Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Railroad Figures Inaccurate.

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Railroad Figures Inaccurate.
Members of the State Board of Equal
tzation say the attitude of the railroads
In the matter Of the assessment of lands
In the state is not consistent. The rail-
road agents insisted that the returns Of
the assessors on the valuation of railroad
lands should be accepted in most cases.
Now they are protesting the assessment
Of other lands made by the same as
SCISSORS. The board cannot figure why the
work of the assessors should be impeached
in the one instance when it was not i'm
peached in the other.
In the list of land sales filed by the
Burlington were several sales from Har-
Ian county. which have been challenged
A resident of Harlan county Informed the
board that he had looked up several of
the sales and found the railroad figures
inaccurate.
Cyrus White Returns.
Cyrus White, superintendent of the school
for the deaf at Omaha, was in Lincoln to-
day on his road home from Ogden, where
he has beer in attendance upon the national
convention of the teachers of the deaf.
I'VE had a delightful meeting said Mr..
White, land the people Of Ogden showed
US every attention. We were taken for A
day to Salt Lake City and given a concert
in the tabernacle. To me this building is
wonderful. We stood off 300 feet IN the
building and our guide dropped a pin and
we could hear it fall distinctly. We were
shown all the points OF interest in the
city"
The national meetings are held once every
three years and the last one was held in
South Carolina Mr.. White said everything
at the Omaha school was in good shape.
The extension of the street car line to the
school has been of great benefit he said.
Change in Freight Tariffs.
The Union Pacific railroad has been
granted permission to change it's stone and
commodity tariffs to conform to the ma
tional and state laws. In most instances
the change makes a reduction in the pres
ent rate. The changes were made, how
ever, so the road would not be out Of
joint with other roads and with existing
laws.
Lincoln Bakeries URheaIthfuI.
Mrs. McMurphy, a food inspector, has re-
ported that the bakeries of Lincoln are so
filthy that their output is very questionable.
Four bakeries, she said. were in good con-
ditioE. but the others were filthy. Cats
and flies crawled around the sugar, flour
and bread. she said. The report was made
after an investigation OF the various
bakeries.
second Protest on Pops.
Supplementary TO the protest filed several
days ago against allowing populist candi-
dates for presidential electors to go on the
primary ticket either as independent candi-
dates or in fusion with democrats, Victor
Rosewater today filed a second protest
against Frank Swanson OF the Fifth district
and Henry Gering Of the First district, both
candidates for elector. The basis OF this
protest Is the same as that Of the previous
one. that the bolt Of the Nebraska popu-
lists at the national convention prevents
their masqueTading under the party name.
They had not filed when the first protest
was made.
silas A. Barton OF Grand Island has filed
for a place on the republican ballot as can.
didate for state auditor. Fred H. Abbott
of Aurora has filed a second petition as
candidate for railway commissioner. A
petition from Aurora accompanied by 4
receipt for $40. the filing fee. was received
by the secretary Of state today. Mr.. Alb
6ott filed a petition from Platte count.