Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-09
Annuities Few and Amount Small on
Tax Books.
NEBRAsKAs NAVY LOOMS UP BIG
Nearly -Four Hundred Boats Ply on
Waters Of State.
FIREARMS, DIAMONDS AND Cash
Plenty Of Cheap Guns, Few Gems and
only Little Money I'm Bank,
According to Assessor
Man.

Personal tax schedules in Nebraska. as
in other states. are almost as peculiar as
the heather Chinee who was so popular
that his innocent sleeve leaked winning
hands.
Bonds for example, for a personal pos
session, have gone out OF style, along with
vAycles. on the assessment roll of the
stste for the year 1908 the total holdings
of bonds listed was S15S sol; yet in the
simple popular mind some men are credited
with having a tight hold on wads of gov
eminent and other bonds big enough to
choke a double barn door
Otoe county is rolling In bonds. COM
paratlvely, with $4,000 worth, In Douglas
county some frank and open taxpayers
confessed to having bonds to the amount
of 1921. while Lancaster the bondholders
got quite chesty and fell only a trifle short
Of doubling that amount, turning In slS,-
O92 worth of the real thing. Seward county
bondholders can show 5000 worth but
the Scotts Bluff county thrifty ones are
only a little behind, with $3.50 worth. At
first thought Scotts Bluff county, wouldn't
be considered In the same class with Doug
las and Seward but irrigation, and perhaps
some old-fashioned conscience, brings the
wayout border county up front.
CasS County Owns None.
Richardson county confessed to S7,2iO
of bonds. and Hamilton TO 5000 while
Douglas county moneyed men hold only
Si.74O and the Kingdom Of Gage is rather
poor, with S2 $50 worth. Platte county, rich
and fat. doesn't run to bonds. only 1858
worth being held in it's confines; and pro-
hos inv Cd I'm utIif a. 0f0
worth Cass county folks own no bonds,
that tacy pay tuxes on, and the same is
true oi the residents of Merrick, though
both arc big-value counties. Some person
in Furnas county lists bunch of bonds,
probably of the "come-on' variety at s..
but in Nemsha, great for wealth, only 81
worth could be found.
AZ or even per cent per annIuh the
interest on the bond holding of all Ne
b,aska as returned for taxation. wouldh't
pay for one blowout of a group of broers
at Broadway cafe.
Annultics Are Light.
Anuultics are paid In Nebraska to the
amount of sO,615 year, The highest
amount goes 10 Antelope county. $3.50.
Boone annuities total Nl2i Saunders,
sl1O9; Bart. SOS9 while in Douglas the
annuities drawn amount to but $1,000. In
Lancaster. APPARENTLY the measly sum of
SSO2 is paid in annuities. Considering the
development OF tho annuity feature in in
surance and the popularity OF that form
of investment with people OF careful habits,
the showing of the state is rather discour-
agin-from the standpoint of taxation.
Bicycles vanish.
BICYCLES have fallen into disuse in a
wonderful way. taking the tax roll as a
measure of their popularity. In a popula-
ton of probably 81, 10000 there are but
$40 owning these machines. Lancaster
still has AZ, Buffalo, 1863; Douglas, SS;
Merrick. 265; Gage 23. All other counties
fell below the 100 mark except Dodge with
1888 and aIImiton with l10. Nine bicycles
In Sherman county are valued at $23,17
each, while the 26S In Merrick get on the
tax roll at an average value OF "A cents,
and the thirty-four in Richardson county
e a. cents. Hamilton county bikes carry
an average value of S22.9o, Gage, si5.5s;
Franklin sl2.Il; Douglas. $50; Lancaster,
$3.50. and Gsrfield's four, 81 each.
Boats Are Plentiful.
n. .braska boasts quite a navy, for an
inland stete. being able to muster 3S5 boats
in ail that may be called seaworthy. Doug
las as the most likely center OF conflict,
has fleet of f49 big and little craft.
They are listed at an average value OF
sass, but the twenty-three voats in the
Lancaster county fleet are put in the
preadnought class. with an average value
OF s2s52. and otoe's fleet of nine ships are
given q rating almost as high. So "A each.
Cherry county's fleet of twenty barsas
al ae
efficient being valued at only S2.26 each,
but the one ship flying the flag OF the
principafity OF Merrick Is rated at $50, and
Knox can put into service eight boats with
the highest value of ALI $50 each Saunders
also has high opinion OF its sailing craft,
rating them at $l each Out along the
coast line a very few ships are scattered
here and there. During a consultation now
IN progress Admiral shsmenberger and his
fleet captains viii review the Nebraska
navy, with view to more thorough list
ing OF its strength and value.
shootin' Irons Are Scarce.
For the land forces there are enough
firearms listed to in some fashion equip
thlrty-seven regiments of 1000 men each.
They are valued at $55,sA2 for the whole
number. No county is entirely unarmed
although Pawneo does not make return OF
the numher OF weapons on hand. simply
stating q has SO worth. Custer counts
sss guns of all calibers, carried on the
rolls az an average value OF tl.2i; Lancaster
Is second in efficiency. with LIS pieces OF
artillery. al an average valuation OF N.5l
willie Douglas has on hand but 4ol weapons
valued at Si.S each. Al different times
rumors have been circulated TO the effect
that certain msrtial men of high STANDING
as marksmen possessed weapons OF exceed
ing merit valued at several hundred dollars
Hsach However, il appears such statement
were mere idle boasts. No weapon Of any
grerter value than s2.Si is carried on the
state rolls and that figure is reached ony