Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02
Nebraska
EQUALIzING NEARLY OVER
State Board Hopes to Get Through
Next Week.
STATE ASSESSMENT UNCERTAIN
Tax Levy VIII Depend on he
Amount of state Debt at Time
the Board Takes Final
Action.
tFrom a star correspondent.l

y From a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Aug. L-(Special)-The state
board Of equalization has notified a num-
Der Of county assessors TO be present at a
hearing to be held in the office of the
governor August 9. The assessors notified
are Of those counties where the board con
templates making Increases in property
values.
Immediately after the board passes on
these counties In which changes will be
made. IT will likely make the levy for this
year. Whether there will be any reduction
in the levy as compared with last year de-
ponds upon the state debt on the day the
board decides to make the levy. While
there is no debt at this time, the debt will
begin TO run up this fat, and there is no
money at this time coming in to take care
OF the bills.
The work Of the board has been unusually
slow, owing TO the. continued absence Of
the governor and State Treasurer Brian
from the state house. Mr.. Brian is with
his family taking an, outing in Colorado
and Governor Shsllenberger is making hay
while the sun shines as a ~chautauqua
attraction.
Carr's Arrest VIII Furnish Test.
The arrest Of Or. f. Arthur Carr, secre-
tary Of the new board Of health, yesterday
on the charge of opening mail addressed to
DR.. E.. j. C. sward, secretary to the old
board Of health. will in all probability bring
about a test Of the law enacted last winter
which permits the governor to name the
board of secretaries to the board of health.
Heretofore this authority has been vested
in the state board OF health, composed OF
the governor, land commissioner and state
superintendent. Sward was appointed by
this board and when the legislature changed
the law the governor appointed Carr.
Sward and the old board refused to turn
over the records TO Carr, so he took 1t upon
himself to open. mail addressed to Sward
as secretary. DIR. Carr broke into prom
D.. inence during the late campaign by sending
out letters attacking President Taft, using
for his purpose the letter head of the Civic
league OF Lincoln, of which he had formerly
been secretary.
e.. .-.. No Union Depot.
Lincoln seems about as far away from
a union depot as It has ever been. The
Burlington has offered its depot for a
union station and the matter seemed to
be in a fair way of settlement, but now
a ? lot of wholesalers nave come across
with serious objections and there may
III boA " AAaS OAANAs - ~ ~
locations for a union depot nave been dis
"ussed, but some one has objections and
all that has resulted so far has been talk.
Soft Drink Men 'BInckmaiied.
Levi Munson and Dan Raymer, the
former proprietor of the Royal hotel and
the latter the owner of a soft drink en-
porium, have, reported that they feel NOR
ally certain they rave been done for $40
each. Munaon sald one aok his sroomers
settled a ~$fG. board bils by agreeing to
prevent q certain other roomer from COM
planning against the hotel for selling beer,
and Raymer gave up $40 on the same kind
Of talk. Both are positive no liquor or
beer had been sold In their places, but
rather than suffer the humiliation of pub
licity on the matter or a trial in court
they stood for the holdup, The two men
who did the business have quit loafing
around the hotel or soft drink place.