Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
STOCK VALUES FIXED
Decrease Of Over Million and Quarter
from Last Year.
LESS CATTLE IN THE COUNTRY
Douglas County MerehaadIss Taken
I'd and Omaha Merchants Explain
Reason for Decrease In the
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LINCOLN, Aug. 10-tSpecial)-The
total assessed value OF all the cattle in
Nebraska as fixed By the State Board Of
Equalization - SIO.Rss. sol, against an
assessment OF s11.5O2,s7s in 1907. The
total assessed value Of all the horses in
Nebraska In 111.ss6.o47 against ti2.3s3y-
as In 1907. The decrease in the Assess
ment OF both horses and cattle Is supposed
TO be due to the decrease IN number. The
decrease in the number OF cattle Is sup
posed to be Occasionsd by the high price
Of corn and feed stuff and the high price
OF cattle. causing owners to sell The
figures on the lumber, however. are not
yet available.
The board increased the assessment Of
horses in seventeen counties and de-
creased the assessment In two counties.
These were Hamilton. reduced 10 per
cent. and Merriok 10 per cent In the as
essmen Of cattle tventy-four counties
were Increased and one county reduced
Nuckoils 10 per cent
The assessment on horses was increased
a sfoliovs; Banner. 10 per cent; Box
Butte. 80; Cherry. I5.SColfaI. Is; Deuel..
90; Dixon. Is; Douglas. 20; Fillmore, 5;
Franklin. Is; Grant. 10; Hooker. IS; John
son. 10; Mcpherson, 70; Nance, 10; Pierce,
5; Saline. 10; Thomas, 80.
The assessment on cattle was Increased
as follows: Buffalo, 10; Butler, 10; Cedar.
10; Colfax. 10; Custer. 10; Dakota, 10;
Dawes, 10; Deuel. 10; Fillmore, Is;
Frontier. 10; Hayes. 10; Hitchcock. IS;
Hooker. IS; Johnson. 10; Keith. Is; Knox.
10; Lincoln. Is; MCPHERSON. IS; Perkins.
so; Rock. 20. Saline. 10; Saunders. 10;
Thayer, S; Thomas, is.
Douglas Merchant ON Carpet.
1911 a-.-.a a. 49, -
the State Board Of Equalization this aft
ernoon to explain why its assessment Of
merchandise was decreased when COM
pared with the assessment OF last year. The
returns made to the state board. compared
with the assessment last year. fall short
10000. and whan compared with the re-
port OF the assessor Last year TAU short
aB.OQ.
John L KennCay. representing ]. L.
Brandeis 4 sons; Mr.. Byrne OF Byrne-
Hammer. and William Hayden of Hayden
Bros; County Assessor schriver. County
Clerk Haverly and County COMMISSIONS
Trainor composed the delegation which
answered the call Of the state board.
Mr.. Byrne. IN his explanation for the
falling off. said IL was DUE to the smaller
stocks carried by the wholesale houses in
Omaha compared with the stocks of last
year. This shortage was occasioned. he
said. by a failing market. due TO the late
depression. Out IN the smaller towns, he
said. where the merchants depended on the
farmers. the depression had not been felt
and the country merchants had in most in
stances kept up their stocks and new stores
had been started. His wholesale house. he
said, sold goods. in Utah and Montana and
other places where miners and railroad
men were out Of work and where the de-
preston had been felt. Consequently the
large houses OF Omaha had been harder
hit. relatively. than the smaller stores BY
the financial depression. Mr.. Kennedy told
the board the explanation OF Mr.. Byrne
he believed was The correct solution Of the
question. Mr.. Hayden said his store had
been overassessed last year. and in this he
was borne out by County Commissioner
TrainOr- Both he and Mr.. Byrne had
turned IN their stocks this year at the same
figures as fixed by the board last year. He
Is willing. he said. to sell the entire stock
at what It was assessed.
The beard contemplated making a 3 per
cent increase in the merchandise Of Doug
Las county, but concluded TO ask for an
explanation before taking any action. The
matter II under consideration.
Ruling on POn Books.
GcCfeNAEt OF state Junhln mas Written the
following letter in reply to an inquiry
about the number Of poll books to be used:
Answering your letter OF the sth inst,
copy Of which is hereto attached. Will state
that when the matter Of Sc ecting poll books
for the primary election was taken up by
thu attorney general and myself we thought
II was cur duty to make The provisions OF
the primary law as plain to the judges and
clerks OF election as possible So many
inquiries had come TO both departments in
regard to the tallying OF votes We felt that
unless we specified a poll book for each
part ythat a great many voting precincts
wonld count the ballots voted by two par
ties for one candidate. provided the one
name pDsar i on both ballots. which would
be contrary to tie prov sions OF the pri.
mary law. Therefore. We recommended
that the poll books he separated and Of
different colors. Printing establishment
told Is At the time OF making this order
that Il would practically make no differ
enc in est -whsthss the books were bOunS
separately or all under one cover.
We see no reason why a county cIerl
eann9t order his books all bound in on,
volume II he chooses. keeping each party
poll separahe therein
DfsroBes at Point OF Pistol.
Pursuing lis roommate Tor more than
mile. Colonel Reuben Hurt OF somersville
Ky. this morning compelled the man L
give up a suit Of ,olOtass belonging TO tn
krntuckian. The colonel then left tn
man, clad only IN a white hat and a pair o
shoes on the banks Of Salt Creek. Colone
Hurt met the man At Grand Island an
accompanied him to Lincoln. They secures
a room aUthe same hotel In the morning
Colonel Hurt discovered that hts best sui
OF oolthes had been stolen. along witt