Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-08-17
NEELYviILE. Mo-, July II, 1906.


J. e. Slattery: Dear Sir--Your favor
OF the 18TH asking for comparison of
Butler and Ripley county taxes at hand.
Following are figures made in compari-
son on taxes for 1905:
Assessed per acre. Rate per 500
Ripley county :. .s8.47 Si.45
Butler county ~. 2.82 1.59
The difference. .$5.65 S IA
o. Tax per acre.
Ripley county. -. AZ .,H....$1.22
Butler county -. ,...,.,,.,," Ola
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j. Dinerence. ,.,,.....,..,. .,...t.,$ $0.1S
Taxes on one acre per yearin Ripley
county VIII pay one years taxes on three
and three-fourths acres in Butler coun-
'ty. Above figures show there is not
quite as great a difference as mere wa
IN the tases Of ths two counties, but u
cents per acre year 10 still quite diff
ference. Butler has raised on both as
sessnent and rate, and Ripley has rails
ed assessment and lowered rate, some,
Tax per acre in both counties are higher
than year Of former compa parisoA- Trust
ing the above figures will answer your
Yoars-very truly,
STA. RANCH = LAND Co.
J. Boyden.
These letters show, according to Mr..
Boyden, that We have got their land as
sessed at ii eents per acre and we will
agree with him. He says that the nv-
erags value placed on the Butter county
land 10 $3.50 per acre. pon't this valu-
ation placed by the Butler county asses
sor prove my statement that these But
Ter county lands are not worth, one
fourth what their lands are In this
countyp Mr.. Boyden Gays they have a
large tract Of their land fenced with
good wire fence and other improve
ments. Now It costs 90 per acre TO
fence this land with . good wire fence,
and, according to Mr.Boyden, after you
deduct the two dollars per acre for the
fence, don't that leave the land value at
50 cents per acre3 Isn't this iuss what
] have been telling you all the time;
that this Butler county land wasn't Of
any account, and didn't the Butler ooun-
~ assessor say soxhen he placed that
s2.S2 value on land, fence and alls In
regard TO Mr.. Rigdon's statement about
bic taxes In the two counties: There Ia
. great deal Of difference In statsmsnt
that you don't prove BIZ anybody and .
statement Of facts and figures. He says
he has 30 acres Ia Butler county, %
acres Of IL In cultivation, and that IL is
assessed At $40, which Is only IS per
sore. There il something fiahy about
this. Doesn't any sane man know that
land In those swainps can not be cleared
and put in cultivation for less than e15
pef acre? We Will take the 60 acres he
has cleared and In cultivation at SIS per
acre, allowing that u cost that 70 clear
and fence the land, ,Fhich would Be s900,
and the other 20 cores at e3 would make
3 total Of $3.50 for the 90 acres. Let us
see what tbs Law says IN regard 10 asses-
sing property; can properly shall be
assessed at its true yaiue." Mr.. Rig
don, Il your land In Butler county Is
only ssssessed at $40 and you can get
81 900 for 1t, hasn't the Butler county
assessor violated his oath Of of6cef II
that Isn't the case and he sent you m
assessment Hist and you hlled u out and
swore 10 II and returned 10, with $40
valuation, what did you do? This =
where the handle vas put on, wasn't Il?
When you get . Populist mixed up with
ihoss Thomas township Republicans he
just simply csn't help but fudge > little
on bic figures.
Nov for Mr. 6lsltsry. He win bs 70
m6unbered ss the supposed editor Of Z
liffle yelloW-dog newspaper that was
u0blished at Naylor Two years ago, Just
orsyious 10 The election. Il ian barely
thfee nontha and did ID terrible agony,
6ecoose 4 didnt Do 1nYthinG but sling
z11Id all 81 ~ nieef1h]e eziefence, Nov
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