The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-21
some LOCAL LORE
FACTS ABOUT MAHAskA COUNTY
WORTH KNOWING.

store OF practical knowledge of ev-'
eryday affairs if you would read care
fully the pages in the 1916 Financial
Report of Mahaska County, headed
General Information" says the Satur-
day Globe Teachers who have
penehant for covering subjects not in
the text books will find the pages re-
ferred to a fruitful field.
Jefferson. township has the largest
population of any rural township in
the county, 1474 The smallest pop
ulation is shown by Lincoln, 392.
Adams and Cedar are close rivals on
population, the former being credited
with 800 and the latter with S02. The
total county population is 29,314.
Are you able to say offhand when
the board of supervisors meets in reg
ular session Very well, here you
have it: On the second secular day in
January, the first Monday in April,
the first Monday in June, the second
Monday in September and the second
Monday in November. OF course, the
board often meets in special session
and usually these special meetings are
on the first Monday of the months
The county omces in the courthouse
are open from 8 in the morning till
u, and from / to 8 in the afternoon.
i THE township trustees and the city
or town councils meet on the first
Monday of April each year to equalize
individual assessments. This is the
date when. if you object to your as
sessments being raised, 1t willie be in
lplace to appear before the equalizing
body and say so.
"All aid for the poor in Oskaloosa
city must be obtained through the
overseer; and in the several town
ships, through the township trustees.
Recovery from the county cannot be
had for aid furnished before applia.
ltion is made through the proper chan
lnels.
1 IF you let piece of land go to the
tax sale at per cent penalty is added
to the amount paid by the purchaser
all subsequent taxes paid by him,
per cent interest from date of sale to
date of redemption, and in addition
la fee of % cents for redemption Ger
ltificate. These tax sales run three
!, years before the purchaser is entitled
to tax deed but it is pretty expens
live, owing to the above per cents OF
penalty added, for the owner of the
land to let the matter run that long
in order for a bill against the coun
lily to be allowed by the board it must
be accompanied by an order from
someone authorized to give such or
der, and the bill must be itemized. 4
you have ever tried it you will know
before this that each bill filed will
the county auditor FOR the considera
ton of the board of supervisors mus
be sworn to as to its correstness, etc
IF you have domestic animals killet
or injured by dogs or valves, it !:
necessary to file a claim with the
county auditor within ten days from
1.-The occurrence, or within that perioC
after the loss has come to your at
F tentiCn. 1t is also necessary to have
your claim verified by the aftidaVi
by at least two disinterested witnesses
. You will say that certainly every
body knows when taxes are due, ant
when they become delinquent. By {
little inquiry you will be surprised t.
learn how many expectations there are
tolthis assumption. All taxes are dut
on Jan. |. II they are delinquent
THAT is unpaid on March l penalty
OF per cent per month attaches un
less the first half of tax is paid before
April 1. Penalty on the last half at
taches Oct. 1.
"The regular term OF court for 1871
orened respectively on Feb. 5, Apri
2, and will open Oct. 1, and Dec. 3
: Unfortunately court is in session IL
Mahaska county so nearly the yea
, round that these dates are not seri
ously significant. Sessions of cour
are not so perpetual a proposition al
in years past, however, so we should
be hopeful
Doubtless your daughter out o
school and wanting to teach, is al
ready well advised that the regulal
examinations for uniform count,
teachers certificates are held on thu
last Friday-and Wednesday am
Thursday preceding-in the months o
January June, July and October
The applicant must be Is years old
actually confess it-must have haC
teaching experience, or normal train
ing, and it costs a dollar. The state
gets half of this, and the other hal
lgoes into the institute fund. There
are three grades of these uniform
county certificates. To merit first
grade, an average of SIS pc recent mus
be atttined. and no grade below 20
AS of course, your daughter would
merit first grade certificate, the pei
cents in the lower grade are not ma
terial here.
THE financial report contains thir
ty-seven full printed pages, exhibiting
la vast amount of valuable data AM
information. The county auditor, Roy
lie. Rowland. renders real service in