Nebraska Takes Kindly To Federal Loan Banks
Forty nine national farm loan associations have formed in eight federal land bank districts and filed articles of association with the federal land bank of Omaha. They seek loans totaling 2 424 740 dollars. Nebraska leads with 26 associations requesting 1 369 160 dollars. South Dakota has 15 associations asking 604 180 dollars. Wyoming six associations seek 336 900 dollars. Iowa has two associations asking 115 800 dollars.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Omaha
National Farm Loan
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Iowa
State Water Law Upheld in North Platte Valley
Nebraska Supreme Court sustains the 1895 water law and validates Tri-State Land and Farmers Mutual Canal claims valuing over 432 million. In suits by Enterprise, Central and Gering Irrigation districts and North Platte valley water companies to bar Tri-State from diverting more than twenty eight second feet, the court dismissed the districts appeal and did not rule on constitutionality.
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Washington
North Platte River
Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court
Tri- State Land and Farmers’ Mutual Canal Companies
Supreme Court
Enterprise
Central and
Gering Irrigation Districts
North Platte Valley
Houston urges home economics to cut living costs
Secretary of Agriculture Houston promotes greater food crops and household economy as keys to reduce living costs. He cites annual U S waste of edible food at 700 million dollars and urges intelligent planning along with normal market forces to ease shortages in wheat and potatoes.
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New York
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Wilson
Senate ends long filibuster era with cloture rule
The senate approved cloture by a 76 to 3 vote, ending unlimited debate and granting two thirds power to end discussion and set votes on pending measures, effectively abolishing the organized filibuster.
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Washington
Senate
Nebraska asks Wilson to press woman suffrage bill
In Lincoln Nebraska President Wilson is urged to save the limited woman suffrage bill in the state senate. Telegrams were sent asking democrats to follow Tennessee senate precedent and grant the ballot. Suffrage workers suppress the tale but a party guest disclosed it at a hotel dinner.
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Lincoln
Neb
Wilson
Nebraska State Senate
Tennessee Senate
Investigation Still Possible on Limited FTC Food Cost Inquiry
The Federal Trade Commission may proceed with a limited scale food cost investigation using existing staff without extra funds. A $400,000 appropriation, approved by President Wilson and voted by the House but rejected by the Senate, had been requested for the inquiry.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Commission
Wilson
House
Senate
Shipbuilders Agree 10 Percent Net Profit on Navy Contracts
American shipbuilders meeting in Washington pledge to accept flat ten percent net profit on government work and accelerate the navy construction program. Nearly all large private plants participate as they commit to patriotic duty while the secretary pledges protection from undue delays.
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Washington
Week's World Events Highlight Wilson Second Term Inauguration
Washington reports on the Norris patent grant to the University of Nebraska near Scottsbluff for dry farming experiments. It notes Borland amendment funds for FTC price study, flood control bills, Wilson's oath and inauguration, and push for an extra congressional session.
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Union News Service
Washington
House
Norris
Scottsbluff
The
State University
Congress
Wilson
Executive Department
Nebraska House votes final passage on bone dry bill
Three votes against the final passage arose from Douglas county members Keegan and Schneider and Meysenburg of Butler. The bill passed with ninety votes and an emergency clause amid several absences and abstentions including Koch who did not vote.
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Union News Service
Nebraska
Waite
Koch
Behrens
Cuming
Meysenburg
Richmond
Legislators Discuss Possible Early Adjournment
Former lawmakers weigh timing with Reisner proposing an April 1 adjournment if weather holds. They note hundreds of bills remain and calendars require weeks to clear, forcing committee sessions early next month.
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Reisner
Lincoln lawmakers visit Omaha for tours and luncheon
A Lincoln special of 135 state legislators and officials plus guests arrived in Omaha Friday at 11 am. Governor Neville joined the party with General Manager Buckingham guiding tours of the stock yards and packing houses, followed by lunch at the Live Stock Exchange restaurant, a South Side auto show visit, and a Commercial Club dinner.
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Lincoln
South Omaha
Neville
Buckingham
Stock Yards
South Side
Live Stock Exchange
Omaha Automobile Trade Association
Commercial Club
Nebraska hits 10 million bond investment milestone
Nebraska funds totaling over 10 million dollars are invested in bonds at 5 percent or higher, State Treasurer Hall reports. The February cash balance stood at 1,302,241,965.
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Nebraska
Hall
Lawmaker backs higher age limit on cigarets in state
Representative Dorsey seeks to amend the cigaret statute to prohibit sales to anyone under 21, replacing the current 18 year age limit. The bill aims for enforceability and addresses concerns of bay workers over recent years.
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Dorsey
Dafoe-Taylor Bill Raises State Printing Salary
The Dafoe Taylor bill passed the lower house by 79 to 5, making the state printing commission the purchasing agent for all printing and supplies for state agencies except universities and normal schools. It also raises the printing commissioner's salary from 1500 to 2500 dollars and requires full-time service.
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Dafoe-Taylor
Universty and Normal
No Raise in Salary for University Professors
The finance committee cut nearly 310 thousand dollars from the University of Nebraska special itemized appropriation bill, trimming the total to 1 042 500 from 1 350 000. The move leaves this funding separate from the regular university maintenance levies and campus extension bonds. The chamber received the committee report on the revised appropriation. Open season dates for waterfowl in Nebraska are clarified by the state game warden, aligning state and federal laws. The open season runs September 16 to December 31 under federal rules, superseding the state end date of April 5. The annual guard inspection dates are announced with multiple army units scheduled across March in various towns.
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Finance Committee
House
Nebraska National Guard
Hall
Root
Regular Army
Friend
Kearney
York
Osceola
Madison
Wayne
Gordon
Stanton
Wisner
Blair
Omaha
Nebraska
Edward Royse Dies as Banking Board Secretary
Edward Royse secretary of the state banking board died at 5 35 p m Monday after about two years of ill health He was 59 years old Royse served as secretary for fourteen and a half years and was a candidate for re appointment He was a Republican who had served under three Democratic governors and was well regarded by state bankers for his knowledge of banking laws.
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Edward Royse
State Banking Board
Royse
Favors New Wing to Capitol Financing Plan Endorsed
The house finance committee adopted without dissent a motion to report H. R. 1 amended to a two thirds mill levy for two years. Proceeds would fund a new east wing and pencil sketches for a completed capitol, with a capitol commission to be formed by the governor and four citizen appointees to approve plans.
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House Finance, Ways and Means Committee
Richmond
Capitol Commission
February Warrants and Education Funds Report
State Auditor W. H. Smith issued February warrants totaling 327194.48. January warrants reached 739422.74, cumulatively 1065617 for two months. The fire commissioner’s office used 1697.84 from the state treasury for February expenses. Attorneys General opinion states private and parochial schools cannot collect free high school tuition or receive normal training funds. statutes cover free public high schools only.
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W. H. Smith
Fire Commissioner's Office
State Treasury
Willis E. Reed
W. H. Clemmons
Still Hope for New Capitol in Nebraska Legislature
On Nebraska's fiftieth anniversary the state shows renewed hope for a brand new capitol building. The House approved a $50,000 repair item and the Senate unanimously backed the idea, strengthening predictions of a new capitol.
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Nebraska
House
Senate
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound For Recovery
A Fulton New York woman writes that after a year of severe female weakness she could hardly stand and feared going outside. Doctors advised no cure except an operation, but Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound restored her health and she can work again. The letter urges other women with similar symptoms to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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R. A. Rider
R.F.D. No. 5
Fulton
N. Y
Lydia B. Pinkham
Leif E. Pinkham
Our Thriftless Nation Says Judge Harmon
Judge Harmon argues in Youth's Companion that self denial builds safety and contentment. He notes Americans resist saying I cannot afford it while savings lag. fourteen nations surpass the US in savings account per population. Thrift, he asserts, is a national virtue tied to economic security.
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Harmon
Oldest Fan in Museum Near Cairo Dates to Seventeenth Century B C
A museum near Cairo houses what researchers claim is the oldest fan in existence dating back to the seventeenth century B C. The compact wooden frame and leaf design reflect ancient cooling instruments and craft. The artifact's age places it among early examples of personal comfort devices in antiquity.
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Cairo
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