Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-02
Nebraska
STATE BOARD AESllATlNC
In Doubt as to Best Method Of Spread
ing Burlington Tax.
DIVISION OR UNIT is FULFILLING
Fraternal ORGANIZATIONS with Bullets
In Connection secure Restrain
inE order Against Excise
Board.

LINCOLN, June ~l-(Special) IN. r. Per-
singer, at present chief clerk In the office
Of the State Banking Board, has applied
for the position OF secretary to the State
Board of Equalization and Assessment.
This is taken to mean that Mr.. Perslnger
expects Governor Mullenberger to let the
axe fall when the new banking bill goes
into effect July /.
In the meantime the state board has
other matters to disturb II. The board is
not yet sure whether it will divide the
Burlington up into corporations for a dlvi-
sion Of its assessment or whether It will
assess the system as a unit and make one
mile Just as valuable as any other mile.
At this time the Burlington subdivisions
are divided up and valued as follows:
Atchison g. Nebraska, $4,000 per mile;
runs from Rulo to Lincoln, 10S.W miles.
Burlington & Missouri River, $4,000 a
mile; runs from Plattsmouth directly TO
Ashland through Lincoln, Hastings and
Ksnesaw to Kearney; 19l61 miles.
Chicago, Nebraska & Kansas. $25, 900 a
mile, into Kansas from Odell, SIS miles in
Nebraska.
Grand Island & Wyoming Central, $4,000
a mile, from Grand Island to the South
Dakota line, 3524 miles.
Kansas City & Omaha, S25, 900 a mile,
from SlTOInsDuiE south through 1Ork, I'll
more and Saline counties to the Kansas
City & Omaha junction with the st. Jo-
seph & Grand Island in jefferson county,
and from McCool to Alma, via Minden,
193OS miles.
Lincoln & Black Hills, S27, 500 a mile, from
Central City to Ericsson and from Greeley
Center to Burwell and from Palmer to
Sargent, a total of 1861 miles.
Lincoln q Northwestern, $32, 500 a mile,
from Lincoln through Milford and Seward
TO Columbus, 1881 miles.
Nebraska Railway, $40, 900 a mile, from
Ncmaha City, through Nebraska City and
Lincoln to York, 1854 miles.
Nebraska & Colorado, $S3, 800 a mile, from
Dewitt, through Strang, Blue Hill, Hold
rege and Curtis to the Colorado line, and
from Kenesaw TO oxford Junction, and
from Edgar to Superior, and from Fair
mont TO. Chester, 1901 miles.
Nebraska, Wyoming & Western, 1850 a
mile, from Alliance south through Sidney
to the Colorado line, and west from North
port to the Wyoming line, 1919 miles.
Omaha & North Platte, $4,000 a mile,
from Omaha to Ashland. and from Ashland
TO Schuyler, S1.19 miles.
omaha & Southwestern, S45, 1881 a mile,
from Omaha to O~reapolis, and from Fort
Crook to. Gilmore Junction, and from Crete
TO Beatrice, 81 10 miles.
oxford g. Kansas. $500 a mile, from
Orleans through Beaver City and Danbury
to Kansas line. 1851 miles.
Republican valley, $50, 900 a mile; Table
Rock through Wymore and Oxford to the
Colorado line: from Wymore to Beatrice
through Tecumseh and Auburn to Nemaha
City, to Salem; from York to Grand ISL
and and from Auburn through Hastings
80 - 49, A,,rn-o IN Canfra1
City, 552.1s miles.
Republican Valley g. Wyoming, $4,000 a
mile: Culberson to Imperial, AIT miles.
Republican Valley, Kansas & Southwest
ern. $50. 900 a mile; Republican City, south
west 10 the Kansas line, $50 miles.
Sioux City & Western. $780, 900 a mile Ash
land throug Fremon to South Sioux City,
lO2. 81 miles.
.wilmar g. Sioux Falls, $4,000 miles; Sioux
City west to O'Neill. 1878 miles.
The values given above are the actual
values Of the Burlington as fixed by the
state board. The average actual value of
all lines Of the Burlington as fixed by
the board before the division was $4O,S7S.
clubs Get Restraining Order.
The Elks, the Eagles and the German
Family society, all fraternal organizations
having local club houses at which liquor
is served to members, have temporarily
restrained the excise board, the mayor,
the chief OF police and the city detective
from attempting to put into effect a re-
cent ruling by the excise board that clubs
may not lawfully serve liquors to their
members. Although 1t was first proposed
to have them all unite in a single ac-
ton, the different clubs filed separate
actions Tuesday morning in district court
and Judge A. J. Cornish granted tenn
porary restraining orders in each case.
Sheriff Hoagland's deputies. James Daw-
son and clyde cellars, served summons
upon the city officials Tuesday afternoon.
The injunction granted on the petition
of the Elks club restraints the defendants
from entering the club house Of the
plaintiff, known as the Elks' building, To-
Gated at Thirteenth and p streets, in the
city of Lincoln, and be restrained from
searching or invading said premises, or
taking therefrom any property OF any
nature or description and particularly are
restrained from taking therefrom any
liquors, wines, beer or other intoxlcants,
until further order Of this court"
wesleyan COnfers Diplomas.
About 100 college diplomas and teachers
certificates were conferred by the Wes-
leyan university at the commencement ex-
ercises Tuesday. The Wesleyan auditor
ium was well filled with relatives and
friends of the graduates and others who
wished TO hear the address given by eX-
Governor Hoch, of Kansas.
SHIT ON Land Notes.
Suit to collect eight promissory
notes aggregating 5000. together with
Z per cent. interest. and title TO a quar-
ter section Of valuable land adjoining
Tecumseh, Neb, was filed in the federal
court today by William II. Marvin, OF
Chico. Cal. against Louie NJ. Hotchkin,
George E. Hotchkin, of Minden, Neb., and
John w. MAckie, OF Tecumseh. The three