Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05
LIttle chnnEe In Rnmronds.

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Little Change In Railroads.
The indications are that the State Board
OF Equalization which meets tomorrow will
not materially change the assessment Of
railroad property from the returns made
by the last board.
Treasurer Mortensen said this morning
that in determining the value Of franchises
he thought Il a good plan to take one-hfth
Of the cost Of construction from one-hfth
Of the market value. The difference be-
tween the two should constitute. the value
Of the franchise. Mr.. Mortensen did not say
how to arrive at the market value Of the
road. Friends of equal taxation claim that
the market value of a road is what the stock
will sell for plus the bonded Indebtedness.
This is the same idea, said a defender of the
Caldwell amendment, that friends of equal
taxation tried to get through the last leg
i~slature and failed.
Treasurer Mortensen, however, said that
in view Of the fact that a new revenue
law had been enacted and It would take
effect in September, It was his opinion
that no general stirring up OF AFFAIRS would
be attempted by this board. The first meet
ing under the new law, he believed, would
be Of much more Importance and much more
interest would be taken, to the end that
material changes would be made in the
railroad assessments.
Governor Mickey said he was entirely
new at the business and consequently did
not know what would happen nor how 20
60 about It. This would have 10 be de-
termined after the board got down TO
work. When asked II the railroad fran
chises would be assessed along with their
other properties, the governor stated that
while he had not studied the matter care
fully. he intended to follow the dictates OF
tho constitution.
The railroads are already at work and
Il is presumed that they will continue at
work until after the board had adjourned
This morning an agent Of the railroads
called upon a member Of the board ana
with tables Of taxation and tables OF valua-
tion and with tables Of taxes paid by the
railroads tried to convince him that tne
railroads, all their property and all their
franchises had been assessed sumclenIly
high by the last board.
whether the Omaha Real Estate eN-
obange which assumes to be in favor OF
hioher assessments on railroad property
viii nrepare figures to dispute those OF the
roIIroad agents has not been manifested
around the capitol. ]. II. Mcintosh "no
leaves shortly for New York TO become d
CORPORATION lawyer, will not be mere 10
o,near before the board In oeha1 OF the
taxpayers.
Secures No WATERS.
The Hotel Mems association OF omana
,r,ed It's luck in Lincoln for walters Inc
osent Of the association has gone ana II
is generally believed that he TOOK no
waters with him. The agent VINO regis
tered at the Lindell under the name Of j.
II Dahrse, came here May 2 ana al once
inserted an ad in a local paper sigheu :,
II n stating that the association wanted
.h,rtv coIored walters, twenty-five dish
wssbers ward man, vegetable mar for $2o;
ten cooks for $40 to $50. Another ad In
Inc same paper stated that thirty dining
room girls were wanted at 81 per week
each. II was stated at the hotel this AFTER
noon that the man had gone and SO iar
as any one knows he failed to secure any
asatstants. The walters here are still on
a strike and II is not probable that the
men of Omaha would do business In the
way OF securing help. The agent nrst
registered from omaha and then scratched
out that town and inserted remon
Back from st. Louis.
Governor Mickey, his staff and the other
state officers, have returned from st. Louis
, where they went the first Of the week to
attend the dedication of the Louisiana
: purchase exposition. All Of the state CT
ncers report a most enjoyable trip and
Governor Mickey speaks especially OF the
cordial treatment he received at the hands
Of President Roosevelt during the entire
trim. He spoke also of the cordial recep-
ton given to Grover Cleveland by the peo-
ple of st. Louis and the ~visitorn.
Paying on school Lands.
Deputy Land Commissioner Eaton was
busily engaged in taking care of a food Of
checks Of small denominations which if
pouring into his ofice as a result of the
passage Of the new law providing for the
payment of fees for making out new leases
and preparing copies OF records. The
checks are Of very small denominations
ranging from so cents to $3.50, but the!
come in SO plentifully that they are ex'
Fpected to produce a considerable fund a
the end Of the year.
Mr.. Eaton did not take kindly to the Jol
Of taking care of the small checks. He 4
obliged to spend his evenings quite oftei
making record Of the checks. The legisla
ture turned Town the application Of tn,
department for another clerk.
Mr.. Eaton Saturday returned from a LAM
leasing trip throughout the western sec
tion of the state. He said this morning
that the bids on land had not equallet
those received on former trips through tina
section. He says that the stock raiser
were afraid to bid, because they had SUI
fered considerable loss of stock throug'
the cold weather. Much OF the stock &C
cording to his observations, is in such poo
condition owing to the lack Of food that !
is unable to Withstand a slight chill. II
said that one man reported the loss c
= forty head Of cattle out OF his herd. Lac
Of range is the reputed cause Of tn
m trouble.
"a The Commercial State bank is a new in
IS s%titution at Republican City. 1t has bee
S2 organized with a capital stock of IS, 0C
az with these men as incorporators: ]. T
IS McGrew, E. C. Moffett, r. V. McGrew. TIL
q application was received by the bankin
N board today.
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Hunter ts shot.
Is RANDOLPH, Neb., May 4-(Special.)-
90 While shooting rabbits about a mile mort