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Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 274, 21 November 1919, Page 4

Tho record of Prohibition 'Kansas— In 1880 the' assessed valuation of the State was 160.571.600 dtollars; in 1917, it was 3,075,385,000 dollars. In 1880 the tax rate 'per 1000 dollars waa si; in 1917 less than 1J (1.45) per 1000. In 1880 the State debt ..was 1,182:000 dollars; in 1916 the debt was cleared, and the'bonds publialy burned.; ■■;This-possession of an antomobile is itsitally taken as an evidence of prosperity.. At; May lstj, • 1917-. to a population of lefts than two millions there were 181,524 cars—-nearly a. car to each two homes.—Advt.