Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-21
ASSESSORS HAVE GOOD EYES
Find q Large Amount of Property This
Year Not Assessed Hitherto
ACCOUNTS FOR INCREASE IN TOTALS
Returns show that FaF@ers MAJ mach
More wheat ana Corn en- Hand
April Than AZ sane
Time Last Year.
tFrom a star cerrespendantl


LINCOLN, July Z0,-tSpeciaL THE
state Board Of Equalization has come 70
the conclusion that the various county
assessors have done a good job OF digging
up property which has heretofore escaped
taxation. comparison of some of the
items this year and last shows the in
crease is due to great extent to new
property dug up by the assessors and not
to any material increase on property as
sessed last year.
without having analysed all of the re-
turns made the state board is of the
opinion the county assessors have done
mighty good work. Some of the items
have been reduced from last year, but
the assessors have dug up so much more
property Of the same character the totals
are greatly in excess OF last year.
The average assessment for wheat per
bushel this year is TIA cents, while last
year It was lac cents, a reduction of
cents bushel or an actual reduction this
year of 10 cents a busheL The wheat on
hand last year amounted to 2.9O5,52s
bushels assessed at s425,1ss, while this
year there was on hand April l. 4,457.2s0
bushels valued at S509,325.
Corn last year was assessed at an aver
age value of .o625 cents a bushel and this
year at .O571 cents a bushel. The corn
last year on hand April 1, amounted to
49,S4e941 bushels, assessed at $3,115,976,
while this year the corn on hand amounted
to 5s,355,575 bushels, assessed at 33,334,
93s.
The increase in wheat on hand amounts
to 1,551,9e2 bushels, at assessed value
of S74,127 while the increase in corn
amounted to s,5O5,el4 bushels, at an as
sessed value of S21s,962.
Land was returned this year at an in
creased acreage of 2O6,Ss2, at a valuation
of S1,7S4,41O; increase on lots and i'm
provements amounted to S1,617,522;. in
crease on money returned amounted to
S765,465, and the increase on merchandise
amounted to $547269. These items make
a total increase of $4.714,666. This year
there was returned an increase in cattle
of $4,000 head, though the total assess
ment of cattle is reduced $454,470.
Omaha OverIOOIs Chance.
II Omaha wants the corn contest to be
held in December IL had better get busy.
Lincoln and Fremont are both trying to
get it, and so far Omaha has not even
made a request that It be held In that city,
though the Commercial club of the big
town has been advised that the place will
be named shortly, The corn contest will
bring to the city in which 1t is held at
least 1000 people and possibly twice that
number. Last year it was held in Lincoln.
1t looks as though Omaha could get this
event with little trouble, II II wants it.
number of letters have been received by
Deputy Superintendent Bishop from citizens
of Lincoln and Fremont and some indi-
viduals in Omaha have also written him.
but no organization in Omaha has made APP
plication for the meeting.
Fish Exhibit at state Fair.
Fish Commissioner O'Brien is preparing
a fine exhibit of fish for sthe state fair
this year to show the, people Of Nebraska
that under his control of the waters of the
state and the things therein everything is
in a prosperous condition. Among the pets
he will place on exhibition is catfish
Weighing eighty-seven pounds, This in
habitant of the waters was caught at the
mouth of the Platte with an ordinary fish
hook. After being shared a rope was
slipped around the fish behind the gills
and he was tugged ashore O'Brien was
notified and at once made the twenty-mile
trip down the river and annexed the catch
at 20 cents pound
The slime which abounds on the catfish !
was rubbed on WheTe the rope touched IL
and quite an abrasion resulted. This has
to be treated with carbolic acid to prevent
fungus growth. and Mr.. OBrlen each
day from now until the state fair will |
battle Mr. Fish in a carbolic acid solution. |
Secretary Mellor received some yellow |
colored signs this morning advertising the |
fair and these will be stuck up all over
the state and the United States.
State House Briefs.
John NJ. Stewart attorney for the state, |
who has already been paid $217 for max
ing couple of trips to Norfolk to take
testimony in the Norfolk asylum case, is
now preparing to file quo warranto pro-
ceedings to GUST DR.. Alden and Dr. Mich
olson.
Governor Mickey is confined to his bed.