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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-11

Water company property, $l,69O,9S1,
an increase over year 1906 of Siu+,f65.
Electric light and gas companies
property. $2,266.g so. an increase over
year 1906 of 1926, SOS.
Companies not otherwise enumerat-
ed. 81, $40 s.7. an increase over year
1906 Of SILL -.
Shipping. $29;9 3. an increase over
year 1906 of Sl.lo9.llc.
Logs and lumber. $3.6S1.6.', an in
crease over year 1906 Of s5e3,SO6.
Automobiles. Sl6S.t3d. an increase
over year 1906 Of $2l3,350
Paper and pulp mills. s9.O2l.oG0. an
increase over year 1906 of $i11,3225.
Live stock. $ll.S42.4oI, an increase
over year 1906 Of s397.3S3
The total valuation Of live stock is
returned as sl4.S42.401. an increase of
1891 .2S3 over, 1906 There is an increas'
in the number Of horses, colts, sheer
and swine and a decrease in the num-
Der of oxen. cows and young cattle.
The total amount Of taxes assesse'
upon property for State. county ant
ln,Inicipal purposes is s7,S27.713, an iii
crease over year 1906 of $12i.S94. TIL
average rate of taxation is secs OF
each 81, 600, an increase from 1906. whe
it was S20.S7 on - 100.
The total amount of municipal in
debtedness as returned by local assess
ors is s1.6ol, 800, equal to SCI on eac'
$1,000.
The number of polls assessed 1914
number of polls not assessed 1923
total number of polls 20S,629, an II,
crease from year 1906 of $3.50. Their
was appropriated for highways an
bridges for the year 1907 the amount :
$i,414.23i, an increase Of sl3io24 owe
the year 1906.
There was appropriated for schools
the amount of s1,AS.1l5. a decrease o
sos. 3D.
The total amount of corpora ton taxes
assessed by the Board during the yea
1907 is $780,, S5524. an increase abov.
the amount assessed in 1906 of 1909.
1855.
We 2pperd n table showing the
amounts assessed against the severa
classes Of corporations for the year.
1906 and 1907.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-11
WILD LANDS.

During the year IL meetings have
been held by the board in the eight
counties which contain unincorporated
townships of wild land, in conformity
with the provisions of Section OF
Chapter of the Revised Statutes, and
in addition several hearings at the
State assessors office at the Capitol.
Under the provisions of Chapter 20
of the Public Laws of 1907. registers of
deeds in each county containing wild
lands are required to transmit to the
Board Of State Assessors certified
copy of the record of transfers of wild
lands or any portion Of such within 10
days after such record is made. This
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-11

$40 81. "a. s254.5le. S,s Si4,ls5, e76
National bank and trust companies
stock is assessed on a valuation OF
sy,SSi,sSl, In increase over 1906 Of $685.
"a.
Railroad property. s4.sSs.o 3s. an in
crease over the year 1906 of SSH s7.
street railroad property, ssss.315, an
increase over year 1896 OF s52,aS5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-11

H. II. Bryant of Waterville was in
this city on matters of business Fri
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-11
Any Of the Following Grocers Keep It.

AUGUSTA, MAINE.
BROWN, A.. M. Bangor St.
CHURCH e. W. 217 Water St.
CASAVANT E. CLOuTiER
SO Water St.
DAGGETT, c. z. 1855 Water St.
FOLSOM, j, A. 20 cony ST.
HASKELL, GEO. D. 95-e1 Cony ST.
HILL. LUCIUS, ia Water st.
HOWARD, F. A. 10 Gannett St.
LOCKE, e. 27o Water St.
MERRILL BROS. 227 Water St.
PERCIVAL BROS. 1873 Water St.
TYLER G. BUTTERFIELD SO State St.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-11
f4 Digesto Coffee

Whoever drinks coffee, drinks it for the favor not or III
irritating poisons and while some may feel the larmtl
effects from these irrtants, certain they can DO you
good and coffee is better without them.
You get the full avorte finest flavor you ever tasted
in Digcsto Coffee because the bitterness OF the caffeine nc
present to partially destroy the flavor
Coffee gets its flavor from the caeol contains which
Digeso Coffee is present in its nndiluted strength
e CENTS PER PACKAGE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-11

GARDINER, MAINE.
eRANN, A. A. 331 Water st.
BURR, D. c. 1886 Water St.
CUNNINGHAM, J. E. 321 Water ST.
CUNNINGHAM, A. W. G. Co.
III Water St.
GARDINER CASH MARKET
286 Water ST.
HUNTINGTON G. ANDERSON
1853 Central ST.
HILL, j. S. & SON 72o Water st.
MOVES, r. M. 173 Water ST.
STEPHENSON, J. D. 80 Water ST.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
BOYS GET SOME HOT DOPE
shoot Nine BIOOdthirsty Redskins
Who Pounce Upon Them
with TOmahawIZs.

1.-THE redskins were upon them. Twenty
painted savages leaped upon Hal with their
tomahawks upraised. But Harry was close
behind. With his revolver he shot nine
Of the Indians dead and quickly clubbed
the rest into insensibility. The brave lads
then remounted their ponies and galloped
away over the plains
1t is a thirst for such adventures that
brought Stitzel ]. Handy 1852 North
Seventh street, Des Moines. and New Brad
ley, 1869 North Ninth street, Des Moines,
to Omaha. This quiet city was merely a
stopping place for the boys. who are 1S
and IA years OF age. respectively. They left
their train to come up town and see II
there were any stray savages roaming the
streets. They were hurrying back to the
station to continue their journey to IN
Paso, Tex, when the policeman swooped
down upon them and nipped their plans
in the bud by taking them to the police
station.
Under their coats each of the boys wore
belt in which was stuck tiny revolver
The revolvers were only toys. but the boys
thought they would certainly shoot and
they did not attempt TO conceal the fact
that they were out after big game. moth
ing less than redskins. Like Hal and
Harry, they would slay the savages out
on the broad plains surrounding Ell Paso
which. as everybody knows, is the center
OF the most bloody, savage-infested dis
trict In the world.
The anxious parents IN Des Molnes have
been notified and instead OF roaming the
plains and staying savages the boys will
return TO the peace OF school and home.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
DENIES WOMAN is NIECE
Novel Point Raised by widow
Leads to Suit for Insur-
ance.

Whether or not Mrs. Mary NJ. Goff Of
Benson Is a niece OF Joseph A. Epps is
the point upon which a suit for insurance
filed yesterday in county court will be de-
cided. Lipps died January II, leaving a
policy for $1,000 in the Royal Achates in
favor Of Mrs. Goff. Mrs. Sarah e. Lipps,
the widow, has interviewed and has notified
the officers of the Royal Achates not to pay
the policy to Mrs. Goff, asserting she is
not related to Lipps at all. The rules of
the order require beneficiaries to be blood
relatives of the deceased and If Mrs. Lipps
can establish the fact that Lipps and Mrs
Goff were not related the policy will go to
the estate. The fraternal order though
nominally the defendant. Is not interested
in the outcome of the suit, as it is ready to
pay the money to whoeverds entitled to it.
Some time before he died Lipps left his
wife and son and went to- live with Mrs.
Goff.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
CREIGHTON INHERITANCE TAX
Decree of Court Fixes the Amount at
sf52,4s8 on the Full
Fortune.

The decree fixing tho inheritance tax in
the Count Creighton estate at S153,4S6 was
signed Thursday morning by County Judge
Leslie The interst already due will amount
to over $1,000 and the total amount to be
paid the county will be close to S165 900 be-
fore the money is finally paid in. There
still remains $4,000 to be held In trust
awaiting the decision OF the supreme court
in the working girls home case and this
will still further increase the amount of
the tax.
Creighton university will pay practically
half of the tax. Its share amounts to
$76, 7742, the Franciscan sisters of st.
Joseph's hospital will pay Sc, ,235. Al, tho
Sisters of Poor Clair $7,SO9.T0, John d.
Creighton, Martha j. Ittner and Catherine
@. McGinn $S,716.1S, John A. McShane, Ellen
NJ. Cannon and Catherine NJ. Furay s5,6sS.SS,
the McCreary and Shelby heirs $Ss22.9S. the
remainder coming out Of the smaller be-
quests.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
THE ST. REGIS. NEW YORK
How This Hstel Provides for
Its Guests
NOTHING is LETT TO CHANCE

A great, modern hotel is one OF the
most wonderful and complicated organi-
zations In the world. To provide for the
varied necessities and wants OF hundreds
OF people daily. many OF whom are ex-
tremely exacting. is a task that requires.
on the part OF the manager. executive
ability Of the highest order.
In a hotel of the highest rank. such as
the st. Regis. New York. which provides
everything down to the minutest detail
that can in any way contribute to the
comfort. healthfulness and safety OF its
guests, the organisation is SO perfectly
systematiEed and the equipment so COM
plete that nowhere is there evidence OF
friction OF confusion and the annoyances
OF oversight or inattention are rarely ex-
perienced. In such a hota Es the St.
Regis nothing is left to chance or expert
ment and unframed employees are not toll
Grated. Experience and skill are required
by the management in every individual
from chef and cook TO porter and cham
bermaid.
Under these conditions it is not diff
cult to understand why the ST. Regis Is
first choice among New Yerks great
hotels with particular people and those
who are accustomed to the best. II Is
indeed an exceptional hotel In every de-
sirabIe particular whiIe its restaurant
and room eharges are standard and rea-
sonable. A beautifully located and fur
niahed room may be had for "a a day
For the same with private bath the price
Is 80 a day (ss for two people. A large
parlor With bedroom and bath costs Si2
II you have not yet experienced the
pleasure and satisfaction OF living In thil
hOmslike hotel. let nothing prevent yor
from becoming a ST. Regis guest on youl
next trip to New Tork
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06

OMAHA, March s-To the Editor Of The
Bee: Is II a fact that electrical current
for power purposes Is being furnished IN
Omaha at less price than that charged
in the city Of Buffalo, N. Y, by the great
Niagara Falls power companies7
i understand that the city of Buffalo Is
exploiting the advantages of that city for
the location of grain elevators on account
OF the cheap power furnished by the
Niagara river. also that the Omaha and
Council Bluffs elevators are being furnished
power at less rate than the lowest one
charged by the great water power electric
plants Of Buffalo. II so. Omaha ought to
exploit its advantages in this respect. Per
haps the city electrician can tell us II this
is true. TAXPAYER.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
CUBA WANTS OMAHA GOODS
Brokers Down on the Island Demand
Wares from the Gate
City.

More Omaha goods are wanted in Cuba
The Commercial club receives almost
every week requests from brokers and
commission dealers in Cuba asking TO be
put into touch with firms in Omaha having
goods to export
]. NJ. Jimenez. a dealer In Havana, is the
latest to request that dealers having goods
to sell In Havana write him OF their lines.
He wants 70 buy flour, lards. oils, corn.
oats. hay and bran. A system of bank
drafts and bills OF lading has already been
perfected whereby the Omaha dealers ship
ping TO Cuba may send drafts through the
banks with bills OF lading attached as In
this country.
George de Szogyeny, commercial commits
sioner OF the Kingdom of Hungary. has
requested that the Commercial club OF
Omaha impart to him all the secrets of in
dustry-setting for a city. II is said that
as soon as Commissioner Guild finds oui
whether De azogyeny Is a representative
OF the Lincoln Commercial club he will
slip the commissioner in Nez York the
secretA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
SCHALL PLANT TO ENLARGE
Manufacturers OF Cement stone WnI
Increase Their Yard
Space.

The A. Schall company, manufacturers
OF cement stone. viii enlarge its present
plant and yards by occupying the lots at
Sixth and Jones streets and an adjoining
strip. which was sold 10 the company
Thursday by c. p. Wallace. The property
consists OF buildings and three lots. besides
the long strip for trackage The consldera-
tion was Sl2.5O0.
]. p. Greenshield has bought the brick
flats at Twenty-ninth and Douglas streets
from ]. L. Maurer for $4,000 The sale was
made through the Globe Land and Invest
meat cs
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
PROTEST ON EARLY CLOSING
Commercial Club Objects to Freight
Ofices Cutting on Time.
BUSINESS MEN MAKE INQUIRY
Conduct Investigation IntO Hours at
other cities which shows that
Omees Hold Open Late
I'm the Day.

An attempt of the Omaha Local Freight
Agents association to close the freight
offices Of Omaha from May 70 November
at noon Saturday, instead Of at .. m.'
as In former years. has met with vigor-
GUS protest from the Omaha Commercial
club after an investigation which showed
that the railroads were now closing the
Omaha offices the year around earlier
on Saturday than In any other market
city in the west and earlier during the
week than most of the cities.
Many OF the business men believe the
suggestion OF the agents association was
made at the instigatlon Of the railroad
companies themselves, which sought first
TO close the Omaha offices as early as
possible and making an example Of this
city force earlier closing in Kansas City,
the twin cities. Sioux City and s.. Joseph.
II has the appearance OF a move toward
further retrenchment from the fact that
many Of the men in the freight houses
work by the hour
what Investigation showed.
The investigation made by the transporta-
ton committee OF the Commercial club
showed that the freight houses closed in
other cities at the following time:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
what InvestfentIon Showed.

The proposition to cut the time OF clos
ing the Omaha freight offices one hour
during the summer was made by Secretary
1. r. Van Tuyl of the Local Freight
Agents association some time ago. Mr..
Van Tuyl suggested that the closing of
the freight houses for receiving freight
during the summer at 12 o'clock noon in
stead of at o'clock, would give the men
In the freight offices an opportunity to
enjoy half day holiday and asked the
cooperation of the club, believing that 1t
would prove equally advantageous and
beneficial' to both the freight men and
the shippers.
The new transportation committee OF the
Commercial club submitted counter prop
osition. suggesting that 1 o'clock was too
early to close the freight offices any day
at any time of the year, and asking that
they be kept open until o'clock instead
Of being closed at o'clock or at noon.
Local Has Not Replied.
To this proposition the local association
has not replied. but it is possible. since
making the investigation, that the Com
mercial club will ask that the time of
closing during the summer be set at
O'Clock or at 4:30, the same time as on
other days. The transportation commit
tee of the club insists that as a city grows
and the business becomes greater and the
hauls longer, the freight houses should
be kept open longer instead of being closed
at noon. The Commercial club of Minne-
apolis is asking that the freight houses
in that city be kept open until $3.50 or until
6 O'Clock instead of O'Clock, believing
that the present hour of closing is too
early.
The Commercial club has been cooper
ating with the Local Freight Agents as
sociation in the matter of getting the goods
to the freight houses early and assisting
the agents in every way to get the stuff
out and avoid congestion. Last fall the
transportation committee made an investi-
cation and found that 80 per cent of the
freight was taken TO the depots after Z
O'Clock in the afternoon. A very plain let
ter was sent to all shippers asking that the
haulers begin work early and get the
stuff into the depots to help agents in
getting it out. The result is that so per
cent Of the freight is in before 2 o'clock
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
RAINCOAT co. OPBNs STORE.
Goodyear People Back of Movement
store to Open Saturday, March z.

StOrG 20 open SaNuru9yp Murcn T.
The Goodyear Co. of New York and
Philadelphia, operating a chain of seventy
two stores in as many of the larger cities
of the country, through which stores the
company sells their own manufactured
high-grade cravenettes and raincoats for
men, women and children direct to wearer,
will open their seventy-third branch in
this city at 2S North 10th St., in Loyal
hotel building on Saturday. March Z. The
local manager says: Owing to an over
production of their factories on account
OF this money panic, the Goodyear Rain
coat Co. has found it necessary to in
crease their already long chain of stores,
of which Omaha branch is one of the new
ones, and have shipped to this place a
$4,000 stock of high-grade waterproof over
garments for disposition to convert into
cash. We also carry full line of ladies'
silk rubberized coats and automobile
busters"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
THE REASON why
Your should Try Hoods sarsaparilla
I'm the Spring.


In the Spring.
II Is a time-honored custom TO take
something for the blood and the sys-
tenn generally In the spring, but the
reason why you should take Hoods
Sarsaparilla at this time is always
More Important than that you
should do what your parents, and pos
sibly your grandparents, have done
every year. The reason is that you
actually need this great medicine. just
as they needed II. The blood must be
cleaned and the system renovated in
the spring or there cannot be perfect
health. Get Hoods today.
A Great Medicine-'I find Hoods
Sarsaparilla a great medicine TO build
up the family in the spring. 1t has
saved us doctors bills" Mrs. VIM.
Deeble, Hudson, Pa.
Hoods SaTsapaFiIIa
In usual liquid form or in chocolated
tablets called Sarsatabs. 100 doses 81.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
WATCHING MILLIONS MELT
Pathetic Scenes at Sale Of U. s. Inde-
pendent Telephone Property.
GET-RICH-oUICK BUBBLE BURSTS
Many Investors Lose Savings OF Life
time at Referees Auction
Held at Rochester, New
York.

In the court house rotunda at Rochester.
N. Y. on February 4. couple OF hundred
men gathered to witness the formal pro-
ceeding which wiped out OF existence
S500O0.OO0 OF the stock of the United
States Independent Telephone company and
threw into practical bankruptcy some
twenty affiliated telephone companies. II
was a pathetic scene to the little group OF
reporters who stood at the elbow Of
Referee Conklin, while he sold under the
foreclosure OF a mortgage the properties
OF the United States Independent Telephone
company and its affiliated organization,
the Independent Telephone Securities COM
pany. The bankrupt company's interest in
the score OF subsidiary companies was rep
resented by securities aggregating in face
value more than SS50Oo,0OO, which were
knocked down under the hammer for
s45O,OO0 or at less than a cent and half
on the dollar. Even the small amount
necessary to enable the reorganization
committee to formally repurchase their
own properties was raised by assessing the
bondholders OF the United States indie
pendent Telephone company 3 per cent Of
their holdings.
The financial operations Of this company
since It was incorporated in New Jersey.
| two and half years ago, with capital
ization OF $50 900, would fill book, and
the end is not yet because, while the pub
lic-spirlted capitalists of Rochester are
trying to save something out Of the wreck,
there are various legal actions brought by
disgruntled investors which may drag
through the courts for months and years.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
Our Letter Box

Contributions on timely topics invited.
Write legibly on one side OF the paper
only. with name and address appended.
Unused contributions will not be re-
turned. Letters exceeding 800 words will
be subject TO being cut down at the
discretion Of the editor. Publication OF
views OF correspondents does not COM
nit The Bee to their endorsement.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
once Desks.

If you haven't already seen the great
bargains we are offering in this big sale.
do so without delay. for they're going fast.
We're closing out large line at less than
manufacturers cost and in many cases
have only one OF a pattern left Come
now and let us show them TO you
ORCHARD & WILHELM.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
GREAT SALE ORIENTAL RUGS.

From the A. & M. Karagheusian
stock, 500 Broadway, New York.
Watch for announcement and date of
sale. Small rugs, large rugs. in fact orr
entail rugs of all kinds. An unusually large
purchase, Some very slightly damaged by
water, which does not hurt wearing quail
ties. All Will go at so cents on the dollar.
ORCHARD g. WILHELM CARPET co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06

One of these men said he had already
sunk more than half a million and he
would readily give a check for half a
million more IL he could be left out of the
deal honorably. 1t is likely that others
feel the same way, but It Is not their plight
which is pathetic.
In that crowd Of 900 were men with
shabby overcoats and frayed trousers who
two years ago were rated as well-to-do II
not wealthy. The get-rich-quick idea
caught them, the example OF leading capi-
talists tolled them along and now they are
cleaned out. There is nothing more pitiful
than the attempts of such men to keep up
Appearances when they know that they
are little better off than tramps upon the
street. In the crowd also were men who
had invested all of their patrimony or
trust FUNDS intrusted TO their care in the
now worthless securities, and in addition
to their personal loss realize that their
action has brought loss and suffering to
the innocent beneficiaries of such legacies
and funds. In that crowd was a coachman
who had lost In a few months the savings
of thirty years. But the hardworking little
dressmaker who had done the same was
not thero, neither were the hundreds of
mechanics, laborers, clerks, stenographers
and servants who had denied themselves
to put by little money for rainy day
and invested their savings in the bonds or
stock Of the United States Independent
Telephone company, which had been
painted to them in such glowing colors.
So the crowd which attended the sale
at the court house was only partially rep
resentative. pathetic as 1t was. II repre-
sented the larger amounts. but not the
larger sacrifice. 1t merely reminded the
group of reporters of the hundreds OF 'peo-
pie in all walks of life who. though not
present. were yet sincere mourners at the
obsequies.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
A Ton OF Gold

could buy nothing better for female weak
nesses, lame back and kidney trouble than
Electric Bitters. SOC. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
Notice 40 Our Customeru.

We are pleased to announce that Foley's
Honey and Tar for coughs. colds and lung
troubles is not affected by the National
Pure Food and Drug law. as It contains
no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we
recommend it as a safe remedy for children
and adults For sale by all druggists.