Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-13
Nebraska
LAND VALUATION PUT OYER
State Board of Equalization Ad-
journs Until After Primary.
NANCE COUNTY IN FOR RAISE
County BOARD Had Made Ten Per
Cent Cut, but This u Held
TO BE against the
Law
Iron a Sad correspondentl


LINCOLN. Aug. 2,-(special.)-
wrestling with reductions in land values
made by county assessors or boards and
rewrestling with the proposition of pro-
posed raises, the state board of equaliza-
ton adjourned yesterday and will meet
again next Wednesday. BY that time II
is thought that excitement over the pri-
mary will have subsidized so that the
members can pay attention to the mat
ters in hand WITHOUT letting their minds
drift off to the festive voter.
The county, board OF Nance county
thought to take a short cut 20 reduc-
ton in that county and made a 10 per
cent reduction flat on all lands. This is
prohibited by law as the statute requires
the boards of counties TO make equali-
zation of values by comparison i'm the
different precincts. The reason given for
the reduction by the county clerk, f. NJ.
Jones, was that the county ha1 all the
money IL needed in al Its funds and did
not need a high valuation. This action
deprives the state of its just share of
taxes and in Consequence the board will
increase land values in Nance 10 per
cent
Duudy county made mistake IN fi''"g
its assessment and filed a new one,
which increases the assessed value 4
lands from A.62 to $. The board will
take further action on the other counties
at it's next meeting.
Last Years wheat Crop.
To what extent Nebraska suffered by
reason Of the partial failure, and in some
parts of the state. the total failure Of
the wheat crop last year, is evidenced by
the reports OF the assessors as sent in to
the secretary Of the state board of as
sessment.
The number of bushels reported to the
assessors In 1913 was shown to be 6,SJo,5ll
bushels on hand April /. 1918. The report
this year shows but 27s0. ga bushels re-
ported when the assessors made their
rounds, indicating that there will be a
great deal of demand for the 1914 crop
and that much of it will be needed to
fill the shortage
EdEertOn before Normal.
Assistant Attorney General Frank
Edgerton will so TO Fremont tomorrow,
where he will deliver the commencement
address at the graduation exercises of
the Fremont Normal college.
Board visiting sites.
Commissioners Gerdes and Kennedy Of
the State Board of Control visited Hum
boldt yesterday and looked over the
proposition offered there for the location
of the new state reformatory. From that
place they went to Table Rock this morn
ing to look up a similar proposition re-
garding a location for the $4,000 irsStu-
ton voted by the last legislature.
New Aeroplane Company
Tho Omaha Overland company Is a
new corporation filing with the secre-
tary of state today with capital stock
of $4,000. The company will do a general
business in the manufacture and handling
of automobiles, flying machines and
similar machines. The incorporators are
James Janison and Helen Compton,
JObbers Appear Satisfied.
Lincoln jobbers apepar to be pretty
well satisfied with the new freight rates
which will go into effect September as
ordered by the railway commission.
Under the new schedule Lincoln will get
a lower rate by cents per hundred on
fourth class stuff shipped, which will
make up the added freight charges from
eastern points to Lincoln over the rate
paid to Omaha, therefore putting the two
cities on a nearly equality basis.