The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-06
Tho ASSESSMENT Of the Catholic Or
phan Asylum Site Stricken
Out
Mi. Keefe Secures q Out Of o3O,-
600 on the Power
Block.
Richard Jockeys Request for . Roduc-
tl0n ON the C0rbin Addition Re-
fused by the Hoard.

Applications Tor roductlOn OF t2xcb Wor0
again passed upon BY tho county board Of
equalization yesterday. The Montana Cath
olic mission. composed Of ths Jesuit fathers
in Helena, asked TO have the assessment Of
&c. $50 on ninety mine acres in the valley
north Of Helena stricken OF the assessment
rolls. Tho application was based on the
ground that the institution Was purely >
public charity and that 1t intended ereot-
ing : university upon the grounds, and thst
twenty acres OF the tract had bssn set aside
AZ 4 site for an orphan asylum to be BON
Quoted by the Sisters of Charity. The
hourd refused to grant tha request except
AZ TO the twenty acres TOR the orphan asy-
lum which is now in course Of construction.
The remainder Of the tract being unoecu-
pisd the commissioners held that 1t could
not be exempted from taxation. This II IN
line with a decision OF the district court
Of last year which was to the effect that NJ
order to relieve the prof. arty from taxation
IL must be in active use for charitable Of
religious purposes. The tract il In sections
twenty and seventeen, township ten. north
Of range three. west.
Michael Fl. Keefe secured a reduction Of
$780, 900 on the Power block, corner Of sixth
avenue and Main street. II was assessed
at 800, 600, Mr.. Kesfs made . comparison
OF the assessments placed on neighborinR
blocks and on this showing had his ASSESS
ment cut down. The figures on the neigh
boring property were: Bailey block, ST.
500; Gold block. S22, 500; Merchants No
tional bank building. $4,000; Granite
bloch, $50. 900; Montana National bank
building. $4,000. The assessment on the
Power block now stands at 5000 Mr..
Keefe asked to have it placed at 10000.
Richard Jockey. who owns a fifteen
thirty second part of tho Corbin addition
Of 16O acres. asked that the assessment on
II Of $153, 600 be cut down to 100000. The
application was refused.
An assessment Of &c, 900 on the northeast
quarter of the northwest quarter. section
twsnty-three, town ten. north of range
three west. against A. S. Hovey was stricken
from the rolls because the title of the land
il still in the government of the United
States.
On account OF tho lots being below grade
and having been flooded BY the late heavy
rains the following reductions were allowed
j. Fl. Freaser, lot si1. block 633, Helena
townsite, $40 b to $525; lot sevsn. $1,05O to
$525; lot eight, $1,000 to $3.50.
Charles Stabern asked that the assess
Au6llU VI TO, OOO OA AOpn s"oAS0 ~ oAA
block fo'ty-nine. Helena townsite be re-
duced to 49, 600. The rsfuest was refused,
on the ground that the lots are of the same
value as surrounding property.
M. W. johnson REQUIRED a reduction of
$1,000 on an assessment of $4,000 on i'm
provements on lots nine and ten, block
sixty-fve. Northern Pacific addition.
A cut of s 1,5O was made on the Assess.
ment on a ware house near the Northern
Pacific depot, owned by Albert Klein
schmidt.
The assessment on the Homer block. cor.
aer of Park avenue and Clark street, owned
BY N. :. spauldina, Was reduced from $751;
600 to $lb, 900. ,&,.
The board will be in session again to-day
and on Monday, when tue county tax levy
Opportunity will be had 10, apply Tor rsduo-
tions for assessments, as ttiA, board will adj
journ sine die. 3Rsffft#E %fsf, ~"
noA -. Az Doo YJ;uo For bou;nw,f ~ all L;uIn and