Ripley County democrat., 1917-04-06
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
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but Nearly All interesting Reading.

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Returns from all Of the coun-
ties Of the state as received by
the state auditor, show the total
assessed valuation Of the state as
fixed by the county assessors, in
their assessment Of real and per-
sonal property, for the taxes Of
1917, to be 8i,T71 .568.076. The
total Of these assessment returns
for 1915 was 81, ,701, 1881, ,623, which
would make the increase for this
year $50, ,629, ,553, and this is q
little above the normal rate Of in
crease for the ten year average,
With the assessment OF the rail-
road, bridge, telegraph, telephone
and other property OF that kind,
which is to be fixed by the state
board Of equalization, which was
in session the past week, the To-
tai taxable wealth of the state,
this year, will 60 we'll above the
two billion dollars. Realty is val-
ued at S1,S45, ,77S,841, and per.
sonal property at a total OF S425, :
777. 1876. Town lots are valued at
Ss;4O, ,O98, ,819 and farm lands at
s505, 1884, The totals Of the
personal properly are, Horses,
$50, ,637, ,23S; mules, s14.235. 1884; |;
asses and jennets. S60S, $50; cat
tie. s33, ,426,979; sheep, 81, ,033, :
685; hogs, t5, 1891 all other
live stock, ,s170, 173; moneys, notes
and bonds, s11S,62O,e92; corpo-
rate companies, $40, ,496, APO, and
ell other personal property, S101,. :.
45S, ,958. And all this property
value makes old Missouri some
rich, don't itY
At the request Of Governor
Gardner the state beer depart
ment has brought the number and
locations OF dramshops In the
state up to the present time. The
statement shows there are 3,504
saloons in the state, and more
than half OF them ara in the city
OF st. Louis. There are 26 wet
counties in the state, out of la,
88 being dry. The new law in.
creasing dramshop licenses will
produce a fund Of So. .e93, $3.50 for
this year and gext,-if all Of the
saloons now doing business con-
tinue, as against 1,816,i 100 for
the past two years. With bu.
few exceptions the wet counties
follow the lines Of the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers, and those
counties granting dramshop Ii.
censes, and the number granted
in each are given, viz: Buchan-
an, 1e4; Butler, II; Cape Girar-
dsau. gi, Clay, Z; Cole, 90;
Cooper, Il; Franklin, 81; Gas-
conads. IS; Greene, 80; jackson,
sic; Jasper, II; Jefferson. 40,
Lafayette, 20; Linn. 5; Marion.
Al; Usage, 10; Pike, O.; Platte,
ID; Psniscot, 13; Perry. 81; Pet
lis, 90; Randolph, IS; St.Charles,
I4e; Ste. Gsnavieve, l6, St.Louis,
158; Warren, tS; City Of st,
Louis, 2.152. Total, 3,504.
Cape Girardsau Is to have q
free swimming pool erected thru
the efforts OF the Civic Improve
msnt Association. II will cosl
SO. 900, half Of which 10 donated
/ by the city, the other half 10 be
raised by the association through
popular subscription. A recsni
meeting o. the Council authoriz.
cd it, establishment and Il il
thought work win be started on il
! in about two weeks.
There will be six constitutions
amendment propositions submit
| ted 10 the voters Of Missouri, By
oct Of the Legislature At its recent
session. at the election Ia 1915
next year. Other propositions
may b submitted BY referendum
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