Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-02
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City Board of Equalization Raises
Assessment of Packers.
STOCK YARDS ARE NOT HIT
Members of Board Apparently Well
Agreed Upon Course of Pro-
cedure-Sarpy Farmer
Under Arrest.
T0CK YARDS ARE NOT HIT

After citing the packers and stock
yards to appear and show cause why
their assessment should not be raised Is
per cent above that Of year ago the
board of equalization and review con-
cluded with raising the valuation upon
the stock yards and packing plants by
the sum of $4,000. In particular the
Union Stock Yards upon its real and
personal property united was reduced
s227.0oo while the united packers upon
their real and personal holdir gs were
raised $4,000 above last year. Swift
and Cudahy carry the big increases of
$4,000 and $9O,oo0 respectively upon their
real estate holdings. Armour was raised
$4,000 and the Omaha Packing company
was raised $4,000. The old Omaha house
was increased $4,000.
Contrary to general expectation there
was no fight among the members Of the
hoard ali of whom voted together with
the exception Of Tax Commissioner Jerry
Fitzgerald who passed when called TO
vote upon the reduction of the stock
yards assessment.
The changes In the city valuation were
based upon the county assessment of
1912 which lowered the rate set by the
board a year ago. The board simply
placed the figures back at the point
whence they had been brought down by
the county assessor a year ago. In one
instance, notably that of the Union Stock
Yards, it was said that the action Of the
county assessor In raising the 1912 assess
ment from &11o,o0O to $4a3775o was con-
sidered too radical and the reduction
of the city tax by the board yesterday
was said to be simply placing the assess
ment at the figure set last year before
the present years county assessment was
raised an extra $227,00
Action of the County.
1t was said that while the county re-
duced the assessment upon other plants
it had placed the heaviest increase upon
the Union Stock Yards with no more
reason than that it was a large corpor-
alton. Deputy County Assessor Frank
MahOney while making no comment
upon the immediate situation stated that
lIE linh ChPCNlCb q ScIlCl al idiSS upull tHe
Douglas county valuations as soon as
the state board of equalization had heard
Of the rates increased by the city board
of South Omaha. Mr.. Mahoney ind-
Gated that Douglas was already paying
more than one seventh of the total state
valuation which he said should not BE-
increased without grave reasons He
cold fho - n;f,
equalization in raising the county rates
might naturally have been expected to
signal a raise for all Douglas county by
the state board.
Want Chain Gang.
While on plain clothes duty yesterday
evening at $40 o'clock Officer John Scott
arrested John Danberg for insulting
women at Twenty-sixth and Q streets.
Scott has been on the lookout for men
of Danbergs alleged character for some
rights The police claim that Commits
sioner Jack Ryder's order to the vag-
lants of Omaha has had the effect of
inundatng this town with bad char
acters. Nightly the police pick up strong
men and book them on the charge of
vagrancy and suspicion. Because of 4
lack Of tangible evidence Police Judge
James Callahan is unable to hold the
suspects and they are turned loose again.
Carpenter Found Dead.
Fred Johnson, a carpenter aged So
years, was found dead on vacant lot
at Forty-ninth and Q streets by little
Pauline Moran at 7:30 o'clock last night.
johnson had suffered from heart trou-
BILE for years. He left his home at a014
r street early yesterday morning to in.
spect some of his property. His body
was found under a tree, where he is sup
posed to have laid down to go to sleep,
on his sons lot which adjoins his own.
He leaves widow. son. Charles, and
four daughters, Mrs. Charles Nestroyl
and Misses Minnie, Carrie and Hattie
Johnson.
Magic City Gossip.
Mike Allen. who was i'll for some days
with stomach trouble, is again able to
lie out.
Mrs. Frank Brunner and son of o Nehi,
Neb are the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. w
g Simmons.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Q, Eastman are at Ex-
celsior Springs. Mo, and will not be
home until August 5.
Mr. and Mrs. James Grace have re-
turned from a ten-day trip to Des Moines,
where they visited with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs Peter H. Lubrusher re-
port the birth of a daughter at their
home, Forty eighth and r streets.
John Amos and bunch of hunters
spent portion Of Tuesday hunting. They
returned with d good bag of game.
Martin letter and his family will leave
in few days for South Haven Mich,
where they will spend 4 few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. d. Shamblen and Miss
Ruth Atkinson have returned from a
motor trip through Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska