Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
KANSAS MORTGAGES.

KANSAS MORTGAGES.
Another Bscament From the Census Omes
"A Rapid Increase Up TO 1887 and -
Rapid Decrease For the Neat Two Iears-
WASHINGTON, Oct s2.-The census
Office has arrived at some more inter
esting conclusions respecting the mort
Cages on farms and homes in Kansas.
The total number of mortgages re-
corded during the ten years was esq.,
o4s. of which 6I5. 422, or o. oS per cent
of the total, were on acres, and 204. 4s7.
or 50. % per cent, were on lots The
yearly totals exhibit the fact that in
1880 the amount Of recorded mortgages
was SIS, 6a5. es4: in 1851. SCI, S4s. 40; in
1SSa. So. 4l0. $40. in 1855. Ss7. CO.. 400; in
1854, $50. So. S5i: in 1855. SIS, COS. os7s
in 1856. SO. 25e. 4o3; in 1857 the amount
reached So, SEQ, o69; declined TO S6os-
o1LS22 in 1855. and to S56,-
oSa, pa in 1889. Mortgages to the
number of 347s4 Were recorded
in 1850, So. 161 in 1885,, IS. 100
in 1882, So. o5s in 1883. so. 0e1 in 1855. IL
474 in 1885, 90, 1e5 in 1855 In 1887 the
highest number was reached, when
10, 500 were recorded In 1SSS there
was q decrease to 81, Isl, and in 1889 to
g. s5S In 1870 the amount Of mort
cages recorded against acres in the
state was SIS. AS. rs; in 1881, S17,514.-
735; in 1882. ST.. eS4. OH; in 1855, Ss1.-
46S, 1SS; in 1854. SS1, 241. S51; in 1855, S42.-
lis. S11; in 1856, $50. rs. 12a, and the
largest amount S51. 22s, 41s, was in 1887,
from which year the amount decreased
to S44, Sos, e79 in 1SSs and to SIS. o06, SAC
in 1889. The number of mortgages re-
corded against lots began the period
with IS. Ies, 500 in 1850. increased to
$50. pa. $40 in 1887 and fell to ST.
o75. Toa in 1889. The number of
mortgages recorded against lots
and acres show the same rise ana
fall During the ten years 5S.76S. 100
acres were covered by mortgage, the
increase being from 5. Coz, 149 in 1880 to
s,69I, S43 in 1886. from which time there
was q decline to 4. 6S3. 067 in 1889. The
number of lots incumbere during the
ten-year period was $50. S65. and the an
nual tendency was from Ia, 0S1 in 1850.
to 1sl, ass in 1887, after which the num-
Der fell to tabs in 1889. Acres and
lots covered by mortgage, not stating
the amount of debt, are included In
hese totals The average mortgage
| during the ten years was S77S.4e; for
| acres, $Sa5. 81; for lots, S6Se. The
average mum Der of acres to q mortgage
was 129 so; lots, . 60, while the average
of incurred Indebtedness per acre Gre
ated during the period of ten years was
S6. 80, and per lot $500 So
+ There is q per capita existing debt of
S165. In the following coun ties 81 IS
per cent of all the existing debt of the
state is owed: Cowley. Dickinson.
Reno, Sedgwick, Shawnee. Sumner and
. l. . .
per cent of the states population In
| Sedgwick county, containing Wichita,
where real estate speculation was very
active few years ago, the debt is S16.-
| 5SS, 05S. This is higher amount than
is shown for any other county. Wyan-
dotte county. containing Kansas City.
adjoining Kansas City. Mo, is second,
| with s12, Gag, $40. and Shawnee county.
containing the capital of the state,
stands third, with SII, 9s2, 09o. In these
| counties, possessing To- 81 per cent of
| the states population the existing debt
| is IL. 40 per cent of the total de- BIT of the
state
In Decatur, jefferson, Lincoln, Lyon
and Pawnee counties special investiga-
| tions were conducted Decatur is an
agricultural county, in the northwest
ern part of the state, where crops have
failed for several years. Its population
| is S,414 The debt of this county is ST.
O99, 22S, and the number of mortgages
| in force is 2, 2s9; average debt in force
per mortgage, $3.50. The debt of JEFF
ferson county, in the northeastern part
of the state, is S1,317, O29. secured by
I. 4S6 mortgages, with an average debt
| of 1886 per mortgage Its population
| is 16. $50.
- &fa h,a of
the state, and its residents are repre-
scented to have suffered through several
crop failures Its debt is 81, 692. $40;
the number of mortgages in force Is
:, 2S4, and the average debt to a mort
gage is S75S. The mortgages in force
| in Lyon county, situated in the eastern
part of the state, are securing debt
of 1914. 233. an average debt of S902 to a
mortgage The population is %, 196.
In the western part of the state, Paw
nee county, with a population of 5. s46
owes 81, IT'S. 666 on ], S31 mortgages, the
average debt to a mortgage being $3.50
The purchase of the mortgaged and
other real estate, improvements
and business, when not combined with
other objects were the inducements for
| mourning So. % per cent of the
original amount of the existing
mOEIR8R6 Qe OF III DeCdluI county. GU I'D
per cent. in jefferson county. Is per
cent in Lincoln county, as. Ia per cent
In Lyon county and Is 81 per cent I'M
Pawnee county. A considerable por-
ton of the debt was incurred for these
objects in combination with other OBJ
iects, and in such cases is inseparable
from them Farm and family expenses
were a frequent object of Indebtedness.
but they are more or less combined
with the object of real estate, of pur-
chase, improvements. and with otherk
Forest Fires I'm ArkAnsAs-
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct 29.-Forest
fires are raging in Monroe county. in
many instances fields having been
burned, and cotton gins, with their con-
tents. have been consumed, involving
great loss No rain has fallen in two
months, and the autumnal leaves are
making a distressing confagration.
The smoke from the forest fires Is al