Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-12


During the week the REGISTER has
received reports from assessors in several
districts Of the State, as fellows:
BERKELEy COUNTY. III
\ wILhaAM L. CUNNINGHAM of, the
first district of Berkeley county writes
that there viii be probable decrease in
the present valuation in his district of
from one to two per cent. He found
some irregularities consisting in depre-
citation OF buildings and land. The de-
probation was generally in property
that had been rented from year to year
for long time where tenants had not
much interest in keeping 1t up, He has
met with little or no opposition in his
efforts to equalize assessments. The
wheat crop Is reported very good-lO
per cent. better than the averages Oats
about an average crop. Corn presents
the prospect of nearly an average yield.
Stock is generally thin in flesh, but
healthy. The general prosperity Is not
as ffattering as last year owing to the
scarcity Of feed from last years crop.
MONoNGALIA COUNTY.
s. C. Stewart, of the Second district
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there will be slight increase in his dis
trict amounting to from to per cent.
He has found but few irregularities.
He has discovered some tracts OF land
not previously on the land books. The
chief increase is in farming lands
brought about by Improvement build
ings and superior cultivation. The peo-
pie have met his efforts in satisfactory
manner with few exceptions. Timber
Is getting scarce, and Goa! is of little cash
value by reason Of distance from mar
ket. The grass crop is reported very
fine; wheat above average; oats badly
injured with rust; corn looking very
well; stock excellent; fruit scarce; peo-
pie generally healthy and in good spir-
It's. ..
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
B.w. Taylor of the Second district
of Randolph county reports that the
increase will be from 25 to 50 per cent.
He has found quite number Of irreg-
ularities. He has discovered from three
to four tracts OF from 500 to 1000 acres
that were not on the land books. The
greatest increase is in timber landslide
increase being about so per cent. There
has been considerable Improvement in
Randolph county in the last eight years;
large grazing farms have been opened
in the mountains. The wheat crop Is
not an average one; rye crop goodi
oats an average crop; corn Is looking
well, but backward.
LEWIS COUNTY. .....
W. Chidister of Lewis county, re-
ports that there will be small increase
IN the value of lands in his district.
He finds many irregularities and re-
CARDS the present assessment as being
very unequal-some farms valued at
from SO to SIS and the next farm, just
as good, at from 81 to 81. The greatest
increase will be in farming and timber
lands. The people have given him all
the aid they could and are in favor OF
the assessment in Ordei to equallze
values. Wheat is about half a crop;
corn will be about half crop; grass
end potatoes excellent.
HARRISON COUNTY.
G. ]. Stealey, of the Second District of
Harrison caunty, writes:
A majority of my district embraces
the oldest settled portion of Harrison
and grazing is made a speciality, but
little farming done. In the former
assessment the lands, / thought were
too high, consequently leaves no margin
for an advance. In the newer parts L
found room for advancement. The diff
ference between the assessments will be
small if any.
.. found, in my judgment, many ir-
regularities; for instance, lands adjoin-
ing often were several dollars difference,
u 4, q stl-n oh nfn tho
distance from the Court House and ac-
ceptability the same, but lying in oppo-
site directions would be irregular in
value. To remedy this was to equaliZe,
which always gave satisfaction.
s. / found but few instances where
lands and town lots were off the books.
4. found in the farming lands the
greatest increase.
5. From what had been said by the
opposition press to the assessment L eX-
pected some displcasure To arise hut, in
few words OF explanation, all was
made satisfactory, and at this time
know of no one but sees the benefit and
accepts the situation.
| received as much assistance from
our side as from the other.
AS to the crops they have been and
are most flattering. Wheat is very fine
with large increased acreage over pre-
vious years; oats, some little rust; corn,
the largest acreage ever known in the
district and doing fine, and if the
weather is favorable at the proper time,
the increase over any former year will
be 20 per cent. in the district.
Grass is good but the weather is un-
favorable. Stock has been all the sea-
son doing fine and still continues, but
our farmers could handle as many more
as they have, but they are scarce. Our
farmers generally are holding their
wool, and we are coming to the front in
that product. Very few hogs are raised
in this district, being only enough to
serve the farmers own purpose.
The evidences of general prosperity are
plain. The oldlog house..has given way
and the white frame is almost always
in view. The worm fence is fast disap-
pearing and the rough and ready, or the
board, is taking its place. The white
paling that surrounds the yards and
gardens with fine display of taste of
! flowers in the former, aud from the lat
ter when we sit down to our farmers
table and have the choicest of early and
! late vegetables. This is to be attributed
/ to reading, as you will find on their Ia
bles books on agriculture, horticulture