Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-04
Value Fer Mile.


The action OF the State Board of Assess
ment today marks the shortest time on
record that any Nebraska board ever com
pltted the valuation OF this class of prop
erty, Heretofore it has been the custom
Of the assessing board to listen to addresses
of railroad tax agents and spend many
weeks in consideration of the question. So
far as the present board is concerned 1t
arrived at the conclusion that it could fix
the valuation of the property just well
on the reports made as it could by listen
ing TO the tax agents recite their pleas for
reduction.
The board met yesterday and would have
done the work at that time had Governor
ShallenbeTger been present, but in his alb
sence the board pos poned action for one
day. il was expected that ~, cnief eXecu-
lime would be on hand this morning, but
after waiting until the trains from the
northeast had arrived, the board went
ahead and did the business Inasmuch as
the governor went to Emerson to deliver
a political speech, thus neglecting the i'm
portant work OF the board, the members
concluded to waste no more time on him,
but go ahead and do the work.
This afternoon the board met again and
added to the Burlington the 9.S miles OF
was valued at $4,000 a mile, which in
CTeases the total valuation that much.
MetcnIfe Jumps In Fight.
Richard l.. Metcalfe has come to the
aid of Mr. Bryan in trying to line up the
Legislators in favor of an extra session
for the submission of the initiative and
~ M. Metca1fe takes exception TO the ed-
torlal in the World-Herald in opposition
to the extra session, OF rather its intimated
OPPOSITION, and in a letter to the editor
OF that paper he gives him reasons for
wanting the extra session.
There are many here who believe that
Mr.. Hitchcock will finally be forced to
take sides in opposition TO Mr.. Bryan and
make the fight against his extra session
program Should this be brought about
these same people then think Mr.. Bryan
will he forced to run for the senate ir
opposition to the ditor of the World
Herald
Opposition on the part of the Omat
paper to the extra session and Mr. Brayn's
plans, it is believed here by democrats
would give Mr.. Bryan ample reasons foI
making the race for senate
Not blk Town Either.
Regardless of the fight among the demo.
Gratis, people are stll buying automobiles
From Hooper one dealer wrote in for four,
teen registration numbers.
Electrical Men Meet.
The Nebraska Electrical association be
gan a three days session at the Llndel
hotel at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning The
association is made up of the electrical
tobbers of tn estate, and about twenty-fi
were present at the opening session, be.
sides representatives of the various whole
sale electrical firms from Nebraska and
from cities outside the state.
Governor Works Hard.
Though he neglected the meeting Of the
State Board of Assessment Governor Shall
lenberger stopped off in Lincoln Ions
enough this afternoon to catch train fol
Tccumseh, where he speaks tonight at &
democratic banquet. The governor spoke
last night at Emerson, missing a meeting
Of the state Board OF Assessment to keel
that appointment with the democrats
Brewers Case Argued.
The case of j. NJ Leidy- against Met
Bros. Brewing company OF Omaha, wher
In the appellant seeks to have reversed tn,
decision of Judge Estelle OF Omaha, tina