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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1903
Page
4
The county treasurer and tax ferrers clarify that unpaid unassessed taxes in Hardin County amount to only 2958.32, not 22,000, after accounting for statutory limits, court outcomes, and delinquents who have moved away. Repeated collection efforts continue, with the Herald promising a fuller report before campaign end.
Registered letter notices were sent to supposed post offices and returned unclaimed. The treasurer cannot act until parties are located. Any balance beyond amounts due may not be collected. the $22,000 delinquent tax bond appears worthless and should be dismissed.
Hardin county supervisors Stevens Granner and Neuman met with Hamilton Wright and Franklin county supervisors at the four counties corner to discuss altering the South Fork course. They propose diverting the upper sloughy stretch to the Iowa River via a small creek near the Seth Ethridge place, as the best solution to drainage issues.
Judge Platt of the district court ruled last Wednesday that John Kehers of Black Hawk county must bear the costs after a suit to recover taxes paid in 1901 and 1902 on property that escaped taxation in 1896 was denied. The decision states the plaintiff and assignor fulfilled their obligation to the state, with the writ denied and costs taxed to the plaintiff.
The Alden Times reports John C. Crockett voted in Eldora in the first ward at Victora in the 1902 general election and may still claim Eldora as home while residing in Des Moines as a state official. The piece notes the drive for a pure Australian ballot to curb irregularities and references remarks on lynchings by Burrell in the Washington Press and comments on local political figures Tra Nscoots and J. B. Stonerook.
The June board of supervisors raised steer valuations in Iowa Falls while only one steer is found there. Mitterer is tied to a county nomination rumor as a sheriff candidate. The Herald opposes Des Moines Capital on optional Iowa primary laws and argues for a state wide, all party law. The Herald dismisses further debate with the Sentinel and declines political controversy with the county press unless knowledge backs discussion.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers greatly reduced Bell tickets to Seattle Washington and San Francisco California from August 1 to 14. For full information contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer P A Chicago IL.
In the Iowa district court for Hardin County August term 1903 Lewis A. Johnson petitions to quiet title and remove claims of James Blair Hester Blair Archibald Johnson Mrs Archibald Johnson Barton Johnson Manda Bovee and others to described land in Hardin County The suit claims open notorious possession for over twenty years and alleges defects in prior deeds and record omissions requiring defense by July 8 1903 and court action at Eldora Iowa with publication in Eldora Herald for four weeks.
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