Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1892, MAY. 965 LIVE STOCK. LIVE STOCK, 1390 AND 15111. Horses, 1890, 7.140; 1891, 7.421. Mules. 1.S$)(). 2.110; 1801. 2,151. Jacks. LlL., 1.501). 55; 1.8511, 73. Cattle, 1800. 18.131; 1891. 17,000. Ho-gs. 1.500, 25.015; 1801, 26,042. S111-ep, 1800, 2,277: 1801., :-:,:.T4. STATE ASSESSIHENT. 1"11e mnstitlitioii 11r()i1des that when the State assess111e11I exceeds 1l%000,000/.000, the State levy shall fall to 15 cents 011 $100. The assessinent of 1802 is 311.107.02.12-1,71(); at 15 cents this will pro- duce only .1";i1,:00,550, t.l111s falling short of last year (which was 151,755,445) 11ez1rly$400.000. To meet this decit, the State Board of Eqtiallization called 011 the county c1o111t.s to i11ere21.se assess- 111ents. But this is 2111 1111 year. and no assessments of land can be n111.de. 1here~f~ore the $40,000 a1p~port~ioned to Platte had to be assesse-11 on personal pivopei-ty only. No 1nc1e;1se was 111ade on the z1.ssess1ne11t of 121.1111. This increase and i11equality produced dissatisvfactio-n. In 1892 th-e s111-pl11s products of Platte were .1l1.479.GG5; per capita. :l1ie11.0(3. Clays were $1.503.184; per capita, $75.70. The per capita of Clinton was 311475.311); of Buchanan, 3142.15.42; of . drew, 1355.613; of Atrhison, $532.44. This shows that in indus- try and thrift we surpass our neighbors. In 1801 our surplus cattle were Valued at $309,200; our sur- plus hogs, .1..-111.881); our s111pl11s1l101SeS a11d mules. $249,000: our snrplus wlieat, .l$226.906. D11. C. C. KEMPER. .1[1,1/ JDr. (J. C. Keniper. 1-asliier of the Dearborn Bank. is found dead in his bed. His life was insured for the large s11111 of 1600.000, and an el1ort was n1a.de to show he had poisoned himself. But the insurance was paill. His will gave to his brother and sisters, Lee 1. Kemper, Minnie Keniper, and Mary L. Kem- per. 1115.000 eneh. To Flora. A. l)utcl1er. 21 sister. and to V. H. Keniper. a brother. each $2.500. To lI{1I" R. Vil1{erson $400. and to Miss Florence Strother. Mrs. N. D. \i1kerso11. and John D. \ill;erson eacli $500. He left if5.000 to the (laniden P-oint Orphan Sch-ool, to endow the Keniper scholarship. The bz1l21nre went to his heirs at law. Dr. C. (J. Keniper was :1 son of V. G. Keinper and S-.11al1 A. Holland. and was born i11 Benton (.1o11l1t. M0,. Fl)1llil ry 0. 1852; grz1dn:1ted i11 inedicine at Keok11k.Iow;1. i11 18721; 111a,rried Dere111l1e1 25. 1877. .Iz11 WO-odso11. dan,t,:l11ter of B. J. She died. childless. -J ilI1l1i11V 18. 1979. Dr. Kemper 021.1110 to Platte City i11 Septe1n11er, 1878. He possessetl :1 genial tlispositioii and :1 c111ti;1ted 111i11d; was an {l.(.IlO worker i11 every good (-;111se. and inspired 11I1ie1.~.:1l eondeiire and estee111. 111 18.95 he bet-a111e cashier of the 121111; of E(1;I9ll011. 111111. while on 11111): :1ns\ered the sudden all of death.