Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-13
Abstract Of Assessment.
Property Valuation in Otero
County Shows Enor.
nous Increase.


Tho abstract of assessment Of
property valuation in Otero county
for the year 1901 WAS completed
Thursday by County Assessor
Adsmond. The total assessed val
uation for the year. exclusive Of
railroad aud corporation proper
ties, is Si.3sl ,39O. The total val
nation Inst year, exclusive Of rail
road and corporation properties,
was 81 ,79O.5I5. on increase of 81
5aO.Sl5. The assessment this year
was made under the provisions Of
the new revenue law, and tho val
untions were made on n bas;s Of
double the valuation for the year
1900. The valuation OF railroad
and corporation properties in the
state was increased for the year
1901 three aud n half times by the
state board Of thirteen county as.
SCISSORS created by the new reve-
nue. law, but M the supreme court
has not passed upon the validity
Of the new law, it is not known as
yet whether the assessment will
be allowed 10 stand.
The valuation Of railroad and
corporation properties in Oteru
county for the year 1900 wus 81.
l21 ,3ys, as certified by the state
board Of equalization and provid.
ing the new revenue law is de-
clnred constitutional by the su.
prcine court, tho railroad aud cor.
poration valuation in Otero coun.
~ this year will bs s3.9i5.6is. Iu
this event the total valuation in
Otero county will be Ss,327 .O3S,
as against s2.829. us for the year
1900, an increase Of 81, ,i97 ,33O
Under the operation Of the fusion
revenue law the railroad aud cor.
porntion properties in Otero coun.
" will be increased in valuation
three AMI hulf times, while the
valuation Of all other property in
the county il only doubled. II
the hew law stands the railroads
and corporations will pav abou,
two-thirds OF ali the taxes in Otero
county next year and the people
resident in the county one-tlird
This is u good thipg-ior the com.
mon people, but whether or moi
the railroads will stand for it re.
mains to be- seen.
Every item in the assessment
shows an increase this year. with
the exception Of sheep, mules aud
"all other animals" or what par
t,cular breed or pedigree the lat
ter is composed. however, the as
SCISSOR snyeui not officially. The
most notable increase is in capital
employed in manufactures, nm
item hitherto unknown in the ab-
stract of assessment. The total
amount of this item is s560,3lO,
and represents the assessment on
the two beet sugar factories in the
county. The second most notable
increase is in the value of i'm
provements on town and city lots,
the assessment being S6S9. 9.I35 as
compared with S279,53O last year,
an increase of S5U9, ,g05. The num-
Der of sheep in the county has de-
creased S,523, from 37,O17 to 2S,-
496, and the number of mules has
decreased IA head, The number
of cattle has increased 1923, from
"a, ,251 to 29,174 Other increases
are rs follows: Swine, 9S; musical
instruments, 1O6; watches and
clocks, 1873: carriages and vehicles,
376. The assessment of money,
notes and credits last year was
Sl5, $50, and this year S69,205.
As the assessment this year is
made on basis of double the val
uation of last year, the assessment
of 500. .2O5 is virtually a decrease.
T., lint, 'rrihnpa