Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1915 — Jasper Spends Much Mazuma. [ARTICLE]

Jasper Spends Much Mazuma.

The per capita cost of county government in Franklin county is higher than any other county in the state, according to a report by the census bureau on county revenues, expenditures and properties. The report shows that in Franklin county the per capita cost of the government is $9.32, as against a per capita cost of the county government in the state of $4.17. Our own Jasper county ranks sixth in the state for blowing the mazuma, with $6.54 per capita cost of county government. Only •twelve counties in the state had a per capita cost over $6.