The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-30
The County Board Of Equalization
Lowering the Assessment
Rates on Property.
Over 10000 Acres of Mountain
Land Returned by tho
Northern Pacific.
Changes and Corrections Made in Indi-
vidunl Cases on Stocks of Mer-
chandI1o and Lots.

The county board Of equalization lowered
the assessment on a number Of additions
yesterday upon the representation made by
the owners, by the adoption Of the follow
ing resolution: "Resolved, That whereas
various owners and representatives of
property in the various additions to the
city of Helenn, known as the Bradford,
Syndicate, Ames, Brooke, Bellevue and
Wallace and subdivisions of the Syndi-
cate addition, have appeared before
us and given evidence tending to show that
in the assessment of the land in
said additions, both with regard to portions
thereof and also as to each other as a whole.
and also as to other property in the clty of
Helena, and surroundings, various inequn-
lities and mistakes of appraisement, to-
pether with testimony satisfactory to us,
that said additions as an entirety were as
sesaed above their true market
value, now, therefore, the county
assessor asserting thereto, we hereby
equalizs and adjust the values of
said additions and all parts thereof as fol-
lows: Bradford, inside lots SIS, corners SO.
on the boulevard, inside $6. corners s.;
Syndicate. on the boulevard, inside Sc, cor
ners $s, off boulevard, inside -, corners SIS;
Ames same as Syndicate; Bellevue addition,
inside S.. corners Sc; Brooke addition.
north Of motor line, inside 81, corners SIS,
south of motor line, inside s., corners So,
on the boulevard, inside So, corners S.;
Barrett addition same as Bradford.
Other reductions and corrections were
also made as follows: II. II. Floyd-Jones,
| reduced on south half of blocks l, 2, 3, 4, 10,
g., 8, 7, 6 Paramount Park, 80 per cent. be-
cause of bluff ground and cuts.
James U. Sanders. lots 5, 6, block CD, lots
8. 4, 5, 6. block "a, and lot 16. block 70, con-
frmed as to value and assessed to A. (.
Barbour and G. 8. Bowser, as trustees.
James U. Sanders ne seq section 81,
township 10 n r 3 west, assessed at $4,000.
Assessed under unknown" at $50 per acre
because of a contest between the Northern
Pacific railroad and mineral claimants.
Mrs. b. F. Potts, assessment on lots 10,
II, IL and part of lot 8, block 48, Helena
TOWNSHIP, leducsd from SIP, 800 to $1,000.
A. G. Gates, stock of A. r. Gates Grocery
company, reduced from $4,000 to $1,000,
William A. Dingee, lot Il and half of lot
-, block 48, Northern Pacific addition, re-
duced from $3.50 to $500.
j.. II. Lawrence, exempted from taxation
on six acres, assessed at $500, in the Rich
mond Hill addition, in use as streets and
alleys.
Helena townsite, reduced from $21,52O to
$15, 600; Improvements reduced from $12,-
600 to $4,000.
Clarke, Conrad g. Curtin, Main street
property and rear of same on Clore street,
reduced rs per cent. Stock of merchandise
reduced from $4,000 to $4,000.
John Mccormick, north half southwest
quarter, east half northwest quarter, sec
ton 81, town 10, north of range 3 west, re-
duced from 1923, 060 to $4,000.
The Northern Pacific Railroad company
filed a list of mountain land covering 10,
425 acres; class of land reduced from $1.2F
to 80 cents per acre per resolution.