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TAX HEARINGS "NEXT WEEK
Steta Ewud Giret Dayi for All Who
Are Siiutufled. .
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LINCOLN. Jul. 20. (Special.) Nwt
Tuesday and Wednesday the .Slate Board
of Equalisation b. set apart for a publlo
debate-an the matter of equalisation and
every' county . that haa a grievance 1 In
vited to aend' a representative to the meet
Inf. Whn thla .publlo hearing aball have
been, completed the board will have three
dare' In Which (o arrrfe at Its' conclusion!
consequently there will be little time for
anyone to make a talk after next Wednes
day, 'However; the beard wlU .be In session
every day. and before that time any 'person
la privileged to' eoine and , make his pro
test. T. A, Polleys of the Chicago, Bi
Paul, Minneapolis A Omaha railroad wfll
be here W.ednaeday and. he has told the
board, he ' la anxious for people to coma
from' every county In the state through
which., his foA runs. Three or tour coun
ties were represented before the board to
day, but merely Informal discussions were
held, aa there are 'sUll five counties yet
to make reports. Auditor Weston and
Land Commissioner Folliper were here and
will be with the board until the finish.: .
Mr. Former intends by 'tomorrow to have
his estimate of land- values, based on land
sales, compiled and ready for the board. A
few of the counties In which he made esti
mate vary Httle from the value placed on
Japd, b Jhe assessor Thla' table ahows
Mr. roiimnri ugurvs, duu on me sales,
and the average value of Improved and
unimproved land made .by the county as
sessors
Value Value
. Based on Fixed by
, . Sales. Assessor.
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York u.60
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Reed Gets After Fellers.
County Asseesor Reed of Douglas county
was down today from Omaha looking over
the compilation of land sales made In
Douglas county by T. A. Pollers, and It
la very evident that Mr. Reed will be abe
to knock to smithereens the figures that
Pollers Intends to use as a basis of argu
ment, Mr. Pollers used the valuation made
by City Tax Assessor Fleming for the year
1909 for a comparison to show the assessed
variation was much less than the sales
value. There la a vast difference In the
valuation fixed by Mr. Reed this year and
Mr. Fleming last September and the com
parison should have been made with the
figures returned by the county assessor.
Mr. Reed said: "T;he figures of Mr. Pol
leys are ridiculous in the extreme, for he
has not.mada a comparison with my figures
returned this year and besides that 4ie has
cut out of his calculations some of the
biggest sales made during the rear. For
Instance, Bebee ft Runyan bought from
the Barker estate a half block on Dodge
street between Eighth and Ninth streets
for $20,000 which had been assessed at $35,
260. This he cut , out. Another piece of
property that sold for $8.(00 I had assessed
for $,00O. Fleming last year assessed the
same property for $4,900 and Polleys has
made his comparison with Fleming's fig
urea The Turner corner, which was sold
for $75,000 Flensing assessed last rear at
$77,080 and it was with Fleming's figures
that Polleys made his comparison, though
I assessed the same property this year for
$108,000. Last year Fleming assessed some
thing like $1,500,000 worth of railroad prop
erty In Omaha that the state board as
sessed thla year and Polleya cites that as
a decrease without explaining why. An
other piece of property that last year was
assessed at $1,600 by Fleming Polleys says
Is worth $4,400. A house has been built on
that property since the assessment of last
year and In the county assessment the
house was Included. His comparisons are,
absolutely ridiculous and should have no'
weight with the-board."
Late this afternoon Mr. Reed went be
fore the board for a few minutes and took
a few shots at the Polleys' figured and
promised the board to come back and take
a few more if needed. He told that he had
xnnt if run ltmhprQ
or ine uoupie.
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never follow. It you wish the
agent of above company.
assessed land at Its actual value and cited
several Instances to show It that Polleys
faded to cite. Where one piece of property
had been sold for $14,600 and assessed at
$8,600 as shown by Polleys, Mr. Reed said
the deed had been made out, but that the
sale never occurred and he knew the rea
son why. Kountxe Memorial had been sold
for $90,000 and Mr. Reed assessed It at
$83,000, whloh Polleys failed to mention.
One piece of property tftat Polleys aald
sold for $51,000 that Was assessed by Flem
ing at $47,000, Mr. Reed said he assessed at
$51,000. Another piece of property, the
Toung Men's Christian association, had
been sold for $200,000, Mr. Reed said he as
sessed for $190,000, because he knew a
fancy price had been paid for it. And Mr.
Reed cited any number of Instances to
show why credence should not be given
to Polleys' compilation.
When the board met this morning Gov
ernor Mickey asked for expressions from
the members whether the board should
proceed and equalize between the differ
ent classes of property, taking up land
first, or whether It should take every
thing Into consideration. . He talked as
though he waa not aure whether the law
specified that the Incresse or decrease
should be made by a per cent in each
county, and finally asked the board would
It not be a good Idea to get an opinion
from Attorney General Prout on the mat
ter. Mr. Weston stopped the delay, how
ever, by Informing the governor there
was no question about the law; that there
could be no distinction between ' classes
of property insofar as the board was
concerned, for when it raised on one class
that ralso would be added to every piece
of property in the county affected. Wht!e
the board was sitting as an assessment
board, it asked for several opinions from
the attorney general, each of which the
board promptly overruled.
Insurance Tax Law Pars "Well.
The late legislature bullded well when it
changed the manner of taxing insurance
companies to the 2. per cent premium plan.
Bo far this year, seven and a half months.
Deputy Pierce haa collected In feea, re
ciprocal tsx and other taxes, $74,9fi3, while
last year for the twelve months there was
collected only $56,355.72. ' Before the year is
out tho total In all probability will be run
up to $100,000. ' Mr. Pierce has sent out
notices to the companies which are yet de
linquent In their reciprocal tax, telling
them of the decision of the supreme court
holding the law constitutional and request
ing a settlement. However a rehearing has
been asked for, and as this will not be
acted upon probably until September some
of the companlca may yet hold off longer.
The life companies have paid In $48,798.64
and the surety and ' casualty companies
$4,402 on the t per cent gross premium tsx
plan.
Drawing; Fair Appronrlatloa.
The Nebraska World's fair commission
ers met in the office of the governor this
noon snd drew a voucher for $20,000, which
they said they hsd psld out for expenses
Connected' with the Nebraska exhibit at Bt.
Louis. It was supposed that the commis
sioners were still spending the money
donated by the railroad companies for the
Bt. Louis exhibit and some of the papers
have been talking about the. $85,000 appro
priated by the legislature being turned
bark Into the treasury, but It Is evident
thst there need be no more worry on this
score. Those present were Governor
Mickey, O. W. Wattles, Matt Williams and
Peter Jansen.
Elalr Mm Loses Diamond.
NEBRASKA CITT, Neb., July t0.-(Spe-clal.
Harry Klrnmel of Blair, Neb., a
guest at the National hotel, lost a $200 dia
mond ring In the wssh room of the hotel
last Monday. Mr. Klmmel removed the
ring while washing his hands and left the
room without taking the diamond.. A few
minutes later he discovered his lues and r
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turned for the ring, but was unable to find
it. He has appealed tq the police to assist
him in recovering' the diamond, which ha
claims Is stolen. . .
DESERTER
SHOOTS
HIMSELF
Cedar Coaaty Mas Has I'afortaaate
t " Lot Affair.
HARTrNGTON. Neb., July 20.-(Speclal.)
Sheriff Rosenberger, In' response to a tel
egram from the United States military au
thorities, last week arrested Edwin John
son at the home of his parents, fourteen
miles cast of Harttngton, on the charge
of desertion from the army. .When mak
ing the arrest the sheriff discovered that
the young man had been shot, and upon
Inquiry was informed that young Johnson
had shot himself in the Wt shoulder late
the evening before, the evident cause of
which was a love affair.
. It seems that Johnson had been paying
attentions to Miss Wlnrate, a Cedar county
teacher, who resides . with her parents In
the neighborhood, until It was brought to
a sudden termination by the Interference
of the young woman's . father. The young
man In his desperation resolved to enlist
in the army. He did so and for about
eight weeks was quartered with his regi
ment at San Francisco. f However, he
learned to his sorrow that his love for
the young woman was stronger than his
oath of allegiance as a soldier and he de
serted his regiment and fled to his home
and renewed his suit. Miss Wlngate re
fused' to listen to 'his entreaties, having
been forbidden by her father to have any
thing more to do with him, whereupon
Johnson threatened to shoot himself. Sun
day evening Johnson Insisted upon coming
to the Wlngate home and Wlngate ordered
him away, with a threat that he would
shoot htm should he come back again.
Then Johnson moved off to an adjoining
field and deliberately shot himself. The
prisoner is now lodged in the county Jail
awaiting the orders or the United States
authorities. The doctors probed . for the
bullet this afternoon, but were unable to
find It. This evening another effort wt:i be
made with the assistants of the X-ray to
locate the bullet.
' To Correct Oflleer's Mistakes.
PIERCE, Neb.. July 20. (Specie!.) The
county commissioners have agreed to lnT
struct the county attorney to take such
steps as he deems necessary to correct the
mtstakss, If any, in settlement with C. B.
Staley, ex-county clerk. Mr. Stsley was for
eight years the deputy of R. A. Tawney,
the first populist county clerk. Afterward
he was chosen twlae for the office et county
clerk on the populist ticket. Last fall ha
refused to support the populist nominee
for oounty clerk and worked for W. Q.
Hlrons, the republican nominee. This
aroused the Ire of the democratic and pop
ulist bosses in hls precinct and they vowed
that they would make It hot for him. Some
of them circulated a petition that was
slgnsd by many of the faithful asking that
Mr. Btaley'a books be examined by an ex
pert. This was presented to ths county
commissioners last March, but after some
Weeks' delay they declined to grant It,
knowing that It was got up for political
effect only.
Democrats Name Ticket.
BEATRICE, Keb., July .-Speclal Tele
gram.) The democratic county convention
was held here this afternoon, at which the
following ticket was placed In nomination;
For state senator, M. W. Terrr; repre
sentatives, A. R. Morris of Blue Springs,
Jphn Gerdes of Holt township, T. E. Stew
art of Beatrice; county attorney, R. 8.
Bibb. Delegatea to the state and float con
ventions were also elected.
The populists held their convention and
selected delegatea to the stats and float
conventions, but ths nominating of a
county ticket was deferred untU July SO.
JULY 21. 1904.
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Fusion seems to be a thing of the past In
Gage county with the democrats and .popu
lists, and Indications point to a complete
republican victory here this fall.
WOULD ALTER , KJNKAID LAW
enater Dietrich Thinks gysteaa Cam
Be Changed te Advantage of State.
HASTINGS, Neb.. July 20.-(Speclal.)-In
an interview today In regard to the taking
up of Nebraska land under the Klnkaid act
Senator Dietrich, expressed himself as fol
lows: I am satisfied from Information I have
received from a great many sources that
the Klnkaid bill. Increasing the homestead
right In the western part of this state to
40 acres is not a satisfactory solution of
the problem, for Ihe reason thst the slue
of the homestead provided for is not suffi
ciently large to Justify settlers In entering
upon the land except in a very few places.
While the bill will be of some benefit I con
fidently believe that something more munt
be done.'
I have talked with a great many men on
this subject, snd the opinion seems to he
quite genersl that a law should bs enacted
at the next session of congress authorizing
the secretary of the Interior to classify all
lands which shnJI have been entered under
the Klnkaid bill, and also ell unappro
priated lands In Nebraska. The purpose
would be to sell at auction all or any land
not taken within two years after the pas
sage of the Klnkaid bill. This would fur
nish an Incentive for the settlement of the
vast territory under existing las, by mak
ing It possible for homesteaders to later on
acquire additions! Innd at a fair nrlce.
I think the Klnkaid bill should be
amended so as to allow commutation at 50
cents an sere, instead of $1.25, as under the
old homestead law, such commutation,
however, not to be allowed until after two
years' occupation and full compllsnce with
all provisions of the bill. The major por
tion of the Innd within the territory speci
fied by the Klnkaid hill Is of such a charac
ter that 6V acres does not make a trnct
large enough for the support of a family.
The law should be amended to enable the
rettler to acquire additional land.
Fnneral of Hans Peters.
GRETNA, Neb.. Jy 20. (Special.) The
remains of Hans Peters, sr., who was killed
by a Northwestern train at Norfolk Mon
day evening, were brought to Gretna this
mornlns. The funeral will be hold from
the family home In Gretna Thursday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. Interment will be made
in Mohr's cemetery. Mr. Peters' leaves a
widow and two children. He was a pioneer
citizen of western Sarpy county, in wealthy
circumstances. His death was a great
shock to this community, as he has been
closely allied with Its business Interests for
years. '
Rain Helps the Corn.
BHELTON, Neb., Julr (Special.) One
of the heaviest rains of the season fell here
last night and now the ground Is thor
oughly soaksd clear down.. This rolo will
place the corn crcp In the best ahapa It haa
aver been at thla time of the year and corn
la further advanced than In any former year
and fully two weeks ahead of last aeaaon.
Many fields are now tasselllng and other
crops In proportion. Fall wheat threshing
commenced this week and the quality Is
good and the yield will be about twenty
bushels per acre and 70c la being paid at
the elevators.
Xews of Nebraska. '
ASHLAND, July .-Jsccb Eggert. who
cut his throat with a rasor with suicidal
Intent Tuesday morning, dlra this morning
at 6 o'clock at his home, northwest of this
city.
WEST POINT, July . A very heavy
rain fell thla morning, accompanied by a
severe electrical disturbance and a heavy
wind. Standing smsll grain la considerably
lodged
HUMBOLDT, July 20. The commercial
club at Its meeting last night decided to
begin active preparations for the annual
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BEST, be
street fair and fall carnival in this city,
setting the dates, for September, 28,. 29. 30
and October 1.
AUBURN, July 20. A heavy rainstorm
visited this section this morning. The gov
ernment gauge showed a precipitation of
two . inches. This, added to the rain of
yesterday, makes six and one-half inches
within twenty-four hours.
BEATRICE, July 90. Local union No.
696, Painters nnd Decorators, met last night
and elected the following officers: B. H.
Oden, president: O. H. Iilvens, vice presi
dent: Charles Freeman, preceptor; Fred
Randall, Julius Nauman, Fred Snow, trus
tees. CHADRON, July 8G.Slttlng at the din
ner table, Otga Stranskay, aged about 80
years, dropped his htad and died without a
moment's warning. He had been a resi
dent of Chadron for fifteen years and
leaves a wife and one .daughter, Mrs. Olgs
Culavln.
HUMBOLDT, July 20. This section was
visited again this mOrnlngby a drench
ing rain, whjch waa unaccompanied by
wind, though 'bringing a lively electrical
display, Considerable damage was clone to
hay and small grain, most of which had
been cut and ' will spoil If some sunshine
does not set In soon.
NEBRASKA CITY, July 20. The county
assessor, of Otoe county has completed the
work of determining the valuation of the
county's real estate and personsl property,
which Is, $36,003.97. The amount Includes
the changes made by the Board of Equali
sation. The averago' vaJue of farm prop
erty In tho county Is $59.74 per aero.
PAPILLION, July 20. John Hoyt, while
on his way to Bonesteel, met with a pain
ful accident. He was eating his lunch,
when a small chicken bone lodged In his
throat. He immediately returned to Papll
llon, but the doctor was unable to remove
the bone. John then went, to a hospital
at Omaha, where the bone will be cut out.
NEBRASKA CITY, July 20. The school
census of Otoe county Just completed shows
there are 7,209 children of school age In
the county. This Includes all the children
between the ages of 6 and 21 years old.
There are 9,578 boys and 3.631 girls. The
census Indicates there are twenty-one more
children this year of school age than there
werj last year,
BERTRAND. July 20Whrn H. S. Kpapp
of this place opened his Jewelry store for
business-Monday morning he discovered
that all the goods In his window and some
from the show cases had disappeared. Six
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gold watches, a dosen . lockets, at large,
number of chains, brooches and cheap '
spectacles were ' carried off. The goods
taken represented a'valu of about $176.' ,
BEATRICE. July Mrs. Robert Heek
athorn, an old resident of this city, waa
pronounced Insane by the Board of Insanity "
Commissioners and ordered taken to the
asylum.
BEATRICE, July JO.-Testendar was
farmers' day at the Chautauqua and quite '
a large number of farmers from various':
Eorts of the county were In attendance. J.
.. McBrien of Linooln, republican nominee
for state superintendent of schools, dellv- '
ered an address on "Twentieth Century
Farm Life." Mr. McBrien's address was a .,
scholarly effort and waa enjoyed by all who '
heard It. ,, .
WEST POINT, July iOI-X merchants
street fair and carnival now In progress ,.
here has so far proved a great success.
The attendance has been large and the '
closing day, if rain dies not intervene,
will draw a large crowd. Theaters, mln- '
strel shows, Ferris wheel, merry-go-rounds
and a host of minor attractions fill . the
main street of the city. -The crowds are
Very orderly and everyone seems plessed. -AUBURN,
July 20.A thief, entered the
barn of John H. Shook, who. rani 'lee Just
outside of the corporate limits of this place,
and stole a team of horses. From ttienco
he brought the horses, to town, and -went
to the stable of Joeeph Letteltltir, living
In the west part -of tdwn,,endi tied the
stolen horses to his fence and harnessed
up Lettelllar's gray team,' led them out or
the barn and was bridling them, when Let
telllar was awakened by the neighing of
the horses. He jumped out of bed and) ran
to the barn, when the man who had the
horse fled, learning all the horses. The
sheriff waa called, but no clue to the thief
wss obtained.
CHADRON, July 20.-tCoroner Elmore ra
tions the death by suicide of William,
lioness of Alllunce. The bedy was found
about six miles west of Chadron in a draw, ,
with the clothes on fire. He had fled a
curd to the triger of a shotgun and pulling
it shot himself In the breast, setting his
shirt on fire. Being near a field belonging,
to Willom Simmons, the smoke wus seen,
but no one had heard any report of the
f;nn. He had a tc-am and wagon, contaln
ng provisions. Rolatlvee at Alliance were
telegraphed to and a son-in-law, O. W.
Bower, cu mo immediately, but allowed the
body to be burled here, saying William
Bnneas and his wife hsd lately separated,
selling and dividing their property.
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hmw flraprnuf buildings. Molars aiula-
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talillul lunation. W u la bar Ilia Iw4. eirns
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