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MA Y 7. 19 03. ' THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. 13 I nniniim u.n nmnu I A lUAuMYIANd blUhl The Experience Which Came to the Man on the Box The coachman can tell many an in teresting story. All sorts of experi ences come to him and the long fcours cn the box are not so monotonous as one might suppose. , When he chooses, Austin Roe, a coachman, liv ing at No. 20 West Liberty street. Wilkesbarre, Pa., can entertain a list ener for hours, telling in his original way of the things that have happened to him. . , "It is a hard life," he says, "and it is no wonder when one of us breaks down. For myself, the exposure ana lack of sleep ran me down in health last winter till I became a shadow. Oftentimes I had to take to. my bed with a fever running my temperature way up. 1 had a cold a good part of the time, my "head was always dizzy, my Stomacn was OUl oi oruer auu my limbs stiff. I grew thin, was tired out all the time and felt generally jnisGTciblG ; "No, the doctor didn't seem to help me very much and I didn't get any better until, upon the advice of a friend, I began using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The first box made me feel better and a few more made me all right. Now I am strong and healthy again and I rec ommend Dr. Williams Pink Pills to all my friends who seem toneed a tonic." ; The best tonic medicine in the world is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Mr. Roe is only one out i of thousands all over the world , who have found this out by personal experience. This medicine, unlike any other, acts both on the blood and nerves, builds up the system and cures where ordinary preparations fail. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are not only a tonic, but have cured such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St Vitus', dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner vous headache, the after-effects of the grip, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions and all forms of weakness in either male or female. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo- pie are sum uy mi ucaicio sent postpaid on receipt of price, fifty cents a box, or six boxes for two dol lars and fifty cents, by addressing Dr. . - . . . n OA. Williams Medicine vxuupauy, ocue nectady, N. Y. They are never sold in bulk or by the hundred. Avoid imitations; substitutes never cured anybody. . . PAUPER RAILROADS Making the Customary Poor Month Before Stat Board of Equalizatioa The annual farce has begun of pre 1 ending to assess the railroads of Ne braska. Under date of May 5 the World-Herald's Lincoln correspondent says: The state board of equalization be gan its session this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Nearly a score of representa tives of Nebraska railroad interests were present and the time was given over to allow them to present their claims for consideration, as the first business of the board will be to. can vass the returns made by the rail roads as to the value, of their prop erty and fix their assessment accord ingly. Without exception those representa tives who spoke asked a reduction in their assessment of one-half and over. The extreme poverty of the roads , coupled with the prosperity of Ne braska farms and property was deftly argued. - Frank Crandon, representing the Elkhorn, made the first . argument in behalf of the board. He stated that the values of the railroads as fixed by the last assessment are represented to be one-seventh of the value of all the property of the state. Then he proceeded to show by a map that all the railroad property of the state could be included within the area of five townships and insisted that it was impossible for one-seventh of -the property of the state to be included within that area, in fact, that not more than one-twentieth could be so incorporated. Mr. Crandou stated that with the exception of the depots at Omaha and a few other structures, the railroad buildings of the state were little bet ter and in some cases no better than buildings erected for the accommoda tion of cattle. He stated that any one who took the value of the stocks and bonds of a road as the criterion of the taxable worth of that road did not know his business, as the stocks and bonds simply represented the right of the holder to receive a per cent of the dividends declared. The Elkhorn, he said, is simply keeping even with its earnings, they being sometimes even less than the operating expenses. He did not deny that the state had a right to tax the franchise value of a road, but insisted that the right understanding should be had of what a franchise is, merely, that it is the opportunity which the charter to do business gives a corpora tion to make profits. The road which he represented, ho said, could be reproduced for $10,000 a mile. It was assessed last year at $3,w a mile. Taking the average as sessment of other property on tho actual value he figured tha,t the road was assessed on a value of $25,000 per mile. The $6,C00 difference, he said, represented the franchise value, which was altogether too jncli. Would th? board please cut down that assessment materially. - Manager Bidwell and Mr. Whitney of the Elkhorn spoke briefly corrobor ating the statements of Mr. Crandon. S.L. Higleyman appeared for the Missouri Pacific and asked that the assessment of last year of $10,000 on the belt line at Omaha be reduced to the former figures of $6,200 as this was satisfactory to the county com missioners of Douglas county and the road was worth very little and did no business to speak of any way. R. D. Pollard appeared for the Bur lington and quoted at length from the statements prepared some time ago by the railroad and published in the daily papers.. He argued from these ttiat the railroads were being grossly abused, and mistreated, while the peo ple shirked the great burden of taxes which they should bear. He asked that the assessment of that road be reduced from the $4,500 of last year to $3,000 per mile. ' A. W. Scribner presented the claims of the 'Union Pacific and insisted that that was a much abused and misrep resented road. He showed how the figures which had been returned as the value of that road, including real estate and rolling property, was fixed at the highest possible value. By these figures he showed that the act ual value of the tangible, property of the main line of the road amounted to $32,354 a mile, while the road was as sessed at $9,800 a mile, one-third; of the value, while th people only paid from one-seventh to one-eleventh e-i their property. He showed that the branches were assessed at the same rate and askid that these amounts be very materially decreased. On the real estate of the road, he said that the returns had been made from examination of tax commission ers' reports in - the several counties and fixed the value of the railroad real estate from the value of the ad joining property, raising it a bit. , He showed a map which indicated what property was taxed locally and ques tioned if Omaha had a right to tax locally the shops located in that mu nicipality. Other railroad representatives who were present were Cooper of the Rock Island, B. G. Hoyt of the Elkhorn, F. C. Uhlman of the St Joseph & Grand Island, Charles Hayden of the Great Northern, T. H. Benton of the Pull man companv and Horton of the Western Union Telegraph company.. Eclipsing in Superlative Splendor all the Grandest Faults of Gigantic Genius 1 - -liV ""M III Metropolitan Shows J. A. Bailer. W.W.Cole, Lewis Sells 4 Peter Sells, Equal Owntr. With an aKjrregate of experience and wiealth In w in ,Mnf (nm blued capital of all other shows, they co?3S5OL World's Show Markets And thus compel other shows to be content with only things, whether animals, acts, act ors or features, that are not wanted lor THE ADAM FOREPAUGIK1 5 SELLS BROTHERS! ENORMOUS SHOWS CtNITED THE BIGGEST AND BEST IN ALL THINGS, THE NEWEST AND MOST UNIQUE No fake figures, false facts, silly statements nor self-made press quotations employed , with which to delude and deceive the public. Mammoth Consolidated Doublo lonagorios , ffk Containing splendid specimens from every family in the Wild Animal Kingdom, a . V COLOSSAL COLLECTIONS OF CHAMPION CIRCUS CELEBRITIES IN THE v EU0RU0US COMBINED DOUBLE CIRCUSES BIGGER AND BETTER TITAN EVER, with an All Star Programme of NEW and EXCLU SIVE NOVELTIES AND FEATURES, including, among others, TL. minnrjl a7flllllllfBC retained from a Triumphant Conquest of I llH AllnlinO II II II II I" Europe, where Ihey were declared by Nobility and IIU HUllVlin faWWnibW Royalty to be the best drilled soldiers in the world. MINTING, The Marvel, World's Only Unlcycle Spiral Ascenslonlst STARR, The Shooting Star, Sensational Dash Down a Ladder on a Bicycle Famous Eddy Family, World's Greatest Acrobatic Champions The 24 Champion Equestrians. The greatest aggregation DCUflWMCn I AW All (ICC of bareback riders the world has ever seen, Including THE 0 nLilUlllIkU LUllAilULd ""hStS'trf ROOSEVELT ROUGH RIDERS $2ER?$i& CONGRESS OF CIRCUS CHAMPIONS JACKSON FAMILY, CYCLING SEPTETTE RYAN, WEITZEL & ZORELLA, Flying Aerialists Beyond Compare The 5 LACARMENS, Invincible High Wire Champions A(k ALL-STAR CLOWNS Af TW INTERNATIONAL LEAPING CONTESTS, and DARIN Q RUSSIAN COSSACKS 4 HERDS OF ELEPHANTS V SENSATION'S LIMIT REACHED AT LAST ! Deriding; Danger, Defying; Death. - . DESPERATE ft I All I O L00PS DARE-DEVIL 1fiHVVLV THE LOOP ON A BIOYCLEs The Supreme Arenlc Feature of the Age. Simply without parallel In all the annals of circus history. Positively the only per former who ever accomplished this ex ceptionally wonderful feat. , All kinds o! thrilling, exciting races in the B. H. ROBISOII, PRESIDENT OFFERS A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT AND GROWING WEST REGARDING THE BANKERS-JESERVE LIFE In An Interview Which It Will Pay All Insurers and Would-Be In surers to Read. Huge Double llippotes GRAND NEW STREET PARADE On the Forenoon of the Exhibition Day. Admission, 50c. Children under 9 years, 25c. Two Performances Dallv, Rain or Shine. Doom open at 1 and 7 P. M.,fortheMenaj?erlee and Promenade Concert by Merrick's Msrolflcent Military Band. Circus begins 1 hour later in the "Inirs, 2 stages and the vast enclave. Numbered Coupon, actually Reserved Beats, sold on day of exhibition at regular prices at Harlev Drug Store,-1101 0 Street "Yes, I believe the Bankers Resetva Life association will have $10,000,000 at risk upon selected lives in the west by the close of 1903," said B. II. Rob ison, president of that vigorous and successful life insurance company., "You see the people of the west learned a lesson during the panic which they are .not likely to forget. Practically all our savings drifted to the money centers of the east during the prosperous years preceding 1?'J?. "We were not only large borrow ers, paying immense interest charges, but practically all our insurance In vestments were with eastern compa nies. "They collected $15,000,000 in prem iums during ten years. This large sum was made up of the savings of our policy holders. The bulk of it was loaned back to us at high rates of interest In other words, we were paying interest on our own money. "This constituted a double draft upon our resources. We first sent our savings east We then paid Interest on the same money and sent that east. When the panic came we were called upon not only to repay the mortgages, . but the interest charges as well. We all know what hap pened. "The organization of great fiduciary institutions in our midst became a commercial necessity. We must have within our own control the ,surplu3 which balances trade and prevents nandal stringency. "In these years of great plenty we can hoard o ,r own savings and when times of dbhess come the simple process of transferring our money from one pocket to the other will make a panic less destructive. "The Bankers Reserve Life Asso ciation sends no money to the Atlan tic seaboard. Its surplus remains in this state and ' financial cataclysms cannot put it into money vaults whero no benefits can be enjoyed from it "On this theory of home patronage we are inviting western people to help us while we help them in return "It is a straight business proposi tion, and the people are becoming ea lightened upon the subject. Henco the Bankers Reserve Life writes mere business in Nebraska, its home state, where It is best known, than any com petitor. "Nebraskans especially should placo their life insurance in the Bankers Reserve Life." WONDERFUL RESOURCES OF THE WEST If you are looking for a home and want to visit the west you'ean do so with very little expense as the UNION PACIFIC will sell one-way colonist tickets EVERY DAY at the following rates from Lincoln: UNTIL JUNE 15 $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles and many other California points. $20.00 to Ogden, Salt Lake City, Butte, Anaconda and Helena. $22.50 to Spokane and Wanatchee. $25.00 to Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, and many other Oregon and Wash ington points. ROUND TRIPS May 12 to 18, inclusive. $45.00 San Francisco and Los Angeles. July 1 to. 10, inclusive. $15.00 to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. ' June 1 to September 30, inclusive. $16.75 to Denver. $17.35 to Colorado Springs. $17.50 to Pueblo. For full information call on or ad dress, E. B. SLOSSON, . General Agent Farm Bargains. We have for quick sale at a bargain a 240-acre farm 6 miles south of Lin coln, and another of 160 acres near Pennett. Terms easy. If you want a' farm you cannot afford to overlook these opportunities. Write today for particulars. Williams & Bratt, 1105 O st, Lincoln, Neb. . Do not fail to read the full page ad. of Fred Schmidt & Bro. in this issue. The firm has been more than 30 years in business in this city and the bar gains offered are genuine. Mail or ders are promptly filled. - . Names of Farmers Wanted The Missouri Valley Farmer wants names and addresses of farmers anywhere in the west, They went to get them interested in their biff farm msgasine which now has a circulation of over 100,000 copies and is acknowledged to ba the best farm paper in the West The subscrip tion pries is SOo per year, bnt if yon will send them five farmers' names and addresses and ten cents in stamps or silver they will enter yon a a subscriber fully paid for a whole year. Ad dreis Mo. Valley Farmer, Topska, Ks.