Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-22
REPORT FINISHED
Board of Review Submits Inter-
esting Data.
SOME INCREASES AND DECREASES

There is Little Change I'm Assessments
of Lands and Lots aud the Var.
ious Forms of Live
Stock.
Des Moines, Aug. 17.-The board of
review has completed its work on the
equalization of real estate and live
stock. The report was being prepared
in the auditors office today. It'll
shows the increase and decrease in the
assessment of lands and lots. one year
old and two year old heifers, one and
two year old steers, cattle in feeding,
COWS, two year old colts, mules, swine
over one year old and sheep over six
months. In large number OF coun-
ties there has been no change. In "A
few instances the increase is very
large. In Appanoose county, for eN-
ample, the increase on three year old
steers is so per cent. The counties al
ready shown in the report indicate the
following per cent of increase in as
sessment of lands and lots: AlIama-
kee 3, Appanoose 5, Clarke 5, Davis Z,
Decatur 3. Des Moines 5, Harrison 2,
Iowa ), and Jefferson Z. The decrease
is in Benton 5, Buena Vista 3. and
Dallas 3. There has been an increase
in the assessment of one year old heif-
ers of ) per cent in Adams county, 10
| in Benton, ) in Blackhawk. is in
Boone. IL in Bremen, in Calhoun, II
! in Cherokee. 90 in Chickasaw, Z in
Clay. in Clayton. 10 in Crawford, s in
| Delaware, 8 in Dubuque, in Emmett,
is in Fremont. 16 in Hamilton, Is in
| Ida, and ) in Jefferson county. Two
| year old heifers We're decreased % per-
cent in Audubon. Q in Cedar, 8 in Ger
10 Gordo. in Clinton, S iu Dickinson,
Z in Floyd. 81 in Greene, ii in Guthrie,
in Henry, 4 in Howard, 81 in Hum
| boldt, 4 in Jackson, and is in Jasper
county. One year old steers were in
creased Z per cent in Adair, ) in Ap-
panoose, 6 in Boone, II in Bremen, 6
in Buchanan, 8 in Buena Vista, 12 in
Calhoun, ) in Carroll, in Chickasaw,
II in Clay, in Clayton. o in Davis, ) in
Delaware, IA in Dubuque, l3 in Frank
lin, II in Greene, in Guthrie, II in
Henry, in Howard, Is in Humboldt.
and IA in Jasper county. The assess
ment of the same was decreased per
cent in Adams, 10 in Audubon. s in
4 Butler in Cedar, IL in Cherokee, Is
i'll Dallas. Z in Dickinson. 9 in Ere
mont, 9 in Grundy, 25 in Hamilton, 5
in Hancock, and 25 in Hardin county.
\ The assessment on COWS was raised 5
| per cent in Adair, 5 in Allamakee. 5 in
| Calhoun, 10 in Cedar. 90 in Cherokee,
s in Crawford, 35 in Dallas, II in Da-
| Wis, 10 in Delaware. in Dubuque. 8
| in Hancock, s in Hardin. 12 in How
ard. in Iowa. and 5 in jasper county.
| The assessment on cows was decreas-
ed i'll Appanoose county II per cent, in
Fremont Is, in Guthrie 6, Hamilton 90,
Hancock II. Hardin 1S. and Ida 25.
Swine over one year old We're increas-
ed 8 per cent in Adair, 10 in Allama-
kee, in Appanoose, 12 in Cerro Cor
do, 10 in Clayton. 81 in Dickinson. in
Emmett, 5 in Fremont, so in Ida, and
% in Iowa county.
| The table from which the above is
taken does not include a report of the
tables ranging alphabetically from
johnson to Wright. 1t can be seen
from the above, though, how large a
problem the board of review had to
deal with. An assessment, which had
to be largely increased in some coun-
| ties and as much decreased in others
4 was greatly in need of equalization. Il
General orders No. 4 have just been
issued from the headquarters of the
department of Iowa. q. A. r. 1t an
i nounce.; the Chicago Great Western
railroad sthe official route from Iowa
TO Chicago enroute ito the national en-
:ampmcnt al Philadelphia. The train
will leave Des Moines Saturday, Sept.
2. at Z p. ID. 1t goes by way of Mar
shalltown. Cedar Falls and Waterloo,
arriving in Chicago a. NJ, Sept. 3.
i The \. q. L. w. band of Cedar Falls
will accompany the headqua,tcr train
through TO Philadelphia. The chair
man on can ps and free quarters at
i PHILADELPHIA has notified the depart.
ment they have set apart the Nine
teentll regiment armory, located at
i. Twentieth and Susquehanna avenue,
for The use CT the department Of Iowa.
1t will accommodate four hundred
!, people.
State Superintendent Barrett has
issued announcements. to the county
. supe-;ntendents and boards of direc-
tors of northeastern Iowa regarding
the annual meeting of the Northeast
ern Iowa Teachers association to be
held at Independence October 10, %
, and u. 1t is urged boards of directors
hold to the custom of previous years
and allow teachers to attend without
loss Of pay. The leading educators OF
the state will be in attendance. By
Forder of the state board of examiners
an examination for state and state
: primary certificates win be held in In
dependence at the time of the meet
ing.
! The Perfection Cream Separator Co.,
of Oskaloosa, filed articles of incorpor.
, alton yesterday. The capital stock il
$4,000. w. o. Nugcnt. &. d. Nugent
j. f. Porter and &. F. Anderson are
the ncorporators.
Miss Lee, of the state library, has
returned from visit to Denver. Miss
!, Elizabeth Matthews, of the library
force, left yesterday for Charlton, tc
be there several weeks teaching in an
/, institute.
The board of control is preparing
schedules for the buying of supplies
for state institutions. All bids fol
furnishing supplies should be in i'm
;nediately, as it is desired TO lei The