Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-30
Nebraska
FIX BONDS ON WRONG BASIS
State Officers Refuse to Register
$4,000 Block for Butte.
nor ON AssEssEp VALUATION
Union Pacific VIII Tut Motor Car
on Branch to spaIdinE to Make
Trial of service-MOre
Anthrax Discovered.
(From a staff Correspondent

(From a staff CorrespondentO
LINCOLN. sept. 2s.-(Special) Bonds
in the amount OF $4,000 voted by the
township in which Butte, the county seat
of Boyd county is situated. for the pui-
pose OF aiding in the building OF rail-
road TO the town, will not be registered
by the state auditor. because the amount
of the bonds was fixed on the actual
valuation of the township, instead of the
assessed valuation as required by law.
The matter was put up TO the attor-
ney gene al by Auditor Howard. and
Deputy Ayers holds with tho auditor that
the basis for the bonds must be made
on 10 per cent of the assessed valuation
of the property in the township, which
votes the bonds.
The law was enacted by the legislature
of 1900. bpt railroads were not included.
Later In the session it was discovered
that the omission was made and another
law was passed, which remedied the
former act and included rail Dads.
Deputy Attorney General Ayers also
hands down this morning an opinion re-
garding the selection of assessors In cit
les OF over 1000. The matter was brought
up on an inquiry from County Attorney
Trout of Adams county, who desired TO
know Il assessors could be appointed by
districts or for the whole city Mr.. Ayers
replies that the deputies must be APP
pointed en- masse, meaning that district
appointments are not TO be made, but
the whole city.
Trial Train on Branch.
In an effort to have the State Railway
commission modify it's former order re-
curing the Union Pacific railroad to
place an extra passenger train on its
branch line running from Columbus to
Spaulding N. H. Loomis, w. d. LAncoln
and J. p. Cary, officials of the road, ap-
peared before the commission today and
asked that the order be changed so that
a trial might be made OF the service for
two months, In speaking OF the matter,
Mr.. Loomis said that the company did
not want to be unfair in the matter,
but believed they ought to be allowed
time In which TO test the paying prpo-
aition of the new train, but would not
object TO a longer period IL the commits
s!on thought best.
y, L. Sargent Of Cedar Rapids, J. D
Barnes. Cyrus Greek and ]. r. Shields
along the line, Mr.. Shields stating that
the road had known for years that the
service was inadequate and he opposed
and trial Of the train.
The commission modified its order some
what in that It gave the road three
months, in which it could make a test
of the matter OF expenses and revenues
and then If 1t desired could come before
the commission and make a showing, but
would not make trial order.
The service will be made by motor
car and viii be put on October II, leav-
ing spaulding in the morning in time to
connect with train In the morning at
Columbus and leaving Columbus about
: o'clock in the evening for the return
trip.
Damage Suit Appealed.
The Elizabeth Kountze Real Estate
company appeals to the supreme court
from a judgment secured by Frances A.
Rankin in the amount of $3.50 in the
Douglas county court for injuries re-
ceived Will residing in property owned
by the real estate company. 1t is alleged
that while passing from one room TO an
other she stepped on board. which was
so loose that It allowed a nail to pro
trude through, which ran into her heel.
AS a result blood poison set in and she
suffered severely from the accident. She
asked damages in the sum of $4,000.
More Anthrax Found.
Or. .Kigin, state veterinarian, returned
from Douglas county this morning. where
he investigated a bunch of sixty-five head
OF cattle north of Omaha. He discovered
that some of the cattle were suffering
from anthrax. FIVE of them having al
ready died and sixth at the point OF
death, About two years ago the disease
prevailed in the same place. but by ef-
fective work the disease was stamped
out. DIR. Kigin believes that he has the
upper hand on the cases this time and
that there will be no more trouble. The
cattle have been vaccinated and isolated
from other cattle and strict sanitary and
quarantine methods have been put into
effect and il is believed that there will