Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-16
Nebraska
BARTON TO RUN FOR CONGRESS
State Auditor Announces He Will
Make Race in Fifth.
NORRIS MAY TRY FOR SENATE
Lincoln Politicians Look for Hts
Announcement at Any Time
Douglas County Values Help
Keep Up Assessment.
CFrOm a staff Correspondent.

LINCOLN, July l5.-(Special) Estate Aud
itor sllas r. Barton of Grand Island today
announced that he would make the race
for congress in the Fifth district next
year The statement was given out inme-
diately upon Mr.. Barton's return from a
trip to Denver and other western points.
The belief in republican circles here Is
that Auditor Barton will not have to OPP
pose present Congressman Norris, but that
the McCook man will soon announce his
candidacy for the United States senate,
Representative William Prince, also Of
Grand Island and former Secretary OF
State George Junkin Of Smithfield are also
said to have the congressional bee in their
bonnets and 1t IL probable that their an
nouncements will be Forthcoming as soon
as Congressman Norris states his attitude
on the senatorial situation.
John ]. mcfarland of Omaha filed today
as a republican candidate for the n0fnina-
ton for the supreme bench. while Charles
Anderson of oxford filed as a democratic
candidate for regent of the state university.
In filings for judges of the district court
other filings received at Secretary of State
Waits office today were: j. ]. Thomas.
fusionist. OF Seward. for the Fifth judicial
district: B. II. Payne, democrat for the
Eleventh district.
Labor Protests water Cut.
In resolutions adopted at a meeting OF the
Central Labor union last night a stand was
taken against the alleged forthcoming re-
duction of water rates to large consumers.
such as the Traction company, the Electric
Light and Gas company and the Beatrice
Creamery company. The action taken
called attention of the city council to the
effect that city government Is meant to be
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number results and that such a thing as
granting a decrease in water rates to the
corporations would obviously be running
matters contrary to that policy.
Harmon Jumps Into Race.
Clarence e Hartman Of Holdrege, well
known democratic leader, and who last
year stirred up democratic congressional
matters in the Fifth district by waEing an
sye-opening campaign against Roderick d.
Sutherland, again leaped into the arena by
Cling for the railway commission today on
the democratic ticket. Hartman has long
liant his hands and his pocketbook TO the
sproAd Of JefSersonian principles in his
part Of the state and by such men as ex-
Governor shallenberger and United States
Senator Hitchcock is credited with being
enc Of thu hardest party workers In Ne
sbrAska-
HaxmAn's II the fourth democratic Citing
Cor the vacancy on the commission, those
who are TO oppose him for the place being
the present commissioner, John Purse;
"a M Sinns Of Alma and O. 8 Upton OF
Union
one more niing In republican ranks was
also reostved today, that OF q. 2. Russell
Of Blair. q protege of Don Van Deusen-
Other republican candidates for the posi-
ton are Senator J. b. McGrew OF Bloom
inntou, Thomas Hall Of this city, H. C.
Beebe Of OsceolA and J. J. LANCER OF
Wlbsr.
Douglas Boosts va1uea.
Reports from all excepting four counties
chow that the assessed valuation of the
taxable property in Nebraska win Do
slightly more than It was last year. Reports
/. from forty or more counties first received
indicated = decrease. but at the last moment
Douglas and Lancaster counties reported
enough increase to offset the decrease in
che entire Etata The assessed valuation Of
eighty eight counties u 1856. AZ, ssS The four
counties that have not reported are, Boone,
BOX Butte, Gage and SCOTS Bluff. which
Aast year had an assessed valuation OF t19,
TO1, 60. II thesS counties report the same this
year the total assessed valuation Of the
state Will be tS1B. 1s1. 4s7. Last year the total
WaS e4l11H2 U. II Ii believed the missing
counties will show a slight decrease thia
year.
Douglas and Lancaster counties this yeal
show q combined increase OF So f66S6s In
assessed valuation, Lancaster showing ovel
$4,000 increase and Douglas reporting "a
10000 increase. During the last seven years
the total assessed valuation Of the STATE
has increased annually from t1oooo000 e
$50. 900 each year. but, owing to the new
plan Of electing precinct assessors. instead
of appointing them II IL believed the a..
eessed values this year will be but littl,
larger than IL was last year.
Two AViAtors I'm LincOln.
There are two real aviators in Lincoln
And they are here to stay Al least this city
Is to be their headquarters.
r. W. Reach OF 1916 Rose street and r. @
Cole of Hastings the aviators. They
- have purchased big flying machine, the
largest that las ever been In Lincoln. theJ
say. It is now resting under a large ten
in the back yard OF the home OF Mr.. Reach
Next Tuesday the men expect to take IN,
aeroplane TO a sixty-acre field adJolninI
the asylum for the insane southwest OF tn,
city. Here they are to make test flights
The field, from which q wheat crop hal
Just been harvested. will be ideal Cor theii
experiments, they say.