Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-09
Nebraska
MELLOR RETURNS
FROM WEST COAST
Secretary of Board of Agriculture
Finds Road Making at Its Best
in California.
NEBRASKA IDEAS IN IDAHO
CFrom a Staff Correspondent

Prom Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Nov. ESPECIAL -Secre-
tary William r.. Mellor OF the State
Board Of Agriculture. and Mrs. Mellor
have returned from a trip TO San Fran
cisco and other points along the Pacific
coast and to places of interest between
Lincoln and the western cities.
Mr.. Mellor says people of Nebraska
who are interested IN good roads in
this state ought to take few pointers
from California, where they have road
making down to an almost perfect con-
dition and the roads there are in fine
shape.
They stopped off at Boise, Idaho, on
their return home and visited with Mr
--endershot, former president Of the Ne
braska state fair. Mr.. Henderson, was
recently elected secretary of the Idaho
state fair and the 1915 exhibition was
his first attempt. 1t was success in
every way. the first time that the Idaho
fair has been made to pay as con-
sequence the people there feel Mr..
Henderson, is the whole thing and if
1t WASH. for losing him they might run
him for governor.
The secret of the success was due TO
the fact that Mr. Henderson, put a few
Nebraska ideas into the scheme and with
his Nebraska push the fair Just had
to Pan out on the right side Of the
ledger.
Mr.. Mellor witnessed aeroplane flights
by Peterosky. The man could not talk
English, but he could fly in several diff
ierent dialects. His most spectacular
flights were male like a cockscrew.
slight through the air Mr. Mellor may
make an effort to secure him for the
Nebraska fair the coming year If the
cockscrew artist decides to remain in
this country and continue his exhibitions.
Insurance Authority.
Attorney General Reed denies the pub
lished statements that the State Insur-
ance board has recalled its former decIa-
ration about enforcing the electricity
clause in fire insurance policies. He says
THAT the resolution of the board will stand,
but that the board has come TO the con-
ciusion that it has no authority over what
kind of stipulations are made in riders
attached to insurance policies.
II the insurance companies can make
special agreement with the party in
sured covering electricity, then that is a
deal directly between the two and we
have no jurisdiction over that kind of an
agreement attached in the form of a
rider" said the attorney general this
morning.
Pardon Board to Meet.
The State Pardon board will meet to-
morrow at the penitnetiary. So far therer
has been no applications made to the
board for pardons or cutting down of SEN
fences. but the board expects to have the
usual number of men before them asking
for paroles.
DOurine Quarantine Lifted.
The State Live Stock Sanitary board
has lifted the quarantine on horses,
mules and such animals which has been
on because of the dourine trouble in
northwestern counties, passing the fol-
lowing resolution at their last session:
1t is hereby ordered by the Nebraska
Live stock Sanitary board that the order
of this board of August l. 1915, designated
as quarantine order No 8, which pro-
hibits the movement of stations, Mares
mare mules, jacks and jennets, year old
or over from the counties of Blaine
Cherry Grant, Hooker and Thomas of
the state of Nebraska except upon test
made as provided. Is hereby revoked