The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-06
Inereases Goal VaIuatlon.


addition of more than $S,OO0,00O to
the tax values of separately owned
coal (that is, coal owned separately
from the surface), in IA counties OF
the state.
The commission declared compari-
sons made with the tax vaIuatluns VI
! other property showed the coal to be
listed at much less than it's true value
in money, and that the value was in.
creased 1914 per cent to 100 per cent
per values of this class of property.
as would be nearer uniform in value
with other property.
THE increase in the tax value OF
the separately owned coal lands"
says a statement issued by the COM
mission, was ordered after. the COM
mission had carefully considered the
values Of this class of property, as
shown by the abstracts filed by the
county auditors.
''The abstracts filed with the com,
mission show the separate values Of
the lands, buildings, separately owned
coal, oil and mineral lands. In addi-
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values Of coal lands were practically
the same as in 1910, although a few
of the counties had readjusted the
values in 1914"
Before ordering the increase, the
commission states. it made not only
an investigation of it's own, but OBJ
tanned information from those in
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erty. Each county auditor from the
coal counties was called for a confer
ence, the commission says.
Urges Wheatless Suppers.
State Food Administrator Fred c.
Croxton appealed to every Ohio
household to make the evening meal
wheatless every day.
| Hotels, restaurants and clubs have
already been asked to make all three
meals on Wednesday wheatless, and
the homes now are asked to carry the
conservation one step further by OBJ
serving seven wheatless meals a
week
In addition to this appeal for one
wheatless meal each day, Croxton
urged the observance of Tuesday as
strictly meatless day.
The appeals for these new food saV.
ing measures came as result of the
conference of all state food admins
traitors with Federal Food Admins.
traitor Herbert C. Hoover
All of Americas exportable wheat
OF the present crop was shipped over
sea before Nov. 1, according to Ad.
ministrator Hoover. He said that
millions of bushels, which must be
shipped from this country between
now and early next year when wheat
outside of the United States and Can.
ada becomes available, must come out
of Americas allowance and that it
must be saved for the most part in
the homes of this country.
Our appeal in Ohio for wheat
less meal each day and a meatlesS
Tuesday each week springs directly
out of the nations need of more food
to win this war;" Croxton said. "The
family which uses wheat at it's eve
ming meal or meat on Tuesday is a
family of food slackers."
The government left to the food ad-
ministration heads in each state the
choice of what meal to designate as
wheatless. Following a conference
with home economic experts and with
representatives of the wage-earning
people of the state and with health
authorities, the evening meal was
named.
Village Mayor Is Thanked.
The Ohio coal shortage caused
some mayors to confscate coal and
thereby occasion difficulties for the
Ohio fuel administration. Some city
officials threw up their hands in des-
pair and sent delegations to the ad-
ministration Offices at Columbus.
So the acts of Mayor H. C. Bickle
of Chardon in Geauga county were
like beacon in the night TO the fuel
administration officials, and earned
letter of appreciation.
Mayor Bickle inserted statement
in Chardon newspaper.
'Village authorities have made ex-
traordinary efforts to secure coal for
dealers and the municipal light
plant" Mayor Bickle told his people.
"Cussing them will do no good. They
are used to it. The mayor has no
authority to seize coal in any place.
There will be cars of coal in Chardon
at the yards of the dealers from time
to time, but it will be insufficient to
take care Of the entire fuel consumed
in the village at normal times.
"Citizens must supply themselves
with quantity of wood fuel. We can
and must take care of ourselves"
E. D. Leach, assistant Ohio fuel ad-
ministrator, wrote Mayor Bickle as
suring him, "Your position is not only
correct, but is essentially patriotic,
and if all the mayors throughout the
state were as loyal and as big-minded
as you are, the work of the fuel ad-
ministration would be greatly light
ened."
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