Not knowing the method by which values were assigned places of residence, the accuracy of the values on the census is questionable.  If the residents were asked to quote the values of their houses, the following charts mean little.  Nevertheless, knowing the people who owned their homes, and the response they gave to the question might be of interest.  It is interesting to discover the number of "nicer" homes owned by widows, widowers, divorcees, and never married.  The town barber, a forty year-old widower, John Holliday, owned the house given the greatest value, $3500.  He and his nineteen year-old son were the only occupants.  Although this chart does not show the number of persons occupying the houses, the census reveals that large families often occupied the cheaper houses.
     395 heads of households lived in places that Miss Gray could not determine if they were owned or rented.  She marked "unknown," and it is known that many such places were tents; others were rooms in company bunkhouses.  In the later case, single men or married men without their wives lived, probably without paying rent.   However, in some cases she, nor the resident, knew how to evaluate tin shacks, etc.
House numbers in bold print appear to be outside of the city limits.
Table Four,  Page 1,  People Who Owned Homes North of East/West Road
House# Head of Household h/value Sex Age Martial Occupation
69 John M. Holiday $3500 M 40 wd Barber, Shop
92 Lee O. Williams $2500 M 38 m Cleaning & Pressing Shop
103 Walter B. Lanning $2000 M 45 d Physician
126 John D. Jones $2000 M 51 m Proprietor, Hotel
140 Claude D. Bailey $2000 M 46 m Carpenter, General
65 Claude H. Martin $1800 M 29 m Post Master
62 John W. Steed $1000 M 57 d Owner, Filling Station
114 Omar W. Wolf $1000 M 38 m Tractor Man, Highway
122 Robert C. Northstine $1000 M 50 s Retail Merchant, Grocery
137 Andrew J. Cooper $1000 M 54 m Physician, Gen. Practice
144 Ada Currier ? $1000 F 30 wd Laundress, Laundry
159 Myrtle C. Allen $1000 F 41 wd None
89 Robert Hubbard $900 M 47 m Owner
164 August H. Plate $800 M 43 m Owner, Garage
41 Green Berry Ingram $750 M 30 wd Worker, Oilfield
57 Lessie L. Weir $600 M 24 m Tool Dresser, Oilfield
2 George L. O Neal $500 M 69 m Manager, Grocery Store
79 James W. Thompson $500 M 33 m Worker, Oilfield
110 Nathan Passur $500 M 43 m Owner, Dry Good Store
124 E. Mark Frosh $500 M 37 m Auditor
158 Henry L. Luther $400 M 40 m Worker, Oilfield
221 Hugh G. Coplin $400 M 29 m Teaming & Trucking
4 Robert J. Joplin $300 M 25 m Laborer, Oilfield
82 Alton L. Evans $300 M 25 m Manager, Bakery
85 Benjamin Alldredge $300 M 41 m Owner, Grocery Store
128 Robert K. Fergerson $300 M 41 m Caser, Oilfield
302 Will Harris $300 M 56 m Teaming, Contractor
132 Elmer C. Weeden $300 M 38 m Hauling Ice
93 Lowell C. Walker $250 M 34 d Owner, Filling Station
29 Nellie Fritkispt ? $200 F 45 wd Merchant, Grocery Store
36 Marian E. Coker $200 M 52 m Worker, Oilfield
46 Clifford H. Baker $200 M 22 m Worker, Oilfield
53 John Bursh $200 M 51 m Blacksmith, Shop
90 Delbert Hubbard $200 M 21 m Owner, Garage
94 Lester K. Wright $200 M 47 m Owner, Shoe Repair Shop
129 Cecil E. Montgomery ? $200 M 32 m Worker, Oilfield
134 Ephrim R. Baggett $200 M 59 m Mattress Maker
191 Kenneth Gassnell $200 M 28 m Gauger, Oilfield
255 John T. Fulton $200 M 40 m Oiler, Oilfield
391 O. Smith Townsend $200 M 41 m Worker, Oilfield


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