The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-11
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Al acre, aud Foc each NAN, wom;la ant
child III the District Of Columbia there
is 81. TS5.oa Inc dgures are f.ssa
from The statistic makers OF the ceuSus
bureau. 4 little pamphlet has iusl
been issued from thai interesting gov
%ernmental bureau purporeing to show
the ESTIMATED true value OF proper
" in each OF the several states and
territories for the years 1900 and 1904
Ii permits a comparative study that is
regarded as remarkable III its results.
OF the Distric..
For instance, b great state of New
York, worth about Slo.o 600. 900,
brings only $500 an acre when aver.
aged by the census bureau experts,
In the Empire State the men. women
and children are accredited with only
81. 157 So each. a per capita wealth less
than half that OF the national capital.
Maryland is put down as worth In
real property and Improvements" just
$9o4.46 735, all Of which necessarily
includes the city Of Baltimore. The
District of Columbia is valued at $780,,
244,062 almost as much as the entire
state Of Maryland. with only 3S,40o
acres as against 6.362.24o acres IN
Maryland.
N~ontaxable Property.
The entire continental United
States according to the report, was
worth in real property in 1904 only
s. s 400. 1874. which, however. is an
increase of $4,000. 1000 over the
valuation given for 1900. OF the grand
total more than five and a half billion
dollars worth of property is not tax
able. The District Of Columbia alone
carries $780, .02T,47o in exempt prop
erty, most of which, of course, belongs
to the government.
Rich In Street Railways.
The District of Columbia has nearly
$780, 900 in street railways. ship
ping. waterworks, etc, as against
SAL, 900, 900 for Virginia and about
S24, ZOO, 900 for West Virginia. In that
one item the District presents a higher
valuation han Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Della
ware, North or South Carolina, Florida
or nine-tenths of the western states.
In the 'products of agriculture, manu-
features and mining, imported mer-
chandise, clothing and personal adorn-
ments and furniture, carriages and
kindred property the District has
$142,S27,24O.
Passing of Long Bridge.
The historic Long bridge will soon
-N-~ s-&~ ~ No. oarnWnl tr-nnl-c
workmen have been busy tearing down
the old structure and but a remnant
remains. Since the Pennsylvania rail
road constructed the new steel bridge
across the Potomac and the govern
ment built the Potomac highway
bridge there Is no longer any use for
the old bridge.
The old Long bridge dates from the
administration Of Thomas Jefferson.
In the winter Of 1sO7-OS congress pass.
Cd an act authorizing its construction.
The new BRIDGE" ~ II vas then
called, cost 100000. It was veil built
Z little over a mile In Length, with q
broad carriage way and passages TO,
pedestrians on either side.
Dratish Left 1t Intact.
General Ross and the British lnvad
"a the capital during the war Of 1912
burned the capitol, scared children anG
drank up all the good Madeira they
could find, but for some reaso not ex
: planned by historians failed to moles'
!. Long bridge. On Feb. %. 1881, {
spring freshet carried away portions Of
the bridge.
The bridge was reopened for trafi,
Oct. 90, 1885. George W. Hughes wa
, the engineer.
OF Historic Interest.
, The next event Of Importance in tn,
old structure was another flood. bu
not Of water. 1t was a food of human
beings. wild with CONSERVATION. tina
flowed over the old bridge when. OF
July %. 1861, the panic stricken Uniol
army FASTENED from the field of Bul
Run back to the capital. From tina
D day the bridge has. by reason of thi
q connection. formed part of a great his
S torical fact.
s. Unclaimed Mail Packages.
At the annual auction of unclaime
4 packages from the dead letter ofic
the articles Of merchandise embrace
in the 1898 catalogue items Of the sal
Included the salable contents of 5000
parcels originally directed to foreig
countries for delivery and held as III
mailable. 10000 pieces of unclaime
/; domestic mail matter and $4,000 a
ticles found loose or without wrapper
in the mail.
The catalogue items included a gre,
9 variety of salable Enclosures. embracin
1t mink skins. drovers' whips. Frenc
IS Jewel boxes. chinaware. watches, di
~ mond pins. pearl brooches and bool
" of all descriptions and values, none
10 which was r%eturnable because of ia:
N ure on the part Of senders to attat
- their card addresses.
:. President to Visit jamestown.
A committee from the National e