Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-17
STATISTICS OF MORTGAGES
Labor Bureau Presents Figures Cover
ing the Entire State.
BOARD NOT DEFYNG THE COURT
Attorney General Denies story That
Injunction In Express Case, IL
Issued by Federal Court,
Would he Ignored.
drrom a staff Correspondent

Qcrom a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, April 16-(Special 1.-THE state
bureau of statistics has just finished
compilation of mortgage statistics for the
years 1867 Farm mortgages filed during
1906 numbered 17451, but during 1907 the
number fell to 13l. The total amount rep
resented by the farm mortgages filed in
1906 was $44 0O3 S4s.79, while for 1907 the
amount totals S35, ,322 57. 80. In both years
the number released exceeded the number
filed releases in 1906 being 1882, and in
1907 1853.
The amount of money represented by re-
leases in 1905 was $26,S11, 512.31, while in
1907 the total released was $125, ,699, ,512SO.
This latter figure, however, includes a re-
lease OF a Union Pacific instrument in Hall
county representing s1OO,OOOOOo. 1t will thus
be seen that the proportion of releases in
the two years is practically the same.
Custer county leads in number of farm
mortgages filed in both years, and in 1906
the amount involved in that county was
$40. iii .O5o92. which simply means. accord
ing to Commissioner Ryder, that there was
a trading in real estate and a development
in that county probably unprecedented any
where in the state in recent years Many
large ranches were changing hands, and to-
"a
farms in Custer county. That county also
shows the greatest number of releases of
farm mortgages in the two years, 800 in
1906 and 623 in 1907. 1t has been a case, Mr..
Ryder thinks. where small loans have been
cleaned up and larger Indebtedness assumed
for the purchase of more land. The people
out there as well as Investors, have al
most unbounded confidence in the future Of
their section This is true of about all the
western counties, since the people are be-
ginning to realize that they have land
worth holding on to, and prospects in the
near future greater than they dared hope
for few years ago. In fact 1t is my opin-
ion that there is a hustling and practical
bunch of people in western Nebraska who
are now fully awake to the immense pos
sibilites of what they have in their con-
trol. They are going to hold on, and out
side of a very small area land in that sec
ton will never he had for song or team
OF mules again"
Insurance Case Postponed.
The two Pacific coast companies which
sought restraining order against the
auditor to prevent him from interfering
with their agents in this state viii make
their showing May 4. to which date the
hearing was continued this afternoon be-
cause the state auditor out of the
city, Until that time the two companies
may do business in Nebraska without
taking a risk of violating the law.
Another Phase of Primary Law.
The question of the right of a county
clerk to refuse TO place on the official
ballot at the November election the names
of candidates which have been written
on the primary ballot, though no lines
were left for this purpose. is TO be de-
hxr NJ he
comes up from Dakota county, where the
district Judge issued a mandamus to
compel the county clerk TO put the names
on the ballot, holding also that blank
lines must be left on the primary ballot
for writing in names wnere no nomina-
tions have been made. The democraitic
party had no candidates at the primary
except for sheriff and for superintendent.
The names Of other parties TO complete
the ticket were written I'm, but the county
clerk refused to place them on the No
vember ballot until ordered to do so by
the court lie appealed the case.
just n Space Filler.
The sensational story published in the
Lincoln papers yesterday that the state
Railway commission and the attorney
general would go to jail be fore obeyins
any order OF the federal court tending
10 enjoin them from enforcing the Sib-
ley Law, does not apply 10 the legal de-
partment. but is hot air pure and simple.
According TO the attorney general the
legal department of the state will obey
any order issued in a lawful manner by
either the state or the federal court. The
story published. Mr.. Thompson said, will
tend to place the state I'm a bad light, he
said, and there was no justification for It.
THE legal department. has not dcfied
any court" said Mr.. Thompson, "and IT
does not intend TO go before the court
in any such attitude. II the supreme
court or the federal court issues any or
der this department will obey that or
der"
Mr. Thompson and members of the Rail-
way commission expect to win another
victory In the federal court Saturday for
the reason the federal court itself has
already remanded the express cases ana
has held the state has jurisdiction aud
IS proceeding under that Jurisdiction No
one believes there will be any occasion
for a grand stand play about going 10
Don't An speak at Once,
Gertrude A. Wells, stenographer en-
ployed by the State Railway commission.
Is proving herself quite breadwinner for
the state. Today the books were cast up
and showed she had made for the state
IN transferring testimony takeB- before the