The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-18
OHIO COUNTY LANE.

Gives Figures TO show that Yarn Prop
sFty Has DECREASED Under tho MonErSl
TayiH Ba,-ThS issE4sssr Called TO &c.
count.
TO he Eltitor Of ne la'es''gaie1.
sIa:-I saw some days ago in the edi'
torial columns Of the Wheeling Register
u very lengthy article in regard to an
interview published in your paper be-
tween one Of your editors aud myself
in which the editor Of the Register
makes use Of the refined language that
my statements were lies for political
purposes" and "damninIs." when ]
stated that the price OF real estate In
Ohio county and the country generally
had deprecia.ed in value.
had not intended TO pay any atteu'
ton to the editorial articles Of she Reg
ister, a., in my opinion, ] do not think
that any person could be injured OF
Slandered by anything appearing in lie
columns, as even its friends do not be-
lieye what is found there unless they
know it is true from some other source
But notice in the Register OF the 10Th
an article written by Salathiel Curtis,
OF West Liberty, over the signature
"Alumnus." II lisa reply to my inter
view, and the Register editorlally
speaking OF Farmer Politician W. NJ.
Dunlap" says that Mr.. Curtis ''has the
required knowledge OF his subject at his
fingers end, and proves by indisputable
facts and figures that Mr.. Dunlap was
guilty OF the most objectionable mis-
representations Of the Ohio county
farmer, tho value OF his property and
HE prospects,"
AZ Mr.. Curtis lives in my immediate
neighborhoOd. his statements and repre-
sensations i'll tho Register might seem
to have some shadow OF truth to those
who are not familiar with the facts and
circumstances, consequently ! desire 10
show who Is deliberately lying, as they
say, for political purposes.
stated, as published in your paper.
tina: land had deprecated in value, and
mentioned the William Rico farm OF 2I0
acres; that Mr.. Rice had refused S24, 600
in cash for 1t in November, 1883, and
that the same farm was sold last spring,
after having been advertised for many
months. and Noted the executors, Joel
Truesdell and George Rice $50 30 per
acre. l also stated that had sold the
Buchanan farm, on Buffalo creek, Of
337 acres, to Henry Hammond for $40
nor acre on the 18th day OF February,
1888, and that the game farm had since
sold to Samuel George, OF wellsburg, at
$50 per aero. l also stated that the
John G. Savers farm OF l07 acres in
this district liberty, had just been
sold to Frank P. Garrison. deed having
been made on the 4th OF this month,
for $4,000.
The Register, in reply TO all this, says
that real estate is advancing in OHIO
county, and mentions six acres on
Peters run that had recently sold for
$3.50. Whose was it? and what was it
worth ten years ago? The Register
does not tell. 1t mentions twenty-five
, acres, belonging to Zach Springer, at
Ronevs Point, and SAYS that he has re-
Gently been offered $500, an advance
bid, by whom made, and what was the
land worth ten years ago? The Register
does not tell. 1t algo mentions the AL
bereG. homeland on Short Creek, fifty.
nine and one-half acres, that was sold
by Special Commissioner George Z.
Boyd, at the front door OF the court
house on the 18th day OF August for
S2,055; but afterwards two advance bids
we're made on this land, and its sale set
aside by the court, and that the land
was again sold on the 18th Of Septem-
Der for $3.50 so, and that still another
advance bid Of 10 per cent, was made
on this, and the land has since been
sold again at s3.472 Is. From these
sales and offers, the Register argues that
land Is advancing in Ohio county. l
never considered that small patches
like these regulated or established the
value OF farm lands in any section oil
the country, and it shows the weakness
OF their position.
The Register did not tell its readers
that Commissioner Boyd had sold the
Otto II. Boone land, sixty-nine and one
half acres, on the 18th day OF August,
for 81, 800, and that no advance bid has
since been made on 1t; nor does the
Register tell its readers that the Boone
farm OF two hundred and six acres, be-
fore it was divided between the Boone
brothers and the widow, would all have
sold readily ten years ago at sos per
acre. And vet this tifty-nine and one.
half acres OF Albert G. Boone, had all
the improvements OF the farm on 1t.
But Mr.. Curtis says that have run
all over Ohio and Brooke counties to
select these isolated cases." lie says
that have given the inflated prices OF
the war, and asks "why not come down
to'the time when protection was having
full sway, and to farms in sight OF his
own doors" He then calls my atten-
ton to the property on which l was
born, the John Curtis farm, the Max
we'll farm and tho Harvey farm. Now,
Ia. us examine the facts and sec how
wilfully and deliberately Mr.. Curtis has
misrepresented or concealed the facts
in regard to these farms, for they are
known to him. lie says, "twelve years
ago the Dunlap property sold to Ben.
iamin Craven Tor s., $50 and was recent
" sold BY W. B. Vermillion to Mr.:
Dunlap and Mrs. Shipe for over s., 900. "
Twelve years ago portion OF the Dun.
lap property, q acres. was sold by |. I.
Jones, OF Wheeling, as special commits
sioner, at 81 ,555 instead Of 81 100. -Four
wears ago purchased 81 acres OF this
land ut 500 per aero. Aud the balance
OF that tract after having been improved
by an additional house, fencing, fruit,
&c, sold. in July, 1893, to Nancy Shipc
for 81, 1875. These are small parcels as
mentioned by the Register, to fix the
value OF the land. The John Curtis
farm Of go acres, he says, was sold
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