Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-05-30
favorable, but the apple crop will
be lighter than usual in portions
of the southern and central dis
tricts.

70 uSulSI tu6u u6u6t III pOFClOD0
of the southern and central dis
tricts.
A Good Ora mage system.
Walter Jardine Of Omaha, who
owns the VIM M .rrow place, in
forms US that he is getting tign-
ers to petition to straighten the
Soldier SO as to permit the foods
to flow off more rapidly than they
do through it's present crooked
channel. His scheme is to not
vary from the general direction
or course, but to cut ACROSS the
bends and have the water flow in
as direct line as possible. He
Is quite sure that q systematic
Strengthening Of the Soldier, Will
low and Boyer viii add thousands
of dollars each year to the pro-
ductive value of Harrison county.
Mr. Jardine's plan of drainage
is the old one of roads, we'll grad
ed. That is, raised two or three
feet above the general level with
bitches extending on either eide
to the road Limits, thus giving
larger basin to hold water and
promote rapid evaporation. As
he is wide awake business man
his opinions are of value. The
good road and drainage idea was
a favorite one Of Col A Cochran
aud judging by the results where
it has been used, it is a pretty
good one.-Observer.
The independent school district
of Woodbine this week concluded
the payment Of all indebtedness
and received the last installment
of cancelled bonds. The city Of
Wnodbine owes about $500 yet
on her waterworks bonds, which
is being paid as the bonds become
due. In about two years more
the option in the waterworks
bonds will allow the payment Of
all remaining unpaid at any time.
Citizens of our city may we'll feel
proud of our financial condition.
and the general spirit Of improve
ment that holds sway here
Woodbine Chronicle.
Harrison County Valuations
Facts taken from the auditors
distract of the assessment and
real estate transfers during the
year 1900 in Harrison county.
There we're $4,000 acres Of land
sold in the county during the
year 1900. The aggregate price
was sl2,7l8l, 80. average paid per
acre was $28.S5. The abstract Of
assessment shows a taxable acre.
age in the county of 429, 1893, with
a valuation of$l2,4l4 ,4l2, an aver
age valuation of s2s.91 per acre
just six cents more than the aver.
age by actual sales. The as
SCISSORS have thus demonstrated
their ability and good Judgment
as appraisers. The value of town
lots as returned is $2,94O, 600.
This cannot be checked by Gales
record, as the farm acreage has
been by actual sales. The value
of merchandise in the various
towns of the county is as fol-
lows: Dunlap, $4,000; Woodbine
$4,000; Mondamin. $4,000; Lo-
gan, $4,000; Modale, $4,000;
Persia. $4,000; Missouri Valley,
$4,000; Little Sioux, $4,000.
In money and credits Missouri
Valley reports $27l,Oo0; Dunlap,
l$l88,OOO; Woodbine, s288,0OO;
Logan, sl4l,0O0; Persia, $50, 600;
Little Sioux, $4,000; Mondamin,
$4,000.
Magnolia township leads all the
townships with s48, 600 in moneys
and credits; Boyer, s37, 900; JEFF
ferson, $50, 200; Calhoun, S34, 900;
st Johns, $4,000. The railroad
valuation of the county is 49,
800, 0O0.-Observer.
James M Beck, assistant at
torney general Of the United
States, has been invited to speak
for the American bar at the din
ner which the Hardwicke Society
of London, the oldest law society
of the Inns of Court, will give on
June 5 in London to Maitre
T.obor; %ho oro;nack E,,..l. II