Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
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Anyhow. Catch Brown.
Lincoln. June 9.-To the Editor o.
The Bee; Fred Brown, by grace ol
the police reporters imagination
called the "manacle man." is report
ed to have again fled TO Lincoln. "
an automobile stolen In Benson
They say he drove boldly down. onl,
a few rods back of State Sheriff Gui
Hyers. And. as tho rumor flew. Il
finally grew into the story that Brown
rode the entire distance perched or
the spare tire at the rear OF Gus
automobile.
The Brown hunt is rapidly devei.
oping into an opera bouffe. Officeri
found little bag OF lollipops. or
"all-day suckers" In one car be.
lieved to have ben abandoned by the
desperado. Another time 1t was dis.
covered that he had been feeding his
desperate spirit on cinnamon buns.
Brown appears TO be playing
Omaha sundays to Wednesdays and
Lincoln Thursdays to Saturdays OF
each week. JULIUS KRAMER.
Pokipg Fun at Business Women.
Omaha, June Ito the Editor
OF The Bee: Now that women are
full -fledged members Of the Cham
Der OF Commerce. one wonders what
is going on in the minds of some OF
the staidest male members.
Whether rules will have TO be
with respect to smoking
either less for the men or granting
carte blanche to the women to puff
their own.
whether a ladies' parlor. rouge
and lip stick will not be added next
to the suite Of smoking rooms,
equipped with cuspidors.
Whether attention will not be dis
tracted from the eloquent speaker
at the public affairs luncheon by
the startling millinery or cosmetic
Of the lady to his right.
And mirrors! Dear commissioner.
go heavy on the order for more
A GIRL MYSELF.
County Reduction Meeting.
North Platte. Neb., June 5.-To
The Editor of The Bee: In spite OF
the competition of a circus and a
exercise comprising
several hundred people from the
entire county, the tax reduction at
the court house at North Platte was
a rousng success. J. H. Edmisten,
chairman Of the progressive state
committee, introduced ex-senator
Otto Mutz of Lincoln, who for more
than an hour addressed the splendid
audience on the subject Of tax re-
duction.
The people who heard the ad-
dress were enthusiastic for the i'm
mediate organization Of a county
tax reduction club and the vote to-
effect such an organization was
w. NJ. Lyman Of North
Platte was by unanimous vote
elected president, Mrs. Charles Per-
xins of North Platte was elected
and J. w. Shoop, cashier
Of the Maxwell bank, was elected
treasurer. e.|
Mr.. Mutz' address was full of the
most startling facts. taken from 81
lent witnesses in the form of re-,
ports Of state officers. and the facts
as they were written in the laws.
He stated that first direct cause Of
high taxes will be found in the fact
that only half of. the property of the
state is being assessed. He said that
and Lancaster counties hide
more merchandise than is assessed
In the entire state. He also stated
that while we have in the state ~
district judges at salaries of $5, ,0e0,'
each rendering for 10 months in the
year, one Of the justice courts OF
Lancaster county has more live
judgments on its dockets than the
entire state assessed in 1920. He
also said that while the banks of
the state in their quarterly state-,
ments returned under oath ''depos-.
It's subject to check and time de-.
oosits, $513,458,756," the entire
state returned under money in
banks trust companies or deposit
boxes" only $12,45S,736, and while
he banks returned under loans
and discounts" $500, 100000 the en-
ire state returned for assessment
under notes, $4,105,053. He said
that while the entire state assessed
lnder secured and unsecured
notes" only $1,963,432, the records
Of the county clerks of the state
showed new mortgages assessed
$1,963,432 and the records of the
clerks Of the state showed new
mortgages filed during the last IL
months amounting to $140,000,000.
He designated as the crime of
Senate File IS the revenue reform
measure passed by the last session
If our legislature that exempts
more than $4,000, 100000 of the best
Of the people Of Nebraska
from taxation. He explained that
Is cents out of every dollar Of
money, stocks in corporations not
in the state, building and
oan shares, notes, chattel mort
cages and annuities under this law
s exempted from taxation and that
he owner is required to pay tax on
only '25 cents. Under this law he
that the farm worth