Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
WORK OF STATE EQUALIZERS
Horses and Mules on List Are Boosted to a
Valuation Of 81, ,O84,438,
INCREASES so FAR MADE ARE SMALL
Bob Clancy Gets In with n Protest
that other Interests Are Not
Taxed as Heavily rs the
RailrOnds.s
CFrom a stan correspopdent1

(From a staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, July 23-(Special )-During
the last two or three days the State Board
of Equalization has done rapid work in
equalizing between the valuations OF the
various counties. Secretary Bennett has
tabulated the several items of property
Of each county and the board is taking up
these items separately. SO far 1t has con-
cluded its valuations of live stock and
Monday It probably will finish wheat, oats,
etc. The total valuation of horses as
fixed by the board is $,Olo,0SO to reach
which sum the board increased the val
uation in seventy-four counties, while one
county was reduced and fifteen counties
only remained the same as returned by
the county assessors. The value OF mules
was placed at s74.4Os
Most Of the increases have been from
to 10 per cent and 1t is argued by some
persons who have been before the boaru
that this small increase will not even pay
for the time and trouble of the county
clerks in adding the increase to the sew
eral items OF property. Especially, 1t is
claimed, is this true on horses, mules
and sheep. number Of county assessors
and others have been before the board, but
not one has asked that his assessment
be decreased Those who appeared merely
did 30 for the purpose of explaining certain
assessments to the board.
So far only two kicks have been regis
tered, one by the merchants Of Lincoln
against the merchants of Omaha, and the
other by the Union Pacific Railroad COM
pany through it's assistant tax commits
sloner, Robert ]. Clancy. Mr.. Clancy
looked over the returns made by the county
assessors and at once concluded they were
too low as compared with the assessment
of his railroad and promtly filed his pro-
test, giving by per cent the exact amount
the merchandise, moneys, credits, land and
all other property was too low, but without
any proof except his own word for it,
The merchants Of Lincoln have their
inning to prove their charges against
the Omaha merchants a week from tomor-
row, at which time Omaha merchants will
be called before the board, together with
the assessing officers. This protest may
possibly be the means of both Douglas
county and Lancaster county merchants
getting raise, as il seems to be the
general impression that both are too low
The board will meet every day until its
labors are concluded.
Railway Mail Clerks Convention.
The Sixth division convention of the Rail-
way Mall association will mold its annual
meeting In this city July "a. This division
consists of the states of Illinois, Iowa, Ne
braska, Wyoming and the Black Hills dis
trict of South Dakota. There will be a
representative gathering of railway postal
clerks from these states. The official head
quarters of the convention will be at the
Lindell hotel.
The officers OF the division association
are: w. H. Riddell president DeKalb. Ill,
and @. 7. Lindell, secretary-treasurer,
Cedar Rapids, la. In addition to the offi-
GERS OF the association. the following are
expected TO be present: j. A. Kedwell Of
Columbus. o., national president: j. F..
johnson OF Kansas City, national vice pres
ident; e. L. West Of Chicago, superintend-
ent of the Sixth division railway mail
service. and H. F. shearer Of Omaha, chief
clerk. j. NJ Butler OF this city is chief
clerk Of the railway lines in the South
Platte country, covering over 5000 miles
of road" The entertaining of the delegates
and visitors devolves upon Mr. Butler and
his men, about 200 In number
The convention will be addressed by the
national and division officers, Mayor F. w.
Brown and Congressman r. M. Pollard.
Matters of interest to the service will be
discussed, and the feature OF a retirement
plan for old and disabled clerks will receive
consideration. There Is also considerable
agitation among clerks as to the removal
of the national headquarters from Ports
mouth, NJ H., the present location, to a
more centrally located point. After the ad-
journment the visitors will be invited "a
visit the sulpho-saline baths at the Sani-
tarium. In the evening a smoker will be
given in the Lindell hotel, and there will
be more speaking on that occasion.
1 A.. I-N-
toned to this convention and twice as
many visiting railway postal clerks are e2
pected to be present
| State Fair Educational Exhibit.
The educational exhibit at the state fair
/ September to s. will occupy three times
the space heretofore allotted to the schools
OF the state. Five times the usual amount
is offered in prizes, $S22 worth Of prizes anC
ninety-two diplomas being offered, OF th'
total 7a prizes. 26 are general, 219 are fol
town and city schools and 476 are exclu
sively for rural schools. Colleges also com,
been overlooked
A model rural school will occupy tn,
center space opposite the south entrance
This will be up-to date in seating. lighting
heating. blackboards, maps, charts, libra
ries, wall finishing, decorations, desks, etc
Work OF pupils will be on exhibition as q
an ideal rural school, and In charge OF tn
room viii be a model teacher, who will ex
plain TO visitors any features exhibited
Box Butte county viii illustrate its prod
uots Of horses, cattle and potatoes by fg
ures made OF potatoes, and Perkins count.
will be on hand with the stan OF life" rep
resented by the cactus plant as trained 4
the west to furnish food for hogs, cattle an
horses.
The following counties have to date re
served space for a county exhibit; Boone
BOX Butte, Buffalo. Burt, Cedar, Chase