Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
ARE HIGHER THAN INTENDED
State Executive Council Of Iowa Puts Rail-
road Assessments Too High,
GET MORE MONEY THAN WAS EXPECTED
Railroads Will Pay Into state Treas
ury This Year s1T2,OOO More
Taxes Than They Paid
Last Year.
tFrom a stan correspondent.N

CFrom a Stan C~orrespondent)
DIES MONIES, Aug. 17.-(special.)-The
state executive council in making the as
sessment Of railroads for this year put the
figures higher than was intended by them.
1t was planned that they should make an
increase Of substantially $4,000, 900 in the
taxable value Of the Iowa railroads, and
having decided upon this as a basis they
proceeded to figure 1t out by systems and
branches. The work was necessarily done
hurriedly, and when finished the prelim-
mary figures showed a net increase in the
assessment of S4,041, SOS. This was satisfac-
tory to the council.
During the past two weeks the secretary
Of the council has been making out the
certificates to county auditors and hgur-
ing out the assessment mile by mile over
all the lines and branches in Iowa, and hg-
uring 1t down In this manner the result
shows that the total increase in assess
ment amounts to S4,316, 726, or more than
$275, 900 more than what was contemplated
by the council to the difference between
figuring 1t out mile by mile, and making
the computation on whole systems at a
time. The assessment on new lines is only
about $3.50, 900. This means that the rail-
roads Of Iowa will pay $4,000 more taxes
to the state this year than last year. The
total assessment Of railroad property is
S51, 1887, 1854. The county having the heaviest
assessment Of railroad property is Potta-
wattamie. with s1,442, 29s. The next is
Clinton, with $1.194,564 then Polk, with
S1,15O, 664, and Linn, with S1,054,245
Commercial Bodies to Meet.
A meeting Of the newly formed CONNER
clal association Of Iowa has been called to
meet in Des Moines August &c, when the
organization will be perfected, and work
will be laid out for II to do. This is an
organization Of the commercial bodies
which are existing in various cities of the
state for the Improvement of the cities and
to secure factories and new enterprises.
D. B.. Lyons Of this city is the temporary
president OF the association. There are
about ninety Of these associations in the
state, and a great many more will be repre-
scented than were represented at the pre-
liminary meeting in Cedar Rapids.
Abandon Oil Search.
Two oil. fields have attracted some at
tention in Iowa the past two years. The
one at Frederika, in Bremen county, caused
a great deal of excitement for a time, and
two strong companies were organized to
prospect for oil. The price OF land in the
eastern part OF Bremen count along the
Wapsie river rose rapidly, and there was q
great hustle among the business men in the
nearby towns. Boring was commenced be-
low Tripoli by the Pioneer Prospecting and
OIL company and by the Wapsie company.
The prospect hole Of the first named COM
pany was put down over LOO feet, and last
week the we'll was abandoned and the field
given up entirely. The work on the other
we'll is still progressing. Both companies
had many small stockholders scattered over
the state, and the loss will not be heavy
on anyone. The other oil field is in Musca-
tine AMI Louisa counties, and Indications
are that there 10 a small amount Of surface
oil similar to that which caused the ex-
element in Bremen county.
ROOsevelts Iowa Journey.
1t is now announced with positiveness
that President Roosevelt will make at
least two separate journeys into Iowa on
his western trip and between the two
he will make his trip into Nebraska. Kan
sas and Missouri. The towns at which
he will stop are Sioux City, Denison, Des
Moines, Clarinda. Oskaloosa. ottumwa and
possibly Osceola and Keokuk. He will
stop at Denison as a compliment to Sec
rotary Shaw, whose home is in that little
city. His stop in Sioux City will be Sep
TENDER 26 and in Des Moines, September
so. The efforts of a great many other
ambitious towns to have the president
visit them have proved disappointing.
More Rain in Iowa.
Another heavy rainstorm visited central
lows last night and added to the danger
from floods along the rivers, the Coon
river is steadily rising here and is now
at the danger point. The rains are caus-
Inc n 0raot daaI 90 aa..~.
More than 1876 good horses have been
entered for the races at the Iowa State
fair next week. the race program to begin
on Monday. These include some of the
best known trotting and pacing animals in
the western country. A number from west
ern Iowa and Nebraska are entered. From
stables In Atlantic, Shenandoah. Dayids
City, Storm Lake. York. Red Oak and
other cities.
state Meeting of Foresters.
Des Moines members Of the Order Of
Foresters have returned from the state
meeting at ottumwa The next annual
meeting will be in Oskaloosa. There was
a large attendance at the state meeting
and the following officers were elected;
President. Robert Roberts, Oskaloosa;
vice president, NJ. L Kastner. Cedar Rap
ids; secretary. Joseph Fisher, oskaloosa;
treasurer. Ben Bodin, Abba.
spirituaIists Elect Omcers.
At the annual meeting Of the Mississippi
Valley Spiritualists' association held near
Clinton, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President-W. F. Peck, st. Louis.
Vice President-Mrs z. J. Knowles,
Clinton.
Sacratarv-Mrs AEoIIt.
GAINESVILLE. Mo.
Treasurer-Mrs Christine Cooper, elm
ton.
Trustees-W. NJ. Kellogg. Keokuk; Max
Hoffman, Clinton.
The months meeting OF the association
will close August "a. The attendance has
been the largest in the history of the