Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-10
DR.. GREENE LEAVES ASYLUM
Superintendent At Lincoln Accepts Position
in Illinois Institution.
GETS SIMILAR POSITION At MNKAKtL
with sixteen Counties missing, some
Of Largest Among the Number,
Assessment shows Increase
Of over seven million.


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LINCOLN, July s.--(Special Telegram.)-
Or. james L. Greene, superintendent OF the
Lincoln insane asylum. resigned this morn
ing to take the position Of superintendent
Of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the
Insane at Kankakee The resignation takes
effect July l6. DIR. John says no assistant
has been appointed by Governor Mickey
to take DR. Greene's place.
The Institution Of which DR.. Greene Is
the new head IL the largest of the kind
In Illinois, and DIR. Greene was the unani-
nous choice Of the board OF control. His
residence there will be separate from the
main institution and the salary paid him
is double the Nebraska salary.
Increases I'm Assessment.
With sixteen counties yet to hear from.
the total Increase in the assessment OF
tho state is 1885, Sss.2 20, OF an actual in
crease In valuation OF t96, ,s4s. Among
tho counties still out are Douglas. Gage,
otoc and Saunders, all big counties. which
should show a substantial increase. So
far Lancaster IL away ahead on increase,
its returns showing 81, 92l790 more than the
assessment of last year. Should Douglas
county do as well and the other counties
do as well in proportion, the total in
crease In the state when all the counties
are in will amount to something between
100000 and 100000.
MixuP In Automobile Assessment.
Several OF the assessors have failed to
list separately, as provided for In the
assessment schedule, the number and value
OF automobiles in the county. In the
schedule lie provided place in one line
for wagons, buggies, vehicles and auto
mobiles, and following this is a space for
automobiles to be listed and valued sepa-
rately The Wood River Sunbeam OF Hall
county claims the assessor in that pre-
cinct listed two automobiles himself These
do not appear. however, in the abstract
returned to, the state board, and 1t is sup
posed, therefore, by the board there are
no automobiles In Hail county.
Son of Dead COnEressman.
Congressman Adams of Wisconsin, who
died in Chicago this morning. was the
father Sf Benjamin Adams, superintendent
of the Lineoln. ga, works Mr.. Adams this
afternoon left for Chicago.
work of Land COmmissIoner.
Deputy Land Commissioner Shiveloy
has completed compiling a table OF sta
tistics showing the work the Office has
done since January l, sos, In the matter
of selling and appraising school lands.
Up to July ! applications were filed 10
purchase 81. sos, 40 acres. All of this land
was reviewed by the land commissioner,
or his deputy, except In a few cases where
members of the board knew the land and
passed upon the appraisement made by
the local authorities. The total increase
in the appraisement over the figures of
the local appraisers amounted to $685.
223.s1.
During the eighteen months 56,24e.1S
acres were Sold the appraised value as
fixed by the local appraisers being s714,-
l35.O7. The same lands sold for Sss3,-
705.3i, an increase amounting to S179,-
57O24 OF the above but 1887 acres
were. sold. at value placed thereon by APP
prAisers; other lands at from 10 to
rs per cent higher than the appraised
value. These lands were sold at prices
ranging from 81 per acre-the minimum
price as fixed by the constitution of the
state--to S65 per acre.
Additional applications covering H.
S7323 acres have been approved by the
board, but sale certificates have not yet
been issued These lands were valued by
appraisers at s1s9,60476 and approved
for sale at an increase of $44,J6S.46, or
SeS4,573.22.
Applications for lS.74s04 acres have
been rejected by the board on account of
low anpraisement the same being APP
praised at $l45.470.29 and valued by the
land department at 3226.1555o. a differ
ence of SSo.6s5.2l, and as yet have not
been reappraised by free-holders. The
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