Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-17
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Some Interesting Statistics As To
the Personal Property Valua-
ton of the County.
The Assessment Made on a Basis
of Much Lower Values Than
Last Year.
Democratic Meeting at Fargo
Various Items Of News In and
Round the City.
Personal Assessment.

Personal Assessment.
Some interesting figures are secured
from the abstract of the county personal
property assessment as returned by the
assessors and equallzed by the county
board. The total value of the personal
property of the county, as returned, is
S494,462, and the total value as equalized
by the county board is S492,422. This
includes twenty-eight different items OF
personal property, assessed to 1000 per
sons, exclusive of firms.
The largest item of the different de-
scriptions of personal property, is that
of merchandise, which aggregates the
sum of s64,980. The next largest item
of personal property in the county is
live stock, and the most valuable part Of
this, is horses, over 8 years of age, of
which there are 1923, at an average value
Of $50, and a total value of s64,139.
Colts under 8 years of age, are 1857 in
number, and aggregate sl3,411 in value.
OF bronchos, there are 1904, at an aver
ACREAGE value of $21 and a total value of
S2l,495. OF these three classes, colts are
just 6 fewer in number than last year.
Horses are about rs fewer, while bron-
chos have increased just 200 head.
Cattle under 2 years old are 2,035 in
number, at a total value of $14,745, a de-
crease in number since last year of 200.
Cows have increased in number about
25 since last year, there being 3,242 at a
total value of S4O,774. Under the head
of other cattle there are 1893 this year
at a total value of $16,445, a decrease in
number of about 100.
Mules and asses this year number SO,
at a total value OF 1926.
The number of sheep has increased
about 500 since last year, there being
6,507, at a value of s9,7s3. But it is sig
nificant to note that last year sheep
were valued at $4,000 more than this,
Notwithstanding the lesser number. This
10 a IAlOuUO w OCAOCldU1C "OO1 10k1Sld.
ton which farmers should dwell upon
when they consider the question of de-
creased values.
The hog industry has increased some-
what, there being 700 of them as against
500 a year ago. The valuation of them
is So per head, or s2,199 in the aggregate.
Wagons and carriages exist in the county
to the number of $40, and to the value of
S13,199. Melodeons and organs to the
number of AZ discourse 1856 worth of
music, and 81 pianos make $500 worth
of different kinds of misery. The county
has S38, O98 worth of household furniture,
$2l,4l7 in agricultural tools and machin-
ry, and S843 worth Of gold and silver
plate. Diamonds to the value of 81, 6
sparkle on various fingers and shirt
fronts. This item also includes the value
of county time-pieces.
Manufacturers materials aggregate
$4,550, and manufacturers tools s4,269.
Moneys other than Of banks foot up 1914
although the abstract fails to show who
possesses this plutocratic amount of
ready cash. Bank stock owned is as
sesed at $41,593, railroad land improve
ments s37,3l6, and improvements on
United States lands s8,083.
The assessment is made this year upon
a basis of much lower values than last
year. The total value:then was $62O,568,
as against s472,422 this year, a difference
of S124,l46