Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-08
STATE VALUES TABULATED
secretary Bennett Of State Board Of
Equalization Completes Work
CATTLE DECREASE TWO CENTS PER HEAD
wInaett stiII Keeps His Lancaster
Delegation Under Cover-Norris
Brown Also Has Buffalo
ia His Pocket.
,From a Stan correspondentJ


LINCOLN, Aug. 7-Cspecial) -Secretary
Bennett OF the State Board Of Equaliza-
ton has completed the tabulation OF the
various Items of property returned to the
S-sate board and has made his totals pre-
paratory to furnishing copy to the printers
for the annual report Of the auditor. Cat
tie are valued this year two cents less
than a year ago. the price now being 1888
and last year 1856. Last year the num-
Der Of cattle was 2.O9.24s. valued at
total OF S11,223,2SG.
Horses last year numbered 764, 442, valued
S9.4 1888, average N234 This year the
number is 1864 valued at S1O,6O9,S27
average N3&.
Mules last year numbered 52T1S, valued
Mt kS5s,Sl3 average 1880 This year the
mules numbered $40, valued at s951,311,
or an average Of S1s.s4.
Deal in Cunning County.
How Governor Mickey expects to have
his name brought before the state conven-
tion as a candidate for United States sena-
tor has been tipped of here. Warden
Beemer Of the penitentiary has had a po-
litical feud up in Cunning county with
Andy Oleson OF Wisner, but a deal has
been fixed up. 50 he conhded to some
friends, by which Oleson Is to be the con-
tTOllinR factor IN the COnkTesblOndl uele-
cation and Beemer to fix up the state dele
cation. Beemer has promised to vote the
Cunning delegates for Mickey ito start
with" in grateful recognition of his own
appointment and then to transfer them TO
Norris Brown when needed. That, at least,
is the program. II 1t goes through.
winnett waits on Brown.
Dr. H. J. winnett has not yet named
Il
now understood he Is waiting until Norris
Brown takes his Buffalo coSnty delegation
out of his vest pocket and gives that to
the public 1t is talked around the
streets that Browns delegation from Buff
falo county will not be free from pass
holders and for that reason he prefers
10 keep the identity of the members from
the public to avoid unpleasant newspaper
discussion.
Pays to he an Expert.
Louis e. Wettling has found 1t a pay
ing business to work for the state. Mr.
Wettling though one of the reformers
charged the state $500 for giving expert
testimony in the railroad tax suits. His
voucher reads: For services as expert
accountant and as expert on values In In
VestiSating the value Of the property OF
the Union Pacific Railroad company in
Nebraska and the property Of the Chicago
Burlington & quincy railroad in Ne
braska and in making computations and
estimates in preparing to testify before
The United States circuit court for the
district of Nebraska, being balance due
s,,for services from January IS, 1905, to dat,
of testifying October Is, 1906, in railroad
tax suits"
Governor Mickey, Treasurer Mortensen
C. d. Follmer, Secretary of State Marsf
and Auditor Weston, who placed tn,
value on the roads and who also testified
received merely the usual witness fee ant
mileage. Mr.. Wettling was employed by
Norris Brown - 10 So ''.f-s "-l-
Brian Sure of Corn Crop.
L. Brian, candidate for state treasurer
was in Lincoln today seeing who he coul'
see Mr. Brian came for the purpose o
getting hold Of any stray politicians VIII
might drift this way. but the number thes
days Is not numerous.
I'm a winner whether l get the nomina
ton or not" said Mr.. Brian, for l hav
Just looked over my corn crop and it is tn
best / ever saw in my part Of the country
Insofar as the race for treasurer is con