Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-22
TAX FIGURES NOT So.
ALARMING AS BIC.
SUMS WOULD SHOW
EXTRAORDINARY APPROPRlA-
TlONS MADE RY SOl0NS FOR
ROADS AND SANATORiUM IN
CREASE RATE ONLY IS CENTS
ON S100.

Notwithstanding that La Sale
county in the year to come viii raise
approximately half million dollars
for expense money the tax rate, ac-
cordine to local authorities, will no.
be as hight as those staggering figures
seemingly would produce.
At their meeting yesterday after
neon when the supervisors spent
money with lavish hand. giving
s1S7 625 for constructing the county's
share of the Ivy Way and $17 500 f0r
new tuberculosis sanatorium. The
solOns levied total of Si6l 500 20 out
of which will be met the ordinary ex-
penses OF running the various county
departments and the cost of build
ing the hospital and federal-state
highway.
The tax rate for 1917. according to
I figures given out by Clerk Bach, will
be $l.o5. In 1916 the rate was roc
on the hundred assessed valuation,
making jump in taxes of only 35c
/ over last year. In 1915 the rate was
/ Use.
7 The sanatorum funds will be raised
by the two mill tax provided by law
and 10 keep the county within the lc-
/ gal taxable limit of 1ac it was neces-
sary to divide the state aid appr0pria-
I ton and spread it over two year
period. whereby 500, NIB will be raised
in 1917 and a like amount in 1918.
There continues to be a onemil tax
in operation against the cost of the
Detention Home
For ordinary county expenses, in
Guiding almost hundred thousand
dollars in pauper provisions are 1921 :
Gee. The extraordinary expenses will
aggregate $2lo2I3.
Vote a Surprise.
Today from all parts of the count y
reports arc pouring into the court
house praising the Al supervisors who
voted for the Ivy Way in terms of I'M
stinted laudation Excuses are made
for some Of the eleven Who registered
themselves as being against the prop
osition. In a few instances the con
J stituents were strongly "agin' any
part Of the county getting a benefit
unless it was their own With theil
following strongly aligned agains
anything they c~'lid not directly prof
it by, these few solons were forced L
obey mandates from the powers tina
be and voted no
Richey Turns Trick.
Frank +. Richey. beside being on
of the twelve cyliniered brain pow
era Of the board, has his own nqu
little method Of dealing with the roal
situation Down in Eden where h
halls from, the people were divided Oh
The appropriation and Richey sen
them out q letter asking them f0I
opinions REGARDING tho matter-ant
particularly their presence at th'
board meetlHT yesterday, AS result
nineteen men, all Of whom were or
and cutters against the highway plan
turned up in Ottawa and we're anon
Those present at the board session.
Mr.. RichcY pooled" the delegation
in t ehmmornng and all were emph9
tically "an,l" Then they sat thru
superintendent Bradt'9 speech and ;
+ recess came at noon AT IL oclocl
MI. Richey again "polled' the deega
ton He found seventeen convert
and two Who We're waiVering. BY tn,
time a roll was called it is aid thu
last rcm2ning two had hit the trai
AMI were dyed in the wool advocate
OF anything that would improve tn
highways, When he voted aye
, Richey's smile was from ear to car.
In other sections Of the county sin
, liar action was taken and supervisor
who before meeting with their cor
sttuents were lukeWarm ON he pro-
osition were Instructed to 20 to o.
taWa and vote the road thru,