Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29
CROP ACREAGE INCREASES
Principal Change is in Winter Wheat and
Corn With Little in Oats
SPRING WHEAT ACREAGE DECREASES
Assessor miller Of Lancaster County
Finally Induced 90 Protest on
Douglas County Merchan-
disc Assessment.
prom a star Correspondent

received at the laDOr bureau on crop hCIe-
age show a material increase on winter
wheat and corn and decrease in spring
wheat and only a slight increase in oats.
According to these statistics the total corn
acreage this year Is 6767.O4s acres, an in
crease over last year OF 2e4.5S1 acres. The
total acreage Of winter wheat will be 1885,
72d, an Increase OF 1O4.s7O acres over last
year. The spring wheat acreage this year
will be 2sslS2, decrease OF 5i,sS3 acres
from last year The oat acreage this year
will be 2423,79O. an increase OF 3,106 acres.
Tho total increase in ali the counties
over last year in the corn acreage
amounted 70 4Se,O59. but there was total
decrease in enough other counties to make
decrease Of 1884, isS acres, leaving the net
increase in corn acreage OF 294,561 acres
The total increase in the acreage Of
winter wheat is 1924 acres, while the
decreases are 1884 acres. leaving a net
increase OF 104.S70 acres in winter wheat.
The total increase in spring wheat
amounted TO q 400 acres but the total de-
crease amounted 20 1913 acres, leaving a
net decrease Of 81, s3s acres.
The total increase in the cat crop
amounted to $500 acres while the total
decrease amounted 20 s7.40s. leaving net
Increase Of SlOs acres over last year.
At this time It Is impossible for the
as some Of the county assessors have made
slight mistakes In their returns and these
have been sent back for correction. The
figures given above. however, will be
changed very little. Knox county reported
an Increase In corn acreage of over 5000
acres.
Protest on Douglas County.
At last the fake reformers, the News
Journal outft, have succeeded in getting
County Assessor Miller to appear before
the State Board Of Equallza ton to protest
against the assessment of merchandise in
Douglas county. That is, Mr.. Miller has
told the board he would come up and put
in a knock as the Lincoln Commercial
club had concluded to keep out of 1t this
year SO far no formal protest has been
filed and probably will not be filed, but
Mr.. Miller said he would come up Mon
day afternoon to kick. This same per
Torrance was gone through with last year,
the Lincoln Commercial club doing the
kicking, with the result Lancaster county
itself got a boost.
The board held a short session this after
noon and turned down the request % AS
SCISSOR sisson of Burt to refrain from lis
ing the assessment Of horses in saat
county Webster county mules were re-
duced 10 per cent at the request of Sec
rotary OF State Galusha and over the pro-
test OF the county assessor OF that county.
Franklin county horses and mules were
raised 10 per cent; Grant county horses,
which had been increased 10 per cent, were
chopped down 10 per cent. leaving the in
crease 30 per cent.
AS Governor Mickey goes to Osceola to-
night and will not return until Monday
noon, the board will not meet on that day
until 1880 o'clock. Mr. Miller will be ex-
pected TO knock on Douglas county at that
dime.
DOnOhoe Matter 10 Attorney.
Governor Mickey has referred to the
county attorney Of Douglas county the
matter of Detective Donohoe who is al
legged TO have taken $43 from the state to
pay the expenses of extraditing prisoner.
and to have also collected the same sum
from another party to cover the same ex-
penses. The governor told the official II
the evidence warranted action to proceed
against Mr.. Donohoe.
Final Payment on Building.
The Board of Public Lands and Buildings
this afternoon allowed the following bills
for work done at the Beatrice institution
for the feeble-minded: Korsmyer & Co.,
plumbing, 1915; George Berlinghof. archi-
tect,i S937.62; Gustofson q Johnson, 81
yn4s The original contract was for S25,-
600 for the erection OF a girls dormitory.
The payments today close the deal.
BaclSle Wants Pardon.
william +. Backe Of Beatrice, sentenced
TO the penitentiary for three years for
statutory assault. wants a pardon and to-
day with the girl in the case, who has be-
come his wife, appealed to the governor.
2 Backle is now out under bonds pending his
appeal to the supreme court. The governor
has taken the matter under advsement,
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to secure his relief through the court chan
nels. Backle was married to the girl two
days after his conviction in the lower
Sourt
Gage County for Kyd.
Representative McMullen OF Gage county
was In Lincoln business today and ex-
pressed the belief the republican ticket
would have little trouble in being elected
in his county this fall. Mr.. McMullen is
the only legislative candidate from Gage
county to be renominated.
The state delegation is for Kyd for
treasurer and It will. in my opinion, do
everything possible 10 secure his nominal
ton" said Mr.. McMullen There was
absolutely no tight Kyd There was a
tight to keep some OF the old machine men
from coming 20 the state convention and
they were kept on OF the delegation, but
this was no slap at Kyd. The delegation
Is for Kyd and have no doubt the mem
bers will respect Mr. Kyd's wishes and ad-
vice when II comes 20 helping him secure
the nomination"
Peter GuEIiemO shot.
Peter Gugliemo, an Italian, was shot and
probably fatally wounded by an unidenti-
fed man near Prairie Home this morning
Gugliemo and the man who did the shoot
ing stopped at a boarding house at Prairie
Home last night and this morning had a
quarrel 10 who was to pay the bill. A
short time after leaving the house at which
they had stopped Gugliemo, with four bull
let's in his back. was found by the roadside
The man who did the shooting has not
been apprehended and the injured man is
not In a condition 10 tell how Il happened
Arrested for SwindIinE Girl
Jay p. Wilson. wen known man OF
Lincoln who has been running a grain
clearance house" here. has been ARRESTED
on a charge OF defrauding Miss Anna
Kneisel out OF some 800. II IL asserted
Wilson induced her to invest the money
in a Star route. Later, It is asserted, the
Star bought the route back. but the girl
has not received her money back It is
also stated Wilson only paid 900 for the