Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-18
Nebraska
POINTERS GIVEN ASSESSORS
State Officers Address Annual Con-
vention at Lincoln.
HAWS HEADS STATE BOARD
Various Departments Of Organized
Agriculture Hold Sessions and
Talk over Problems Az
fectinE Interests.
tFrom a stan. Correspondent

LINCOLN, Neb. Jan. is.-(Special Tele-
graml-The county assessors OF the state
met in annual convention this afternoon
in the senate chamber. practically all the
counties being represented.
a large part OF the time was taken up
with addresses. Governor Aldrlch. Attor-
ney General Martin and Treasurer George
being on the program. The governor i'm
pressed upon them the necessity OF ar
irving at an understanding which would
produce uniform assessment, not only
as between the property owners OF the
county but as between the different
counties.
Attorney General Martin explained the
assessment laws regarding mortgaged
real estate, and Treasurer George dis
cussed the finances of the state. The
railway commission was asked to explain
its methods Of fixing values OF the rail-
road property affected by the local ter
minal tax law and also how II arrived
at the values Of property abutting the
railroads right OF way.
Engineer Hurd explained methods OF
getting at values and told the assessors
that any figures in his office were at
their service in making their assess
ments. There was considerable general
discussion of assessment problems but no
action was taken on any subject today.
Hall viii Try Again.
George r. Hall Of Bloomfield filed this
afternoon as democratic candidate for
state treasurer. He was Mr.. Georges
opponent two years ago and thought he
would like TO make another try for the
place.
Fruit Men Name Officers.
The hortieulturists today elected the
following officers: President. J. J. Brown
Of Geneva; vice president, c. II. Barnard,
Table Rock. second vice president, l..
Henderson, Omaha; secretary. Peter
Youngers, Geneva; Roy Duncan, Peru. to
fill vacancy on board OF directors.
Vote Down Parcel. Post.
The parcels post resolution was voted
down by decisive majority this morn,
ing by the State Board Of Agriculture at
its session at the state farm. Resolu-
tons favoring blue sky law similar
to TIE one in effect in Kansas and In
favor Of farm mechanics and agricul-
tural courses in rural schools were
adopted. The election Of directors and
officers was the most important business
before the meeting and resulted as fol-
lows:
The following were. re-eleeted: Charles
Mann OF Chadron. W r. Mellor OF Loup
mold OF Falls City, William Foster OF Lin
coin. X. NJ. Maicot uf Palmr, Joseph
Roberts of Fremont, George n. Dickmsn
OF Stward, and w. Il. Banning Of Union.
The places held by q. w. Hervey Of
Omaha Omaha Z; a z. Russell ,,s Of Blsit, ,, D. .;
Harvard and T. Won Forrell of SCOTS
Bluff were taken by J. VI. Taylor OF
Washington, Jacob Sims OF Chalco, p. B. /
Danielson of 'oseeola. James K. Ryan of
Indianols, K. II. Purcell OF Broken Bow,
and ]. T. Leftwich OF 81, Paul, one menu
Der being added to the board.
Haws Heads Body.
/. W. Haws of Minden was elected
president in place Of o. =. Hendershot
Of Hebron. who resigned at a previous
meeting of the board. No opposition
was offered to his election. Joseph
Roberts, second vice president, last year
was elevated TO the first vice presidency
and ]. A. Oils OF ord was given the sec
ond vice presidency without any fight
being made against him for the honor
W. II. Mellor was reelected secretary
by reclamation. and was vigorously com
mended for the work he had done in
previous years in that position. Treas
urer Dickman was reelected In the same
manner President Haws named his
board of managers following close on his
election.
New Men Named.
Pete Youngers OF Geneva and John Nc
Ardle of Omaha were the two new men
to go on the latter board, l. W. Haxs,
by virtue of his elevation, retiring and f.
z. Russell being retired through, failure
TO obtain a reelection from his district.
Following is the complete roster OF Sc
lections made at today's meeting:
President, /. w. Haws Of Mlndeh; first
vice president, Joseph Roberts of Ere
mont; second vice president. j.. a. Oils.
Loup City; treasurer, @. F. Dickman OF
Stward.
Board Of Managers-Chairman c. II.
Rudge OF Lincoln: Joseph Roberts OF FIRE.
mont. J. A Oils, IT., OF Ord; Peter
Youngers Of Geneva, and John McArdie
OF Omaha.
Elections on the Board-First district, |
William Foster Of Lincoln; v. Arnold OF |
Falls City, and w. Il. Banning OF Union. |
Second District. II. Taylor new Of |
Washington; Jacob Bass new Of Chalco. |
Third District-R- N. Walcott Of Pal
mer and Joseph Roberts of Fremont.
Fourth District-George =. Dickman Of /
Seward; E. r Danielson new Of oece-
ola, and Peter Youngers Of Geneva.
Fifth District-James z. Ryan new Of
Indianola.
sixth Distriet-E. r. Purcell new of
Broken Bow: Charles Mann OF Chadron;
W. r. Mellor of Loup City, and J. T.
Leftwich new Of st. Paul.
Inspecting stations.
The stallion inspectors had a meeting at
the capitol this forenoon, at which about
fifteen were present. The object Of the
meeting was to discuss their field work
and best methods Of handling and ad-