Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1906 — TAXES DOUBLED. [ARTICLE]

TAXES DOUBLED.

County Council Fixes Levy at 71 13-20 Cents. 32 CENTS MORE THAN LAST YEAR Also Present Mose Leopold SIOO for Prosecuting Old Case Against McCoys, But Continue Sellers’ Request for $260. The Jasper county council adjourned Wednesday after granting all appropriation asked for except the little matter of $260 which E B. Sellers wanted additional to the SI,OOO already paid,him—the contract price as stated at the time—for prosecuting the McCoys. Mose Leopold, the deputy prosecutor here and secretary of the republican county central committee, was allowed SIOO for hie services in the above case. The total appropriations made for the year 1907 are $70,724,54, and the increased levy for nil county purposes is 32 cents over last year, making the highest levy, we believe, ever made in the history of the county, and almost double the levy of last year. This, with the special levies for ditch, stone road and other improvements, added to the township levies, will make taxes something fierce next year, but when you get hold of a nice ripe lemon squeeze it until the juice is all extracted; with favorable seasons and lots of hard work and selfdenial, the lemon —which in this case is the taxpayers —will gather another supply of juice and be ready for another squeeze next year. Among the appropriations made was $4,000 for grade and SI,OOO for bridge at the Kankakee, north of DeMotte, and $1,500 for a stone crusher. It is the intention, we understand, to crush rock here for the repair of gravel and stone roads adjacent to Rensselaer, using river rock. Special additional appropriations were made for this year as follows: J. H. Allman, bal. azieu'g Carpenter S 18 80 James Bullis, same. Jordan 2 50 W. D. Myers, same, Walker 2 50 G. L. Thornton, same, Newton 3 CO Sprinkling streets about public sq*re 45 00 John Eger, supplies court bouse 10 48 Rent and tolls for sheriff's telephone 30 35 Dr. H. J. Kanijal 3 00 Bridge Carpenter tp 250 00 Same, same 375 00 Same, Wheatfield 500 00 Repair Lawson bridge 1,300 00 Same, Carpenter's creek Range Line 50 00 James Yeoman, mealselectiou board 4 30 Dr. Kresler, med. ex. Sarah Marion.. 5 00 W. J. Wright, coroner's fees. same... 5 00 C, H. Vick. destroying fish net 5 00 E. B, Sellers, att’y McCoy trial. #260, (cout.) Mose Leopold, same.. 100 00 County asssessment Iroquois ditch... 1,328 93 Same, Evers ditch.. 14 18 Same, construction Seifert Ditch.... 37 50 Road and school laws 18 00 Janitor Teachers’ examination 12 00 Grade over Gifford ditch 100 00 Salary county council <0 00 Expense council Keener road 8 75 Repair basement sheriff's residence and wall in boiler house 65 00