Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-25
LIVE STOCK VALUES RAISED
stSts Board Finds Great Inequality In the
Various OOuntisG
TALK or BOOST ON MERCHANDISE ALSO
DtmeuIty 81 Getting st Comparative
values In This Kind of Property
ha Psper for the Beard
Members.
CFrom a stan Correspondent)


LINCOLN. July 24.-(Special.)-The
state Board of Equalization is dealing In
horses and cattle today and = number OF
counties have been boosted. The boosts
however, are merely tentative and may De
changed before the final figures are mace
by the board. The counties In which i've
stock was increased are the following;
Fillmore, 10 per cent on cattle, from
1886 to $685. Dundy, cattle. 10 per cent
from SO to 3s30: Douglas, horses. 20 per
cent, from 1855 to S16.27; mules. 20 per
cent, from SIS to &1S.1S; Deuel., cattle, 10
per cent, from t2.ss to 1927: Cunning
horses, 10 per cent, from $13.s4 to slb.SS;
Colfax, horses, 25 per cent, from 8ll to
S14.75 mules, so per cent, from S9sS TO
STATS; Cheyenne, cattle, 10 per cent, from
1905 to 1895; Cherry, horses, 20 per cent,
from 1929 to S7.55; Burt, horses, 10 per
cent, from $14.29 to $15.71; Blaine, cattle,
20 per cent, from $2.62 to $S.14, Antelope,
cattle, 10 per cent, from $8.10 to S3.41;
mules, 20 per cent, from S1O.73 to S12.s7.
The different ways assessors have of
looking at a horse has been the means of
numerous valuations being placed on these
animals. consequently the board has had
to do a lot of figuring to get anywhere
near an equal valuation between the
various counties. In some counties which
adj join live stock is valued at prices which
are the extremes. Jut how to equalize
these values is what is worrying the
board.
There is some talk that the boards
hardest work will be on merchandise, but
IL is not likely that the merchandise in
any one county will be particularly in
creased or decreased. The great stir made
by the Journal-News here against the
merchandise assessment in Douglas
county, merely for political reasons and
the failure of the combination to make
good yesterday, likely will result in Doug
las county merchandise going through
without change. AS no member of the
board has looked into the assessment of
merchandise in any county and has no
means of knowing what this item is
WORTH except the returns of the county
| assessors, the item will not, in all prob
ability. be changed at all.
The board will continue to meet from
day to day until its work is done.
Constitutional Amendment Notices.
Secretary of State Galusha has prepared
the copy of the constitutional amendment
to be submitted a the fall election and the
notices will be sent 10 the newspapers
about August l. The notices will run for
seven weeks and will be published in one
paper in each county of the state. 1t will
| cost $40 for each paper, or a total OF 81 so.
Mr.. Galusha has not yet selected the pa
pers in which the amendments will be pub
lished. but will do so within a few days.
The amendment to be voted on this fall
provides for the election of railway COM
mission consisting of three members, and
1t has been provided by law that should a
political party endorse the amendment q
straight party vote is a vote for the amend
Inent.