Farm land values slashed in northeastern Kansas hearings
County officials from Atchison Doniphan Brown Leavenworth Nemaha Jefferson Jackson Washington Marshall and Pottawatomie testified before the Kansas state tax commission in Holton that 1930 farm assessments were about 10 per cent too high and that current real estate values have fallen 20 to 38 per cent since 1930. Witnesses cited lower classing and broad declines, with some urging reductions of 20 to 25 per cent and noting limited spontaneous sales over two years plus foreclosures as the norm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State Tax Commission
Holton
Atchison
Doniphan
Brown
Leavenworth
Nemaha
Jefferson
Jackson
Washington
Marshall
Pottawatomie
Atchison County
A. C. Shultz
George Herzinger
Boott D Ingan
J. R. Gilman
W. H. Graner
Harry Shumaker
George Herbog
Mr. Shultz
Tax Commission
State Commission
Shulta
Shumaker
George Herzog
Walter Haxman
Hutchinson
Herzog
Haxman
Topeka
Frank M. Morrill
Morrill & Jones Bank
Hiawatha
Shultz
Doniphan County
Brown County
Grown County
C. C. Dimmock
Ware
C. W. Reeder
Troy
W. H. Strohm
Missouri River
C. A. Kibler, Jr
Leavenworth County
Leavenworth City
Ralph Tennall
Sabetha
Nemaha County
Atchison Area News Highlights From Local Pins and People
Walter Broshous arrives from Denver as townsfolk note foggy St. Joe road conditions. Obituaries and funerals for John Durkin and J. T. Ralisback reflect local times. Tax assessment hearings across Doniphan, Jefferson and surrounding counties discuss 1930 valuations, foreclosures, and calls for reduced appraisal amid farm value declines.
Killed by Car West of City
A West Atchison county farmer George Scottie McIntosh Jr. aged 35 was struck and killed near the Eisel house west of Atchison on the Parallel road shortly after midnight by a car driven by John Brox Jr. McIntosh, who stepped into the path while signaling for the driver, died from a broken neck. Brox swerved to avoid a parked car and a coroner's jury found the death an unavoidable accident exonerating Brox. John Comer, with McIntosh earlier, said they planned to attend Erpelding dance hall but Converse returned to town. McIntosh served in World War with Co B 70th Engineers and was active in wrestling. He leaves a widow Mrs Caroline Sweet McIntosh and parents in Atchison. The body is at Stanton Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Scottie) McIntosh, Jr
John Brox
Atchison County
Eisel
Atchison
McIntosh
Brox
Comer
Erpelding
George McIntosh, Jr
Kingston Hill
Dunfermline Parish
Scotland
Harford
Ark
Locomotive Finished Material Co
Co. B, 70Th Engineers
American Legion
Effingham
Ill
Caroline Sweet McIntosh
John McIntosh
Stanton Funeral Home
Doniphan County Wins Permission to Reassess Real Estate
Doniphan County joins Cloud Republic Miami and Clay in receiving state permission to re-assess real estate this spring under Kansas law. The last county-wide assessment was in 1930, with revaluations expected to reflect true value, while Atchison County also re-evaluated last spring amid state reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doniphan County
State Tax Commission
Cloud
Republic
Miami
Clay
Kansas
Nother
Atchison County
A. C. Shultz
Board of County Commissioners
State Commission
Waler Pleasant
Topeka
Pleasant
State County Commissioner's’ Association
Tax Commission
Atchison Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
William Baumener born in Reading Pennsylvania and Ada Ness born in Hull England, married on Valentine’s Day 1882 in Atchison. Their 50th anniversary will be observed at 1116 Laramie Street with dinner for children and grandchildren and open house for friends. They have lived near Atchison for 50 years enduring hard times and toasting a long life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Baumener
Atchison County
Pennsylvania
Ada Ness
England
Atchison
Laramie Street
Reading
Trad Winder
Baumener
W. Zschoche
John Beamaderfer
Nellie Ness
George Smith
Aiken
Annie Oxendale
Beamaderfer
Joseph Wood
Calvin Kistler
Good Intent
Bert Baumener
The
Globe
Ingalls Heads New G P Club
Sheffield Ingalls elected president of the Atchison County Lincoln Day Republican club formed at a Whitelaw hotel banquet attended by over 100 Republicans. G P Herzinger named vice president and W H Sells treasurer. Lawrence F Day initiated the motion. Telegrams from congressmen congratulated Hoover era pro prosperity efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Ingalls
Atchison County
Whitelaw Hotel
G. P. Herzinger
George Reinhard
W. H. Sells
Effingham
Republican Central Committee
Lawrence F. Day
Albert Armstrong
Hoover
Mr. Ingalls
National Republican Committee
Lincoln
W. P. Lambertson
James G. Strong
Oscar P. May
C. M. Voelker
W. C. Thomas
Ralph A.prouts
W. P. Ham
Elizabeth Bosanko
R. V. Wilcox
Gladys M. Winter
Ham
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Atchison
Evan Tonsing
William Stanton, Jr
William Altimari
Fred Kenner
Wallace Brockett
New Trial Motion Filed in Mingauw Versus Freeland Linley Case
A motion for a new trial has been filed in district court in the Mingauw versus Freeland and Linley Motor Co. suit. A jury recently awarded $25,000 to the defendants after finding the minor Mingauw was not damaged as claimed in the action brought by his grandmother Ada Vanderventer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Ennis Mingauw
B. F. Freeland
Linley Motor Co
Mingauw
Freeland
Linley Company
Ada Vanderventer
Morley Named Raven Football Coach at St Benedicts
Dr Al Morley is appointed as line coach at St Benedicts college for the 1932 season under Coach Mullins. Morley, a Creighton alum and former Notre Dame influenced lineman, signs a one term contract for September through November. He will aid Mullins with football while continuing dental practice in Atchison.
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al Morley
St. Benedict’s
St. Benedict's
Richard Burns
Mullins
Atchison
Hartman
Dr. Morley
Morley
Chet Wynn
Creighton University
Ater
Omaha
Notre Dame
Bob Regan
Rambler
John McMullen
Knute Rockne
Creighton
Census padding allegations loom over Atchison county officials
Four Atchison county men filed for ouster against county officials amid claims census figures were padded for years. They cite 1931 counts duplicating St Benedicts and Mt St Scholastica, arguing salaries fell below 25 000 threshold. Officials deny efforts to inflate figures and note law limits on audit power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. O. Hastings
George Herzog
Harry Shumaker
H. C. Graner
Manhattan
Topeka
Globe
Atchison County
Roland Boynton
Hastings
Herzog
St. Benedict's College
Mt. St. Scholastica’s College
City
Shannon Township
A. C. Shultz
Board of County Commissioners
J. R. Gilman
Lawrence F. Day
Day
State Tax Commission
Kansas State College
Sixty Years of Married Life Celebrated at Muscotah
Mr and Mrs Walter Tipling of Muscotah marked sixty years of marriage with a family gathering at their son James L Tipling's home. They wed in Illinois February 9 1872 and have one son, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Their life included a move from Illinois to Colorado then Iowa before settling in Muscotah. Mrs Tipling now 81 and active, while Mr Tipling 83 with limited health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Tipling
Muscotah
James L. Tipling
Illinois
Tipping
Jennie Duglas
Tipling
Colorado
Iowa
Executrix Named In Baudry Will Probate Case
Judge A B DeDual appoints Mrs Clara H Baudry executrix of Dr George Baudry s will. Real estate includes home at 1121 South Seventh Street a Texas county Oklahoma farm and two Texas farms while ownership passes to Maurice Baudry and three Dennis grandchildren upon her death. The note then shifts to unrelated items on eugenics parish care and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara H. Baudry
George Baudry
A. B. DeDual
Dr. Baudry
South Seventh Street
Texas County
Okla
Texas
Paul Baudry Dennis
Leona Anna Dennis
Marvin Joseph Dennis
Denise Baudry Dennis
Burned by coal oil explosion near Lancaster
Mrs Francis Stutz twenty one wife of Atchison weighmaster Mr Stutz is in critical condition at Atchison hospital after coal oil ignited while filling lamps. A broken lamp and five gallon tank were found in the basement of their Fred Stutz farm home two and a half miles southwest of Lancaster. She jumped into a water tank to extinguish flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Francis Stutz
Atchison
Fred Stutz
Stutz
State Grain Inspection Department
Fallible season starts as baseball waits opener
A mix of notes references a 38 day countdown to the major league season. Congressmen receive 10000 dollars annually with no explanation given. Historic figure Jess James is praised as a Christian gentleman in contrast to a modern gangster with a machine gun. Abbot Martin Veth travels to Des Moines for a forty hour devotion at St. Mary's church and will return midweek. A bitter dispute rages between Topeka and Leavenworth over who bears the worst failure. Atchison asserts independent action while declaring that Dock Leavenworth and Topeka need large sails. Weston tobacco raisers burn beds ahead of sowing, as warm winds dry fields and push planting toward late February or early March.
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Jess James
Martin Veth
St. Benedict's Monastery
Des Moines
St. Mary’s Church
Topeka
Leavenworth
Atchison
Weston
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Walter Broshous
Denver
John Steicien
Martin Burke
St. Joe Road
Bob Wolters
John Andrews
Missouri
Lloyd Ham
L. A. Stevenson
Princeton
Kas
Earl Oswald
Neb
Drouth Stlcken
South Dakota
Nebraska
Joe McCord
Torrance
Calif
William Issett
Presbyterian Church
Los Angeles
Earl H. Rody
Helen
Rodys
Charlie Berry
Osborne
Elvin Farris
W. F. Farris
Cummings
Atchison Hospital
Joe Price
Max Schmeling
John Durkin
Lawin & Douglass
St. Patrick's Church
Dena Buckner
St. Louis
Mt. Pleasant
Hubert Blocker
University of Michigan
Hubert
Adrian Stallbaumer
St. Benedict’s College
University of Peiping
China
Father Adrain
George McIntosh
MR. and
Mrs. Baumener
Ingalls
Hoover Record
al Fannan
Horton Hospital
John Weber
Leo Nusbaum
Falls City
Franklin
Chandler’s
Bob Schmidt
Steve O’rourke
United States
U. S. Senate
Edmund Pusch
Knights of Columbus
Kansas Catholic Historical Society
Joe Haverty
Missouri Pacific Hospital
Mansfield
Gorman Freeman
Court House
Russell N. Bartholow
Atchdson
Missouri Pacific
W. G. Beitzel
B. H. Smith
Trinity Episcopal Church
Mt. Vernon
C. H. Johnson
W. O. Judd
C. S. Ferguson
W. T. Fox
Arthur Lukens
H. B. Mize
Doc Morley
Moon” Mullins
Claim County
Hastings, Herzog, Shumaker and Graner
Allege
Lawrence Theis
Wea
Arthur Phelan
Phelan
Providence Hospital
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