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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1909)
THE OMAHA DAILY REE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. 1900. Interesting: Information Concerning: Omaha's Social and Business Life! 2 ; i i PEOPLE VOTE LARGER DEBT Confident of Future, Iraprorementt " Ar Demanded. COUBT . HOUSE TAKES MILLION Thli Esoenifitore, with Those tor roving and Bettermeot, Show . I p In Aaaual Statements of ' Cltr mni Cointr. While the bonded debt of the city of Om.iha h been Increased $340,000 and that of the county by tl.OW.OuO during the last year, the Jncreaicd debt was Incurred by the people willingly who wished for better c;liy and county Improvement, and the ye.ir h.ts been a prosperous one. City bonds w. :e vo'.eil for paving and public Improve ments and county bonds were voted for the new court house, all within the year. No 'hoot bonds were voted during the last twelve month period, but during that time $:.'0.H) of these bonda were sold. According to the statement of the city av.a ' eminry treasurer, Frank A. Furay, there wan ..In tho city treasury at the close of business on December 24. IW, a balance amounting to $l.rV43.700.s7. Opposed to this on the other side of the ledger Is the bonded debt, totaling to $6,213,503.99. There Is no outstanding warrant Indebtedness. The school district huts a bonded debt of 4l.f23.OfO. T'ljc col'ections during the year were much belter thHn umihI, over B5 per cent of all re;il mri personal taxoe being collected. In some other yeais It has lx-en a struggle to Ket In 90 per cent of the taxes. The report of the city treasurer for 190$ '.1 U and Including December "4, la as follows: Balnnce Jan. 1. 1VW. .$1.09(1.632.05 Ure a. Ine'dlng Deo. 24. 4, '8,iB3.96 $5,764,566.01 DMnir'em'tft. Includ ing Dec. '.'4 4.220.S63.14 Balance $1',BI3,7U0.87 On flepoHlt In banks..$l,rini.2n7.fi8 Checks for deposit... 40.09S.28 Cash In drawer 2,344. 91-$1.54S,00.87 BONDED DEHT. Binds: Oeneral ... $3,670,000.00 Special . '. . .$834,500.00 Less sinking funds 290,996.01 534,6O3.99-$6,213,603.99 School district bonded debt $i,o?5.ooo.no Less sinking fund.... 233,236.54 $ 791,763.46 Warrant debt Assessed valuation, 1908 $117.412.8!S.df Tnx produced 1.4S9.023.O1 T.us collected 1.42I.W1.99 Real $907,306 13 Personal 517.546.s6 Per cent of real collected $6.07 Per cent of personal collected 85.03 rowed through with passageways, which In stead of having steps are built on the ramp style, in the manner of the CJlralda tower In Seville. Walking up along one of these ramp passageways In the dark, even though It Is broad day outside, the feet strike bricks hollowed cut by the footsteps of four cen turles ahd the shoulders rub against walls that seem also to be marked with the line of other shoulders that are "bonier than ever now. It Is a great change from the brand new town of the middle west,' say, to the Ideals and Ideas of four centuries back. JOBBERS AND THE FACTORIES (Continued from Eleventh Page.) Cement, tile and brick f.onn.oor) Cigars and tobacco l.S'W.rmo Coal and coke S.nnft.ono Creamery packages 2SO,(mk) Crockery 425.000 Dairy products S.Omi.nno Electrical supplies 1,200,000 Dry goods, Including factory prod ucts 8,925.000 Dental supplies WO.OflO Drugs, chemicals and sundries.... S.WiO.OH) Fruits and vegetables 2.2O0,0i0 Furniture and carpets 1,200,000 Flour and feed 2,600,000 Groceries 15.000.0HO Hardware (shelf and light) S.ww.imo Hardware (heavy) l,6M,uno Hats Hnd caps 600,(nn Harness and saddlery l.oooono Jewelry .(K,noo I.umbor 4.10O.OO0 Liquors S.SIO.0IM Auulnery 6X8.000 Oils, lubricating and Illuminating 1.7.i".fl"0 Poultry, eggs, celery, oysters l,800,oo) Paints, oils, glass J,G).ooo Paper K.OOO.OiK) Patent medicines, other than drugs 310.000 Photograph supplies : 125.0H0 Rubber goods 2.000.000 Syrups, Jellies, preserves BdO.fjoo School Supplies 7o,0O) Hash and doors 4Kmi"0 Seds 3noon0 Sporting goods onO.OOO Stock foods l,200,0i Poultry foods, etc 600,000 Surgical supplies 250,000 Wall paper duo.ooo Stoves - 8uo,JO LIBRARY MAKES BIG CAIN Circulate! Over Twenty-Four Thou sand Books More Than 1907. ALL DEPARTMENTS GO FORWARD Maseom Also Makes Rlgr Strides and Is Visited Daring the Year by Nearly Thirty Thoasaad Persons. An Increase In circulation of 24,618 books waa made by the Omaha Publlo Library and Museum In 198 over the year 1907. Other departments of the library alao show big gains, but these tray be regarded as due chiefly to the growth of the city, ac cording to the view of Miss Edith Tobitt, librarian. The Increase In circulation Is, however, far larger In total' and in ratto than Increases of past years. The official figures for the year are as follows; v' BOOK DEPARTMENT. Received by gift 1035 Received by purchase 3,948 Hound periodicals . i Total... i $35.69 The balance In the county treasury was i struck on November 30, 19C8, the report ot J tho year's business to that date being as follows. T;nlnnce on hand. Nov. 80. 1007..$ 331,833 78 A Tx collected to Dec. 1. 1908 832.732.88 Miscellaneous collections 673.7ti2.92 Total $1,738,329.58 DISBURSEMENTS. State Treasurer $ 233.466.42 Count warrants 607.130.43 City of Omaha 1W.6S6.46 City of South Omaha ;. 12,6.19.62 School districts 182,7X3.77 Redemptions, etc , . 183,621.21 I. end sinking fund, invested ' county warrants 46,447.78 S82.754.8S Balance, November 30, 19U8.. Total '..$1,738,329.58 After revelwlng the year's work Treas urer Furay has come to the conclusion that a few changes In the laws of the state would be beneficial to the taxpayer and niuke the following r--ommendatlons to the Incoming legislature: Create a 'redemption fund. Levy one-half mill luinu.illy on all tax ablu proiK-rty for redemption fund, pro ceeds to be Invested In general warrants of me city or tx mis general or special upon npiM'oval of mayor and council, ivht limitation to be based upon per centage of valuation. Halo of Interest on warrants, general and special, reduced from 7 to 5. All loaally !-vied taxes to be Incon ti'Mlblo upon the expiration of one year after date of approval by proper officials. Provide for the Issuance of bonds In coupon or registered form. The. making of our taxes Incontestlble would obvlute the lasuunce of general re newal bonds to retire special assessment bonds.. Amend Section 190, line 10 to 11 to read 60 pvr cent aw EASY LIFE FOR THE FIREMAN In the Blissful Cltr of Carlageaa Tw Fires In About Seventy ' i Years. The city of Cartagena, In the republic f ' Colompla, la one spot where the business of being a fireman la no great drain on the nervous ay stem. If Informants tell the truth there have been two fires in Car tagena In the last seventy years. One man who now Is growing old says hi J father remembers as a small bry when a house in the town was burned. That ill u accident. The other fire, which happened recently, say about a dosen years ago, was believed to have been of Incen diary origin. But these fires did not de stroy the houses In which they happened, becauae the houses are built of stone. All that can burn la what Is Inside. This felicitous state of affairs Is as cribed by some of the Inhabitants to the Influence of San Pedro Oaver, a priest of Cartagena couplo of centuries back, who within the last ten years was made a saint Those who look at the city through other eyes get the Idea that the absence of tem poral fires Is aacribable to the easy house keeping of the natives. Aa In all other places about the Colom bian coast, clothing la not a, requisite until the children are well advanced In age. The house are open and there Uift any very pressing need of fires. lQven the cemetery out toward I. Pop hill I a most openwork place. It la hard toi ' imagine anything less kept up than that cemetery. Most of the burials were done by putting the coffin Into a section f the brick wall about the graveyard uid then heading up the hole with bricks. Apparently from, time to time someone afflicted with curiosity ha . visited the cemetery and has pulled away some ot the brick. A a result, many ot the sections II exposed to the day. with a few dusty plank of coffin, fallen all to gether, - showing to the view. An occa sional bone la all that give token that a biunaa botng was buried there. There due not appear to be any fancy for bury liur In the ground. When you get to Cartagena, Engl la h peaking folk are apt to let you know bout tho time that Admiral Vernon, the 12igllshman, attacked the city In day gone by, with Laurence Washington, G. V. brother,1 In hi coropany. And from that association, you are Informed, came to bo tho namo of Mount Vernon for the AVashlngton place In America. II la an anulent place. Cartagena, going on oa year of ago, and It looks every bit of It. Someone ha called the city "more Spanish than a Spanish town." and that appear to be true. For one thing, It Is a walled towit, and that sort of thing Is apt to bo new to any visitor from the United State. Tho streets are typically narrow and practically wtthout sidewalks. The great walls about the city are bur- Total $92,J27,000 Factories Hold Up Iteeord. Manufacturing for the year fell below last year only by a small amount, the estimate being last year that $220,000,000 worth of product were made In Omaha: Packing house $114,600,000 Alfalfa foods 7oO,0K) Bags and products 1,600 ono Boilers and tanks 700 000 Boots and shoes CtiO.OiiO nr,,r 3.684,000 "r"i nnn naiery products 1,nniK) Brick and tile 2.000.000 ..... .u tilllaflie t,m Butler S.SSo.noo 1 'm TiiiKt'S and wamtia HMnfA Crackers liH'inoo 1 lulning , 2,675,000 Clothing (skirt and women wean 9vtflon Confectionery 1.25D.OHO Cornice work loo.ooo r urs 275.0(0 Fence, wire 25.000 Foundry products, castings and brackets Knfronn Furniture 4").O'i0 Ice cream 38,OiK Iron and steel, structural ami.ooo Jewelry 125,000 leaa and shot 110,000 Liquors (other than malt) 4,520,000 Malt products &10.0110 Optical goods 100,000 Kami, mixed 25.000 Proprietary articles aoooon Publishing 1,000,000 Harness and saddlery 300,000 Soap 900.000 piiock ana poultry rood 800,000 White lead W.ooo Vinegar 190,000 woodwork, planing mill 500.000 Whips 300.000 Motor cycles 12.000 Cement blocks and products 160.000 Cooperage SSO.ooO Wood and paper boxes 200.000 Washing machine 60,000 Trunks and valises 25.000 Bearings and automobile supplies 10.000 Incubators and supplies 150.000 Flour 4O0.000 Flour and feed 600,000 Union Pacific Shops Motor cars 229.3S8 j.4tnor and material on cars, lo comotives, etc 1.94359 Smelter r. ... .34,953.236 Street cars 72.000 Other products 4.000,000 FIRES FEWER AND LOSS LESS Good Showing; for Omaha and the De partment In Protecting: Life and Property. Chemist Norman Hsndrlckson, laboratory Helper James Wallln and Mrs. K. A. Mc Clure, stenographer. With a fire loss of only $183,403, as against $208,134 for the year 1907. or a reduction of about 12 per cent, the year just closed ha been both fortunate and exceptional In that line. There also have been fewer large fire and only one with a loss of more than $10,000, that ot the Moltne Plow com pany, In which the loss was $56,764. More over, thla has been accomplished by the fire department with a force of men only slightly larger than that of 1907, the dls- j clpllne and efficiency ranking high., During the year a steam engine for No, S engine houne and a hose wagon for the new fire company at Twenty-seventh and Jones streets have been added to the equipment of the department. The latter fir barn was the only new one occupied during the year. Four persons met death from flra during the year, and In every case It was the clothes of the person catching fire In some manner, not the burning of a sur rounding building or room, that resulted In death. Twenty-three citizens were In jured or burned by fire and twenty-four firemen burned or hurt while on duty. No firemen were killed or burned to death during the year. Twenty-seven horses were burned to death In various fires. Starting with a force of 173 men at the first ot the year, 1908, six men have been dismissed, six have resigned, one ha been placed on tho pension list and twenty-one have been hired, making tho present en rollment 181. There are alxty-one horse employed In the department. Between 3 and 4 o'clock In the afternoon I the hour when most fire occurred. fifty-two happening at that time ot day, and the. hour after that came next with forty-six , fires. Saturday proved most pro llflo tor biases, 107 being the record, and Tuesday did almost as good with 106. The month of October had more fires than any other. wlt,h ninety-five. Sixty fire oc curred for which no cause could be as signed and there were more fires of this kind than of any other single cause. Burn ing rubbish and children playing with matches each caused forty-eight tires. Plans worked out by Clrief Salter durlna the year; but not yet realised, contemplate the placing ot hose companies and hook and ladder companies at Twenty-first and Laks street and In the vicinity of Twenty fourth street and Ames avenue. A tiro house ha already been built at the former location. These figure how the work accom plished by the officer and men of the de partment during the last year: Number of alarm nj Value of building where tires occurred $6.003 916 Value ot contents ,'2,7 6 Tqtal books received :6,3i An lncreasx over 19u7 of 903. Books in foreign Mnauaices. including German, French, Danish and Swedish, were purchased to the number ot S15. Medical books, purchased irom tne tuna provided by Urn omaba, Douglas County Medical association, &H. Reference books received, 1R4. Total accesnluns to date, 99,102. Total withdrawn to date, 18,820. Toltil number of books In library, 80,282. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. Adult department ; . .152.018 Children's department w 45,763 School department 53,oU Paper box factory , Union Pacific shops 470 Old People's Home 298 Social Settlement (200 volumes depos- . ited fceptembur, 108 no record of circulation) Total circulation, 19 262,923 An Increase over 1907 of 24.515. Number of photographs circulated, 8,500. MEMBERSHIP AND REGISTRATIONS. New registrations 8.S2C Re-regiBtration (to replace cards on which the time limit ot. tlirea yeais has expired) 1,68$ Total registrations 6,015 Total number of memberships 13,627 (the total number of cards exceeds this num ber, as each borrower may have two for his use). READING ROOM. Daily newspapers received 20 Periodicals received , 183 Public documents deposited in the reading room .6,667 Bound volume of newspapers 467 Patent Olflce reports 310 Drawings and specifications of the Pat ent Office 7i9 Visitors to the reading room.... ...... .42.139 An in create In the number of visitor over 1907 of 2,272. REFERENCE ROOM. Number ot books deposited (Including sets of oerlodlcals Indexed In Poole). Visitors 27,137 Increase over 1907, 2,422. SCHOOL. DEPARTMENT. A collection of books numbering 3.500, et apart and used only in the schools, both pumic ana private. MEDlCAti DEPARTMENT. (Partly maintained by a fund received from the Omaha, Douglas County Medical association.) . Book . ....1,218 Periodicals 2S Circulation 4... 884) BYRON REED COLLECTION OF COINS, MAIS L SCRIPTS AND RARE BOOKS. Visitor .. , 8,448 Book Ufced for reference , . Siki MUSEUM, i visitor .'. .29,537 BINDERY. Number' of books bound and rebound 6,173 LECTURE ROOM. ; Beating capacity 125 The use ot this room Is free to all edu cational organisations not charging a fee for admission to its meetings. Classes and clubs which have met rem larly during 1908: Old Settlers' association, Graduate Nurses' association, Esperanto classes afternoon and evening, Omaha So ciety of tne Fine Arts, Literary class. State university, extension course; Teachers Training class, library course; "Story nour, ior i ne umuna fuonc uorary; jew Ish Bible class. GIFTS AND LOANS. (A full list will be given In the annual report, only the most important here.) 8tereoptlcon slides presented by the Omaha Society of the Fine Art 609 Slides loaned by F. L. Hal'ler ,. 74 Slides loaned by a. M. Hitchcock.... 103 oreign photographs and postal oards to be used for circulation, presented by Mr. L. S. Reed 1,756 Musee Francals, four volumes; Robert' Holy Land, three volumes; Robert's Egypt ana rvuDia, mree volumes, ana several arti cles for the museum, presented by C. N, Dletx. Collection of minerals, presented by Eras- ius xoung. LARGER MAILS. MORE CLERKS Increase la Railway Service Call for Greater M amber of Postmen. Owing to the Incrensed malls In tronMt during 1908 additional clerks were appointed and detailed to lines west of the Missouri river In the Omaha district as fol ows: Omaha tt Ogden, trains t and 10, exclusive mall trains, six clerks between Omaha and Cheyenne; two clerks between Omaha and Kearney. On Omaha & Ogden division, trains 11 and 10, one clerk, extending the helper runs from Columbus to ar.inl Island. Omaha and Grand Island tiana Ncs. 27 and S8, one additional clerk, allowing tlireu clerks to the line. Omaha and McFarland train, one clerk, allowing three clerks to each four crew between Omaha and Mc Farland, Kan., on trains Nos. 17 and 60 and 69 and 18. Omaha and Chadron. trains Noi. and 6, one clerk, allowing three helpers to the line between Omaha and Norfolk. Valparaiso and Beatrice and Omaha and uburn lines, one relief clerk, thus permit- tin the regular clerks for those lines one- fourth time off for rest and study. At Union station, Omaha, one clerk addi tional was detailed as pouch clerk to Insure n accurate and complete check on all pouches of first-class matter received and dispatched from that station. One additional clerk" has also been as- Igned to the office force of the chief clerk of the railway mall service, making a total Of five detailed to office duty, two having been added during the last two years, or since tho new territory ha been arlded to the Omaha district Involving the necessity for greater clerical force. In 1906 nbout 165 clerks were under the direct supervision of the Omaha office, hore at the present time the read forces, transfer clerks, detailed at' stations and ubstltutes number about 240. This does not Include tho clerks employed on lines in other districts, many of whom resldo in Omaha and Council Bluffs, RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY Less Than One-Third of Applicants for Service Fas the Examination. There were 676 applications for enlist ment In the regular army of the United States at the Omaha recruiting station and ubstatlons during the year. Of this num ber 222 were accepted and formally en listed and 454 rejected. The rejections were for general unfitness, aliens, Imperfect knowledge of the English language, de formity, mental and moral deficiencies, minors and over age. About 8 per cent of the enlistments were re-enlistments. The recruits were taken for all branches of the army service, the general preference being for the Infantry branch. The average of enlistments and acceptances were about nineteen per month. MARITAL CONDITIONS BETTER Fewer Divorced and More Married In Nebraska Darin I.Ht Year Than la ieOT. Sensitive Nebraakans who blush when ever the so-called lax Nebraska divorce law Is mentioned can find some comfort in a comparison of the divorce and mar riage licenses statistics for the last two years. Five fewer divorce suit were filed last year than there were the year before and sixty-eight more marriage license were issued in 18 than there were In 1907. The ratio of one divorce to three and a half marriages Is thus maintained within small fraction. ine marriage license clerk made a new record, 1,883 licenses being Issued to 1,81 in 1907. which was the highest mark reached at that time. In 1907 629 dlvorc suit were filed, while In 1908 there were only 624. The number of marriage licenses Issued by month I a follow: January 14 July Ill February Hi August 134 132 Sepie nber March April 112 October 1 way j(x November 1 June 2W December lbO Total i.tgj May holds the record as a divorce month with fifty-three suits filed, while July is close second, with fifty-two. The record by months I as follows: 52 SS August 46 43 September 4$ .. 47 October 3 .. 63 November 39 .. 42 December tt POSTOFFICE RECORDS GAIN Big Increase in Business Over Total of Last Year. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT SHOWN Three Hundred Clerks and Carrier Show Perfect Record for Honesty , and Sobriety Daring Twelve Months Jnst Over. The work of the Omaha postofflce during the year 1908 shows a remarkable increase over that of preceding years and is given herewith In detail. Postmaster B. F. Thomas said In refer ence to the Increase of the work: "It is not only gratifying to tho postofflce force, but is an Index of the great In crease of all lines of business In Omaha during the last year. No department of the federal service comes closer In touch with the public than the postofflce. It is tho pulse of the business activity of the community. It comes Into daily contact with the homes, places of business and of fices of the people. "I am free to say that there Is not a moro Intelligent, holiest and Industrious class of pcopla In tho country than the operating force of the Onyiha postofflce. During tho yenr there has not been a rcandal traced to any one of the 300 clerks, carriers and employes connected with this office, and neither has a suspicion of dis honesty been directed against a single om. of the Omaha pisloffice force. We are all more than satisfied with the year's work, even though It has been one severe and trying to every employe of the de partment." Official Record of Yenr. A statement of business transacted at the postofflce In all departments during the year Is as below: MONEY ORDER BUSINESS. 1907. 1908. No. Amount. No. Amount. Issued.. 9U.508 11,023,922.14 9-1.811 $1,07,840.47 Paid ...332.105 Rt'mlt.. 30,669 3.001.945.19 347,S.r.8 4,559,663.83 81,002 3,312,976.8.1 4.320272.84 Totals $8,585,631.16 $8,692,089.14 Increaso of business over 1907, $106,657.98. STAMP SALES. Total sales In 1907 $735,194.58 Total sales In 1908 808,389.29 Increaso of sales over 1907 ...$ 73,194.71 REGISTRY BUSINESS. 1907. 1908. Inc. Letters and parcels reg istered 75,012 80,000 4,988 Letters and parcels de livered 127.750 1J8.2SO 630 Reg, pouches received... 16,005 18,170 2,165 Reg. piickages received In ame 312.334 358,917 46.583 Reg. pouches dispatched 15,6u2 17,431 1,829 Reg. packuges dispatched in same 283.019 530,814 47.796 Million of Letter Mailed. MAIL MATTER ORIGINATING AT AND DISPATCHED FROM THIS OFFICE. Number of pieces distributed and forwarded by clerks In mailing di vision during the year 1908 85,745,413 SPECIAL DELIV'Y STAMPS AFFIXED. Letter or parcels $6,283 REDISTRIBUTION. Pouches and sacks received from foreign postofflces contents of which were redistributed by clerks In mailing division , 45,390 TRANSIT. Pouches and sacks passing through this office and handled by clerks In our mailing division 66,833 DELAYED MAIL MATTER. Pouches delayed In trnnslt and con tents redistributed by clerks In mailing division 2,191 CLERKS AND CARRIERS. Number of clerks, carriers, substi tutes and messengers employed in postofflce In 1907 2S9 Same In 19 Zs3 Increase Number of railway mall clerks paid at Omaha postofflce in 19o7 Same in 1908 Increase Number of rural mail carriers paid by Omahn postofflce In 1907 Same In 1908 Increase 24 ?06 220 9 970 OUTPUT 0FTHE SMELTER Total for the Year teaches the Value of Thlrtr-Fonr Million Dollar. The output of the American Smelting and Refining company at Omaha show a con siderable loss ovr last year when the value of the output was $17,460,871. This la accounted for In several ways. At the close of last year there wa a demand for money and minerals were rushed to the market to be converted Into cash. Tho lprice is also off this year, so that al though in some cases the quantity Is al most us great as last year, the money value, is less. The following table shows a comparative statement ct the value ot rach metal for the two years: 1908. 1907. Gold $ 9,900,475 $15,42.823 Sliver Lead Copper .., VUrol ... Total 11,551.615 9,787,9: 3,416,875 290,875 14.864.324 12,674.75'4 3.933.765 445.218 ...$34,953,235 $47,400,871 LIGHTER CITY THAN EVER Omahn Was Brilliant Daring; the Year and Will Keeep On BelngT. While Omaha Is not a large as some cities, tt Is as well lighted as most of them and is getting lighter every day or night. During the year 1908 more street arc lights were Installed than in any one year since tho atreet lighting system was inaug urated and in the year just closed over one eighth ot all the street arc lights In the city were placed. There are now In the city of Omaha 950 arc lights maintained on the streets by the city and 119 ot these were Installed during 1908. City Electrician Michaelsen reports the receipts of his department for the year to have been $4,653.85. During the year 3,614 Inspections of electric wiring were made and 2,151 applications received. ASSESSMENT ROLL LARGER Increase of Two Million Dollars in Heal Estate. PERSONAL SHOWS FALLING 0FI Influence of Distribution of Coont Crelahton Estate Still Felt In This Connection by tbo Connty. An Increaso f a little less than $2.O00,0Oi has been added to the assessment rolls ol Douglas county during the last year. Tti added assessment Is all In the real estatt column, the personal assessment showlni -a decrease of $261,000. This decreaso Is held to be due partly tt the disappearance from the rolls of tht bulk of the estate of the late Count Crelgh toa, which was distributed early last year, The figures for roal estate show an In crease of $2,193,000. The amount to be raised for county pun poses has Increased over $90,000, while thi amount for state purpose lias decrease $12,000. The following table shows the as sessment valuation of Douglas count property for the last ten years at one-flftl of the value: Banks and Total Total Real Total Railroads. Persona1. Estate. Ass't, 190B ..$2.632,9t5 $11,393,431 $23,056,629 $34,448.09 1!7 .. 2.3W,616 11.8S3.KK3 20.863.375 82,616.201 1906 .. 2.177.82 1 0,540, 2T6 20.092, Hi K3 SO.KU.UV 1M05 .. 2.219,106 lo.167.001 19.645,431 29,818,431 1904 .. 2.1110,937 9.47H.44IH 19.384,2.1 28,82,6-J! 19i3 .. 1,466.675 6.972,849 lS.lffl.iTi'S 25.M.793 1902 .. 1.474.841 6.750,012 IX. 143.328 25,38,181 1901 .. 1,11)7, 37ft 4.521,327 17.860,465 22,381.792 1900 .. 1.29S.025 4.4.3.213 17,262.730 21,746.973 1899 .. 1.236,211 4.3X2.603 17,243,611 21,626,214 VALUATION. 1908. Ordinary personal Banks Railroads Telegraph companies Telephone companies Private car companies Express companies Street railway companies Oas company Water company Electric Light company .$ 6.499.806 . 971.701 . 1,668.854 28.400 . 241. m 7.551 19,673 . 1,230,00(1 7H0.000 700,00) 432. I Total personal $11,392,431 Lands $ 4.823.48J Lots 18,232.147 Total real estate $23,056,629 Mills. Am't Raised. State levy 6.25 $215,300.37 County levy 14.5 603,939.35 Outside ot Omaha $126,062.60 was raised for school purposes and village taxes amounting to $22,629.64 were also levied. These are exclusive of terminal taxes.' The amount to be raised for city purposes in Omaha Is $1,636,000, exclusive of the tax on terminals, which, will amount to about $100,000 more. There la no case on record of a cough, cold or la grippe developing Into pneu monia after Foley' Honey and Tar has been taken, as It cure the moot obstlnata deep seated cough and colds. Why take enythlng else. For sale by all druggists. January 43 July reoruary .... March April , May June .' Total -.624 Total $8711 Los on building $ 69.621 Los on conteuts , 123.7&2 Total loss $ US. 40$ Total amount of Insurance on threatened property $5,711,534 loss Insurance over Iajss to insurance Los not insurej. 6,5'DI 4." 173,076 10.327 Rigger, Better. BuaUr That' what ad vertising in The Bee doea for your bust-l.es. FEDERAL OFFICES ARE ADDED Special Inspector Treasury Depart ment and Pare Food Laboratory Gained Throagh Vnele Sam. Two new department have been Installed In the federal building during the year 1908. The first was the establishment ot the headquarter of special Inspector for the Treasury department, covering several western states. The Inspector In charge I N. R. Btansel. The Omaha office is on of the three recently established In the west, the other being at Kansas City and Den ver. Mr. Btansel has been trsnsferred to Washington and will be succeeded In Omaha by Ceorge B. Rice. Mr. Rice will take charge January 4. The other new department that Omaha ha gained, the installation of which ha just been completed at a cost of $4,00) on tho fourth floor of the big building, Is the government pure food laboratory. The laboratory Is under the charge of Chemist a. H. Ross. II is assisted by Assstant Make - - coal-bills migrate ! The art of flying is not new to coal -bills. Sur prising, isn't it, how often they alight in a winter if you are suffering the ills and paying the bills of old fashioned heating? If coal-bills could reason, they would wonder why you permit them to keep on in creasing their number so fast when the whole heating ques tion is so easily and economically settled for once and all by jL J MERICANx 1 PATMATHDC CX. jr ht With these outfits for Hot-Water, XAJL Low - Pressure Steam, or Vacuum Tn finer vnn ran make one lumo of .BOILERS coai 0 the WOrk of two give off double the volume of heat. 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