Adams County Union-Republican (Newspaper) - July 20, 1927, Corning, Iowa Ten Home Print Vol No 29 TAX EQUALIZATION Bureau Seeks Relief Overcharges from SHOWS INEQUALITIES f Farmers Income Has Declined While That of People In Cities Increased Corning Adams County Iowa Wednesday July 20 1927 thia purpose Fiftyone per cent of the owners of breeding cattle do not establish a district but merely initiate it and the board ot supervisors estab CARNIVAL IS NOW OVER Italics the district The statute also Firemen Hud Big Crowds it Their Just Know Hes Glad By All f rt T provides for notice and also extends a right to flic objections In summing up the case the su court said What more can plaintiff ask so for as any tional are concerned whether they be state or l g Chaa E Hearst president of the IIowa Farm Bureau Federation and IH A Wallace editor of I Farmer recently appeared before tho r state executive and presented i facts and figures to show that Iowa ffarm lands were eight per cent too high and asked that they be reduced accordingly Mr Hearst presented figures to show that the value of Towa farms based ou rental returns was about per acre according to a study recently compiled by the Iowa depart ment of agriculture which shewed that the net return to lowu farm own ers amounted to two and onehalf per cent 011 appraised value of per acre He pointed out that In DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED Decatur County Official Slain When Attempting Arrest Clint deputy sheriff of Decatur county wae shot to death a little over a week ago while attempt ing to arrest Sam Petty and Herb Pol lard two men accused of bootlegging Greenland a former patron of the bootleggers had squealed on them and brought the to make the arrest They re In the shooting affray that followed McConnell was killed The slayers escaped and ao yet no trace ot them has been found It is understood that Petty is worth a considerable amount and a suit for has been filed by tho McCon nell estate against Petty in tha Wayne county court The suit charges that Petty unlawfully and unjustifiably nts uuu L in i assessing property productivity and caused tho death of Clint McConnell market value must Bbe considered and that productivity and market value ROAD BOND ELECTION RESULTS farm land both considered left an average value ot per acre for The people of Worth county voted assessment purposed Assessments on the road hond proposition on the of farm property are usually made on i 12th of the present month There a basis of 60 per cent of their actual were 2113 votes cast ot which 1537 value therefore Town farm land should were tor bonds and 576 against Vot be assessed nt about per acre Ing was light owing to urgent farm instead of per acre which was work the value placed on it by the executive i council In 1925 j Henry County Votes Bonds Mr Wallace presented figures ot the i Yesterday Henry county voters ap States department of proved a bond issue of for ture showing that the average value paved proposition car of Iowa farm laud in 1927 was ried by a vote ot 5282 for and 1465 per cent lower thau and ten against s Union count will vote on the bond 1 j at is Street Shows BRILES THREW WRESTLERS Adams County Boy Proved Too Agile for Professional Athletes with the Troupe The Company street car nival completed its week engagement in Corning and tore dowa Its tents last Saturday night The entire thing was under the auspices ot the Corn ing liro department and though we have as yet received no report on It we believe that the proposition was a financial success for the boys At any rate the grounds were crowded on several different nights and no night made any small showing with the possible exception ot that memor able one when it rained Although a number of Corning homes have added new blankets to their piles probably the biggest at traction on the show grounds was tho athletic show It reached its point of highest interest on Saturday night when Ed Briles of Prescott stepped In and showed the professionals a few of the fine points of the game Briles looked pretty loose jointed when he stepped Into the ring with those boys j but a few minutes convinced the peo ple Eddie had been around a little He not only threw the be wus billed to meet but filso took on the other two show men afterwards in the week young Eisen who is employed at Darrah Bradleys challenged the fighter Other com era were dispensed with in the usual by such shows CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR j M L Bowman Says He Is In the Race a very successful meeting Mr FucTt second lieutenants in tho field artillery I T W IP ft fl resole They report a fine time and I U 11 lH L M A U for the Place I ler was promoted from the light Senator St L Bowman of Deal lory to the heavy artillery division 1 Full Text of tho Statute Regulating has been in Corning for the While away Attorney took 1 W Ci Jaw presented figures to show that Issue Thursday 1 JL1UO Ill I T J i The merr goround paat He Bnd his are occasion to make some to the tiny tots proved to be a very in the ol the country and among other places source ot amusement It wass I Dolles ot Wisconsin jT Primary Roads ular source ot amusement u was i 3 tie nicest thing ot kind that 3 oTa muck lower and declining income were paying around three times tax bonds Mills county la to vote on the 3d for safe and entertaining for tha Wg small folk and some of their reJa lures paved roads from We were Informed that the attrac tions will next week show in Council They are a good carnival company and arc due to draw a crowd anywhere one may find people who enjoy that type ot entertainment Des Moines July OS lowo farms show a net return per acre or two and onehalf per cent on tho appraised value according to a study on about 1100 rented farms Just the east line of Union county Henry county Is the to the bonds These 47 counties have a majority ot the memoers ol as as the study on jowa house as wen as tne completed by the weather and crop settles all question bureau of tie department of legislature the culture cooperating with the manner as to make the Farm Bureau Federation I liable for tho bond Issues The study that In 1926 tie bQ done i average farm owner Tented hia Q the next Bes farm to n tenant a gross legislature passing a mean of per acre Chit of this nne for the stale to take over amount he paid tor taxes problem by making a cents for repairs on buildings fences J the etc and allowing 92 cents for depre A elation had per acre left Taxes of the for about 29 per cent of the j m but after tho ether ducted Cash rent lower than crop Appraisals of about 3000 people Wisdom Child Dies In Martha Louise the daughter of Attorney F D Wisdom of Creston died recently in San Diego Cal The family had gone west for the summer vacation and while auto ing near Yuma Ariz the little one taken 111 She was hurried to but passed away In that He tells us that ho is a candidate for the republi can nomination for the office of gov ernor at the next state election Mr Bowmans campaign for the office is based on hia record particularly his work for the guaranty lawand his opposition to the present bonding plan of paved roads the trip Although hey were well ton the to the Canadian border neither of our county could detect any odor of beer contagion in the atmosphere and hey say they did not see a crap game or a poker contest during the entire trip However right hore ot homo they discover some of these The father of the child is a member of the law firm ot Wisdom Creston and a brother of D F Wis dom ot Corning DUB portions of the state bonding plan for road building Senator D W Turner has been ap by prominent men of the state to be a candidate for the guber nomination on the republican ticket In the event that he should conclude to permit the use of his name in I hi s connection wo shall have two Corning men In the race for Mr Bow man has been claim fed is an Adams connly product during his political nothing on the Hawkeye in the form of amusements ot various BIG BIXLER BLOWOUT Gathering of Relatives at Park Sunday Afternoon Last Sunday afternoon it the Rlx ler park there was held a reunion and picnic for tho relatives of Ton ring ins and their families Mr was allird with tho formerly a resident of county in nn aa to Its Various and we the first saction of the now road law by the last General Assembly of Jowa We shall give the remaining sections in auc t things every now and then which issues ot our paper until the We are in order that alt of our readers may be informed as to element of ho al hut Is now In Uo hot o with tho Farmors ness in Cal n th tho ra bon in Ho haa Congressman Thurston Home j Union m wth si rrrr il Monday who enjoyed the big time at tho provisions of the law Petitions for a vote on a bond Issue aro being circulated In this county and wo are sure our readers will wish to know about the provisions ot tho law If the matter ot Issuing bonds is put to a vote Wn aro therefore making it possible for every reader of tha Union to know what tho law Is so that ho may form his conclusions as to how lie to voto We recom mend that every voter shull carefully read tho law Do not form conclus ions from rumors that nro afloat or from other persons ot lie provisions of tho Init road it over carefully for yot r if there are any portions B that Sunday Inn and j you u no Announced Engagement Mrs M L Schafroth number nl young ladies at a given in a Sid Glen C S ot her Miss Stone and Mrs j of agriculture show that In March 1027 values of land nnl in Iowa wero five per cent lower than in 1316 nnd 10 per cent lower than in 1325 Bv SUSTAINS TUBERCULOSIS LAW Iowa Supreme Court Makes Ruling on Statute EcB Moines Iowa July In a de recently rendered by the su court in the Harrison county cace eradication law TCM again stained In September of 1925 action was taken to enjoin the county board of supervisors from putting tho area plan in operation Judge ManU dismissed the case and it was later appealed W the supre claimed that the law was unconstitutional as it delegated power to 51 per cent of the cattle owners to because there was no method for tho plaintiff to object and On ot no for In Answering these objections the hold former fack tias on in tht big advance sals of tickets to the Nw YoSt July Jack the Giant KiHer started trail for another battle to regain his title which he lost to Tunney tail The affair was in UP n parly ruil thf the approaching wedding of J Mary Schafroth and Mr was Tho luncheon was served at small tables prettily decorated with pink and white sweet eas Luncheon grams with tho last savo the dato ot the wedding is 1027 The many friends of the nro leased to know of their happiness Guests from out of town were Clark of Woodbine Miss Dor othy Newcomb ot Logan Mrs Tcl Larson Dos Moines Mrs Ben Rom Chicago and Harry Cush ng Hastings Nebr Official Photographer D mov K artist has been photographer tor the j B In I ion of Iowa people that is from Iowa lo tho Black Hills A pic to greet President ot Mr and his moving camera was in tho Monday edition ot the Oca lire or of I to to lie lx 111 year to tho total f nny now or to tlic fir ronil liy government such ana to tho roals TKh Homo from Camps County Attorney Fackler and Deputy Sheriff are home from the mil officers training school at Camp McCoy near Sparta Wls Both gen Uemon to the camp and each took hia along Also both This Issun carries an advertisement or 0 Heed announcing the Kerrl lard Oil Heater for which he has ac tho The device ia one to be applied in any type ot furnace and la recommended very highly by Mr Reed for the heating of the mod ern homo TVo understand that tho burners may bo loft for several and that ther to the climatic changes and hold a temperature In the building ROJ fmr 2 The highways of tho tat urn for tho purposes ot this act divide two lowtt The road nnd oad The road em those main market not roads within cities and townn which county Best townn cities and main market centers and which have already beon primary under of 1424 provided that of ehall be on foor
