"There are hard times enough here for anybody. There is nothing that will bring cash that I know of. For my part I am hard run to live. I would like to have some money. It has not come yet.
"I cannot say that we are all well, but we are able to keep about. We had a great deal of sickness last fall. I cannot say that I like this country, it is too cold for me, the ground freezes from two to four feet deep. The frost is hardly out yet. The trees look like winter time. I think I will leave this place as soon as I can get my business settled, and money enough to carry me away. I have between two and three hundred dollars coming but can't get enough to buy myself a shirt. I bought corn last fall at three cents per bushel. I have three claims and want to sell them.
"Last night was a pretty moonlight night. Parmelia kicked up a fuss and after all night's watching about six o'clock this morning after a bright sunrise she was delivered of a prosperous looking son, weight nine pounds, seven ounces."
VOTE OF LINN COUNTY 1910
The vote of the county in November, 1910, for governor was as follows:
| Twp. | Rep. | Dem. |
|---|---|---|
| Bertram | 33 | 75 |
| Brown | 209 | 102 |
| Boulder | 76 | 90 |
| Buffalo | 40 | 27 |
| Cedar | 133 | 127 |
| Clinton | 52 | 64 |
| College | 49 | 95 |
| Fairfax | 60 | 111 |
| Fayette | 94 | 35 |
| Franklin | 385 | 182 |
| Grant | 124 | 95 |
| Jackson | 166 | 51 |
| Linn | 57 | 57 |
| Maine | 225 | 79 |
| Marion | 519 | 391 |
| Monroe | 99 | 66 |
| Otter Creek | 67 | 63 |
| Putnam | 43 | 96 |
| Rapids | 1761 | 2443 |
| Spring Grove | 83 | 22 |
| Washington | 145 | 168 |
| —— | —— | |
| 4420 | 4439 |
In addition to the above there were 382 votes cast for other candidates.
SOME MUNICIPAL FIGURES FOR CEDAR RAPIDS
The net taxable value of property in Cedar Rapids for the year 1910, on the one-fourth valuation, is $6,579,183. In addition the city has a mulct tax revenue and an income from licenses, police court fines, etc., of about $60,000 per year, giving a little more than $300,000 available for city purposes.
The real estate valuation for 1910 is $21,280,294, and the personal property is valued at $5,026,438. The valuation twelve years ago was one-half of the above amount. It has increased at the rate of one million dollars per year since 1898. This increase is largely due to improvements and new buildings. Land values have doubled in the past twelve years. For 1911 the valuation will go above these values as the city has increased in value so fast that it will be necessary for the assessors to raise the valuation on all property for 1911 at least three million dollars, which will bring the total valuation to nearly thirty millions by 1912.