Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-08-01
Thursday, August /, 1901.
ROSEBCD'S THREE MILLION.

Of Rosebud county, the Yellowstone
Journal has the following:
''The secretofit all appears to be,
that Rosebud county found, after
summing up the assessors returns
for this, it's first year of corporate
eXistance that it was considerably
shy in assessab BILE wealth of what it
claimed to lave taken from old Gus
ter. This, in round figures, was
s., 200. 600. 90 and all the assessor
could find was about 81 900, 10000,
of course this would not do at all.
There was $500. 900. 90 missing and
it had to be dug up" and to this
task the county board, sitting as a
board of equalization. addressed
itself with 4 determination that
completely eliminated the little
word fail from the confines Of
the court house.
The editor of the Journal either mis-.
apprehends the facts or has his figures
mixed. The fact is that Assessor
Choisser has made his assessments on
about the same basis as wear ago
when the work was performed by Gus
ter county and instead Of falling short
Of the anticipated figures, exceeded it
somewhat. The railroad assessments.
4 matter of four hundred thousand
dollars, Is not represented in these
hgures nor are about 500. 900 in cattle
belonging to big outfits that have so
tar failed to make returns.
The raise. a matter of $500. 900. 90
= the result of a close inquiry into the
valuations OF real estate and personal
property subject to taxation and tba
list as published in last weeks News
VIII show that there has not been tbe
slightest favoritism shown bv the
board. 1t Is perfectly natural that as
Rosebud county develops and there is
an increase in the number of acres
titled new improvements and the
amount of stock raised. the ya,ne If
realty should increase in proportion
ana the grand aggregate be consider
ably larger. Town property has not
escaped the attention of the board since
1t mas almost doubled in value within
the past year and IL revising the lists.
the owner of town property has come
IN TOR his share of attention.
That the work of the board has met
the approval of the people will be
manifested today when the CHECKERS,
VIII De given an opportunity to make
their protests. That there will hs
some protests presented, is, of course.
1orgone conclusion. 1t is REASONABLE.
that even an impartial board sboul1
make some errors, and, of course so,,,a
people never are willing to bear their
snare OF the burden of taxatio, HIT
the general public, however, recognizes
the tact that the board is act;nr for
'he pest interests of the county in nut.
ting the assessments up wber. thsr
belong, and will take their med;c;,a
gracefully.
IN an editorial comment Col Gordon
takes a more sensible view of III.
BOARD $ action and robs us of the on.
portunity of a harsh reply. He saws
IF it should happen that the
bulk OF the .'raises' stick, par.
ticularly the big ones. the verdict
VIII be- well done" but if there
is a general escape of all but the
little fellows" who are boosted =
Jew hundred dollars apiece on
household effects. ranch imnrove.
ments and domestic animals. tbe,.
VIII DC small credit attaching to
the acts OF the board now under
consideration. The Utopian idea
IN the matter of adjusting taxation
IS mat each individual member of
the community shall bear his pro.
per share of the cost of government
according to his accumulation of
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