TIIE OMAIIA DAILY UEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1W3.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Transfer of Omsk to Hmoid Pltnt it
8llrrirg Up Talk.
VIADUCT CHANGES LIKtlY TO RESULT
llONitliN to O Prrt RrldB Mill
It Rail Mlkr Possible
R4Jamea4 f I. oral
Trtl.
wek ths sssoriatinn will niovf Into ths
tiw quarters st 41.1 North Twenty-fourth
rt. When the new ousrtrrs are coni
Tlete more attention will be paid tn ttie
gymnasium work of the anenrlatlnn. tho
old rooms beins too limited ax to apace to
-lv much attention to this popular branch
of the association. A food flrM presents
Itnelf In Bouth Omaha for Young Men't
Christian association work and It In
C2R LETTER BOX.
assessors of this Hat are perretrating a
fraud. Of courw, the general muct know
the facts In this matter and hss he not
4 aeeured tis he would not be guilty of mis
statement nor misrepresentation, although
the farmers and assessors may be.
Within two months the work ef trans
ferring the properly of the Omaha. Packing
nompany to the old Hammond plant will
have been eomtnenred In earnest, and it
will probably be along In the spring befors
the transfer will be fully made. Prior to
this It Is said that approaches will be built
from the O street viaduct. How many or
for whom It Is not known definitely as yet.
The National Packing company will have
an approach, for. Indeed, the company
would be virtually shut out were no ap
proach of some sort provided for the outlet
from the plant.
Ever since the building of the O street
viaduct there has been a demand for an ap
proach on the north side of the bridge and
the building of the new t'nlon passenger
station, now In course of construction, has
sfforded additional necessity and demand
for an approach there. The Delmonico hotel
Is practically shut out from the stock yards
district and the Exchange building has no
other access to the ltelmonico or the new
passenger depot than the roundabout course
over the O street rlsduct. If this were to
lis done. It is very probable that the agita
tion for a foot bridge across the tracks
from N street would cease. The building of
a foot bridge or an approach from the via
duct to a point near the Delmonico or the
foot of N Btrvot would solve the question.
This Is a hobby with the property owners
011 lower N street, and If they can ever
hae any ssy It will be done.
There are good prospects for general im
provements In Bouth Omaha the coming
year. With the assurance of a viaduct at
T street the two new depots and other rail
road Improvements there will be much ac
tivity from the very outset of springtime.
Telephone Company Balldlag.
The Nebraska Telephone company will
continue In Its old quarters for some time
to come, the announcement being made
Saturday afternoon that work on the new
exchange would not be begun until the
breaking of the cold weather In the spring,
when the work will be started as soon
thereafter as the weather will permit. The
new exchange is to be 3xl feet and will
probably be thr-e stories high, of brick.
All connections with the new exchange
will be through underground conduits, but
these will not be laid until spring.
ewer Committee Meeting.
The sewer committee, which was ap
pointed by Chairman O'KeelTe to confer
with the city council, mayor and the stock
yards officials, will not meet with the coun
cil this week, but will meet Tuesday night,
December the day after Christmas,
when it Is hoped that . Christmas present
to the general public In the shMpe of an
announcement that the warring Intereats
have come to an agreement and that the
sewer will bo built during the coming aum
mcr. Y. M. C. A. f arewell Services.
The farewell meeting of the Toung Men's
Christian association In the old Quarters
was held yesterday afternoon, the new ser
vices being conducted by Robert C. Walker.
The old quarters were occupied by the
Toung Men's Christian association for the
past eleven years and during that time the
association has grown until new quarters
were an absolute nnceaslty. Purlng the
Intention of the directors to strive to make
the local association as popular as possible.
Funeral of J. I,. Olson.
J. h. Olcon of this city, who had been
sick for a long time and died last week,
was buried Sunday. The funeral was held
from the Methodist church and was under
the auspices of the Odd Fellows, the Dan
ish Brotherhood and the Danish Sister
hood. These were all In the funeral pro
fession, which was over two blocks long.
Death of Harry White.
Harry M. White, engineer at the t'nlon
stock yards, residing at Twenty-fourth and
H streets, died Saturday at the Bouth
Omaha hospital. He was stricken with
pneumonia a short time ago and did not
Meply Sanderson's Brief. j H Is a great plasjre snd privilege to the
LINCOLN. Dec. l.-To the Editor of Thl W " '' JolJ ,ru,h.
Bee: In the elaborate article published over Wrly and dispassionately by the learned
theift..i m,.,,.. ... ,r. reeentiv In sole gentleman wno consents to Kinaiy
your paper defending the action of the Bur-
Inform tlietn. while serving this great cor-
lington in enjoining the payment .f taxes I'orauon nn n ..... .us ir.rnur ...
ana 11 inn 'u' IH'I l"iri ill
cents) at an annual salary exceeding the
entire fortune of a vast majority of the
Nebraska farmers, in what a high-handed
the rrlie offered for the partr
roll Jl in one game. Muldooney has cor
who could
one game. Muldoonev hss come
within one of the number on five different
occasions.
levied on It in this state, the genera! states
that his employment by the railroad com
pany as allot ney aoes not require inai ur (
should be guilty of misstatement or misrep
resentation either to the courts or at the
bar of public opinion. This assurance by
the general that he is disinterested and
truthful will carry weight in the public
mind, in his defense of the position of his
clients who psy him $i:,000 or $1.VHJ0 per
annum for his valuable services.
The general states thst the railroad prop
erty of this state was assessed in 1903 At
IST.rM.DI;, and In 14 the same property wns
assessed at I 177,504. and that the increase
recover. The Scottish Rite Masons, of ! r assessment in me year iv over inai
which he was a member, will have charge of mi was 78 per cent on the property of
r h. tn.ri .pror.nii a itr of the Burlington railroad. It would seem
and rapacious manner, the officers of this
great and glorious commonwealth are try
ing to confiscate the property of the real
friends of the people, the railroad com
panies, by levying a tax of almost per
cent upon their gross annual Income, while
other people pay a tax of from two to
three times as much of the Income of their
property In many Instances.
T. JAMES.
Child's Life Saved by Chamberlain's
tlk Remedy.
Mrs. John Bnglthardt of Oera. Mich.,
tells of the anxious moments spent over her
little J-year-old daughter who had taken
a hard rold. resulting In croupl She ssys:
"I am satisfied that If It had not been for
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy she would
have choked to death. I gave this medicine
every ten minutes and she soon began to
! throw up the phlegm. I can recommend It
in the highest terms, as I have another
child that was cured In the. same way."
Hallroad Tax In Buffalo.
KEARNKY, Neb., Dec. IS. To the Eilltor
of The Hee: There has been so much of
fered pro and con on the railroad tax ques-
Diatuond Lockets Edholm. Jeweler.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Board of County Commissioners will
meet In committee of the whole this morn
ing to consider the bids for supplies.
The dates for the presentation of the
opern, "Chimes of Normsmty," undr the
auspices of the Eagles. December '.'7 and
28. Instead of January, as was printed In
an article relating to the production Sun
day morning.
Frank Dunlop of the (Irrat Western local
offices is ahle to he around again after
slight
lunerai arrangem-iii. i.... ... - I fered pro and con on the railroad tax ques- heing laid up for a week with n slight
Mr. White reside, n Spokane, Wash., and , that the increase on the property of all the , .. to ro ,, 1 ''i.at'd .ettlng off a street car
of the In KiifT ilo eountv and I sub- ' Dunlop nas tnro.wn awy nis cane ana now
Of the case In BurraJO county, gnn I sun . f(,e,s k a two-year-old once more.
mil 10 you lor puoiirsuon ine results ui ui
G OTAD ON
FURS
eoniHT( tw, m vimm a , r. tut, ivi
Loxnox-nvED
ALASKA SEAL
Sh'TX
TUB grr,
mlicru!
Alaska
great fur seal
oil the
ska coast fur
nish the choicest skins.
Between the curing of
the skin and the malmi?
of a jacket similar to the
one shown in the picture,
must come the process of
dyeing.
In all the large cities of
the world there are men
with varying degrees of
skill lio dye seal skins.
All the 'most skillful
dyers of seal skins live in
London.
They possess secrets un
known elsewhere.
So it is that the choice
skins must be London
dyed.
They cost some more
and are worth much more.
A twentv-four inch
Gordon jacket of best
London-dyed Alaska Seal
will cost this year $400.
Lower grades at lower
prices.
Ask your dealer jor
GOllDOX FUltS
ner; H. C. John Flynn; M. C, Charles , m,cg ' d the BH,ctlon of Btate offlcs j The tat list, show the amount of per
yres; H. R . Winter H. Nichols; I. 8.. I hPretofore wa tllt reHgon WBy property i fona' and esta' othsr than railroads
she hns been notified of his death and Is on
her way to the funeral, so that nothing
will be done until her arrival. The body
Is at Brewer's undertaking rooms.
tannest oa gnrlnater.
The body of M. Springer, the carpenter
who was killed at the Cudahy Icehouse at
Seymour lake Friday by falling from a
scaffold and alighting on his head, is stlil
at the Brewer undertaking rooms. An In
quest will be held Monday and It Is hopel
at that time that someone, will turn up to
take charge of the body, it Is thought that
he has a brother In Washington and some
friends living south of Wahoo, but none of
these have been heard feoni. Springer re
sided In Council Bluffs.
Ixxlir Klectlons.
Fraternal Life association, South Omaha
circle No. 43. elected offlcera for the coming
year at tho regular meeting last week.
Those elected were: P. II. S., I. Beers Roli-
rer; II. S., Mike I'rock; h. t., Kdwara
Stonner
R. A
James McMahon; O. 8.. Clyde Johnson
trustees, John Mortenscn and Mrs Edward
8. Mortensen. The entertainment commit
tee consists of William I'aynter and Ed S.
Mortensen.
At the annual meeting of Companion
court of Alexander circle No. 401, Independ
ent Order of Foresters, these were elected
officers for the coming year: C. R., Mrs.
Anna Remer; P. C, Mrs. Sophia Kline; V.
C. Mrs. Margaret Gerhman; R. S.. Mrs.
Ida B. Davis; F. 8.. Dr. Orace W. Ralston;
T.. Mrs. Pearl Boyd: O., Miss Louise Doll;
S. W Mrs. Margaret O. Main; J. W.. Mrs.
Anna Mickeals; 8. B.. Mrs. Caroline
Schmidt: J. B., Mrs. Lizile Button; C. D..
Mrs. Lena Mane; trustees, Mesdames Main
and Schmidt; M. D., Dr. Grace W. Ralston.
Magic City Gossip.
Rev. W. J. Burch, pastor of the First
! Christian church, has resigned.
The annual election of officers of Wash
ington tent No. 67, Knights of the Macca
bees, will be held Tuesday night.
Mayflower hive No. 39, Ladies of the
Maccabees, will give a dance Wednesday
evening at Maccabee. hall. Thirty-eighth
and W streets.
Action will probably be taken by the
Board of Education at Its next meeting
in reference to the fence around the high
school grounds.
A meeting of the Women's Christian
Temperance union will be held Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. K. D.
Weirs. 1011 North Twenty-flrst street.
Over thirty births have been reported at
the Board of Health offices already this
month, and If the same rate continues
December, 1906, will make a record In that
line, v
railroads of the state was but K9.2 per cent
Instead of 78 per cent. Probably when the
general stated In the connection he did that
the Increase of the valuation of the prop
erty of the Burlington wss 78 per cent he
did not Intend to mislead the public, which
might Inadvertently think that the' prop
erty of all the railroads of the state was
Increased 78 per cent and not that of the
Burlington road only. But It requires a
careful reading by the casual reader to
prevent a false Impression m his mind.
The general states that the other property
of the state in 19oS was assessed at M'il.i73.
133, and in 1904 at I248.0O1.6S1, being, as he
states, an Increase of 64 tr cent In the
valuation of other property. By our calcu
lation the Increase of other property was
slightly In excess of 64 per cent in 1904 over
the assessment of 1903, but slight Inaccuracy
upon the general's part should not be at
tributed to misrepresentation.
Perhaps the fact that the Burlington road
hss been so active and powerful in state
w. c.
work If you wish to publish same. The fol
lowing figures are taken from the tax lists
for 1903. It and 1906. and are correct. The
comparison of each year Is with W1:
1'NION PACIFIC AND BRANCHES.
Increase or Increase or
, Decrep.sc Amount Decrease
Valuation. Over im. Tax. Over 13.
ISO'Jl fiM.5fs.no $26.704 98
1904- 873. .WW !4.34r W.O"!.23
1II06 4.1.00 t78 33.73S.62
B. M. MAIN LINE AND O. I.
OR BILLINGS LINE.
1V $ 12R.778.ofl S.34.1!
Ift4 201. 776.50 . 5.940 58
ISO ?1. 776.60 C0.4 7.163.20
REAL ESTATE.
1M0 $1,656,025 00
l-XH 2 770,o?3.nO -WJ
1 2.SlS.6tP.CO 70
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
OTHKR THAN RAILROADS.
1903-1 498.576.0O $1410!"! 9.
1!W 1.0:8,164 91... .1116 149.W..3' 3 2"e
19of, 1.3m.4O2.0O....27G lWU'O.SS t32
t Increase. JDecrease.
was compuratlvti under-assessed prior to
19fi3. and the state board found it necessary
In 1904 to Increase Its assessment 78 per cent,
whereas the assessment of all the railroad
property of the state was increased only
69.2 per cent.
The general states that "The inflamed
condition of che public mind that leads to
the denial to n railroad of every right ex
cept existence, and would compel It to op
crate and yet have Its revenues absorbed
by unfair and unequal tribute In the form
of excessive taxation, while fixing rates of
transportation that are practically confisca
tory, results from the falsehoods and the
exaggerations of demagogues and time
servers who for purely selfish purposes mis
lead their followers."
The state auditor's report shows the
gross earnings of the Burlington road for
the year ending December 31, 19o2, were
$12.T4.S;W.T1.
The general states that lu 190J the Bur
lington road paid Into the treasury of
he state of Nebraska $63').00fl. which Is
together so the amount of tax is for both
personal and real estate.
Vpon examining the records In the office
of the register of deeds, between March
20 and April 10. 1904, I found fifty-two war
ranty deeds recorded; in nine of these tho
consideration was $1.00 and they were not
taken Into account. The total considera
tion of the remaining forty-two deeds was
$88,851 and the total value of the property
described In the said forty-three deeds on
the 1904 tax list was $17,466, which is 20 per
cent of $87,330, and almost S9 per cent of
the price for which It had been sold. These
transfers are recorded In Book 75. pages
281 to 302 inclusive, and Book 75, pases
123 to 151 Inclusive. Some of these transfers
were made for 25 to 30 per cent more than
the value returned for taxable purposes,
while others were transferred for as much
Uss.
It seems very unfair for the railroads
to be allowed to pick out a few pieces
of land here and there, and also land
that has been recently sold", for comparison.
Dr. Lyon's
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
Cleanses and beautifies the
teeth and purifies the breath.
Used hj people of refinement
for over a quarter of a century.
Convenient for tourists.
PREPARED BY
THE HJSTOHY OF CHAMPAGNE -Na. 1
VEN THE IDEAL CHAMPAGNE GLASS
was invented by Dom rerignon, who also
discovered Champagne. Thta glass he called
a "flute." The original wa$ a very
lender V-shaped glass, bubbling from
the tip of which the endless efferves
cence seemed like the spring of li
itself. It is ever so with
Great Western 1
Bstra Dry
Equal In effervescing qualities, flaverand boquet to
Champagnes pf foreign make at half the price. The
duty, ret the quality, maVet the difference.
This is because the vineyards In which papf s for
Crest Western are frown have been culilvsted so long
(longer than any ether wine-producing vlr.eys.rds in
America) that the soil has at last attained those pecu
liar qualities which have for centuries imparted the
flavor n4 conditions hitherto found only In the pares
of the French Champsfne district. Crest Western hss
these qualities -snd is msde wlih equal care.
Try Great Western the standsr4 Cham
pagne for banausta and the hsme table.
PLEA8ANT VALLEY WINE CO, Bale Makers, KHEDMS, H. Y.
Sold ever where hf Dealers In Fine Wines.
i td
II. II I
r i t 1 wj
The Best Ikated Office Building in Omaha Is
The Bee Building
Don't alt till cold weather; thera ar seversl eholca offices
vaeant now but they never stay empty long. Soma fln offices at
from $15.00 to ItO.OO per rooatb. Including heat, light, water and
Janitor service.
t - Ground Floor,
Dee Building.
C. refers A Co..
fteutl Agents.
a little more than 4 per cent of its toh i They should have to confine themselves to
earnings for the year 19";. Its taxes were
a trifle more than one-twenty-flfth of Its
Bross income. Is It possible that the In
flamed condition of the feneral's mind
has lead him to denounce ns unfair, an
unequal tribute and excessive tuxntlon, the
inJiauJS.a l-x-i- tJ.a.u -am "'-nBSjriTnansillsm T 11 lMWIIHt"w'il' j
land sold very nearly April 1, 13M. and thry
should fo as much before April t as they
are allowed to after that time. In. the i
comparison of values you will notice while
the increase of the Vnlon Tactile for 1!K4 :
! was per crnt ar.d the B. & M. 0.4 per
exaction of only about 4 per cent, or one- cent, the real estate Increased 5T per cent
twenty-fifth of the moss revenue of tho ' " personal properly, imirr man ru
Stick Pins Krenser, 16th and Eodjre.
DROWSY ENGINEER WAS WARY
With Recent Hnppenlnas In Mind, Me
Made Ilellboy Throw Message
titer Transom.
Con Kirk, an engineer on the Union
Pacific who boards al the Murray hotel,
does not propobv to take any chances on
mldniKht or early niornln holdups in the
dark corridors of a hotel. He says all
messages for him will have to be thrown
over the transom. The affair at the Mid
land Saturday night and like affaira dur
ing the last week at two oilier Omaha
hotejs have put Mr. Kirk on his guard.
Purlng the wee small hours of Saturday
morning Kirk 'came In off his run and
went to bed Ho had not gotten fairly
asleep when a telephone call was re
ceived from the depot for Mr. Kirk to take
out an extra train Sunday morning. The
bMl boy ws sent to his room with the
message and after considerable knocking
awakened the sleeplntj engineer.
"What's wanting?"
"Here's a tclt phono call for .you; open
the door."
"I guess not. You hike out. I'm onto
your little game."
"No. sure; this is the real thing. I ain't
no burglar."
"Well, all t Ik 1 it. but oti can just throw
that message over the transom; It's open."
And the bell boy Hred the cull over the
transom.
f'lrrk Vinstlngs went up and assured the
susplclousengineer that this was no holdup
and confidence wns restored.
When Mr. Kirk came down stairs he
denied being particularly scared, but he
aaaeo: y
"All night messages for me corns In over
thc trannom. or they are no go."
gross revenue
railroad which he represents? The resi
dents of towns and cities In this state
who have 'requently paid from 10 per
cent to 4o per rent of the gross revenues
of their properties for the different forms
of public taxation to which they are sub
jected . cunnot fully symputhlxe with the
general In his denunciation of the taxa
tion levied on the Burlington road. Even
should the general's 'road pay in full tho
taxes levied . In If on It, the amount,
as stated by him, would be but a trlnV
over 5 per cent of the proas earnings of
the roud, which could not be considered
"confiscatory."
The total amount of stock of the Bur
lington road outstanding
was I10.nT,fiO. This stock
by the Northern Securities company on
a basis of two dollars for one. which
would make the actual value of the stock
$J21.43i.fli). The total amount of tho
mortgage debt of the Burlington system
at about the same time was 1143,105. 600.
This would make the total value of the
Burlington system M'il.5S3,2eO. The total
nu. nber of miles operated was 7,ni2, which
would give an average value of $45,St!.1..'7
per mil". If. Is possible that the lines of
the Burlington in Nebraska are not wortli
the average value of the entire system,
as considerable portions of the road lie
in older and better settled states, but
some of the other lines are newer and
more poorly settled states, and the local
rates In Nebraska are probably higher
than in the older sections of the country,
so that the average value per mile in
Nebraska would not be very much les
than the average value of
tern.
roads, increased 116 per cent, and In 1!5 tho
I'nlon Pacific was further Increased to 78
per cent and real estate to "0 per cent.
Our personal was Increased to the enor
mous amount of 278 percent.
Again while the amount of the Union
Pacifla's tax for lfltM whs reduced !.4 per
cent and the B. & M. 7.5 per cent, all other
property was taxed 5.2 per cenf more, and
In 1906 the I'nlon raclflc was increased '12.i
percent, the Burlington only 11 per cent; j
all other property w.m lncre"ned ;(2.tl per j
cent. Our Increase in taxes this year Is
caused by the Increase In the state levy
and a very large amount having to be
expended for bridges on account of the Ice
January, lfW, I taking out so many last spring, but C5 or .
was bought In 30 per cent of the Increase could have been .
avoided if the railroads had paid their i
taxes. From the feeling that Is prevailing '
In this vicinity, the railroads are making a
serious mistake and If the same spirit pre- !
vails over the state there will be few ,
officials or legislators with a railroad
affiliation elected for years te come.
E. T. BOWKER.
No place In Omaha sells diamonds (my
own Import), watches and Jewelry as cheap
as A. B. Huhermamrs store, under guaran
tee, 40 years at cor. 13th and Douglas,
Xmas Diamonds Edholm, Jeweler.
or
BOWLER
MEKTS
Tremendous Power
over oonntir t.on. biliousness, etc.. Is
shown In the murvelou cures mads bv
Electric B'tters. SO cents: guaranteed. For
:le by Sherman McConnell Drug Co.
Baroque Tearlr Edholm, Jeweler.
Everything at Hubermann's Jewelry store
Is sold under guarantee hs to lowest price
and best quality, since xf& at 13th'& Doug.
Pure gold wedding rings. Edholm, weler.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Iluse of Norfolk Is at
the Her
City
N A
Grand.
Charles If. V. I'wis of Kansas
passed Sunday at t lie Paxton.
C. t. Hurnha.ni or Norfolk, a prominent
banker of that town, la registered at the
MllUrd.
A. H. Burlington and William Ijine of the
I'nlted Stales army are registered at the
Pax tor)
At the Millard J. E. Welsh. Waterloo
P. Johnson, Arlington; P. U Cuny and
wife. David City.
O. I-. Ackerman. South Omaha R. Kane
and C. NohrnWg. Blair: J. A. Morrison,
Hock Island and J. Heally, Chicago, are
at the Arcade.
T. A. Clements, Wlllwr: K. A. I.ucke and
wife. Butte; A. J. West. Wlsurr: N. J.
Iudl, Wahoo; J. K. hied. Hay Springs;
J T. Pouncher, Norfolk, are guests at the
Merchants.
Captain J. A. Dorse . special recruiting
Cflicer for the navy, slopped between trains
at the Murray hotel. He lias been In
Portland. Ore , and in Sun Francisco for
some time past. He is on iiis way to
asliington.
J. A. Madden of Madiaou is at the Arcade.
He la one of the largest dealers In farm
lands In that sevtion 4 the state. He re
port that everything la In a thriving
condition. l-n.1s nevsr sold as readily in
northern Nebraska as they have this year.
Good farms are preferred everywhere.
T. B. Hord and wife. Central City; E. K
Warren and wife. IJncoln. M Grovs, Mjdl
son; F. U- Whedmi, Kearney; alary w
Bailey, Kearney; W. Chamberlain, Clarka'
C. T. Neal. Lincoln: I. O. Grim. Grand
Island; W. P. Mohr. Spencer; A. H Brown
Lincoln; Ed. Carr. Tccumseh: J. M. Scw'sll'
Healings, are guests at the Murray.
Organisation Decides to Aeeept Mem
bers from Council Bloffa,
The Commercial league of Bowlers met
yesterday afternoon at the Metropolitan
the entire sys- I billiard rooms at Fifteenth and Capitol
I avenue. Seeral matters of business were
I t.nn...... AmAnor Alk... I. .l.r.
The general tells the public that one of mined thai the league would accept mem-
his roads in Butler county was assessed hers from Council Bluffs. Also that any
In 104 at taxable value. K500 per mile- P""" ho may have been a member of
, , .... ,, the Omaha Bowling association might he
real value, f ...oOO per mile; the other was , come a member of the Commercial league
assessed, taxable yalue at IS.500 per mile- hv showing that he had severed his ron-
resl value, I42.5O0 per mile. The averaue ,,' "nn w,,h .'V'' ""oclatlon. At
.... ' .. ' erage the meeting to be held Thursday. December
selling alue of the entire system, by th- 2. the captains of each team must submit
figures given above, was I4S.S63.:" ner mile the names of their members and their
one-tilth of which would be is.172.65, and
all property has gone up since lfUjj, when
the Burlington was sold to Hill.
The general says that ' since las the aver-
qualiflcations for membership mill then be
examined.
It was agreed that the attendance of
ladies as bowlers was to be encouraged.
As It Is the ladies have the hours from
10:30 to li in. each day. A number have
age value of farm landa In Butler county I taken advantage of the arrangement al
has been at leaft $ii0 per acre." Is it not
possible the general is mistaken in this
allegation? He has assured us he could
not, and would not, wilfully misrepresent
the facts. But it is the opinion of this
humble citizen, who draws no salary from
a great railroad corporation, that there
were very few acres In Butler county that
could have ben sold for $ In losg. The
great rise In land values had scarcely be
gun at that time. In the spring of li I
we are of the opinion that comparatively
little land In Butler county was worth
per acre, and even now, when the rough,
rocky, bluffy, pondy and otherwise n
diflerent land Is considered. It may well be
doubted whether the average value of
all lands in Butler county U $60 per acre.
Perhaps, it may be that the statements
made under oath by the county assessor of
Butler county and hi deputies, based
upon a careful, actual Inspection of each
iwtrel of land in the county, are entitled to
equal consideration as to this matter with
the allegations of the paid attorney of the
road. The assessor and his deputies said in
the spring of 1904 that the average value of
land in Butler county was. for taxable pur
poses $030; real value $16.30 per acre, and
we think they are as nearly correct as it Is
practicable to be, from our knowledge of
values In thai county. The general citea
the aseed value of live stock, und items
of personal property in Butler county,
in In staling that it is but one-fifth
of the real value. If the values given by
him were multiplied by five, the showing
would not be so bad. especially when It la
remembered that the values given are for
the good, laid and Indifferent Items of
property, which go to make an average.
The general also states that "not over
per cent ut the live slock of the slate
ver reaches ihe assessment rolls." This
saeius an UMUlst.ua that lu farmers ar
ready and the club makea a bid for more.
No one as yet has succeeded in winning
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