Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-28
York Nan Locking Up Automobile Shortage
While 0theu List Them a. Vehicles,
KICK ON INCREASE IN STOCK VALUATIONS
Judge lessen and. His Friends 90 Make
an Active Campaign Against
Pollard in First CONGRESS
sionaI District.
tFrom a star Correspondent

by county assessors explaining. Those
who are not explaining the automobile
shortage are protesting against an in
crease in the value of horses and mules.
The county clerk Of York county today
sent in the names of those who own ma
chimes that were assessed, which, how
ever, Is short of the number registered.
He asked that the registration be sent
him. and the owners of machines Will be
looked up.
. The explanation offered by several of
the assessors is the same as anticipated
in this column! the automobiles had not
been separated from vehicles, though the
schedule plainly provides they shall be
listed separately.
The assessor of Jefferson county comes
to the defense of his deputies and his own
assessment by telling the state board it
would be an injustice to increase mules
in his county 10 per cent, as the board
contemplates. He wrote in one precinct
sixty-three head of mules, months old,
which were assessed at an actual value
of s2,620, and in another precinct thir-
teen head of 1-year-old mules, which
were assessed at an actual value of $50
head, while fifteen 2-year-old mules
were valued at 800 head and fifteen g.
year-old mules at S115 a head and two
4-year-old mules at $A25 head.
The assessor of Burt county, E. F. Sis
son, writes he noticed the board intended
to increase the valuation of horses 10
per cent in his county. He said Burt
county horses were assessed high enough,
inasmuch as the assessment included a
large number of Indian ponies, which
were worth from $40 to $50 each, and
these cut down the average assessment.
Assessor Reed of Douglas county wrote
the board he would not object TO an in
crease in horses II it was necessary in
order to make the assessment of live
stock in Douglas county come up to the
assessment of the rest of the state.
The board will meet again tomorrow,
at which time it will pass upon the au-
tomobile proposition. The action of the
board last year in INCREASING a number
of counties has resulted in the assessors
making strenuous efforts to keep up the
valuations this year.
Hard Fight on Pollard.
Friends OF Judge Paul lessen are going
to make mighty effort to prevent Con-
gresham Pollard from going back to con-
gress this year and a number OF Pollard s
| friends in Lancaster county have already
| showed signs of cold feet Judge lessen,
so it Is announced, will inaugurate a
speechmaking campaign and visit every
county in the district except Lancaster and
| Cass
The fact that Pollard, the farmers
| friend, took salary TO which he was not
entitled under the law or morally, so his
opponents say. has discredited him. and
! the fact that the Journal-News, the fake
reformers, are apologizing for Pollard by
saying Senator Willard did the same thing
has not helped Pollard materially.
Just how the contest will come out, OF
course, it is impossible to predict. Pollard't
friends claim he will win easily notwith.
standing the salary matter. because he wa.
a beneficiary of the combine by which the
Brown allies landed the Ian,
caster delegation for Brown and Pollard
and shut out Sheldon. Cass countys favor.
ite for governor.
News L. OmcIous.
/ The Lincoln News. the Junior member
| OF the bunch of fake reformers, has nov
gone into Cass county and told Sheldon
whom he must appoint on his delegation
to the state convention and whom he mus
leave OF OF the delegation, thus assuming
the management for Sheldon the same al
It has assumed TO manage DIR. Winnett't
delegation.
This has created some talk in Lincoln
| l a
bination that threw Sheldon here when i
had chance TO endorse him for governor
after using Sheldon's name to get votes
for Brown in Lancaster county.
Lancaster Republicans Organising
The republican nominees of the county
convention met this afternoon and selected
J. s. Baer. deputy district clerk. chairman
Howard Schlagel. secretary, and Bemar
fraa If Tee
These names will be recommended to TN
committee for adoption. the committee hav
ing final power in the matter. Walton
Roberts, the present chairman, did no
want TO serve again.
Examining Teachers Papers.
The board of examiners appointed I,
grade papers submitted by teachers, in &C
cordance with the new law enacted by tn
last legislature, has done a record-breakinl
business the last month and as a result
reports were mailed back this afternoon 4
the following counties: Dawes, Hitchcock
Dakota, Custer and the Fremont Norma
school. These papers included the Jul,
examinations. Inasmuch as the teacher
are anxious 10 know how they came GU
at their examinations, the board is work
ing overtime to keep up with the receip
OF the papers and It may be OF interest L
know that while the western counties hav
submitted their papers and have had then
returned, the nearby counties, includin
Lancaster. have not yet sent in the exam
nation papers to be graded Those VIII
pass the examination, after having attends
the summer schools. II is said, will receiv
from S to so each more on the montl
than in the past. as those kind OF teacher
are in demand all over the state.
Money 20 Keep Hospital open.
At its meeting this morning the Board o
Public Lands and Buildings authorized tn
expenditure for the maintenance of tn
Orthepedic hospital OF all the money whic
that institution had received from pay pa
TENTS amounting to some 81 900. The meet
ing and action was due to a letter receive
from DR.. John p. Lord, superintendent
OF Omaha. who wrote that the institutio
would have 10 be closed by October unles
some way was provided by which it's ex
penses could be paid. He called the board
attention TO the 1900 which had accrue
TO the institution. but said without an OF
der from the board this money could no
be spent.
The last legislature. which created thi
institution. appropriated $1,000 and pre-
vided that when this sum was spent Their
should be no deficiency, but that the inst
tuition should close. The law. however al
lowed the institution 10 accept money fror
other sources and use Il.