saunders Crop Good.
Or. +. o. Weber, prominent democrat
of Saunders county. was in Lincoln today.
DR.. Weber says the crop outlook in his
county is exceptionally fine. While there
has been plenty of rain, on account Of
the lay of most of the land, the water
has not stood in the fields and the farm
ers have been able to get in and cut the
wheat. There will be about 5000 acres
OF wheat, 5000 acres of oats and l63 900
acres of corn in Saunders county this
year. and wheat that has been threshed
so far has been turning out around the
thirty bushels per acre mark.