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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1912)
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All are cordially in O vited. r i M ZZ3 ASSESSORS DOQUEER THINGS Unimproved lands Increase at Ex pense of Improved Acres. SECRETARY . SEYMOUR REPORTS Vagarlea of the State Assessment Plan aa It la Carried Oat by the State's Taxing; Body In . Various Counties. . (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 21. (Special.) Secretary Seymour of the state assess ment board 1b busily at work on the assessment records and has proceeded so far aa to be able to give the acre age, value and average of Improved and unimproved lands with the added im provements. As assessors do not seem to use the same rule In regard to im provements on lands, the figures given are not very reliable. The valuation given Is the assessed valuation and not the real value of the lands, being about one-fifth of the real value: The assessed valuation of improved lands in 1912 is given at 1197,776,749 and the acreage 2201,835, an average of $9.33 an acre. The unimproved , lands are valued at $30,964,388, acreage 16,892,942. an average of $1.83 per acre, The Improvements on the above land are placed at $20,527,906. . This gives the. total acreage assessed at 38,094,7777, with a total valuation with improvements of $249,20,045, an average of $6,55. Last year the Improved lands were as sessed ; at $166,461,334 ' on an acreage of 21,619,290, with an average of $7-70. The unimproved at $24,337,095 on an acreage of 14,836,163, an average of $1.64, with im provements thereon assessed at $16,131,617. The 1911 acreage .of both unimproved and improved lands was 36,445,45$, with a total assessment of $206,930,046, an aver age of $5.68. Improved Lands Shrink. According to the above figures there are 417,465 less acres of Improved lands this year than in 1911, but valued at $31,315,415 more or $1.63 per acre more on sn average. There are 2,068,779 more acres of unimproved land than was shown last year, valued at $0,627,29$, an average of $1.83 per acre. The figures for this year show that there are a total of 1,699,324 more acres of Improved and , unimproved land in 1912 than In 1911, valued at $42,338,999, an average of 87 cents per acre. According to the assessment figures Nebraska is therefore bigger than she was last year by over 1,500,000 acres and has kept growth with the cattle, hogs, pumpkins and political parties. It is evident that the assessors this year were a more lively- bunch than the assessors of 1911, but how 60J,000 of acres of im proved land ' could, verge into 2,000.000 acres of unimproved land is pretty hard to understand, as it is hardly possible that the acreage of deeded lands on ac count of homestead patents would make such a difference, neither does It seem possible that' 500,400 acres of improved lands would go into the discard In one year. Governor Aldiich was at Braver Cross ing today delivering an address at an an nual picnic. Omaha Day at Fair. Secretary Mellor received word this morning from the Omaha Commercial club that Wednesday, September 4, had been selected as "Omaha day" at the state fair and that there would be a big crowd down on that day. Mr. Mellor will take up the matter with the .Lincoln Commercial club to see if the latter will take any steps toward receiving their Omaha brethren in an official manner. Members of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings went to Beatrice today to look up some, matters at the institution. Auditor Barton is pulling off a speech making stunt out at Bed Cloud and ex pects to make the old Fifth district know he is on earth before November rolls around. Railway Reqneat Denied. The railway commission has refused to grant a request of the Un'on Pacific rail way for a change in milling in transit regulations, the refusal being on the ground that the change proposed would upset all milling in transit privileges re lating to grain In the state and should not be granted without a hearing at which all inte:eted parties might appear. The commission holds that the conditions do not warrant so drastic a change. Permission-has been granted to the Burlington railway to establish a rate of lOvfc cents a hundred on alfalfa in car load lots, minimum weight 36,000, from Kearney to Omaha, to meet competition of the. Union Pacific railway. The pres ent rate is 14 cents per hundred. Tne road has also been granted permission to make a rate on cider pulp of 6'i cents In carload lots, minimum weight 30,000, from Rulo to Falls City. McCarl Cornea to Lincoln, J. R. McCarl, private secretary to Con gressman Norrls, was at the state house this morning. When asked if he came to Lincoln to attend the conference of the bull moosers, he said he nad heard of no such meeting, but Slmplf tame to Lincoln to take lunch with Harry Thomas, secre tary of the printing board, at the Young Men's Christian association. Mr. McCarl was one of the strong supporters of Frank Corrick for the chairmanship of the Insurgent republican committee, but was defeated by Judge Epperson, who had the support of the governor's ap pointees. As Mr. Thomas Is also an ap pointee of the governor it is possible that that Young Men's Christian association lunch may have been a harmony lunch. CHAIRMAN EPPERSON NAMES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LINCOLN, Aug. 21.-(Speclal.)-Chalr-man Epperson of the counterfeit repub lican committee has given out his ex ecutive committee as follows: First Dlstilct-H. M. Bushnell of Lin coln. Second District Byron G. Burbank of 0;uaha. Third Dlstrlct-C. J. Gariow of Colum bus. Fourth Distr'ct-E. R. Bee of Fal bury. Fifth District I. D. Evans of Kenrsaw. Pixth Dhttict-R. S. Rising of Ains worth. It Is said that Wtll:am Husenetter, stat-i oil Inspector, and the man claimed by Corrick as the one who engineered the deal which resulted in the selection of Judge Epperson for chairman, and the defeat of Corrick, will be one of the vice chairmen of the committee, while R. B. Windham of Plattsmouth and Elmer Ilevelone of Beatrice will probably be selected in a like capacity. No location for headquarters has been secured as yet. Daaareroaa Sara-ery in the abdominal region is often prevented by the use of Dr. King's New Life Pills, the painless purifier. Z3c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. THRESHING MACHINE IS DRIVEN BY ELECTRICITY PALISADE, Neb!, August 21.-(SpeciaI.) For the first time in the hlatory of the state threshing Is being done by elec tricity. The F. C. Knotter company, owner of the local light plant, have ex tended wires into their field about a half a mile from town, and with the assistance of a motor on wheels, will thresh the'en tlre crop of wheat and alfalfa, consisting of 400 or 500 acres by electricity. The light plant is conducted by water power. While the threshing Is going on Palisade will have both'nl?ht and day service. SECOND SURVEY MADE 0NJOV RAILROAD MINDEN, Neb., Aug. 20.-(Special.)-The survey of the Dakota & Gulf rail road is completed today, the surveyors reaching Minden. This Is a relocation of the line from its former survey. The line now laid out will run almost In a north and south line from Franklin to Minden. A good grade was found, better that that formerly surveyed and if the road is built it is an assured fact that it will come to linden. BUSINESS CHANGES INN0RTH PLATTE NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Aug. .-(Special.) Albert Schatz has Just purchased the interests of his partners, Fred GInn and Plat White, in the hnrdware and plumbing business in this city, which has been conducted under the name of Ginn, White & Schatz. This firm also handled furniture and undertaking until recently when the furniture stock was sold to Howe & Maloney and the undertaking business to Derryberry & Forbes. ; Mr. Schatz has been engaged in business here for almost ten years. Attorneys W. T. Wilcox and J. J. Hall Igan have Just returned from their Euro pean trip. They- visited the principal cities of England,' Ireland and Scotland and In France. Notes from Fnirbory. FAIRBURY, Neb.,. Aug. 21.-(SpeclalJ-Mayor Frank E. Ttncher has appointed Robert Dodge chief uf police to succeed Mr. Cooper, resigned. Mr. Dodge for merly held this post several years ago, but through some differences with the city administration resigned. The directors of the Fairbury Chautau qua held another meeting and decided to organize a new Chautauqua association and sell shares at $10 each. Almo.it Im mediately 150 shares were sold to citizens of Fairbury, and another Chautauqua will be held in Fairbury next season. A good smiting rain visited Je(foron county Tuesday and touched tho vicinity of Daykln, in the northwest part of the county, that has experienced a drouth the greater part of the summer. Notes from Oxford, OXFORD, Neb., Aug. 2L-(Special.)-At a recent meeting of the school board, the resignation of W. R. Shroades, Ce darvllle, Ohio, who had been engaged as science and German teacher for the high school for the coming year, was ac cepted and Miss May Moyer, of Uni versity Place, waB selected to fill this position. The school house and grounds are be ing thoroughly cleaned up this week In preparation for the term commencing September 2. Extra laboratory room has been prepared In the basement and the former laboratory will be used as a recitation room exclusively hereafter. Arthur Baldwin, who has been run ning a traction engine south of Halgler, met with a severe accident yesterday afternoon, which will lay him up for some time. His foot slipped when he waa attempting to start the engine, and he fell and broke both arms between the elbow and the wrist. The LeBlanc Mercantile company, which has been operating a large gen eral store here for the past three years, -is packing up, preparatory to moving to Sterling, Colo. Corn still continues to flourish, the rains which fall almost every day keep ing It in fine shape. The prospects now are for the best corn crop-that lias been produced in recent years. Horses Picked I'p by Tornado. WAUSA, Neb., Aug. 21.-(8peclal.)-A tornado passed over the country ten miles west of Wausa on Friday afternoon. Sev eral horses were taken into the air and carried for a distance, and chickens and other poultry carried off by the storm. Fortunately the storm did not strike any of the buildings and the damage waa confined to poultry and crops. Mrs. Charles Uoaloaah, YORK, Neb., Aug. 21.-The funeral of Mrs. Chas. Boslough was held from the home this morning. She was 72 years of age at the time of her death. She was founnd lying dead by her husband, where she had fallen on the floor. Heart trouble was the cause of death. York County Assessment. YORK, Neb., Aug. 21.-The valuation of York county property Is $35,376,875. The total assessed valuation is $9,085,- 907. x f"V nOi ILaA ' ' 1 ' J rr t A m ' Tha outside of the bottle is readily recognized, by the Blatz. triangular label the contents, at once, by that snappy Blatz fragrance and body. Good to look at and indescribably satisfying to the taste. Order a case that you may all enjoy its benefits at home. 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