Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-25
PAYS TAXES UNDER PROTEST
Burlington Road Serves Notice On State
Treasurer Mortensen.
ONLY COUNTIES WITH SMALL TAX INVOLVED
students at the state University Com
plain OF the Numerous way. of
separ.tiBg Their from
Their MONEY.
tFrom a stan Correspondent

(From a STAN Correspondent
LINCOLN. Jan. 24-(Special. THE Bur
lington railroad this morning served notice
on State Treasurer Mortensen that II had
paid its taxes in a number OF counties un-
der protest and the protests were then
served on Mr.. Mortensen. IL is presumed
the state treasurer was served with the
notices so that II the county treasurers
paid the money into the state treasury the
county could recover from the state.
The counties in which the Burlington has
paid it's taxes those where the tax pro-
tested amounts to less than 5000. thus
preventing the railroad from taking the
matter into the federal court. The coun-
ties are: Blaine. Buffalo. Chase. Colfsx.
Dawson. Douglas, Garfield. Gosper. Grant.
Hall, Hayes, Merrick Platte Polk. Sioux
and Wheeler.
The protests were served by Tax Com
missioner Pollard OF the Burlington. who
also notified the county officials that taxes
advertised under the scavenger law and
alleged to be due on land owned by the
Burlington here would be paid. The taxes
accumulated against the property before
Il was acquired by the railroad. Mr.. Pol
lard said he thought nothing would be done
about the 1905 tax suit until the decision
was reached by the United States supreme
court in the case which has just been ap-
pealed. Should the Burlington lose this
suit II will have TO pay interest at the rate
OF $500 a day, which Mr.. Pollard said was
a good indication that the road thought It
had a good case
Changes at University.
From the way the officials OF the state
university go after the nckels and dimes
OF the pupils. aside from the regular fees
charged. that institution should be self
sustaining This morning a new method
OF getting money out OF the students came
to light. To find his grade It is now neces-
sary for the student to pay 10 cents for
grade card. A daughter Of Lincoln min
lister this morning asked her father for 10
cents with which to buy her grade. The
money was given her and when she came
home in the evening she had a grade card
marked "A plus" II had cost her 10 cents
to find how she stood in one study only.
Her father said II she had desired infor-
nation regarding her standing in other
studies II would have cost him 10 cents for
each study.
Another complaint the pupils have about
the cost of going through the university
| and to which they desire to call the atten-
ton of the regents is the habit of instruc-
tors to write textbooks which they compel
the student to buy and use Nearly every
professor in the university is the author OF
textbook The book is called to the atten-
ton Of the student and the student is told
that he can purchase II at the cooperative
book store. According to the students the
books are not worth the price The paper
used and binding is OF the cheapest in most
cases. yet the price charged is the price of
a good book. 1t is said at the last meeting
| of the Roa rd NJ ne h.
sors who had charged 50 for his textbook
was called down by the regents. The book
was shown TO an outsider and ne took the
matter up with the board
Things which Look BAD.
The action OF the Board of Regents in en-
ploying man for accredited high school
examiner who is at the head of a private
| academy in Lincoln has also come in for
| condemnation. This man, r. Morey Hodg-
man, who draws 81 600 from the state every
year as salary is the head OF the Lincoln
academy. This man has to say whether a
| high school out in the state shall be &C.
credited with the State university While
no charge has been filed against Mr. Hodg-
man that he is not attending to the duties
OF his office fairly, II is pointed out that II
looks bad to have the head of a private
school saying which high school should be
| accredited with the State university. Should
a pupil be deficient in any one study the
fact that Hodgman is the head of a private
school might influence the pupil to take a
short course in that particular private
school in order to be able to get into the
university.
The fact that It costs more and more each
year for student to get through the uni
versity and the further fact that more
money is appropriated each year. together
with numerous Incidents that come to light
| every day. like the above. where the pupil
Is made to pay more money than he had
expected to pay and more money than
there is any law to compel him to pay, are
some OF the reasons why IL is being urged
that an investigation OF the university is
necessary.
Jelly without Fruit,
In bulletin which he will shortly issue
State Chemist Redfern will tell something
about various kinds OF jellies he has an.
! alyzed. Five brands which he has in his
ONCE now and which were sold for Jelly
manufactured from fruit. contain not a
suspicion OF fruit, but are made of glucose
starch and coloring.
Recently the chemist received some candy
from Beatrice for analysis. The candy had
been sold to the unsuspecting public of the
Gage county town as pure cream candy.
The analysis showed II to have been made
principally of paraffln with some fiavortnR.
One young boy who had bought some OF
II, after chewing it awhile discovered some
| chewing gum in his mouth. Dr. Brash.
secretary to the Board OF Health. was told
OF the incident and had the candy analysed.
The chewing gum was parafnn. It is said
the manufacturer did a land ONCE bust
ness in Beatrice and people almost fought
TO get to the candy.
Working on Tax Case Appeal.
| Attorney General Norris Brown is back
at work on his reply to the appeal in the
Burlington tax suit. which he expects to
| complete within a few DAYS Mr.. Brown