The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-22
|: Tn and Hbout the State.
THE STATE ASSESSMENT.
~ur Probably show an Increase Of
" S14,OOO,OOO.

I'm
S14,OOO,OO
investigation Of returns on all classes
:. nroperty shows that the increse in
assessment over last year will reach
cearly s14,O 0O,O 900.
The assessment rolls show the acreage
:. real estate listed for assessment in
-. state to be -, 247. 746 acres, an in
,rease from last year of 244.2 76 acres,
r,o total valuation Of this is placed at
MI. Bill, 1894, or an increase in assessed
valuation Of $10.7 ,5S4. The average
,eturned price per acre " the state
!. * 7s. IN increase of so cents per acre
aver last year. Brown is the only coun-
~ which sends returns Of ver 1000, 0OC
acres of assessable land, with LOIS, 27s
acres, ana Sphinx is next, with 800, 055
aeres, The highest assessed value in
anv county is Lawrence. with &c., "a,
and Yankton is second, with 1885.
The total valuation Of town lots in
the state IS returned at SIS, 093, 064, an
increase of 81, zoo, 1888 over last year.
A total of LIS, 297 cattle were re-
turned for assessment, an increase OF
s1as .634 over the number returned last
year. with q total valuation Of SIS, 1877,
~ an increase Of $685. 14 over last
year. Butte return the largest num-
Der of cattle, with 1888 head; followed
by Lyman, with 54,162: Stanley county
being third, with 49,O38. Beadle county
returns more cattle than any other
county east Of the river, 37,447 head.
There is an increase Of 27,737 In the
number of horses returned, making the
| 9otal 1914, 361, with a total valuation OF
s7.677, IT'S, an increase Of S116, 1894. Butte
county returns the largest number OF
horses, whit IA, TAI, and Brown is Sec
| ond, with 13,46S.
Only 4.S24 mules were returned, an in
crease Of ITS over last year, with a to.
tai valuation Of s1O6, 1874. an increase Of
81, 1928. Codington county leads in the
lumber of mules, with 440, while Turner
county reports none.
The number Of sheep returned show
an increase of 81. TOO, making a total re.
turned Of 500, 663, with a total valuation
Of S1,O53, 1872, an increase Of $37, 6o6.
| Stanley county shows the largest mum.
her, with 81, 745: Butte second. with
Sc, 1928, and Lyman third. with 6,5S1
East Of the river, Sphinx county Is first
with 22,64O. and Hand county second
with 2o,211.
The total number of hogs returned ].
| ri, $50, an increase of 1928. The tota'
value is given at 1914. 500. an increase oi
3115, 43s. Clay county is first. with a..
lis; Minnehaha second, with 20. 566. and
Turner third, with 20,216.
The total telegraph tax distributed In
July to the different counties Of the
state is $4,13S.9 81, while the states por-
ton of such tax Is $6O7. Sc. The tax goes
to all the counties of the state except
Buffalo. Campbell, Gregory, Lyman
Stanley and Sully, neither of which had
. telegraph line within its borders al
the time Of the assessment last year
Since that time lines have been extend
ed into Campbell county, none of the
others named yet being supplied. blu
Gregory county will have q line this
year yet.
The telephone taxes distributed to the
counties were $4,261.S7 and the states
portion of this tax was $615. 80. The re
turns Of last year showed every county
In the state to be supplied with tele.
phones except Potter and Buffalo: but
. line has since been extended into Pot
ter, leaving Buffalo county the only one
without telephone service.