Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-02-24

i The Town Of Paris In 10000.
On next Monday will occur the annual
meeting OF the town Of Paris. The an.
nual report of the municipal officers haf
been issued and from 1t are CLEANED the
following facts:
The number OF births In town from
Jan. 1, 1919, to Jan. 1, 1920, were 81.
The number of marriages during the
same time were 45 The oldest couple
married were, groom 81 and bride %
years. There were four couples married
whose ages were over go years. There
was but one marriage of people between
the ages of 30 and 60 years, excepting
bride who was less than 80. There were
four couples between the ages OF 40 and
80 years with the exception that three OF
the brides In these marriages were under
40. There we're nine marriages between
the ages of 80 and 40 years, except foul
of the brides were under 80 years. There
were twenty marriages Of couples be
tween the ages of 20 and 80 years except
that two of the brides we're under 2O
years. There were three grooms less
than twenty years of age and In each
case they married women older than
themselves. The youngest groom was
l18 years old as was also the youngest
bride.
There we're 81 deaths in town with u
more reported from other towns. The
oldest person to die during the year was
Abby B. Curtis. Her age was w. E'gh,
persons died between the ages OF ~ and
90 years. There were 13 deaths among m
persons between the ages OF 70 ana oo'
and seventeen between 60 and 10 years
of age. Five persons over 30 and less
than go have died during 1919, and Six
persons between 40 and 80. Only three
persons between 80 aud 40 have died
during the period of these statistics ano
only one between 20 and 30. One young
person died in her teens, but II at or Dc
low the age OF 10 passed away.
The total valuation of the property ID
the town as found by the assessors was
81 ,878, ,355 90. The total value OF iano
was placed at $422, 500 90 and the total
value of buildings at 1920, $3.50 90. The
gain in valuation over 1918 was 81, 600. 90
The total tax for 1919, committed 10
the collector, Harry M. Shaw, amounted
to S62,272.02 at rate OF $S5 5O on
thousand dollars. o
The number OF polls found were 1O4O,
of which $50 were not taxed.
There were found 151 dogs in town
last April, seven of which were females
and IA malea.
Horses we're found to the number oI
573, Six of these were under four year'
old, nine under three years old and three
under two years old. In April last there
we're 1S46 COWS found and 36 oxen. "
young cattle 1040 were found, 2O4 under
three years of age, 318 under two years
of age and 51S one year old or under.
There were 200 sheep and 203 members oi
the swine family found.
There are or were so shares OF bank
stock owned in town, also 428 shares OF
Trust Company stock.
The assessors found 260 automobiles I'D
town and 18O taxable musical instru-
ments.
The income of the town according to
the account Of the treasurer, Charles ID
Howard, was sos, ,0l6.52 and the expense
of the town, from the same source, was
$95, ,123 80, leaving cash balance IN
the treasury of $2,9S2 81.
The financial condition OF the town ap-
pears to be good. There are overdrawn
accounts and there are unexpended &C.
counts and the one about balances the
other. There are over-expended accounts
in state roads amounting to 38.l0, Stow.
ell Hill So SO, paupers $314.29, and mis-
cellaneous S563. .S2, the whole amounting
to 1924 II. This is more than covered
by the four une1pended balances In the
snow bills account $458.35, the home
coming of Company D $410.26, the super
|intendence of schools $92 40, and high
way S2.19, making in all $963. 20.
It might be noted in passing that the
selectmen were fortunate In closing their
books on February 1st, 80 far as the BAL
ance of the snow bills account was con-
cerned.
There are three inmates on the poor
farm: Fred LeBaron, William b. Pratt
and Oscar Pitts. The receipts from op.:
Grafton of the farm and board received
amounted to $1,S95.21, and the amount
paid for town farm expenses was g..
O8S.3O. The balance against the farm,
therefore, is $888.09.
The seleotmen and school officers have
made recommendations for the various
departments together amounting to $4S,-
5000. The selectmen make the follow
ing ecommendations: