State Capitol News . . .
Equalization Battles Smoother
LINCOLN—The state board of
equalization this week took up
the disagreeable task of equal
izing tax assessments between
tne counties.
Also, it was scheduled to finish
setting assessments of railroads,
trucks, and airlines. Automobile
assessments were set a month
ago with an average 6 percent in
crease.
But it is the equalizing of real
estate assessments between the
counties that has created all the
turmoil for the state board the
past two years.
This year may prove different.
There were indications the board
may have smoother sailing.
Members are Gov. Victor Ander
son, State Auditor Ray Johnson,
Secretary of State Frank Marsh,
State Treasurer Ralph Gill, and
State Tax Commissioner Fred
Herrington.
The major reason is that county
assessors and county boards ap
parently have “held the line” on
real estate assessments. Since
real estate now comprises 66 per
cent of the taxable property of
the state, keeping this classificat
ion stable will help a lot.
The first county abstracts re
ceived by the tax commissioner’s
office indicate that there will be
less livestock and grain in many
areas. But cattle were only 5.7
percent of the total last year;
com 1.8 percent; and wheat .9
percent. So a loss here wouldn’t
effect the total too much.
Of course, a drop in live
stock or grain in some areas
would throw a greater load on
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real estate. In some cases this
may be offset by new con
struction in the towns.
There is every indication that
the totals of household goods re
ported will be much higher in
most localities. Partly this is be
cause Governor Anderson had a
“hand off” policy this year which
apparently suited the taxpayers
better than former Gov. Robert
Crosby’s “Operation Honesty”
effort last year.
But a great deal of credit could
also be given to the new tax
form and to the way assessors
used it. In the past many taxpay
ers have ducked reporting any
household goods at all by stating
that everything they had would
come under the $200 exemption
allowed by the constitution.
This year’s form included a
“catch-all” item. The assessors
decided to use this item to cover
the $200 exemption. From this
point they were able to ask speci
fic quesions about refrigerators,
stoves, and other items and get
them on the tax rolls.
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Battle Won—
But if this year’s assessment
proves easier, it may prove
that the equalization battles of
past two years have been won.
But within the counties them
selves trouble seems to be unend
ing. In Holt county, for example,
“several hundred” real estate val
uation protests were filed against
a firm which had been contracted
to make “scientific appraisals.”
Two years ago Nebraska was
a crazy patchwork quilt of vary
ing assessments ranging from 13
percent to 75 percent on different
types of property in different
areas. The state supreme court
ordered equalization and Gover
nor Crosby and the board took
the courageous steps which
brought all kinds of trouble on
their head. The equalization ef
fort may have cost Crosby his
political career.
The picture is far from perfect
even yet. But the principle has
been esablished that all property
should be assessed near the 50
percent level. And the principle
has been settled that real estate
in different parts of the state
should be assessed somewhere
nearly alike.
The peacefulness of this year’s
equalization hearings will only
emphasize the victory for prin
ciples won in hard bruising
struggles the past two years. Ne
braska has accepted he idea of
equalization.
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New Chairman—
Tom Dredla, Crete attorney,
took over as chairman of the
state board of control. Retiring
from the board after 8 Vs years
was William Diers of Gresham,
whose replacement is William
Hulsizer of Omaha. Diers, who
had to weather a number of
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storms as chairman—including
last year’s penitentiary probe —
said that he thought the most
important of his term was the
improvement of the mental
health program. Since he came
on the board, the practice of
being sure hot meals were
being served to mental patients
was started.
The development of the “ear
ly cure” method of treating
these unfortunates also com
menced in Diers’ time.
Dredla, who has been on the
board since 1951, indicated few
changes except possibly the ap
pointment of a personnel direc
tor to take some of the load off
the board’s shoulders. This may
be a partial answer to the crit
icism that the board has busied
itself with too many details.
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Approval—
The state board of health gave
approval to going ahead with the
use of the controversial Salk
polio vaccine.
Had the board voted “no” it
would have been a major de
velopment. The board also found
itself with the unhappy tack of
trying to figure out ways of con
tinuing health department func
tions in view of the drastic cuts
in the budget by the legislature.
The deparment got $180,00 in its
main budget account two years
ago. But the legislature gave
it only $170,000. This will mean
slashing hospital inspection ser
vices, laboratory testing, and ve
nereal disease work. Board Chair
man J. E. M. Thomson of Lin
coln quipped, “Maybe we need a
sanding lobby committee.” Mem
ber Mrs. Fred Putney of Lin
coln said a job of selling to the
public importance of the depart
ment’s health work is necessary
before the next legislature.
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Salary Check—
The state board of education,
facing a somewhat similar prob
lem, decided to look at some pro
posed salary increases within the
department of education. The
board also had some harsh things
to say about an accreditation
handbook used by the department.
It was called “gobbledygook”
and “going around the mulberry
bush.” However, department of
ficials said it has been used in
1949 and has helped improve
standards in many Nebraska
schools.
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Ress Stays—
State Engineer L. N. Ross de
cided to keep his $12,000 job,
turning down a $15,000 a year of
fer to head a national highway
research project at La Salle, 111.
It was a hard decision because
there was a great amount of pres
tige connected with he proposed
post. At one time reportedly Ress
told Governor Anderson he was
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going. But Anderson asked him
to hold off a final decision. The
fact that a number of close rela
tives of Ress lived in Nebraska
is belived to have influenced his
deceision in the end.
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Editor’s Death—
The death of Vic Turney, edi
tor of the Wakefield Republican,
brought to an end a great one
man crusade to keep state high
way 35 from being relocated be
tween Wayne and Wakefield.
Mr. Turney kept in the hair of
the state highway department
for years with front page articles
and editorals in which he con
demned the department, state of
ficials, metropolitan newspapers,
or anyone else he felt wanted
the road changed.
Regardless of the merits of
his effort, it was striking proof
that a small town weekly news
paper can be an effective force
in the affairs of a state.
Regional Deaths
Mrs. R. E. Faith
CREIGHTON — Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday,
June 27, for Mrs. R. E. Faith,
71, who died at the Plainview
hospital Sunday, June 24. Ser
vices were held in the Zion
Lutheran Church in Creighton.
She is survived by her husband,
nine children, 19 grandchildren,
two sisters and two brothers.
Mrs. Eli Mock
ELGIN—Funeral services were
held June 26 for Mrs. Eli Mock,
72, who died Wednesday, June
22, in Antelope Memorial hos
pital in Neligh. Survivors include
her husband, four sons, two step
sons, three daughters and two
stepdaughters.
John Jensen
OAKDALE — Military services
were held Thursday, June 30,
in the Oakdale Methodist church
for John Jensen, 56, who was
killed in a tractor accident Mon
day forenoon, June 27. Survivors
include two sisters and two
brothers.
Daniel W. Cox
AINSWORTH — Funeral ser
vices were held Friday, June 29,
for Daniel W. Cox, who died in
Grand Island Sunday, June 26.
He had lived the past few years at
the ranch of his brother near
Ainsworth. Survivors include
two brothers.
Charles Wilson Clark
BASSETT — Charles Wilson
Clark, 67, of Bassett, died Thurs
day, June 21, in an Ainsworth
hospital. He is survived by five
children, 14 grandchildren, sever
al brothers and sisters.
P. H. Green
CREIGHTON—P. H. Green,
80, a longtime Creighton resident,
died Thursday, June 28, at the
home of his son in San Diego,
Calif. Survivors include six child
ren, one brother, and one sister.
Mrs. Alma Eby of Ainsworth
spent the weekend with the Ray
mond Eby family.
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Floyd Lee, Wife
Note 34th Anniversary
EWING—Friday, June 29, was
the 34th wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lee. The oc
casion was celebrated on July 4
with a family reunion held at the
Riverside park in Neligh. A pic
nic dinner was enjoyed and the
afternoon’s entertainment was the
Neligh celebration.
Present with the honored guests
were their children, Merle Lee,
Mrs. Harold Brown and husband,
all of Omaha, Mrs. Curly Sanders
and family of Dixon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee have made
the Ewing vicinity their home all
of their married life. For the past
14 years, Mr. Lee has been em
ployed by R. G. Rockey, who is
the agent for the Continental Oil
company.
Other Ewing News
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Krachie and
grandson, Jerry Jefferies, are en
joying a two weeks vacation in
Minnesota where they planned to
spend a good many hours fishing.
Mrs. Floyd Lee and her sister,
Mrs. Joe Tomjack, attended the
wedding of Mary Margaret 'Zakr
zewski and Daniel R. Doesil,
which was held at St. Patrick’s
church in O’Neill on Wednesday,
June 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Larsen and
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Zeims ar
rived at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Connor about 6 o’clock with
well filled baskets for supper.
The occasion was in honor of Mr.
Connor’s birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Gussie McDonald of Wis
ner accompanied by Mrs. Hallie
Maben were recent guests at the
home of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Hazel Kimes, and family.
Dean Kimes is vacationing at
David City with his sister, Mrs.
Joe Kusek and family.
Mrs. Charles Kruntorad and
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wayne
Kruntorad, were guests Wednes
day, June 27, at the home of Mrs.
Hazel Kimes and family. Mrs.
Vance Anson and sons of Neligh
were also callers.
Jennie Brown, who has spent
several months in California, ar
rived in Ewing on Sunday and
will spend several months in
California, arrived in Ewing on
Sunday and will spend a few
weeks at her home here. She will
return to California where she is
caring for her aged mother.
Jennie Brown transacted bus
iness in O’Neill last Thursday.
Mrs. Edith Black accompanied
by her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Black and
children, Warren,, Sharon and
Lewis, all of Seattle, Wash., are
spending a part of a three-weeks
vacation visiting relatives and
friends in Ewing and vicinity.
T. S. Pruden of Casper, Wyo.,
came Friday to spend a few days
with relatives and friends in Ew
ing. He was a Friday overnight
guest at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Ben Larsen.
T. S. Pruden went to Sioux
City on Saturday to meet his son,
army P f c. Melvin Pruden of
Churchland, la., who will spend
a furlough with homefolks in
Ewing.
Donald Pruden and Marvin
Carl, who have been employed at
Casper, Wyo., spent the Fourth of
July here with friends and rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Munn en
tertained her aunt, Mrs. Edith
Black of Seattle, Wash., at din
ner on Thursday.
Mrs. John Angus accompanied
her mother, Mrs. Edith Black, and
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Black and
family to Norfolk on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Knapp drove
to Palmer on Wednesday, June
27, to attend the funeral of Deid
rick Janssen. They also visited
Mrs. Janssen, who was a patient
in the hospital.
Mrs. Lewis Hartman of Bassett
was a guest on Tuesday, June 26,
at the Hazel Kimes home.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kirsch
mier and family of Wichita,
Kans., arrived Saturday to spend
the holiday weekend with his
mother, Mrs. Lena Kirschmier,
and with relatives in O’Neill.
Their daughter, Candace, has
been a guest of her grandmother
the past month.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Billings had
as their guests for the holiday
weekend their daughter, Mrs. Ro
bert Dunaway, and family of
Hastings.
Mrs. Grace Briggs accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Sis Ebbengaard to
Omaha on Thursday, June 26,
where she was to visit at the
home of her daughter, Mrs.
Dorothy Vaughn, until after the
Fourth.
Henry Baum, jr„ and his sister,
Miss Christine Baum, both of
Lincoln, accompanied friends as
far as Elgin where they were
met Friday evening by their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baum,
sr. They will spend the weekend
at the parental home.
On Sunday guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Angus
were Mr. and Mrs. Merle Angus
of Lincoln. A/C Max Angus, who
js home on furlough, accompan
ied his brother and sister-in-law
back to Lincoln for a few days’
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rotherham,
who have been vacationing in
California, arrived home Friday.
They were accompanied by their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick Rotherham.
Rev. and Mrs. Lee Brigden and
son, Gary, are back home after a
month’s vacation spent in the
Western states. Over five thou
sand miles were covered.
Second Lt. Merton Dierks of
Smoky Hill air base, Salina,
Kans., spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Dierks.
Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Bomer re
turned home Friday from Sterling,
Kans., where he attended the
summer institute of theology held
at Sterling college.
Mr. and Mrs. William Roskopf
of Chicago, 111., and Mrs. William
Stevens of Hartington came on
Tuesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Becker and family. Mrs. Ros
kopf is Mrs. Becker’s niece.
To Neligh—
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Brittell and
Carol spent the weekend in Ne
ligh visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dickie
Fernau and family. Beverly Brit
tell, who had spent the past
three weeks with Mr. and Mrs.
Fernau, Monday returned home
with her parents.
Mrs. D. H. Clauson returned
last Thursday from Spearfish,
S.D., where she had spent a few
days visiting her brother-in-law,
H. F. Plank.
Page News
Guests of Mrs. E. A. Chichester
and son, Elbert, on Thursday eve
ning were Mrs. Oswald Goldfuss
and son, Johnny, Mr. and Mrs. N.
D. Ickes and sons, Lionel and
Denny, Mrs. Emma Morris and
son, Paul Neubauer. The occasion
was the birthday anniversary of
Elbert Chichester. Cards furnish
ed the entertainment. Home made
ice cream and cake were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorensen
spent Thursday, June' 23, visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Zeller.
Mrs. Nona Bedford of Troy, O.,
Mrs. Florence Sterner of Port
land, Ore., and Mrs. Fanny Ste
wart and Mrs. Carrie Sterner,
both of Page, were June 23
guests of Mrs. Hester Edmisten.
The ladies are old acquaintances
and former Johnson county resi
dents.
The EMC Card club held its
annual celebration with a dinner
at the Stewart cafe Tuesday, June
23, followed by an evening at
cards at the home of Mrs. Frieda
Asher. Other guests were Messrs.
Otto Matschullat, Anton Nissen,
Clarence Stevens and Clarence
Dobbins and their wives. This
group does not give prizes, but
adds a sum each party night to a
fund for end-of-the-year cele
bration.
Ten members of the RNA Ken
sington were guests of Mrs. Frei
da Asher for an afternoon of fan
cywork Wednesday, June 29. A
covered dish lunch was served.
Mrs. William Buxton will be the
July 6 hostess.
More than 30 members of the
Page WSCS went to Inman as
guests of their society to enjoy
their program that featured Mrs.
Blanche Spann Pease as guest
speaker at the silver tea, Thurs
day afternoon, June 23.
Mrs. Louise Heiss, Miss Marie
Heiss and Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn
French were Sunday, June 26,
dinner guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Heiss.
The members of the Neighbor
hood club went to the O’Neill
park June 26 for a picnic.
The children took advantage of
the play equipment at the park
and of the swimming pool facil
ities while the adults visited.
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