Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-03
sEvENTY-TWo PER CENT or AMI
MAILS IN STATE ARE "
PURE BRED.
TEN PER CENT BETTER
THAN ANY OTHER STATE
Registration OF State Department Of
Agriculture Issues Report ->Iowa
Surprised at Candidacy Of Burkett
For Vice President-Taxable Prop
erty Values Increase. v..-.E'E
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Des Moines, March 3,-Further evi.
dence that Iowa is the leading draft
horse state in the union is shown in
the fourth annual report of the stall
lion registration division Of the state
department Of agriculture. The re.
port shows that ~ per cent Of the
stations Of the state are pure bred
This is about 10 per cent more pure
stations than is reported by any Other
state having a stallion enrolment law
1t is also an increase of more than
per cent over 1914, the first noticeable
Increase in the percentage of pure
breds during the four years the present
stallion law has been in force the re-
port states.
The report contains two valuable
papers touching on the draft horse in
dustry, one by William Crownover, OF
Hudson, Iowa, and one by w. J. Ken
nedy, Of Sioux City, formerly of Ames
Mr.. Crownover Is president of the
Iowa Draft Horse Breeders Associa-
ton and has great faith in the future
Of the business in Iowa.
t.As to the future Of the draft horse
am more convinced than ever that
there is the brightest future for him
the world has ever seen and am more
optimistic than was year age de-
sclares Mr.. Crownover. S-ss
A., while in San Francisco I had the
pleasure of meeting Messrs. McNab &.
Smith, the largest dray and transfer
men in Frisco. They also made a
very creditable showing from a one
horse to a six horse hitch. I doubt II
there Is another firm in America that
could make better showing. They
are working 500 horses and six motor
trucks. MIR. Graham asked MIR. MoNab
how the motor truck compared to the
horse in the delivery of goods, the
comparative expense being the main
Information sought. Mr.. McNab re-
Piled that if he were forced to do all
his business with trucks that he would
have to charge his customers more
than twice the price for the. delivery OF
goods"
Mr. Crownover also declared that the
farm tractor would never displace the
draft horse as farm tractors were not
proving profitable.
42s 6urkett Candidacy Surprises.
= State officials yesterday were some
what surprised to learn that former
United States Senator Elmer ]. Bur-
kett was candidate for vice pesident OF
the United States. Senator Burkett
lives in Lincoln, Neb.. and for several
years was in the United States sen
ate - 5 nf s-gse-.z5 ~ fsTss'AE -
Henry D.. Estabrook. of New York
candidate for the republican nomina-
ton for president. is making his head
quarters in Omaha and sending out his
campaign material from there. His
father was at one time attorney gen.
eral OF Nebraska and he spent his boy
hood here Hence with EstabrooE. and
Burkett, both hailing from Neb1 aska,
at would look as tho the neighb oring
state to the west was quite ambitious.
Taxable Property Values. 8
The total taxable valuation Of the
property In lowe exclusive Of moneys
and credits. as reported to the state
auditor by the county auditors over
the state, is 1901 sos. or a gain OF
SEES 693. This is figuring in the
property which Is exempt from taxa
ton. The total taxable value of land
is 1884, 325,9A as compared. to s576,-
s42.as2 In 1s14:g., There Is about g.,
600, 900 increase in the value Of town
lots and about $3,000.000 Increase in
personal property. There is about 81,
900. 600 increase in the Valuation OF
railroad properties and over $500 000
increase In the valua ton of telephone
and Geographic properties. III.
The complete figures show the total
taxes levied to be collected this year as
$50, 055. 1878 as commpared to SAG, 475,
206i IA year ago. & - 49, f Z