Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-18
MILLIONS IN MERCHANDISE
Assessed Valuation Of This Glass Of Property
Placed at Over light Million.
MATERIAL INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR
Indications the state Board VIII Make
Few ~ Any Changes In the RE-
turns as Made by the County
Assessors.
tFrom a stan CorrespondentD

LlNCOIN, July lI.-(SpeCiaL)--lne
assessed value Of all the merchandise In
the state, az returned to the state Board
OF Equalization, amounts to Ss,1e7.ss4, an
increase over the assessment OF this class
of property last year Of $547.2ss. has
much as the stocks Of merchandise have
not materially increased since last year.
81 is the belief of the secretary of the
board the county assessors have increased
the value of this item.
Douglas county returns its improve
ments made since last year at as
Bessed value OF S42s,473, or an actual
value Of s2,142,365, which accounts for
some of the hot air" stories of big build
inRs which have been erected in Omaha
and which stories have been referred 10
by the Lincoln newspapers. Lincoln shows
improvements to the amount of $685.
or an actual value of t1,477,675. To make
up Its increase. however. Lancaster county
this year includes 1856 acres of land not
heretofore assessed, which is returned at
an assessed value of s11e.035 Douglas
county, on the contrary, loses Sal acres of
land.
The board will meet again tomorrow
morning. providing Secretary Bennett can
get a quorum. Nearly all the counties
seem to have made fair assessments and
It is probable the board will have little
changes to make in any of the returns
In fact, 1t is possible not a change will be
made.
Irrigation Congress Delegates.
The following delegates have been ap-
pointed by Governor Mickey to represent
Nebraska at the fourteenth annual Ma
tional Irrigation congress. which meets
in Boise, Idaho, September to 8:
F. L. Wright SCOTS Blur; II. H. An
nNura IhNNWv -
Blum; O.. V. p. Stout Lincoln: John E.
Kelley. McCook; c. s. Polk Plattsmouth;
HsteT cSappe SJ John Bl H T fmper M
Adna Dobson, Lincoln: ]. +. Latta e.
kamahi Sam d, Cox. Miniature; Hugh
Sctlley, Leavitt; j. T.. Porter, Crawford
Robert H Willis. Bridgeport; w. I. viii
cox, North Platte: A. b. Minor, Lincoln;
o. W. Gardner, Gering.
Telephone Man Transferred.
N. w. Thompson, manager OF the Ne
braska Telephone company at this place
has been transferred to Omaha and will
leave lincoln August /. He will be sue
eeeded by Lee Hun OF Grand Island. Mr.
Thompson is one OF the most popular mer
in lincoln and hss always been identified
with the progressive element Of the town
Investment Companies barred.
The State Banking board held a meeting
this morning and rejected the application
panies, which asked permission to do bust
ness in the state. These companies are tn,
International Improvement company Of
Denver and the Standard Trust company Of
Birmingham, Ala. The board does not BE
lieve the foreign companies can be licensed
under the present laws. The plan of &C
ton OF the companies Is TO offer certain
sum OF money upon the payment of a larg
number OF installments Failure to pay on,
installment forfeits ali that is paid in.
Motions I'm Reiner Case.
Several OF the defendants in the heav.
damage suits now in the district court, il
which the Rev. Henry Heiner, founder o
Tabitha Home, and his wife are plaintiffs
filed motions yesterday. The Journal com
pany and the State Journal association
moved that the court require the plaintiff
to make the petition more definite by set
ting forth the alleged libelous articles
Miss Sarah B. Harris, samuel a. Batter
and others moved that the plaintiffs be re
quired to furnish an itemized account o
the funds which the plaintiffs claimed L
have contributed to the support of Tabith
Home and the manner in which they wer
expended.
State House Briefs.
Governor Mickey went out TO Minden 70
day to make speech at the laying of tn
cornerstone OF the new courthouse at tina
place.
DIR. L. B. Pilsbury OF the State universdt
has been appointed by Governor Micke
pathoiogist at the Lincoln insane hospita
70 take the place made vacant by the res
ignation OF DR.. Young, who has been ar
pointed superintendent of the Norfolk asy
lum. DR.. Pilsbury is a graduate Of tn
State university and was born in Fremon
in 1874.
Two bids were filed with the State Boar
OF Public Lands and Buildings today Offer
ing Tennessee bonds for sale. One fri
agreed to deliver bonds to the amount @
$4,000 at s7A. and the other firm bonds
the amount OF $4,000 at the same rate.
quorum was not present and the bids wer
merely placed on nle.