Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1915 — Horses Still Hold Lead in Tippecanoe County. [ARTICLE]

Horses Still Hold Lead in Tippecanoe County.

Lafayette, Ind., June 25.—The horse is holding its own in Tippecanoe county despite the ever-grow-ing popularity of the automobile. Statistics compiled by R. P. Fraser, county auditor, show that there are 1,133 automobiles in the county, the taxation value placed on them being $229,515. There are horses, and the value placed on them is $884,200. The average value of the automobiles as given for assessment is only $203, and the average value of horses, as given, is $Bl. There is one horse for almost every five persons in the county, whereas there is an automobile for only every forty.