The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-08


drive better cars than the members %
the NORFOLK benzine fraternity? Al
examination Of the assessors records
would indicate this. Newman Groy,
auto owners on an average value theii
cars at $40. Norfolk is listed al
Grove, but the average car in this
city is only worth $3O1G5. A car over
in Tilden is worth $500. car in
Meadow Grove 5000. while a car in
limerick, no longer the pride OF its
owners heart, is marked down to 500
A Dog Is Worth S..
| Turning to the field of live stock
the average dog in the county Is
valued at So, Dog fancicrs in Madison
county pay regular taxes on 1,9l2 dogs
OF this number only 80 are listed from
Norfolk. The biggest dog colony is In
| Norfolk precinct, where valuations
were placed on 2O4 CANNES.
Norfolk Long on Music.
Norfolk, short on dogs, in the as.
scssment if not in reality, is long on
pianos. There is an instrument in
every fifth house in Norfolk 22O
pianos being found in this city by the
assessor. In the county there are lS1
pianos with an average value of $99S0.
Norfolk pianos are worth $97.75. Madi-
son has 20 pianos and values them at
500. The i3 owners of pianos in New
man Grove think their Instruments are
worth $3.50. In Meadow Grove pre-
cinct, in outside Madison, in Grove
and Warucrville no pianos were to be
found
Organs and other instruments Of
musical torture are more numerous
7O4 being assessed with only 80 in
Norfolk and IS in Madison.
Some SparkIers Are Paste.
If you got it at the owners valua-
tion you could buy all the jewelry
worn in Norfolk for $2,495. You could
get all the jewelry in the county for
$3.50. Madison has $G25 in iewelry,
Tilden $50 worth, Norfolk precinct
$1,000 worth of gltterers. while New.
man Groves jewelry totals up to $3.50.
All the jewelry in six precincts
amounts to $3.50 while in the fourteen
remaining precincts not a single ring
or sparkler could be found
Live Stock Figures.
There are 11,415 horses in Madison
county, estimated to be worth total
of $S4S,710 or an average of $74.3O for
each horse Norfolk horses are not
worth so much, the average value for
horse in this city being $4,000. Grove
precinct is the banner horse precinct
with $40 animals.
Then there are 81 mules in the
county, with $451 65. Mules are worth
$50 piece, the owners said. SO mule
is worth more than a horse. The as
SCISSORS found 3G,917 head of cattle,
worth about $40 EACH l575 head of
sheep worth about 1892 each, 47,3O1
head of hogs worth about $S75 apiece,
Chickens Worth Quarter.
The chicken census of the assessors
show 1862 chickens scratching in
different sections of the county. The
chickens are assessed at $4,000 or at
about SPA each.
Union Bond Holders.
The bond holders live out in Union
precinct, where $500 worth of
taxable bonds are held. Norfolk has
$500 worth of bonds.
Where the Hunters Live.
Despite Norfolk's elsewhle reputa-
ton, there are more firearms kept in |
Schoolcraft precinct than in Norfolk. |
There are 377 weapons in the county, |
~ listed from Norfolk and 80 from the
precinct.
Has Only Boat.
According to the assessors there is
only one boat in the county and that
is at Norfolk and worth $25
What Is a Patent Worth?
What is a patent worth? There are
'Oul patent rights held in the county.
4 Norfolk man has patent which he
links is worth $12O. A Meadow Grove
inventor has not quite so much con
idence and thinks his invention worth
$50. Two patents held in Kalamazoo
precinct are valued at 5000.
Twenty-three of the 1872 steam en-
gines are owned in Norfolk. The
average steam engine is worth about
5000 and in the opinion of the asses
,ors is about the most valuable thing
n the county outside of a threshing
machine which they value at $3.50 on
he average. SiXty-three threshers are
listed on the books.
Seventy-four of the 1874 safes in the
county are in Norfolk. {
Fifty-One of the 81 typewriters which
lick in the county are in Norfolk of
ices The typewriters are listed at
bout $25
Book Accounts.
Norfolk has book accounts paying
axes to the extent of $27,9SO. Madi-
on accounts total up $6195 and Bat
lie Creek accounts $2,7SO.
No Wall Street Stock
Madison county widows and orphans
re not staying awake nights for fear