History and stories of Nebraska . Gov. Lorenzo Crounse.{From Clements collection.) NEBRASKA AS A STATE 279. or Peoples Independent was the name given to the partywhich grew out of the farmers movement. During his termthe struggle over the use of the school money of the statewent on. In the end it was foundthat over half a million dollars ofthe school money had been lost orstolen, some of it in broken banks,and some by state officers. J. , state treasurer, was tried,convicted and sentenced to the pen-itentiary for twenty years for hispart in this loss. Mr. Bartley al-ways asserted that
History and stories of Nebraska . Gov. Lorenzo Crounse.{From Clements collection.) NEBRASKA AS A STATE 279. or Peoples Independent was the name given to the partywhich grew out of the farmers movement. During his termthe struggle over the use of the school money of the statewent on. In the end it was foundthat over half a million dollars ofthe school money had been lost orstolen, some of it in broken banks,and some by state officers. J. , state treasurer, was tried,convicted and sentenced to the pen-itentiary for twenty years for hispart in this loss. Mr. Bartley al-ways asserted that the money waslost or stolen by others. The State School Lands.—WhenNebraska became a state, theUnited States gave to it, for publicschools, the sections of land in everytownship numbered 16 and 36, inall about 3,000,000 acres. The state of Nebraska pledgedthe United States that it would never lose any of this landor the price of it when sold. The rent from the land and theinterest from the money received for it was to be paidevery year to the districts for the support of public little over
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