Census shows large gap between land value and assessed value
The Texas Commercial Secretaries' Association reports a wide gap between farm land values in the Federal Census and local assessments. Statewide land averages 14.53 per acre but is assessed at 6.58, about 45 percent of true value. Lavaca County shows 24.02 per acre census value vs 16.57 assessed, 64.8 percent of true value, 198 percent above state average. Governor Colquitt proclaims May 12 Mothers Day. Flatonia creamery produced 35,000 pounds of butter in March. Moulton urged to have a creamery.
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EAGLE
Texas Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Comptroller’s Office
Federal Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Lavaca County
Land sale for irrigation in Nueces county reported
E G Richardson of San Antonio buys 32898 acres in Nueces county for 74000 dollars to be developed for colonization and irrigation. Other notes include local school appointments and a child's obituary from Moulton with church rites and community sympathy.
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E. G. Richardson
San Antonio
Nueces County
Yoakum Grants 50 Year Street Car Franchise
At a Yoakum city council meeting a fifty year franchise was granted to J. W. Greer and E. B. Carruth and associates to build and operate a street car and interurban line in Yoakum. The project includes laying gas mains with power generated about twelve miles from the city on the Guadalupe River.
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Yoakum
J. W. Greer
E. B. Carruth and
Guadalupe River
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