The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-17
FIVE COUNTIES
LEAD STARK
In the Matter ofPaying In Mon
ey on the Dow Tax.
MOST OF THE ENGINEERS PASSED
Deputy Miller, of Canton, Makes His Re-
port at Columbus-Other News
From the State
Capital.
From a Staff Correspondent.

From a Staff Correspondent.
Columbus, July 13.-Deputy Elmer r.
Miller, of the Fifth district, has filed
his report for June with Chief Examin-
er G. w. Collier of the stationary en-
gineers state board. The district in
cludes the counties of Stark, Column
biana, Trumbull, Portage, Summit,
Mahoning, Wayne, Ashland, Knox,
Holmes, Carroll, Jefferson, Harrison
and Richland. The report shows that
| there were 1873 applications for licenses,
and out of this number there were
| but three failures. Seventy-eight
| licenses were granted by examination
| and 81 by affidavit under the exemp-
| ton clause. Three licenses were issued
to water tenders for boilers and pumps.
The amount collected and turned into
the chief examiner was s27O. The total
amount received from all the district
deputies for June was s2,214. 1t will
take several months for Deputy Mil
Ter to get over all the territory in his
district. He reports to Chief Examiner
Collier that he has encountered no
serious trouble so far in the execution
of his duties. The district deputies will
hold a conference with Mr.. Collier next
Sunday in Columbus. Mr.. Miller will
be in attendance.
Today the auditor of state received
$13,93S.72 as the states share of the
Dow tax collected in Stark county in
the past six months. The total amount
of the tax collected was SAG, ,462. Al, but OF
course the major portion of this sum
goes to the county. In February the re-
| mittance from the county to the state
was $13,O73.7O, a trifie lower than the
present one. There are 259 saloons in
Stark county. Four new saloons were
started since February and three clos
ed out during that period. There are
five counties that each pay a higher
liquor tax than Stark and these are
Franklin, Cuyahoga, Lucas, Hamilton
and Montgomery.
The Columbiana County Telephone
company, with headquarters at Salem,
Thursday increased it's capital stock
from 100000 to 100000. The stock
holders held a meeting in Cleveland
recently and decided to take this action.
S. c. Thayer is the president and At
torney George S. Walton the secretary
of the company.
d. L. SPOTS, of Canton, was register
ed at the Neil today.
The pardon board Thursday rejected
the application of Louis r. Marshland.
of Jefferson county, who was sentenced
at the April term, 1899, to serve seven
years for shooting to wound.
Mrs. II. S. Putnam, former resident
of Columbiana county, died at her home
in this city Monday from intermittent
fever and heart trouble, aged 56 years.
The funeral took place Wednesday; in
terment at Greenlawn cemetery. The
deceased was born south of Lisbon and
had resided in Columbus q years. She
is survived by a husband and three
sons. Mrs. Samuel Stevenson of Wells
vile, is a sister and John and Robert
Ramsey, of near Lisbon, and George
Ramsey who is in the government
service at Missouri, are brothers. The
mother of the deceased lives north of
Lisbon. Mrs. Putnam was a member of
the Second Presbyterian church. Chas.
r. Whitacre, of Lisbon a nephew Of
the deceased, who was here attending
the funeral, returns home Monday.
GEORGE T. BLAKE.