The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-19
VALUATIONS 90 UP.
A Majority Of the Supervisors coneluds to Obey
the New Tax Law

majority OF the supervisors Conclude to Obey
the New Tax Law.
reporter for The DIAMOND DRILL i'm
tcrviewed six OF the eleven assessing
officers OF this county during the past
week 70 learn their disposition in regard
to obcying the new tax requirements
and find that they intend to obey the
law to the letter and that every cents
worth OF property in the township OF
Crystal Falls, city OF Crystal Falls,
townships of Mastodon and Mansfield
will go on the rolls ut it's true cash value
as f'lr as the assessing officer il able to
discern. The visit OF Attorney x. G..
Flannigan to this city has had ns much
to do will, putting these values up as
anything else. Mr.. Flanagan didn't
come here Tor that purpose but he had
talks with several OF the supervisors and
with the representatives OF the mining
companies and he told them his idea Of
what he thought should be done. what
the supervisors arc doing in Dickinson
county and added that IL was his
opinion that il the supervisors of this
county didn't do likewise they would
"hear something drop" Mr.. Flanagan
IL attorney for almost all OF the mining
companies and he gave them n good,
stiff talk, with the result OF getting their
approval :, OF the .''raising" PROPOSE
ton and then the thing was easy. A
conference Of several supervisors was
held in this city Tuesday evening and u
basis OF action arrived at and as n
result Mt least 81 900, 900 will be added
TO the valuation OF Iron county this
year.
Prosecuting Attorney Byers was pres
ent ut the conference of supervisors and
he gave them his opinion right from the
shoulder and told them that he pro-
posed to visit every board oi review in
the county and advise the raising of the
property to its true cash value and to
have that advice appear upon the
records OF the meeting M he wished to
have il clearly understood that he in
tends To obey the law. This will no
doubt bring up the value on the west
side oi the county as Mr.. Byers said
that he would aequaint the supervisors
over there with the action OF the east
side mel
The values in this city will be, on an
average, three times what they were last
year and the values OF the mines, about
four times that OF last year with their
personal property added. This increase
in value will raise the total valuation OF
this city from $lS6, 900 TO about $780,
900 and will reduce the rate OF taxation
from seven per cent TO about three. This
raise in value makes no difference Ia the
amount Of taxes To be paid AZ the rate
will bc SO much lower throughout the
county.
Wild lands that have been assed a I
from 81 90 to So 90 will go mp TO from
So 90 to $4,000. In assessing these
lands the supervisors will act upon the
advice OF the attorney general and take
into consideration the mineral right that
all oi these companies reserve. None oi
the large concerns will part with the
mineral right upon their lands under any
consideration. The timber or surface
value on some OF these lands is nothing
but the mineral right il and that will be
| taxed in Iron county in the future.
1t is "a grand, good thing and il the
Tax Commission docs nothing else il il
to be congratulated upon the raising ol
values in this county.