. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . ads. Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Com-pany operates miles of electric line in thecounty. Educational.—According to the report ofFrank C. Fields, county superintendent of Deca-tur county, there were sixty-eight schoolhouses,including ten high schools in Decatur county in1914, employing 138 teachers. The average dailyattendance by pupils was 3,235. The aggregateamount paid in salaries to superintendents, super-v
. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . ads. Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Com-pany operates miles of electric line in thecounty. Educational.—According to the report ofFrank C. Fields, county superintendent of Deca-tur county, there were sixty-eight schoolhouses,including ten high schools in Decatur county in1914, employing 138 teachers. The average dailyattendance by pupils was 3,235. The aggregateamount paid in salaries to superintendents, super-visors, principals and teachers was $84, estimated value of school property in thecounty was $487,000, and the total amount ofindebtedness, including bonds, was $129,888. Clinton township, this county, was the firsttownship in the State to consolidate entirely allits schools into one. This was accomplished atSandusky in 1903. Six hacks carry the childrento this centralized school. Since that day theother townships have all followed the lead ofClinton and more or less consolidation has beenaccomplished in each. Agriculture.—There were in Decatur countv. Decatur County Court-House, Greensburg. in 1910 over 1,900 farms embraced in 223,000acres. Average acres per farm, acres. Thevalue of all farm property was $19,000,000,showing per cent, increase over 1900. Theaverage value of land per acre, $ The totalvalue of domestic animals was over $1,800,000:Number of cattle, 14,000. valued at $450,000;horses, 7,800, valued at $780,000; hogs, 57,000,valued at $370,000; sheep, 13,000, valued at $57,-000. The total value of poultry was $86,000. DEKALB COUNTY AUBURN, SEAT OF JUSTICE DEKALB COUNTY is located in the north-east corner of the State, bordering on theState of Ohio, and is separated from the Stateof Michigan on the north by Steuben county. Itis bounded on the west by Noble and on the southby Allen counties. The St. Joseph river runsabout twelve miles thro
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