Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-18
Nebraska
BURT COUNTY VALUES LOWER
Slight Drop in Figures Given State
EqualiEing Board.
FIRST COUNTY TO MAKE REPORT
judge Munger Gives stay Of Sentence
Doctor Says lie IL Feel
ing poorly"
FIRST COUNTY TO MAKE REPORT
Iron a statt correspondent.l

(From starr Correspondent
LINCOLN, June II. Especially Burt
county. the first county in the state to
file its assessment roll with the State
Board Of Assessment, instead Of showing
an expected increase in values, shows a
marked decrease.
The equalization OF values between coun-
ties will come up before the State Board
Of Equalization July IL. when the reports
OF all the counties I'm the state win have
been received. The Burt county report has
been passed upon by the Board Of Equal
ization Of that county and is sent in by
Frank Hanson. the county assessor.
Last year the total assessed valuation
reported by Burt was S5,71sS19. This year
the report shows S5,712Sss a decrease of
$500. Personal property this year is
81, 600, sS7, decrease Of s26sSs. Real estate
is valued at $4,112,002 this year, an increase
Of so, 40s over last year. Railroad prop
erty. which is taxed as personal property,
is the same this year as last year. S42s $50.
This year an increase of $4,000 is re-
ported from Burt county in the value of
notes and a decrease of $4,000 in the
amount OF money on hand. Merchandise
has decreased $4,000. household goods de-
creased 5000 and automobiles has increased
has more than doubled. Last year forty
five automobiles were listed at a total as
sessed valuation of $500 This year 1O2
are listed. valued at ss.773. This year TO-
300 horses are listed at a valuation of
s1Ss,6Oe, a decrease Of $4,000 Hogs are
listed this year at $50 423, a decrease of
$1,000. Corn on hand has decreased s21, 900.
National bank shares have increased 5000
in assessed value.
Thirty-one threshing machines this year
are assessed at $780, or an average of
s1.se assessed value for each machine.
One adding machine is listed at $40, which
would make its actual value $50 Seventy
typewriters are listed at ss4s, an average
Of NH assessed, or one-fifth value for
each.
The number of dogs found by the Burt
county assessor is 1.S21, and the assessed
value Of the lot is s1.S2s. The number of
cattle IL 1896, assessed at s11es2s, while
LILO mules are assessed at s25,6s6.
Places for Graduates.
The following state university grad
yates have been elected to positions in
schools during the last week: Leah M.
Mcclure. Seward High schol; wiIliamina
Richards. Orchard High school: Mona
Chairman. Minden High school; Florence
Whittier. Choteau. Mont, High school;
Ethel Hilton. culbertson High school; ;
Bertha Meliok. Bethany grades; Janet
Cameron. Gordon High school; Edith
Grimm. Dewitt High school.
Tom Carr Feels Poorly"
Thomas Carr of this city, sentenced
about three weeks ago to serve thirty
days in the Dodge county jail at FIRE.
mont for the violation Of federal LIQUOR
laws, and who was to have started his
time last Saturday, was today granted an
Other stay OF sentence by Judge Munger of
the federal court upon the certification
of Dr. w. H Slattery of this city, who
stated that the man is. little improved in
his physical condition and that '.he In
feeling poorly" The stay of sentence is
for the period of one week. Carr Is af-
fected with angina pectoris, complicated
by pulmonary and digestive troubles, IL
is said
Would Leave Areaway.
City Attorney Foster on behalf OF the
mayor and city council OF Lincoln. with
the exception of Councilman Meier, TODAY
filed an answer TO the petition of James
c. McNerny in which he asked that the
areaway adjoining the new First National
bank building be removed The respond
ents declare that the relator has suffered
no especial injury from the areaway re-
ferred to. and that the action was not
brought in good faith. The fact that the
city officials which have the authority to
regulate such things, voted with the ex-
ceptton OF Councilman Meier to grant the
bank the right to construct the areaway
Is given as one of the other reasons why
the suit should be dismissed.
stiIl Sore About school.
Written as an inscription of red on a
newspaper clipping mailed. as its post
mark shows. from Holdrege, Secretary
of State Wait has received a commupica-
ton which says. Goodbye, Mr. wait,
goodbye. Make hay while your term
lasts" In the letter sent the state Of.
ficial are two or three newspaper clip
pings from various newspapers In regard
to the location OF the new southwestern
agricultural school at Curtis.
During the time that the Board of Pub
lie Lands and Buildings was voting on
the question of the location of the new
institution the secretary OF state voted for
Holdrege on thirty ballots, being the only
member to do so with the exception of
three or four times when another Joined
him.
Commission Approves Schedule.
Changes in the train schedules OF the
Union Pacific railroad which are to go
Into effect tomorrow were today approved
by the State Railway commission. There
were no objections registered against
the new time card. with the exception of
one enanating from the Kearney Com
mercial club. which stated that several
Items In the change did not meet with
entire approval from that body. The
early hearing prayed for by the Kearney
men will be granted In the near future
and has to do principally with train serv-
ice west OF Grand Island
PINIoNED UNDER HIS can