The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-09
The Board of Equalization.

The Board of Equalization.
The county commissioners met at
the court house Monday with the
assessors from the townships in the
eastern part OF the county. The bust
ness that came before them was rou-
tine Ork, but while they were to.
gether a lot of varied aud interesting
matters came up. VIM. Mattocks,
trustee of Marmaton township, APP
peared and placed a complaint be-
fore the board. He stated that q man
named Thurman, living in Bronson
and owning a whole country side, in
Guiding large number of cattle, had
given his personal property in at
5000 when he easily had $500 worth
in sight. The hearing of the Gaze
was ser for Friday morning, when
witnesses will be summoned to APP
pear.
e. r. Stanley, of Usage, had a
trouble to confide. When the X. c.,
FIT. Scott and Pittsburg road was
built the township bonded themselves
aud the road gave them stock. It
was this stock that Msrmaton town
ship recently sold.for ten cents on n
dollar. An agent had offered Usage
the same price and in looking for the
stock the interesting fact has develop
ed that the stock Is not to he found
The three trustees who issued the
bonds and took the stock are dead or
scattered, the books giving no trace
of the stock and 1T apparently drop
ped out OF existence. Mr.. Stanley
don't know whether he wants to sell
it if he finds it as he is reliably in
formed that the same stock is selling
in New York for fifty cents, and,
moreover, Marmaton is the only town.
| ship on the line of the road which has
accepted the ten cent offer. Every
citizen of the county will watch the
case with interest and likewise the
proposed refunding of the bonds SO
that they can he paid of annually.
Usage by levy of less than mills
can pay Off II $1,000 bond annually
and in II wears be out.
The board during their Tuesday
session decided to destroy the house
at Moran where the only case OF
small poX appeared in the county
had been quarantined. The houSe
belongs to nephew of c, II. Pratt
who lives in Illinois and he wanted
5000 for it, but the board decided to
give only $3.50. The house. will be
burned. This is the house occupied
by Mr.. RhOads and family.
There was an interesting fifteen
minutes before the board of equaliZa-
ton Tuesday evening. 1t seems
that the Humboldt iBrick plant was
assessed ut $4,000 and the lola
plant at $4,000. A. W. Beck APP
peared before the board and "won-
dered why" Several of the Hum
boldt gentlemen were up and had
things tor say to prove that the lola
plant was much bigger and better
and more valuable than the Hum
boldt plant. The attention of the
Humboldt Union is respectfully called
to this. There has been a statement
in the Union every week about the
plant being about the biggest and
best on earth and these gentlemen
are trying to knock on their home in
dustrles.
Either the weather prevented the
kickers from getting to the registra-
ton Office or there was less dissatis-
faction this year than ordinarily for
the board of equalization has found
little to do.
The Moran small pox case came in
for good share of attention. The
house and all the furniture has been
ordered burned as soon as the wind
gets in direction so that the barn
will not be endangered The cost of
this one case will be considerable to
the Icounty, and this fact justifies
the prompt action taken, regardless