Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05

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CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-W. ~. Curtis
| Washington, y. c.. No more of the
Bristow nonsense. Iagrcc with you
that Saturdays article was a serious
mistake.
(signcd) WILLIAM Penn Nixon.
The census of Iowa for 1919, pre-
pared by the Census Board, is a full
and complete work. II does the
Board great credit. and Cover
nor Carpenter Hon. 3. II. Shcr-
man. Auditor, and Hon.Wm. Christy.
Treasurer, pay the Hon. Josiah T..
Young. Secretary Of State, a high and
well merited compliment for the man
ner in which he has compiled the
work. They say-''The majority OF
the Executive Council avail themselves
of the opportunity given them in the
Introductory Remarks, to ythat the
work Of supervising the taking of the
census, compiling the immense mass
of returns, arranging them in the
perspicuous order in which they ap-
pear in the book and preparing them
for publication, has been done entire
under the personal supervision Of the
Secretary Of the State, who has been
solicitous to make the published
report, so far as the data athand
wonld permit, a complete mirror of
the facts concerning the States popu-
lation, wealth and resources ;and that
he has spared no pains to that end"
The State Register gives the follow
ing summary of the report.
"The total white population of
Iowa. number of males, 697 ,057; fe-
males, 647. 7.42O. 1t is with great grief
that duty compels us to furnish this
additional plea to bachelors in sup
port of their efforts to prolong a mis-
erable existence, but that Iowa is
short Of females to the number of
nearly fifty thousand is a. fact OF no
sort of comfort to any but male adj
vocates OF single biessedness. There
is also delicate hint of negro suf-
frage' in this respect when we reflect
that the figures for the colored popu-
lation read. males, 3,123; females, g.
853-total, 1916. OF the entire popu-
lation 2,482 were born in Iowa, so
that we now count more than half a
million native HawEeyes, ISL $50
more are natives of the United States,
leaving the number of our foreign
born population 203, ,50l or about one
fifth OF the whole. The number
of our population born of foreign par
entaee, in this country and abroad is
of both parents. 3lS, l59; +; fathers u for
eigner. 25,962; mother. foreigner.
l0.9a7 total, 355,0iS. The total num-
Der of persons under the age OF II
years is 496,47l or about % per cent.
of the entire population. OF the en-
tire white and colored population,
over lG years old. 8. las, or about one
in l65 cannot read. and in this the
males are in the majority. Our pop
ulation occupy 22l ,56S dwellings, and
are divided into 9.624 families, SD TO
provide house for each family We
| need 2S0O0 more buildings.
We occupy nearly thirteen million
acres of improved land. protected by
| l63. .tt,a mifcs Of feuUiug.- CT This. j.
Gi5.9tii acres were in cultivation in
1874. producing 43.2S0,9lS bushels OF
spring. and SJ0.SS9 bushels OF winter
| wheat; li6,993,570 bushels of corn,
/ 432.0OS bushels OF rye, 292l3,Syl
1 bushels Of oats, 3,53l.29l bushels OF
barley. and lG0.S0j bushels of buck
wheat. Winneshcik county leads
with a product of l.Sl3.46 bushels OF
spring wheat. Marshal county is
ahead in the average OF planted tim
ber. which foots up 1926 acres. We
possessed 69S, ,2O6 horses in 1874, and
sold 27.3lS for export. of which q
considerable number Went to Mime
sofa. The number of cattle slaugh-
tered and sold for slaughter last yeal
amounted to 3l4.677. Number OF
head of thoroughbred Short Horn
cattle in the State ut that date. 1898
Devons l,l26, Iierefords %, Ayr
shires, l4S: Jerseys. HI: ilolderness
4; other improved breeds. g39. The
whole. number of hogs was 3,l'S6.l6l
OF these were Berkshircs S5,466; Po-
land China, 96,O63, Chester White ~
3l5: Magee. 2.l75; Essex. $40: other
improved breeds, 35.45l: number
slaughtered and sold for slaughter
2,534.3Tl The number OF sheep IN
the State was found 10 be 12l.20l.--
OF these were Merino. $1,000; Cots
wold. 1864 Leicester. l,l46: South
downs. 1912; other improved breeds
81 AGO. Quantity of wool, shcared
2. 34O.9l4 pounds. The value Of farm
products is fixed AT 1924 ,407,07S; Gar
den produce, $726.229; orchard, Sl,
2l5.659; small fruits, S4SS.259; pro
ducts OF the herd, f42.2 .26l .039; dairy
1 $8, 39S.2l2; forest, $3.467 ,020. The val
ne Of articles manufactured i'll the
State in 1874 is S39. .2G3, ,3la value Q
coal mined, $1,000 l40; of building
stone, $2O2, lO,.
4 There are so colleges, academies
and other private schools, OF which
% are under the care of the Roman
Il Catholic Church, Q are unsectarian
50 OF unknown religious character
and the remainder are divided amons
the different Protestant denomina
| tlOHS. VI
in the public schools: males, 6,2SO
females, 1918. Average compensa
ton, OF the former, $35.9S latter, VT.
; 66. Whole number Of scholars, 5O6,
ISL. Number enrolled, 1865. lis. Ay
erage attendance 227, ,l59. Number o
!, school houses: frame, S,l54; brick
$50; stone, 26S; log, l53. Value. S9,
499.0I5. Total expenditures TO
school purposes. $i,429.SIi
i Col. Geo. S. Bangs, before his re
tirement from the position of Super
intendent of the Railway Postal Sery
ice. called the attention OF the publ
to the necessity of a change in iii
: laws classifying and fixing the rate
: of postage. The postmen cntrnste
, with the delivery of third class maj
ter sometimes have the pleasure 3
/, delivering live rattlesnakes forward
ed in perforated tin boxes, while cer
Fl tipedes squirm in paper enclosure
= waterfalls, wooden shoes, OK horn
! gold watches, potato bugs, bottle
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