Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-18
Nebraska
LINE UNCOVERED
Box Butte Assessors Query Leads to
Small Discovery.
ALDRICH SOON TO GO WEST
Governor and state Engineer VIII
Leave To-day for visit over Ne
braska's Irrigated Di.trict-
Coad P.,ys Fee.
From a staff Correspondent


From q staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Feb. r.-(SpeciaL)-A dis
covery made by the assessor at Alliance
promises to uncover some property that
has escaped taxation in the past. The
burlington road is the only one in the
state which has reported Telegraph lines
as BELONGING to the company. and the
assessors on the strength of this have
gone on the assumption that all the
telegraph lines on that system belonged
heard that some Of the lines there be-
longed to the Western Union and wrote
to Henry Seymour. secretary Of the board
Of assessment.
Mr.. Seymour called on the physical
valuation department Of the railway COM
mission and learned that a major por-
ton OF the telegraph lines into Alliance
belonged to the Western Union He took
a memorandum of the figures and sent
them to the assessor and will go through
the report to ascertain II the same condi-
ton obtains on other portions Of the
Burlington. II It does the property will
be reported to the local assessors.
Aldrich TO Go West.
Governor Aldrich and State Engineer
Price will start tomorrow for q tour OF
the irrigated section Of the state to be
gone until the latter portion Of next
week. Sunday afternoon the governor
will speak in Fremont and Monday will
inspect the new irrigation project near
ing completion at KimbalL He will be
in Sidney Monday night and Tuesday
will be at Bridgeport. where he viii so
over the Irrigation work In that vicinity.
In the afternoon he will inspect the works
near Scottsbluff. Wednesday he will be
at Crawford and Wednesday evening at
Chadron. Coming home by way of the
Northwestern he will stop at Long Pine
and Wisner.
The hearing on the physical valuation
of the Union Pacific is set for Wednes-
day. February p.
Rising City Active.
The Rising City Commercial club writes
Labor Commissioner Guye that six or
eight married men can find employment
at that place and that enjoyment can also
be found for their wives II they desire
to do such work as sewing and washing.
The town is putting in an electric light
plant and also extending the water
works system.
The Railway commission has instructed
the attorney general to commence man.
damus proceedings against the Holbrook
telephone company to compel a return
Of the physical valuation OF Its property.
The company has so far refused to COM
ply with the request Of the commission,
asserting II is a nonincorporated mutual
concern and is not compelled to submit
the report. The attorney general has
appointed Judge Good OF Lincoln to
prosecute the case.
CowIes Goes to kearney.
Land Commissioner Cowles has gone to
Kearney to look after the commencement
of the work on the new building for the
tuberculosis hospital. The stakes will
be set so the contractor can go to work.
While there It is anticipated he will do
something In the matter OF the trouble
between the head nurse and Mrs. jeff
alias Minerva. one Of the team Of horses
who objected SO strenuously to the nurse
taking a ride on her back. Mrs. jeff
will be told in Mr.. Cowles' bland. but
impressive manner, that such unseemly
conduct must not be repeated and that
IL Mrs. jeff wants three square meals
per day she must perform without COM
planning the duties assigned her.
State Treasurer George has purchased
for the school fund s2s.soo worth OF the
bonds Of the city Of Tecumseh- The
bonds draw per cent interest.
Nebraska Statistics.
A London. England. statistician has
written State Treasurer George for some
facts concerning the financial operations
of the state. 1t is evident from the circu-
lar which he sends he is obtaining the
same information from each state in the
union. The figures for the year. COM
mencing December 10. 1910. and ending
November %. 1911, show there was on
hand at the beginning Of the period
500. 1904 and at the close Of the period
s4s9, 550.1O. There was collected in that
time S5,556,s76.l3 At the first named date
there was in the permanent school fund
investment $3.50, @0o2 and at the last
named date these investments amounted
to 50 0S0, s5S.Ss.
Coad Pays Filing Fees.
William coad has paid the fling fee
on his protest against the Ross claim for
water rights in the Elkhorn and Platte
rivers near Fremont and the hearing
probably will be set for some time the
latter part Of next week. c. p. Ross,
the claimant under one Of the filings,
is in the city today and says he is ready
to make answer and proceed with the
hearing at any time
Engineer Price leaves tomorrow with
the governor for a trip through the irTi-
gated section Of the state and will not
return until the latter part Of the week,
but on his return will be ready to take
the matter up.
The conflict comes over the fact there
is not water enough in the streams to
supply both Of the projects. The Ross
filing antedates that made by Mr.. Coad.
which is said to be backed BY the