Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-07-05
TAXABLE VALUE OF STOCK LESS.
Decrease of Sl.72l.l5O in ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
to Camp of National Guard--Book Dedicated to
Beardshear--Puzzle for Supreme Court.
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DeS MOlneS, June 27.-The auditor
OF state has received returns from 48
counties which show decrease in the
assessable value of live stock amount
ing to $6,SS4,602, which means Short
age of $1,721, $50 in taxable value as
compared with last year. If the same
ratio obtains throughout the state the
taxable value of live stock will show
decrease of about $3,500,000. On the
other hand, the value of real and per-
sonal property show increases which
much more than make for the falling
off in live stock values.
The following shows the loss and
gain in value of assessable live stock
in the different counties which have
reported to the auditor of state: Hen
ry, Scott and Lee counties show in
creases amounting to $60,735. War
ren, Ringgold, Muscatine, Cedar,
O'Brien, Jefferson, Polk, Page, FIRE.
mont, Harden, Monona, Delaware.
Poweshiek, Wayne, Palo Alto, ALBANIA
kee, Lyon, Taylor, Jasper, Sioux, But
Ter, Cass, Guthrie, Iowa, Montgomery.
Van Buren,, Winneshiek, Tama, Davis,
Greene, Dickinson, Marshall, Union.
Woodbury., Adair, Dallas, Carroll.
Boone, Wapello, Pocahontas, Clinton,
Fayette, Hancock, Ida and Bremen
counties show decreases amounting to
81, SS4,602.
Following is given the increases and
decreases in the 48 counties in the
taxable value of personality as COM
pared between this year and last:
Henry. Polk, Page, Fremont, Musca-
tine, Scott, Jefferson, Sioux, Marshall,
Union, Iowa, Van Buren,, Davis, But
Ter, Wapello and Bremen counties
show increases of $685. while Ring
gold, Warren, Poweshiek, Monona,
Delaware. Harden, Cedar, O'Brien,
Wayne, Palo Alto, Alamakee, Lyon,
Taylor, Jasper, Greene, Dickinson,
Woodbury., Adair, Dallas, Carroll.
Cass, Lee, Guthrie, Montgomery, Win
neshiek, Tama, Boone, Pocahontas.
Clinton, Fayette, Hancock and Ida
counties show decreases OF 1854, 1888.
This net decrease of about $3.50, 200 In
the taxable value of personal property
is over-balanced, as stated, by the in
crease in the assessment of realty, that
is new buildings.
May Not Get Camp.
Adj. Gen. Byers has notified the city
Of Des Moines that it will be given un-
til about July to decide whether or
not 1t will furnish camp ground for
tho low no I'd ,Nf
toe the mark, the camps of the guard
for this year will be held at some 9TH
er city. Several cities are candidates
for the encampments, including Ames,
Oskaloosa, Cedar Falls and Clear
Lake. They are making strong
campaign for the location of the camps
at their different towns, and the ad-
tutant general desires to settle the
question Of where the camps will be
located this year before July 4. He
called on the Commercial Exchange
authorities of the city Of Des Moines
and laid the situation before them. He
explained that all idea of securing the
land for a permanent camp ground had
been given up, so far as securing quar-.
tiers for the guard this year is con-
cerned, and 1t was necessary that the
city which was selected for the camp
ground Of the four regiments this year
furnish the grounds and water free.
He asked the Des Moines business
mems organization to take up the mat
ter and consider for week the advis-
ability of conforming to these condi-
tons, which the other towns men,
toned stand ready to meet.
Novel Question for Decision.
An interesting and novel question
has arisen at Council Bluffs as to when
decision of the supreme court be-
comes effective. The court recently
decided that the street car company at
the Bluffs had not the power to close
certain streets leading to Lake Mana
wa. AS soon as the decision was rem
dered the attorneys for the street car
company filed notice that they would
ask for rehearing before the supreme
court. The opposing attorneys at once
applied to the court for writ of pro-
cedendo This would be an order maxi
ing effective the decision of the court.
The motion for rehearing not having
been filed, the opposition claims It's mo-
ton for an order making the decision
effective and opening the streets up
Immediately is in order and takes pre-
cedence. This is the puzzle which the
supreme court will have to solve very
soon.
Memorial to Beardshear.
The memorial volume Of William NJ.
Beardshear is about to be issued. 1t
will be book of 300 pages. 1t will
cost more than the subscription price.
Such is the gist of notice just sent
out by Herman Knapp, who has been
treasurer of the committee which has
been getting the book out. 1t will con-
tain extracts from his addresses, his
essays, his literary productions, among
these being a number of gems which
never were published before The
committee in charge of the publication
was composed of w. R. Boyd, of Cedar
Rapids; Johnson Brigham, the state
librarian; Prof. Isaac l.. I.oos, of the
State university, who was associated
with DR.. Beardshear when the latter
was president of Western college at
Toledo, and other eminent scholars
and literary men of the state The
book has gone to the binder now, and