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THE BANK OF AURORA
R. L. 1 VI. BONNER, PRES. O. M. HOOP ;ER, CASHIER
**7? itt sight eosntles In
ysars from 1910 to 191
This study . of the l
values at farm 1
i% Udualre.
itrMM la the
tl_ the"'1 ^ ^ 'rom 0n? to thr?e
meets w ***** the lmprove
thoee In- *acrfeaj,e ln values \ In
yt|| . Jkx MM which were recorded
e^nt , /Wtfcft 63 per cent to 80 per
- 0 lyotajlnn]! County, Vs.;
V| A ?? to 194 In Dinwiddle County,
j .? 70 to 80 In Lee County, Va. ;
4 to 100 ln Wise County. Va.; 9 to ?
lit in, Franklin County. N. Y.; 60,
i to 100 In Dallas County, Ala; 25 to
Iy W^tkndirdale County. Miss.; and
tw^nx '50 to 100 ln Manatee County,
The estimates of Increase were j
* <ase? for the most part upon the ter- ,
rltory within a distance of 1 mile on .
each side of the roads improved. '
\ In 8potsylvanla County a careful
? record was made ln 1910 of 35 farms
S located on the road selected for Im
jJ provement. Of the 7 farms sold In
J 191J the prices actually paid show
j* Increases of from 37 to 116 per cent
J over the 1910 valuation. The aver
? ago value after the roads were Im
jf proved was $28.28 per acre, as com
* pared with $17.31 previous to the lm
W provement. In <1.9 IS four transfers
) of farm land were on the bads of
* $30.11 per acre, whereaa'the proper
i ties were listed ln 1910 at only
$13.89 per acre. It appears that tho
1,451 acres sold In 1914 Increased in
valeu $28,500, or 80 per cent, or
from $24.46 to $44.10 per acre.
In Dinwiddle County. Va.. the ac
tual price of 4 3 farms sol<5 or offered
for sale from 1900 to 1914 ranged In
price from $8.3'8 to $4 3.7M per acrc
before the roa^s wore built, and from
$24.70 to $7 3.60 per acre after the
roads wwv. Improved.
In bef. county. Va., a study of
eight tracts along the roads before
and a f ier Improvement Indicated that
they j properties Increased about $23
P?r acre, or about 70 per ccnt.
Iln Wise County, Va., a study of
eight representative farms loeated on i
roads showed that tlffcy Increased In |
J value from an average of $4 9.08 per
f\ acre before Improvement to $79.4 4 ^
* after the roads were Improved. There
Z were Increases In valuation In other ;
sections of from $60 to $90 or even
$100 per acre.
from earth. saady. aa d I oa u?
bituminous macadam vu followed
by lDcmM averaging 11260 per
acre, or about t ?.T per cent
Id Dallas Cooaty, Ala., sarefal ta
? estimation seemed to lailctte that
road Improvement baa added at least
If to each acre or laad within a half
?ilia of Improved roads. Tracts aold
at from $8 to $10 per acre were sold
again after road Improvement at from
ISO to St5 per acre.
In Lauderdale County. Miss., the
total assessed valuation of real prop
erty outside 61 tbe city was |2,767,
546. 'This Increased In 1914 after
road Improvement to 9t.18S.809. or
15.4 per cent. real estate men
place tbe Increne In land values on
account of Improved roads at from 26
to 60 per cent.
In Manatee County. Fla., careful
study of sales and re?l estate record?
indicated fhat the Improvement of
roads has added from 16 to y)0 pei
cent, or at leaat $15 per acre, to tb<
selling prlee of all lands within one^
half mile of improved roads. Thli
would give a total of 1611*000, or
more than twice "the value of th>
bonds Issued.
ONF OF CREW TELLS WHAT
FIGHTING FROM TANK IS LIKE
(By United Prees)
London. Oct. 26. ? (By Mall) ? A
young Asutrallan soldier, wounded
while nerving as one of the crew in
n "tank" h as given the world the
first rial stjry of what happens when
this newest engine of war goes into
.ictlon. Hip diary of a week's work
in an armorer! Jug;;ernax:t follows:
Monday ? Out for the firm time.
Strange sensation. Bulleta rained
like hail on a galvanized roof. Sud
denly gave a terrible lurch. Look
cut said we were astride an enemy
trench. "Give 'em Hell" was the or
d?r. We did. The frightened Ger
mans ran like rabbits hut wen* shot
down in bunches. Machine-guns
started vicious rattle on our "hide."
Not the least Impression. Moved on
and caught another German detach
ment. Cut their ranks to ribbons.
Prisoners very curious stitred at us
wide-eyed. First day'3 experleno
not pleasant. "Tank" sickness is as
bad as BPa-sickness."
Tuesday ? Off for another -cruise.
Peppering began at once. Thought
tho old tank was going to drown in
the nhower of bulleta. Silly Blight
ers though they could rush the tank
like a fort. We fired at them point
blank. We Bpat at them veneniously.
The blsea ad oU tub (*t? a lurch. I 1
thought it vii goodbye to eart)? tt ,
|ime s*il aawe.<psa?aaa dead tt4 |
| wounded we had skidded Into. Rata 1
of bullets ?nenjul Uke hundrede of 1
?*vets being driven Into tba tank's
Wda. We got to Uka the regular
nrtbm of it. Bmrtn strumming oa
our keyboard: iMaahine ?va at It.
Tb?r? vu a ftwi>a4uoa tbud alone
about thU time. Whole outfit
tbouhgt wa were done for. Only
?ouie unwonted obatadee along an
enemy parapet. Some Hun? trlod the
mailing dodge. Their making daya
are over.
Wednesday? -Early start. Rough
est voyage yet." Wavee of Are seem
ed to break orer us. Party of Ger
mans came to meet us outside the
trenchee. Thought It was the Mayor
and village notables coming to give
is a warm welcome. Mistaken. They
let fly with machine gun.-, " hen they
tried boarding tactics. We !au*hed.
Tank reception party diai. creed in
:loud of Brnoke. Only remaining
nember fat old gentleman threw
limself down before us with many
>igna of submission.
Thursday -Passed down Tillage
treet of wrecked houses. Huns
vushed out of cellars and dug outs.
One blighter rushed at us with club
bed rifle. Made terrible swipe at
tank. Hurt himself more than us.
Had nice Joy ride after a bevy of
fleeing Germans. All fat men.
Friday ? Early afloat. Usual show
er of *bujlets. Got right across a
trench. Enemy tried to run but
couldn't. Threw up the sponge. One
cheeky chap said h. ? didn't think it
was fair to i: e such lighting ma
chines \V?* asked him If h?* thought
we ought to get the Kaiser's permis
sion to use the tanks. Didn't see the
Joke. Took about 200 prisoners.
Killed and wounded as many more.
Tired out
Saturday - Out before breakfast.
Terrible crush first thing. Thought
we had encountered wandering
world. Weai lie red storm. R:--.
sport. Rncut} preparing forsui"'
attack. Our surprise came
waddled into their ambush. Ne\> ;
saw men so frightened. Only few
chaps staved behind. Went snorting
after them wherever we could find
them. Later strong detachments
' tried to nuke their way bark. We
J'ned up ncro?? road gave them hot
time. Every time they irled to rush
we ripped their ranlcH to bits. They
Anally gave up.
Sunday ? Frlehtenlng Germans
continued. Ladled out death as yoa
might vamp out music from a hurdy
gurdy. Fritz got fits. No fight left
In him. Prisoners scared to death.
Some of them acted as though they
believed we used our tanks for mak
sauHAgca out of prisoners.
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