Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-16
WORK IS DONE.
State Board of Equalization Finishes
its Work and Adjourns this
Afternoon.
Tax LEWIS the Same as Last Year,
But Will be Greater in
Amount.
Total Valuation Of the State One Hun
dred Seventeen and Three Quarter
Millions.

5S5I iIS SIdCe5 DOdTQ OF equalization i'm
lshed it's session today after over a.
weeks careful study of the valuations
Of property in the state AS a result.
OF their work, the total assessed valu-
alton Of the state has been increased
about four million dollars over last
year The total valuation Of property
IN the state this year is y$117, 7,7S9, ,615,5
OF which the sum of s73 30, ,983 is real
property, SIT ,367,525 is railroad prop
Ierty and s27,117,107 is personal prop
erty.
The board has also fixed the tax levy
for the ensuing year Although the
tamounts ll1 raised will be larger than
las last year, owing to the increased val
uatlon, the levy is the same, 8 IS mills
Tor general state purposes, fve-tenths
mill for bond interest and two-tenths
mill for wolf bounty. The amounts
ordered raised by the state board are:
for general purposes, s447 600; for in
terest on the state debt s5s,S94 and for
wolf bounty So, ,5o7.
For the purposes of eaualizing the
values of live stock, the state was di-
yided into three districts. The first
comprised the counties Of Cass, Grand
Forks, Pembina, Richland, Steele,
Trail Trail and Walsh. The second dis
trlct comprised the counties Of Barnes
Benson, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Griggs,
Nelson, Ramsey, Ransom, Rolette,
Sargent stutsman, Towner, Dickey,
LaMoure l-fllslt and Wells, and the third dis
trict comprised the western counties
OF the state not heretofore named.
Horses one year ole. were equalized
IN the first district at SIS head, in
the second district at $12 head, and
IN the third district at $40. Horses
two years old were equalized in the
nrst district at $23 head, second dis
tr1ct at $50 a head and third district
at Sl7 head. Horses three years old
and and over were equalized in the first
district at S3S a head, second district
at $384 head and the third district at
S26 a head. 81
stations stall We're equalized through the
state at $3.50 each. Cattle one wear
Old were valued at $40 per head
through lhlo the state; cattle two years old
| at Sl4 a head and three years old at
80 $40 head. These figures are the
same as last year Cows were equal
lzed at SIT a head. Work oxen were
valued Ea at SIS a head, $25 head and
$40 a head. Sheep were reduced five
cents s7llt head, the valuation being
IS1.7O.
increases We're made by the board in
the valuations of wagons, household
goods and goods and merchandise in
the several counties OF the latter
Eciass Of goods the following increases
We're ordered made: In Barnes county,
10 per cent; !; Billings, 20 per cent; Bur
leigh, 20 per cent; Cass, Cavalier, Dick
Ley, Eddy, Grand Forks and Morton,
10 per cent; Ransom, 20 per cent;
Richland, Rolette, Sargent and Stuts-
man, 10 per cent; Trail, 10 per cent;
Walsh 5 per cent and Williams 10 per
Icent. 8S9. $5s 8 3,55
The board made the most sweeping
increase in credits other than Of banks
and bankers, being cash and collater-
ais returned BY individuals. Barnes
was raised an even 100 per cent. The
same increase was made in Burleigh,
Pembina, Pierce and Wells. Cass,
Grand Forks, Mcintosh, Richland, sar-
gent and Stutsman were raised so per
lcent;; several other counties were
raised from 20 to So per cent. a55
Shares Of bank stock were also raised
in number Of counties BY percentages
ranging from 5 to 30 ss.
level increase Of 20 per cent was
made on all warehouses, elevators and
grains therein through the state.
KLONDIKE VICTIM.
Fargo, Aug. 16W. @. Bovce Of the
Mutual Life OF New York, today paid