The Courier-Gazette from McKinney, Texas • Page 1

KSTABLISirrj) MAIiril 4, YEAIl, McKEVNEY, COLEIN COUNTY, TEXAS. Till EVEMNO, AKi. 1 mty Ttx AsHfs-or Ti. and his rHicient. Jesse CJ.

Orr liave just completed the lax rolls of the county. They liave executed flits huKo task in the neatest and most manner that we have ever seen. Out of about 500 patres contalniiiK 4 5 lines each, they have the valuations and made the various tax extensions so that all are in perfect balance to a cent and th rolls are filled out by typewriter, tfui.s makinsr the fiKures as as print f-an make the tn, which is a de- culed improvemrnt over the old iiietit'idH In voKue until in very nt the machino and iully snufa-tnr( wide-cnr- riae-e for roll have into use. ten Ki 't Sum tiX roll foro! in now in of is a form cot- up by riay, tho present Tax or of ('ollin county, who 1 it to t.s.ite f'ornpt Its atibrevbition. comp.actness com- pbt.ivss was smh that it at once approvjil of th.at iiiTlcial and the form was by th.e Tjtx of Dallas county to the Ht.ate Association of Tax Ass-ssors which approved Jin eniiorsi tl If.

This Is the vcar that new form roll has bei-n 1 throughout State. Mr (iay Wan' to u-se it first year that he oftic bid the roller otilt not a nt t-! it bee.ms*' of ne- yf' for uniforrnitv auuinp' tin corndcs. Hovvcv. r. hi- ye new forms were ami the 'de for ry ronn- fy or'- ofhce in The new form.

bv the Dornty only one- h.alf of the total of paper find the old rolls required. Hence the paper exjiense alone for the reduced just fifty per cent. The economy to the vjirlous In the savinK: of extra clerk hire also runs into the thous.inds of dollars every year. $100.00 valuation. rate 1011, 3S ceiit.s on the $100.00 valuation.

iitato rate 1911, 37 1-2 on the $100.00 valualiijn. SiMxiiU oim I Tax. No. 4, (McKlnney) for 1911, IS ci tit.s ou the $100.00, Di.slríct Xo. 4, (McKinney) for 1915, Gl on the 100 00 District X'o.

7, (Celina) for 1914, 53 cout.s un the $100.00, Di.strlct Xo. 7, (Celina) for 1915 5 7 cetds on the $100.00. Di.stri' Xo. 8 for 1914, .53 1-2 cent.s on the $100.00. Di-ti'ict Xo.

8 for 1915, Ca cent.s ou tlie Xo. 9, for 1911, 91 1-2 nt.s on the $100.00. Di -tnct Xo. 9, ton) for 1915, 9 1 e. td.s oc the $100.00.

l'idrict 5, anm by iiijunction. ti Heaumont. dredge Houston went in (ialvcston Hay during' the wdth tifty-six men aboard, according to C. Westerlage, an employe of the Xkirtli American Dredging company, who h.iH just arrived from Virginia Point on the tug Roan. Cjipfain Jjnnes M.

Trahan of the Bowers Southern Dredging who reju hed Beiiumonf early on his way from (bdvesfon to Port Arthur of his family, declared that the only survivors of the Houston, in number, had been picked up when he b-ft (Ijtlvcsfon at noon Tralian stilted that the Bowers Dredge San with of fifty and the tug Xo. i wime mis.sing bid he nofliing of their Thirty persons wlio boarded a steamer at I'ort Bolivor li.ghthouse Monday night are Vudieved to have lost when the ve.ssol broke from its moorings and out into the gulf, to traveler.s bo liad left Bokvor Tuesday flfttrnooji and liere last night. B. Kiliingsworth, co-operative gov ermmud weather observer at McKinney, reports the following rainfjill: ..........................................1.17 inches. 15 ..........................................5.10 inches.

19 ...............................................96 inches. Aug. Aug. Aug. The rainfall for Aug.

18, amounting tc 5.10 inches, is Die greatest rainfall for one day that been recorded for many years. These rains immense value to cotton in of county. Also to various hay crops ami land.s. It will be good on tui-nips and fall truck. Crain just nd saved and Collin fainiers iiia.di to lie Diankful f.

r. a hur- the storm-swept the coa.st bringing ibtail.s of ttie tropiial hudi put (bilveslon, Houston jTi x.i.s alul nuinj ot cities ami in dire p.nl. With large of di.Ntrict unheard list was than 1 "((. the heaviest report lo.ss being Airginia Point, (lalves- 'I damage iiu.y with con- tributuig hiilf tlnd amount. Total and Tuxes.

"We give the following summary of property and values of Collin county a.s shown by the a.ssessment rolls for the year 1915: Total valuation of all properly, real ami personal, $28,86,3,1.37.00. Total tax from the above valuations. Including poll taxc.s, $.199,750.66, laxes ia.ssineil. State fax 58.761.61 State Revenue poll State School County Ativulorem $109,6.81.97 Special Road Specijil Si'tiool $46,206.37 County Poll tax .00 $20,050.00 $9,250.00 $240.00 $82,360.00 $1,920.00 $810,125.00 $121,610.00 $250,780.00 Iteiixs and Valuutioits. X'uinher uf acres, 565,177, 15.1 9 1.820.00 Town lots, 2.86 1,630.00 Xumber hoises ami niub-s, 25,237, of cattle, 1 4,797, value 1 800.00 Number of Jacks and Jennets, 193, value Number of Sheep, 4,252, Number of Coats, 168, Number of Hogs, 22,864, value Number of Dogs, 120, value All Vehlele.H, Im ludlng autos, 12,007, value floods and Mereliandise, Miiiiufactured articles, Tools and Machinery, Steam Engines Boilers, 50.00 Money on haml ami ib'posits, value Notes and Accounts, value JVliscclliuieous property, value Stiite and National 140 3-4 miles, Riiilroud Rolling Stock, Railroad Intangibles, City Railroads and Interurban, 40 miles, Telegraph and Telephones, 346 miles, value $111,185.00 Pipe lines, 4 5 miles, Average valuation of land per acre us assessed (trounty rate 1915, 38 cents on the lipO.OO valuation.

State rate 1915, 55 cents on Death lioli. Accortling to infornnii ion la.st night, the deaths were ji.s Vliginiii Point. 30. City, 18. Cjilveston, 14.

Morgjins Point, II, Svlvian Beach, 3. Houston. 2, 7. I.a port 7. Port I.

2. 1, 3. avaibiblo recordCMl for -Folt lie hrol her. 1 mother, Y. DEAl'H IdST At City.

1). Aug. lowing i.s the list natm-s of troopers lost at Texas City The nanu's of killed in stoini at Tt'Xas with the natiu's their relatives, were as follows: John Murphy. Thomas .1. Murphy.

174 Daw Mass. Cluirles Millet Milb'r, N. P. Shankel, mother, Mrs, Anna Bets, Bjiltiimire. Md.

Privjite Haiiiian Samet, cousin. Ralph Samet. 13 Railroad avenue, E. I. Private Paul A.

Seuran. father. Paul A. Seuran, Houston, Texas. Corporal Wlllian H.

Moore, mother, Mrs. Annie Moore, Creenboro, Cleor- gia. Private Albert Mitchell, father, Stephen Mitchell. 30.1 Bee street, Valdosta. (Iji.

Private Thomas A. father, T. A. Watson. Carthage, N.

Private father, Rivage, 116 Spring avenue. Cook Biuler, quartermaster corps (Hie gt'neral's record of that name at Texas City). HEM riie of the and (iiU'st on Hie was tlii.s afU'riMHiii imar I'asUnet off tin' Irish iHiast. by a (k'r- nmn llie was a sidp aiul It many pa.s- alMianl destined for New York. Tile stH'nis to I I'onfinned liy a iiH'ssnge fixmi Berlin whieh tlie of a large pas.senger golng ve.ssel.

The rt'jKirt, however not give tlie hmation where the as sunk. T( X. are the uf tVie storm, as jnint- in and Calveston consolidated: Sweeping down upon Calveston the Culf of Mexico Monday niglit a tropical hurricane, to lie the most severe wliich has visited the Texans coast in a half century, wrought damage to property us yet unesti- mated and took a toll of six known dead, witli probably other casulatie.s. A wind of velocity greater than seventy milc.s nn hour, sometimes blowing harder than ninety miles, all niglit long the island, driving the water Infore it and Hie city. Wiicn moi'iiing broke the fury of the storm had subsidt'd and the water, raindl.v, soon red Hie damage it liatl wrought.

to a Hial could have been more lerrific, the Calvt'ston seawall again was and found not wanting. Against the battering of giant seas it stuunchl.v Hiroiigh- out every foot of its five miles, tecting the city from the fury of storm. Jt held the rush of Hie waters in saved undoubtedly millions of dollars worth of property, besides acting as an absolute buffer to the storm that otlierwise might have taken a grave toll in loss of life. At 5 o'clock yestenlay afternoon definite news from the vicinity of the causeway was brought to the city. Tt'k'graph and telephone service hud been of the tlirt con- of ttie causeway the Virginia side was washed awav.

flone the storm jiiid the military post. Ht for full tbiys in advance by the Cnited States Weather Bureau, the storm did not take Galveston unaware find it iinprepare-l. and Hioroughly the locjil wcjiHier W. P. Stt'wart, every man, woman and chii.t had ample time in which to seek places of safety in Hie hirger buildings of the business and central resnleneo district, and it wjis largely due to this that none wore caught In the houses on the bcaeii front.

-Atlanta. Harris mebers of the sion here todav Aug. to with state prison commis- relative to steps to ho taken for the jirrcst an of I lembers of the mob whicb. lynciu'd l.eo M. Frank.

This conference was to place the blame for the hanging. I nder Georgia law the governor can offer a maximum reward of $500 for each arrest and conviction. probably will do this." said the Si'awall. Gn atest prota rty damage was vvreekeil in that portion of the city whi('h borders Hie seawall boulevard east of Tremont street. This section felt the full force of the wiml and water and humlreds of houses, their foundations undermined by rusliing water, were toppled over, although there was surprisingly little damage from the wind itself.

The seawall boulevard from Kleveu- ward and his lynching will Nineteenth streets was wrecked. fully inquired DPno EXGEEDINCLY 1 EA Estimates of property loss as a result of the coast hurricane are vague except in a few instances. Houston. Texas City and Port Arthur advices gave fairly definite figures for those places, but most of the other towns reported in such as "considerable." "yery and "not vet Messina. Sicily, Aug.

chief signal oitlcer at the island of boli reports the eruption of a large quantity of lava from Stromboli volcano. The lava is forming a lake of fire between the craters and the sea. The emission is accompanied by loud detonations and clouds of smoke. 1 $1,462,400.00 $280,127.00 $1,263,690.00 At Houston. Houston, Aug.

in Mombiy slorm jire: I'k Hjiiis, carpenter, killed bv a fjilling barn. Mrs. AS'ilmina Horn. white wonijin. Cne white man.

nt'gro, eh'ctrot'uted bv fiilling wire. At point. Houston, Aug. 19 at Point are: John Mueller of Hon.ston. Joe Berger of Houston.

Riggs of lead Roy Rtggs, hl.s Commodore K. M. At Houston, Aug. dead at Seabrook are: Frank Mills, bridge tender. Charley negro, employed at home of Captain J.

Q. TUnmona. 1 1 Till' wlu'jit crop of hceii ji full jiveragc crciiseil acrejigt', ilfteeu bushels. Hat this i-ounty ha.J crop on in- bt'ing croj) lias 1 Some of Hie estimates were as follows: Calveston $3.000.000 (Or more.) 2 000 Texas 400,000 Port 200.000 1.000.000 Sabine 100.000 Sabine Kemah ........................................................50,000 In addition there was an enormous lo.ss to cotton growers in the storm belt, some estimates stating that 25 per cent of the crop of Central Texas was destroyed placing the "millions of dollars." The oil fields also suffered and it is Iirobable that it will take $500,000 to replace destroyed derricks, recap nn- tanks and repair damaged machinery. Tlu'y Swt'rve Him.

the back current of the water which made its way over the seawall washing out the foundation ami strewing the brick and concrete of Hie great roailway promiscuously for blocks. It was to the residences bordering (his section of the boulevard that disaster came, practically all of them being more or less damaged, but as their residences, warned in ample time of the approaching stcrm, luid fuge in safer places, not one casualty from the section was reportetl. Structures, including ballihonses and fishing piers extending into the Culf beyond the seawall, were completely demolished, only a few stanch piling being left to mark the si)Ots whieh they had occupied. In the ease of the Murdock bathhouse, not cne pile remained standing. Beach resort struetures in tlie vicinity of the biiHihousos immodiatel.v surrounding the foot of Tremont street suffered severe damage.

The Casino V-as praotieally domolished, as were lighter built houses adjoining. Mucti of the damage here was the result of rocks being lifted from the riprap and hurled acro.ss the boulevard against their sides. The terrific force of the wind and which battered the seawall can me what be estimated from the fact that the big granite monuments at th'' foot of Tremont street, torn from their bases hurled completely across the boulevard, while many of the iron light poles wei-e uprooted from their cc ucrete bases and blown for blocks. I'ii'si ations of wt re li afternoon the wt'jiHior all Sund. night, with a steadily falling bi.ron’e- ter, the wiinl in velocir.v, until at nt)on it was Idowiug harder tiiaii fifty mills an hour.

By iafternoon it had to sixty ami heavy rain were driven bcforo the wind blowing out of the north. As night fell Hie flireetion of the shifted further to the eastward with Increasing velocity and water, backing in from Hie bay side, began to rise in the streets. Before darkness came practicaHv all of The city were in safe quarters, where they stayed out the night. 'I'he full fury ot the storm was felt simrtly midnight, when wiml blew for a few minutes at ninet.v' miles an hour. At 9 fire broke out in the O.

K. Laundry at Tweritieth ami fiee streets and the flare of the blaze lighted Hi) the heavens for inile.s. fire shortly aft-'rwri r-l broke out in the t)uilding of the Direct Xavigation at Twentiet.i and Wharf. Both buildings were de- stro.ved eonipletely, but as sparks were unable to live in the flying spray, no cHior were ignited. At daybreak water, which Hie night liad attained a depth of from six to nine feet in the streets the business section, recedin.g rapidl.v and Hie wind abating in fury, although terrific putfs occasionaii lore down out of the south.

I until noon the wind blew from the south and southwest at a rate of from fifty to sixty-five miles on hour, but the center of the storm had apparently pas.ced on. Thousands of and women were in the examining the wreckage of the night an I rescuing personal effects. y. MYERS Mjiyor Henry Finch of McKinney i'oen threatencil witli dynamite if he do.sen't desist in Hie matter of attending to his duties as mayor. They'bably Tuesday) what the lo.ss of'iife to Shipping.

Fxtensive damage to shipping in the harbor and along the doek.s and to the docks themselves also resulted from the hurricane. Several of the piers were destroyed completely. liUndreds of small craft were liftetl in- liinil piled with ik'bris, high and ou the island. Although it was impos.sible to esti- 5 this afternoon (pro- good, averaging probuldy thirty bushels. The eorii crop promises to bo one of the best ever grown in the county.

Cotton crop about twenty-five per ct'nt rediu'tion in but c(iiuU- tlous favorable for a large yield. The hay crop wu.s one of Hie best ever raised in the county, and garden and other truck made splendid yield. I'rices being high on everything hut cotton, flnanclul conditions in Collin county should be good when crops are sold. A. married man imagines he Is hav- ittff a good time when he does atic- thlng he knows his wife approve may blow Henry IHncii sky high, but no one will ever swerve him from (icing liis dut.v as he 1 GRAIN There wa.s no change in tlie grjiin market here toilay.

Tiio price remained wheat $1.12 and oats 37 1-2 cents per bushel. Owing to heavy rainfall of the last two days there was no grain marketed hero today. iiiu.v be. tlu'i'e were only six known with a few oHier cases being investigated by the police and undertakers. Bodies of two white men, one white woman ami one negro had been recovered at 4:30 witii two other bodies reporttul found.

Only one of these bodies liad been Identified, tliat of Ernest Roehi, found at Eighth and Post office streets. The body of the woman was dl.s- oovered near Tenth and Avenue the other white man at Twenty-Second and Wharf and tlie negro at Twenty-Eighth and Postoffico. soldiers at Camp Crockett also reported drowned or killed, but tlu -iports were unverified. AH tents avhe soldiers leveled by Fort Worth, Aug. A.

Myers, under sentence of death for killing A. W. Montague, whose only hope for life rests in the insanity proceedings which have been instituted on his behalf, told physicians who examined him us to his sanity in the county jail Tuesday afternoon that he thought he was insane and that his mind hud been affected for ten or twelve years. When pressed for his reasons for that belief, ills only answer was "the things lie had Myers also said in reply to a question that he had had hallucinations, although sulisequent questions developed that he was not entirely clear a .4 to what the word meant. MENT MADE WILSON CHAPEL The remains of Mrs.

Milt Clevelan.l who died at her home at Enloe Tuesday morning were laid to rest afternoon in the Wilson Chapel cemetery. Mrs. Cleveland wad 43 years, 7 months and 19 days old at the time o0 death. The funeral and burial was under the direction of J. C.

Parker and wife of the J. P. Crouch Co. Undertaking- Establishment..