Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1907 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday, and the county council will also meet in special session the same day. 7J udge Hanley has re-appointed Mts. Blanche Chapman on the library board, and J. J. Hunt on same board in place of John 0. McColly, deceased, both for a period of three years. —o — New suits filed: No. 7130. John Shaeffer vs. John Stair et al; suit to quiet title. No. 7131. Charles Willenmier vsi Lavin Peck: suit on note. licenses issued: Feb, $3, Ralph Moore of Barkley tp., aged 21, occupation farmer, to Nora Ethel Waymire of Marion tp., aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. —o — The township assessors have been instructed not to assess the lands used for highway purposes or railroad right-of-way. For instance, suppose you have a 160acre farm and the highway cuts off two acres, the assessor will assess you on 160 acres and then deduct from the amount of the assessment the valuation of the two acres cut off by the highway. —o —

It is now time to have the mortgage on your lands or town property exempted from taxation. Bear in mind this must be done every spring if you wish to take advantage of such exemption, also that you are entitled to an exemption of one half the amount you owe on the mortgage up to $1,400. In other words, if you owe $1,400 or mofe on mortgage on your farm or town property you are entitled to an exemption of S7OO from the valuation thereof, as fixed for taxation. You can secure the necessary blanks at the county auditor’s office, or any attorney will prepare your blanks and file them for you for a mere trifle. —o — Township trustees should remember that The Democrat carries in stock trustees’receipt books, road supervisors’ tax receipt books, supervisors’ order books, pupil’s transfer blanks, trustees’ poor order books, and many other supplies used in township work. These are printed on a good quality of paper, are substantially bound and are sold at about onehalf the price charged for the same class of work by the foreign supply houses. In purchasing such supplies of The Democrat you are leaving the money at home, in Jasper county, while it will circulate for the benefit of the people who pay it into the township fund as taxes. Remember the dollar sent away to some foreign supply house never comes back to benefit the people of your own township or county, but is gone forever.

—o — Following is the schedule adopted by the township assessors for the assessment of personal property in Jasper county for the year 1907: 1. All good notes qo per cent face value. 2. All stocks of goods and merchandise to be assessed at 75 per cent of the invoice value. 3. All average horses with speed records, S2OO and upwards at the discretion of the Assessor. 4. All pure bred draft horses SSOO, or grade draft horses #200: higher or lower at the discretion of the Assessor. 5. Farm Horses. Average yearling colts at .$ 3500 Average 2-yearold colts 50 00 Average 3 year old colts 65 00 All other average horses too 00 Higher or lower at the discretion of Assessor. Mules same as horses. Jacks 300 00 6. Cattle. Average yearling heifers 10 00 Average yearling steers 15 00 Average 2-year old heifers 15 00 Average 2-year old steers 20 00 Average 3-year old steers 30 00 Average cow at 25 00 Average Jersey and milk breeds 25 00 Average feeding cattle per hundredweight 3 50 7. Sheep and Hogs. Good average sheep per head 5 00 Hogs, per hundredweight 5 00 8. Grain, Seeds, Etc. Wood per cord 50c to $2.00 Wheat per bushel 60

Corn per bushel 30 Oats per bushel 25 Rye per bushel 40 Potatoes per bushel 20 Timothy seed per bushel 1 50 Clover seed per bushel 5 00 Buckwheat per bushel 40 Onions per bushel 40 9. Hay, Timothy per ton 5 00 Wild per too 3 00 Higher or lower at the discretion of Assessor. 10. Meats, Etc. Pork per cwt 6 00 Lard per cwt 6 00 Wool per lb 15 Sorghum molasses per gallon 25 Ice per ton 35 11. Lumber. Hardwood per M 15 00 12. Poultry and Bees. Chickens per dozen 3 00 Turkeys each ' 75 Geese each 50 Bees per stand 1 00 Additional improvements to be assessed at 60 per cent of cost price.