Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1913 — LOTS MORE STOCK THAN LAST YEAR [ARTICLE]

LOTS MORE STOCK THAN LAST YEAR

Assessors’ Consolidated Reports Show Increase in Horses, Cattle and Also Autos. Notwithstandingthe big increase in the number of automobiles in this county, horses have increased in number also, and the 1913 consolidated reports of township assessors shows also a big increase in the number of cattle. The following comparison shows that the increase is in all grades: HORSES ' 1912 1913 1 year olds1.0&2 1,108 2 year olds. 887 1,150 3 and 0ver.....6,959 8,034 Total ......8,928 10,292 Increase/ 1,264. CATTLE 1 year 01d54,371 4,246 2- year 01d5.3,806 4,119 3 and over.... .8,641 9,726 Total ................16,818 18,191 Increase, 1,373. The auto increase in the county was from 186 to 231. It is probable that fifty new cars have been purchased in Jasper county since the first of March. There were 83 machines in Rensselaer and this number has doubtless reached. 100, which would make one car to every 24 people. There were 42 cars In Remington, 23 in Carpenter township outside of Remington, 24 in Barkely, 10 in Jordan, 14 in Marion outside of Rensselaer, 5 in Hanging Grove, 6in Milroy, and 5 in Keener. The total amount of cash reported for assessment in Jasper county was $153,667. On deposit in tlie five banks of the county there was almost a million dollars. The total value Of notes was $152,431. Household goods were taken very cheap this year. The valuation was the highest in Rensselaer, where the average of the 564 homes listed was $40.81. In the others towns and townships the number of homes assessed and the value of the home furnishings follow: No. Average Milroy 75 $13.12 Remington 310 38.50 Wheatfield 81 26.60 Barkley 246 21.00 Keener 152 17.63 Jordan 135 20.20 Wheatfield tp 95 20.72 Walker 168 16.31 Carpenter 242 31.83 Gillam 121 22.44 Union :. 252 22.14 Kankakee 86 16.10 Newton w 113 22.10 Hanging Grove 87 22.80