Honor System Bill
Upsets All Rules
of Tax Collection
Jfe'aml) Measure Would Abolish
Precinct Assessors and Have
Each Person Fill Out
Property Blank.
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By P. C. POWKIX.
Rtaff turmiiAiHlfnt Th© Om*h» B©©.
J.incoln, March 17.—(Special.)—At- !
Ur eolons finally decide the mode of
government for Nebraska for thonext j
two years, they will face tha J,am)> i
Chonor system” taxation bill, which ■
Upsets the present taxation system of I
Nebraska. This bill has been reported j
out of the house committee on reve- j
nue and taxation and Is awaiting its •
turn on tha house calendar.
Abolishment of every precinct rs- |
sessor in the stato is called for in the
bill. Every adult In tne stato would
b© obliged to file a complete list of
property on blanks to bo furnished by j
tha county assessor.
Upon these returns tax levies for i
state, counties and cities would be
decided upon unless someone objected j
to the return made by the assessor i
with appeal available from his finding
to the board of equalization and then ,
to the courts. In the event it is dis- ,
covered that the complaint was justi- j
fled and property returns had been j
entered falsely, the person making
such a return is subject to a fine
equal to 60 per cent of the value of
property not listed or not correctly
valued.
The entire public would be given
access to returns made by individ
uals through advertising of these re
turns in printed pamphlets which j
would he'at the disposal of every-|
one. The cost of such advertising i
has not been accurately estimated. It |
is claimed by Mr. lAinb it will not :
reach the figure that precinct assess
ors, whom he would abolish, cost at |
this time.
All notes, chattel mortgages, con- |
tracts, liens and other papers must ,
ho returned to the assessor as well as |
stock, bonds and paper held by cor
porations. The value of such stocks
shall be established by the assessor.
Owners of notes may- >f they desire,
return the notes to the assessor at a
value less than appears on the face.
In this event, the person who signed
the note may go to the owner within
60 days after the return is made and
settle it on the face value placed upon
It by the owner. In the event a
note is not returned, the person sign
ing it may have it canceled without
making any payment.
The bill alao places the affidavit
made to the assessor in the category
of an oath before a court and anyone ]
willfully or knowingly swearing to a
false affidavit may be prosecuted for j
perjury. Another provision of the
bill follows:
"Every person, corporation or as- j
sociatlon knowing of the failure of ,
any citizen to return his property, or j
any part of it. for assessment "and j
taxation, and failing to report t'
same to the county assessor shall
guilty as an accessory before the fact
and may b« proeeeutod on that
charge.”
The last provision of the bill makes
it impossible for any person to have
the right of the ballot unless he mails
to the assessor the assessment .blanks
sent to him, whether he has property ,
or not.
It’s a Hard Life.
Bootlegger Says
cr j
Engineer of Still Had to Work
from 4 in Morning to
11 at Night.
"I'm afraid I won't have any wife
when I get out of this trouble. She
1old me she'd divorce me If I didn’t
ciuit bootlegging," mourned Arthur J.
Iverson in the office of IT. S. Rohrer,
federal prohibition director for Ne
braska.
Iverson was arrested by prohibition
agents Saturday at his borne. Fif
ty-eighth street and Redman avenue,
where two stills were found In the
barn, 70 gallons of whlaky in the
house and 400 gallons of mash.
Tough Business.
"It’s the hardeat business In the
world,” be declared. "I was up every
morning at 4 to get the still started
und I tended It till 11 at night. I
sold the atuff for $4.25 a gallon. I
should have charged more. One fel
low offered me $15 a gallon If I would
make It 180 proof.
"The second still I bought for $50.
It was a bargain. Such a still, new,
;would cost $200.
"And I made good stuff, too. Some
of the men who bought my whisky
never drank anything but bonded
whlaky before.
Never Arrested Before.
“But I wasn’t as smart aa I thought.
I didn't know enough to take my
■wife’s advice. And now I'm afraid
I ve lost her. I have three of the
nicest little kiddles you ever saw.
And neither T nor any of my relatives
were arrested before.”
He was held under $2,000 bond. The
Stills were brought up to the federal
building and stored In the basement.
^Vew World Court Means
League for U. S., Walsh Says
Hr I'nlrerMl Seri Ire.
Washington, March 17.—“Americans
Who are so eager to have us Join the
International court under the league of
i nations have small understanding of
what auch a move would mean to
I their country,” said Senator David I.
* Walsh of Massachusetts In an inter
i view yesterday.
“It means getting the United States
. Into the league, and using our money
and our resources to put Europe on
Its feet, to the detriment of our own
s people and our own form of govern
S ment," ths senator added.
Coal Tax Bill Passed.
Berlin, March 17.— The rekhstag
passed the coal tax Mil by which the
40 per cent tax levy Is prolonged un
til the end of March, l'J24. The meas
ure, however, also authorizes the
finance minister to Increase or dr
\tress* the tax under certain circum- j
Jttancca.
Unique Zoological Park in a Little
Nebraska Town Has Oldest Egyptian
Mummy in State Among Its Curios
_—«----———. . . 1
cTenner *—■
'^'Robert
i i/enfler
Now that the world is astir over
the discsovery of the tomb of King
Tutenkhamun, it has become the cus
tom for each and every community
to rusli into the spotlight of publicity
and toot lustily on its own little tin
horn on the general subject of mum
mies. Mummies, apparently, arc
about as uncommon as canned soup.
The latest entry In the race for a
little attention is Loup City, Neb.
Loup City Insists that in the matter of
mummies it takes a back seat for no
body.
Loup City is the abiding place of
two Egyptian mummies, both of
which belong to Harry Jennet-, owner
of Jenner's Zoological park, but it is
of one in particular that Loup City
boasts. This one, Loup City says, is
the oldest mummy in the state.
It is an oil-embalmed Egyptian
mummy belonging to the twelfth dy
nasty, about 2,500 or 2,300 B. C. It
was found in a rock-hewn tomb at
Thebes, in Upper Egypt, and remains
in the original sarcophagus.
Heiroglyphirs Retain Color.
The sarcophagus in which the mum
my is encased is mado of wood about
two inches thick, held together with
wooden pins, and is covered with
Egyptian hieroglyphics in colors
which seem to be still as bright as
the original pigment.
That the mummy is of an Egyptian
of highrr caste is evidenced by the
fact that the sarcophagus is gold
faced on the outside In addition to
other decoration. It is In splendid
preservation. Th« covering placed
over the tody thousands of years ago
Is still intact except over the face.
Harry Jenner has had this ir.ummy
in his possession for 10 years. lie
also has an Egyptian mummy of
the 13th dynasty, pitch embalmed the
same as the mummy at the museum
of the state university at Lincoln.
This one was found at Memphis, in
lower Egypt. Mr. Jenner acquired
it three years ago.
Mr. Jenner obtained these mummies
for his zoological pyk at Loup City.
A very unusual affair is the zoologi
The builders of .lenner’s zoological
park at I-oup City, llie mummy house
| wherein is contained the oldest Egyp
tian mummy in Nebraska and two
typical spring* scenes in this pari,
i which is ono of the most unique in
jllio country.
| cal park at Loup City. Loup City is
j a. town of only about L500 in
habitants, yet it has a privately owned
zoological park that surpasses any
thing of the kind in the entire state,
' public or private.
liuilt by Brothers.
The park was built by Harry .Ten
I ner ami bis brother, Itobert. B. Jen
; ner, who is secretary of the enter
prise. From year to year they added
to its works of art and curios until
today they have a zoological garden
and museum that is unique.
One of the principal attractions is
l the mummy house wherein is con
tained tig; two Egyptian mummies.
In addition discoveries from Arizona,
Mexico, I’eru and other South Ameri
can countries are contained in the
mummy house.
| This house is built after the Egyp
i tian architecture and finished like a
i .stalactite cave. Here is an unusual
collection of Egyptian beads 4.000 to
5,000 years old. Egyptian scarabs and
i amulets, Egyptian oil lamps made of
1 pottery, relics of the stone age uncov
i ered In Arizona. Inca mummies dls
| covered in the Andes and many other
| curios.
There is another pavilion full of
works of art and curios from all over
| the world and whicli took the Jen
j ners years to collect.
Man}’ Strange Animals.
The park is filled with cages con
, tainlng strange animals and birds
from Africa. China, India, South
1 America, Mexico and the south seas.
Here are a few examples of curios
in the pavilion museum taken at ran
dom: Thibet shoes, Kast Indian san
dals, Palestine wedding clogs. African
i rice spoons, gila monster, Zulu shield,
; old wooden clock, 14!t2; Mexican pot
I tery, Kaffir anklets and bead belts,
Guaranty Fund
Draft Is Upheld
Judge Sustains Contention
That Holdrege State Bank
Demand Lawful.
Lincoln, March 17.—(Special)—At
torney General O. S. Spillman received
word from Holdrege, Neb., today that
District Judge William Dilworth has
upheld the contention of former At
ttorney General C. A. Davia that the
order for $187,000 on the state guaran
tee fund as a result of the failure of
the Holdrege State bank la lawful.
Judge Dilworth Issued a second or
der for payment. Mr. Spillman said
an appeal will be taken, pending de
cision on which payment will be held
up.
Mr. Davis was vice president of the
Holdrege State bank, which more than
a year aeo took over the Citizens’
State bank of Holdrege and handled
its affairs..
Governor JBryan ordered J. A. Hart,
secretary of the department of trade
and commerce, to disregard the first
order on the guarantee fund. Shortly
afterward, Mr. Davis' bank closed Its
doors.
Postmasters Cautioned to
Practice Strict Economy
Washington, March 17.— Post
master* throughout thn country were
notified by Postmaster General New
that the "strictest economy com
mensurate with public convenience”
must be practiced during the next few
months to avoid a Postoffice depart
ment deficit for the current fiscal
year.
Asserting that the emergency Is a
temporary one only, and ong that
"may occur In any great business en
terprise,” Mr. New said that “on
duly 1 the appropriation for next
year becomes available snd we will
then bn able to extend and perfect
the service In many Important ways
ami to discontinue this extraordinary
rampaign of economy."
High School Student Killed,
Several Hurt in Explosion
Brawley, Cal., March 17—One atm
dent was killed and several others
verely Injured yesterday when the
gas plant of the Brgwley X'nlon High
Hchool Ulew up. The explosion rocked
the city and wrecked th* front Of the
school building. Th* stud*nt> killed
was ltallie Hmlth.
Had the blast come a f»w minute*
later the loss of life would have been
greater, school officials said.
Thn cement pillars In front of the
building were blown 100 feet out onto
the lawn.
Fiirntohrd by Omaha Auto Club.
All rnada uui of Omaha ara alltt prac
tically Im puaaihhla within a radlua nf SO
mllna. The work of * leralny tha Ipxh
way*. la In proxrna,. huf owlnx to the
axticiim ilrptli of tic1 drifts thla worb ta
nat-aararlly alow ami It will ha a day or
Iwn before they .lie ailf f Irlontly cl'alad
to pi i mil cura 10 so ihioofb.
“Oil Baroness’'
Freed bv Court
j
Fraud Indictment Hanging
Otcr Mies Strickland Lift
ed by Judge*.
Indictment against Rachel C.
Strickland, "oil baroness,'’ charging
her with obtaining money under
false pretenses in connection with an
oil land promotion scheme, was dis
missed Saturday by District Judge
Goss.
Motion for dismissal alleged that
more than three terms of court have
e!apse<f since the Indictment was re
turned, without trial. Judge Goss
said he sustained the motion on the
sole ground that there was no re
sistance by the office of the attorney
general.
Miss Strickland was fined $1,000 In
federal court on a charge of using
the malls to defraud. Ham B. Mas
ser. Indicted with her. was sentenced
to Leavenworth prison.
Bee Want Ads Produce Kesulls.
first American blown glass, 1852;
Chinese razors, whale and walrus
teeth, a cdllection of tobacco pipes
from every country in the world,
Chinese gods, Japanese weapons, Fili
pino machetes, Tasmanian shell
necklaces, Eskimo knife, hippopota
mus tusk, and so on almost without
end. More than 000 curios and relics
in all are contained in this pavllian
or museum.
For more than 20 years Mr. Jenner
and his brother have worked to im
prove their park and themselves col
lected the hundreds of curios and
relics. Many of the trees were plant
ed by the owner himself and are now
among the largest trees in the local
ity. For all of the money spent on
the place the Jenner brothers dug
down in their own pockets. They
started out modestly. At first it
wasn’t much of *. park . Then as the
years traveled by more and more ex
hibits were added until now a visitor
might spend an entire afternoon In
the park and yet not see it all.
The Jenners are proud of their park
now. In the summer monthe It is
the most popular spot in Eoup City—
yes. the most popular spot in the coun
ty—and its fame is traveling through- ;
out the state.
Q-R- S
P.LAYER, ROLLS
will makeyou appreciate
how a perfect roll bring*
out the full musical value
of your player piano.
A fern Q-A-3 AMtm
Sugar Blues. 1
Mister Gallagher and
Mister Shean.
Burning Sands.
Red Moon.
Bee's Knee's.
Kiss Mama, Kiss
Papa.
Come in and hear
theae lata ones, or
take a selection home
on approval; your
credit is food with us.
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Tuesday Evening, I
March 20th, at the
Auditorium
Then Hear His
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Cracovienne Fantastique ... Paderewski 74535
Etude in G Flat Major ..... Chopin 64706
Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 10 - - - - Liszt 74788
Maiden’s Wish, The <ch»nt rvinn.i..> Chopin-Liszt 74777
Minuet in G.Paderewski 74538
Nocturne in B Flat .... - Paderewski 74765
Nocturne in F Major ------ Chopin 74545
Nocturne in F Sharp Major ... Chopin 74520
Polonaise Militaire Chopin 74530
Waltz in C Sharp Minor .... Chopin 71530
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Wraps and Capes Fourth Floor
Eastertide in All Her Splendor is Reflected
in Every Section of This Great Store!
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assembled an almost unending collection of the newest and smartest
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uniformly low.
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The Most Distinctive
Spring Modes
Our collections offer a wide range for your choos
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effects to elaborate and handsome models, many
with trimmings of the fashionable summer fur.
$24-5010 $150
Suits for Spring
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PARIS decrees:
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or embroidered a la
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zantine color
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