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Figures at Doane College Commencement
COMPLAINS OF FARM YALUES
Union Pacific Urgss that Western
Land is Evading Taxation.
ARGUMENT IN SUPREME COURT
Testimony llml Hce.n Prmrniril In
dicating (hnt rtnniM Wfrr PnjInK
, Morf In Proportion Thnn
AVere t'nrmcr..
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, June IS. - (Special.) - The
proposition whether the Union Pacific
Railroad company is paying more than
Its prop'ortlonnte share of the taxes In
certain counties In the state was before
the lupreme court today, being brought
on an application for a writ of manda
mus made by the railway company In a
case entltucd state of Nebraska In re
lation to the Union Pacific railway com
pany against the counties of Lincoln.
Keith, Deuel and Cheyenne.
Bdson nich, "appearing Tor the I'nlon
Paclfio company, said th'at the company
m Paying taxes on more than a J100,
000,000 valuation In this state, Jn the
county of Keith the valuation put upon
Its forty-one miles of double track was
H12.500 a mile, and on Its forty-two miles
of branch lino I2J.000 per mile, and was
so fixed by the State Board of Equaliza
tion. In the county of Keith, which he Fald
was a sample of the other three counties,
the valuation placed upon land In 1912
was $5 per acre: In 1313, .35, and In
1914 the same. The fair valuation on
thle land was not less than 17 per acre,
according to figures prepared by the
company, -which was about 31H per cent
of the market value and was a gross In
justice to other taxpayers In the state.
The railway commission In Its valua
tion of farm lands placed the lands of
Keith county at 17 per acre. The United
States census bureau placed the valua
tion In 1910 at J16.43 per acre. The Union
Padflo, rtallway company pays 52.9 per
cent of the taxes of Keith county.
To Honse mhllc Notice.
In his argument before the court Mr.
Itlch said that the suit was brought
against these four counties for the pur
pose of arousing public Interest in the
Inequality methods used In taxation. No
tice had been served on theb oard last
week that the company desired a re
vocation of the lands of Keith county
but the request -was denied.
The company offered to furnish the
help necessary to send out the notices
to the parties who owned the land which
was undervalued, but the offer had not
been, accepted.
When asked by one of the Juditcs what
system had been used to arrive at fhe
value of the farm lands of the county
JIr. nich produced an abstract of several
hundred tracts of land which showed the
price at which the pieces had been sold,
showing that these tracts had been un
dervalued about 60 per cent. Se said
that when he had called the atention of
the county boards to the low valuation
placed on the land that they had ad
mitted that the valuation was too low,
but justified it, by saying that oher
couniea were In the saroa position.
Ilncked Bp A hy; . Heed.
The valuatolon placed upon the land by
Commissioner Reed of Uje State Railway
commission, accordlnc to Mr. Rich, was
of such a high order of efficiency that
Mr. Reed's work had been recognized by
the Interstate Commerce commission and
he had ben calld to a position of Import
ance with the national commission and
tho valuation of lands placed under his
charge. The report of Mr. Reed was al
most identical with the valuation placed
upon the lands by the railway company
and was an Idincation that the conten
tions made that the valuation of the
land as made by the county assessors
was too low.
Mr. fllch also called attention to the
manner In which tho State Board of Agrl-
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in Funerals
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sultatio n
room no
one present but the person in
charge and the immediate
family.
Strict privacy is maintained in
the room where the loved one
is laid. When the funeral is
held in our chapel the relatives
sit in the adjoining mourners'
room unobserved, but with the
entire ceremony in full view.
All funeral liveries use a pri
vate driveway leading to an
entrance unseen from the
street.
Relatives of the deceased may
use our private guest room,
free of charge.
OPERT EMBALMER5 & FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Telephone Douglas 390
24th and Dodge. Reached by
Harney and Cross Town Lines
THE
TALK OF
THET0W.
culture through Its publicity bureau gath
ered stat'stlcs He said that valuations
of land were gathered from precinct as
sessors of each county by blank forms
furnished by the bureau The report of
this bureau showed the lands of Keith
county nnd the other counties In contro
versy were placed at $15 an acre, yet for
taxation purposes thcte same assessors
had turned In a valuation of only Jo on
the same land.
Difference In Knat.
Inansw er to a question by onef the
members of the court. If all counties
showed' the same condition, Mr. Rich re
sponded, that counties In the eastern por
tion, of the state, or at least somo of
them, were assessed on lands at 90 per
cent of their value, while In the western
portion some counties ran as low as 30
per cent.
He referred to a statement mode by C. J.
Smythe of Omaha, when he was attorney
general of tho state, that the railroads
aid more thun their proportionate share
of the taxes as being one man who was
not afraid to tell the truth regarding the
manner In which the corporations were
taxed.
Speculative Vnlnrs.
Senator Hoagland of North Platte, ap
pearing for Lincoln county and the other
counties, said that valuation of lands In
those counties were speculative values
placed upon the land by real estate men
and tho prices showed in the abstracts
gathered by the rallroadB did not show
tho true value. He cited several In
stances where Lincoln county land hart
Veen sold at sheriff's sale at $1 per aero
and a tract owned by the Union Pacific
railroad comprising 21,000 acres which
had sold for JlOO.OOO and the company had
to take It back. He thought that the.
prices showed covered third class land,
some of which was owned by himself
which he would .sell for 2 per acre, but
nobody took him up.
Mr. Hoagland denied the statement by
Mr. Rich that the Union Pacific road
had become domesticated and Insisted
that the road was not assessed at Its
value,, but was worth considerable more.
He charged; that trie road had addod Im
provements to Its yards at North Platte
aggregating $760,000, yet the valuation
of the road had not been Increased. He
believed that the valuation of the road
should be Increased to' three times Its
present valuation for taxation purposes.
Nebraska,
LITTLE GIANT AND BRYAN OUT
Leaders of Democracy Said to Have
Had Real Misunderstanding.
BERQE IB VERY MU0H MIFFED
Derlnren Hint He Una (ilren TV'ny
In Pnt fnr Metrnlfe nnd (tlhrm,
lint They Are Mot lle.elp
rorntlnsr Now.
V. O. AUUhiy.
Former Secretary
On Visit to State
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. June 15.-(SpeciaI.)-John C.
Allen, former secretary of stata t Ne
braska, with Airs. Allen and two sons,
John C, Jr., and Theodore D., visited tho
state house this morning and looked over
the scenes of former days.
-Mr. Allen was secretary of state in 1801
to 1S33 and eighteen years ago left Ne
braska for Monmouth, 111. .where he on
gaged In mercantile business, which he
has continued to the present time. He is
making the trip from his home to Ne
braska via Kansas City and Omaha by
automobile and Is much impressed with
the advancement Nebraska, has made
during the years of his absence.
WHEAT FIELDS UNDER
WATER NEAR GRAND ISLAND
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. June 15.
(Special.) Another heavy rain during
Saturday night, the third one In as
many days, has added to the already
swollen creeks and the floods of the
lower lands, and It Is feared that great
damage will be done to' the splendid
stands of wheat and oats. Some wheat
fields are reported a foot under water,
and Prairie creek and Silver creek, seven
and three mle& north of the city resepec
tlvely. are one. body of water, in many
places. The fear Is that even If the
waters quickly recede there will be diffi
culty in working the heavy binders. In
the northwestern part of the county hall
did great damage (or a strip four miles
long and from a quarter to half a mile
wide.
ARMY W0RMS INaTfALFA
FIELDS NEAR TABLE ROCK
TABLE ROCK, Neb.. June K.-(Special.)
The presence of army worms In alarm
ing numbers Is canting some uneasiness
among the farmers of this vicinity. In a
majority of Instances, thes worms have
first made their nppcarance In the fields
of alfalfa, where they are found In great
numbers. After the alfalfa fields have
been harvested, they attack all crops In
the vicinity. Owing to the rains and a
hot sun of. the last few days they are
materially decreeing. In many fields of
alfalfa the second cutting has been de
layed by the cutting off of the "hew
sprouts by the pests close to the ground.
ItoaiU Par Taxes.
LINCOLN, Neb., June. 15.-?Speclal )
Two large checks for the payment of oc
cupation taxes reached the office of Sec
retary of State Walt todav. Each was for
$2,500 and were remitted by the Burling
ton and Missouri Pacific railways.
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Beatrice Judge
Rejects Evidence
of Bloodhounds
BEATntCK. Neb., June 15. (Spcelat.)
Fred Reler, a farmer living near Cort
land, was given a hearing Saturday be
fore Judge Walden on the charge of steal
ing fifteen bushels of oats from Herman
Otoo, a neighbor. The court discharged
the defendant at the close of tho hear
ing. Bloodhounds from this city jwro
used In following the trail, whlcn ended
at Reler's home. The court, In render
ing its decision, did not consider the evi
dence of the hounds relative to the trail
followed by them.
Mrs, Llrzlc Hroeh, a pioneer resident of
Barneston, died suddenly Saturday, morn
ing at the home of her daughter, Mm.
Joseph Shalla, aged seventy-eight year.
She" is survived by three sons. Funeral
services were held today, and interment
was in the YVymore cemetery.
A. H. Peters, a former resident of the
Cortland vicinity, was killed by a bolt
of lightning in a barn at his home near
Fort Morgan, Colo., recently. He wis
nearly eighty yearn of age, and resided
In Gage county for many years betoro
going to Colorado. .
In a suit brought by Mrs. Mary Hill
of San Francisco, formerly of Beatrice,
against Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hilt, to se
cure the custody of her little son, Judge
Pemberton found for the defendant and
ordered that the child be retained by Its
grandparents.
Blue River Runs
High Result of Rains
BEATRICE, Neb June 15.-(.Speclal
Telegram.) As a result of the heavy rains
the last few days the Blue river today la
twelve feet higher than normal and is
overflowing Its banks In places. .The
government rale cause showed 1,25 lnchnj
of rainfall today. Crops have not ye
been damaged and were never better in
the history of the country.
DEATH RECORD.
Aaron Waits.
AUBURN, Neb.. June 15.-(Speclal.)-Aaron
Waltz, an old-time citizen, and
one of the early settlers of the county
died yesterday evening at his home In
this city. He came to this county in
1S64 and located on a farm eight miles
southeast of here, where he resided un
til a few years ago when he moved lo
town. He was twice married, and is
survlvved by his wife and nine children.
All are here to pay their last respects.
Some from California, some from Colo
rado, some from Oklahoma and the
others from the different parts of this
state. Mr, Waits had passed the four
score mark, and was one of Auburn's
successful citizens In every sense of the
word.
Mrs. Phlln A. Martin.
TABLB ROCK, Neb., June 15 -(Special.)
Funeral services for Mrs. Phila A. Mar
tin, who died Thursday evening, were held
at the Methodist Episcopal church Bun-
day at 2 p. m. and the Interment was In
the Table Rock cemetery. Mrs. Martin
had lived In Nebraska almost fifty years
and was "0 years old. She is survived by
five children: Dr. Roy Martin of Las
Vegas, New:. Frank Martin of Omaha:
Dr. Charles Martin, who has Just grad
uated from a medical schol at Philadel
phia; Mrs. F. M. Linn of Kansas City,
and Mrs. R. H. Norrls of Upton, Wyo.
Dnmnsre by Storm at Itarrnns,
RAVENNA, Nob., June 15.-(Speclal.)-
For the third night in succession Ra
venna was In the midst of a storm. Sun
day morning between 1 and 2 o'clock It
broke with the fury of a hurricane, and
yesterday morning the streets and side
walks were obstructed wlthSroken trees
and debris. Much damage was done by
tho wind. During the three days 'almost
flvo Inches of rain has fallen, and. the
Loup and Beaver rivers, which Join
within a mile of Havenna, are running
bank, full. Such a storm period has not
prevailed at Ravenna for many years.
Two Annelmo Wedding.
ANSELMO, Neb., June 15.-(Speclal.)
Ray Tlerney and bride arrived .In An
selmo yesterday and will be at 'home to
their friends after July 1 In their cottage
on South Scott street. They were mar
rled in Bnken Bow on Wednesday at tho
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Willing.
Mr. Thomas P. Mulllns and Miss Betty
Ray were married In Brewster, Neb.,
June 12. Mr. Mulllns. Is a son of Dr. Mul
llns of Broken Bow and has been In
charge as principal of tho Anselmo school,
while Miss Ray was raised in this community.
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H(evennn-Meti.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. June 15.
(Speclal.) On Sunday occurred the. wyl-
ding of Deputy County Clerk Oliver Stev
enson and Miss Maud Metz, both of ihl
city. The bride la the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. .Henry Metz. Is highly edu
cated and for a number of years was a
teacher In the public schools. The groom
Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Stay-
enson. They will make their home at
Nebraska City,
Dr. Kin it' a New I.lfe Pill.
cured Mr. K. M. Goodloe, Dallas, Tex., of
malaria and biliousness. Bost reinilatne
of liver, stomach and bowels. 25c, All
druggists. Advertisenwnt.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Neb., June lS.-rSpeclal.)-
Th democratic party In Nebraska Is
sadly In need of a bunch of mediators
and they will have to get busy mighty
ciulck or the Job will spoil on their hands
and be beyond resurrection If tob long a
tlivo Is taken In getting on the Job. It Is
now a public secret that Prince Charllo
J Bryan and William II. Thompson, tho
'Grand Island democratic statesman, have
had a blowout.
Vll ,Mllt,IC IMHVII .III' im.u
ridden through so many campaigns and
over rocky roads struck a broken bottlo
somewhere on the political road and it is
doubtful whether the puncturn sustained
by a tire can be mended or that a new
tire can be made before the campaign
ends.
Just who was guiding the machine when
the puncture was sustained Is not known,
but It Is said that Thompson had hold
of the steering wheel and thai Prince
' Charlie . attempted to get I away front
hml. Anyhow Thompson Is quoted as
saying that until the democratic party
gets a chauffeur who can steers, he will
rcfune to ride.
tlerace Is Huffy.
Now George W. Berge comes out with a
statement and says that Dick Metcalfe
Is an ingrate, or words to that effect.
Ho says that he got ou of the way t-wo
years ago Just to give Dick and Gover
nor Morehcad a chance to fight It out
for the governorship and stilled his
beating gubernatorial heart for two long
years waiting for another chance. Now
Morchead refuses to keep his campaign
promise not to run for a second term
and Metcalfe butts into the game and tho
two of them are against him. He saya
that Metcalfe had had two mighty good
paying Jobs since that time and he has
had none and he thinks a man who
would oppose him under those circum
stances Is a froud.
One Henl Democrat.
He claims to be the only unadulterated
democrat in the state who can be elected
and says that the taxpayers all over the
state are sending up peons of praises
over his candidacy. He knows he Is go
ing to lie nominated and knows he Is
going to be elected.
But for a man who Iss o dead sure of
these things he is doing a lot of knock
ing on his fellow democrats who are as
piring for the same office and have no
show, according to his Idcad of the situa
tion. Meantime while Berge. Morehead, Met
calfe, Thompson and Bryan are await
ing the arrivals of the mediators, Colonel
John G. Maher is sawing wood and keep
ing the slide to the democratic nomina
tion well greased.
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National Platform
BROKEN BOW. Neb., June lB.-(Spe-clal
Telegram.) Tt the progressive con
vention held here this afternoon, the na
tional platform of 1912 was endorsed,
along with the regular platform and a
plank introduced and adopted favoring
government ownership of railroads and
municipal ownership of all utilities.
Many suffragists were In attendance
nnd took part In the meeting.
Delegates were also elected to the state
convention and talkn made by well known
people. James Stockham presided at the
convention and was later elected chair
man of the county central committee
with H. Hansen as secretary.
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