Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-07-28
STATE HOUSE.
Bath Soldier Boys Will March
to Encampment.
Valuation Of Wild Lands to Be Raised
S6,OOO,O00 This Year.
Maine Naval Reserve Will Re,;,,
Cruise, Aug. 9.

Capt W. r. Kimball of Bath, COM
liianuef OF co. Z, I'd Regiment, N. G..
). NJ, has completed arrangements for
ms company to march to this citv
prior to the opening of the encamn.
ineht OF the regiment, which will begin
on Monday, August is. 1t is the inten-
| tlon OF the company to leave Bath on
saturday aug. 10, and spend at least
| tWo Gays on the road, arriving in camp
either Sunday night or Monday morn
ing. 1t is Capt. Kimbalrs intention to
nave the soldier boys march an hour
| at time, and then halt for a short
rest, whlie at noon the halt will be
| EiucH longer 1t IS expected that at
| least 20 miles will be covered the first
DAY. with the approach of night a
courier VIII be sent ahead TO pick/out
suitable location to camp for the
night.
Each member of the company will
carry a blanket and rubber poncho
meat pans and tin dippers and sections
OF the small tents which are used for
sleeping purposes.
The ldear has met with the hearty
approval OF Adjt Gen. Farnham, who
mas compllmented the company for it's
cC7iic " iedTH All the ms ana outs of
| military life. Arrangements will be
made Tor the company's transportation
by train should the weather prove too
| disagreeable for the march which will
be over 80 miles of the toughest roads
| in this vicinity
The members of the Board of State
| Assessors Hon. Otis Hayford, Hon. f.
NJ. Simpson and Hon. George Pottle
have just completed their examinations
| into the value Of wild lands located in
the counties of Oxford, Franklin, Pis-
cataquis, Penobscot and Aroostook.
Later on they will visit Somerset, Han
cock and Washington ana will then
have finished their labors in this par
ticular field Of their work. Although
the State assessors have not yet COM
pleted their valuation of Maine's will;
lands they are satisfied that theis
value will be largely increased over
that of two years ago. They believe
that the sum of s6,O0O00O should be ad-
ded to the valuation of the wild lands
above that assessed against them in
1900. This addition will make their
value $25, 100000 and will add to the
States income from this source at the
same tax rate now in force, which is
2% mills on the dollar of valuation, the
sum of $16,5O6.
The valuation of the timber lands of
the State of Maine comprising nearly
one-half of the territorial area of the
State, has fiuctuated more or less dur
ing the past decade of years. The first
valuation placed upon them by the
Board of State Assessors was in 1892,
their valuation before that time hav-
ing been fixed by the decennial COM
missioners which, prior to 1891, had
charge of assessing the States Valua-
tion. Under the rules adopted by the
Board of State Assessors, after its crea-
ton, all values III Maine have since
that time been fixed and determined.
In 1892 the valuation of the wild lands
was placed at 81, 7,79S,6S0. Two years
afterward, however, the valuation
dropped to ST. 1887. loss of $692,363,
and when the valuation of 1896 was
made a further loss of $27,42 was
made. In 1898 the valuation of the
wild lands was fixed at $16 ,23S, ,S2S, n
loss of 81, ,556, S52 from that of 1892. Then
the great pulp mills of the State began
reaching out for timber lands and the
prices paid for valuable tracts were
fabulous as compared with those of
former years, and in 1900 the assessors
iumped their valuation from $16 6.23S, ,S2S
in 1895 to $40 127,S2S an increase of 81
7SS.579.
If the prediction of the State asses
sors that $5000,0a0 will be added to the
wild land valuation this year it will
mean an increase over the lowest valu-
alton of the past decade of the mag
niticent sum of $S,761,1T2, and an in
crease over that of 1892 of 81 ,204 ,320-
In the above figures the valuation OF
the timber and grass upon the public
lots in the State is not shown. The
valuation Of these reserved lands VIII
also show an increase this year as
their value rises and falls with the
valuation of the wild lands which sur
rounds them. In 1892 their valuation
was fixed Mt S4t5,214; 1894, it was SiS',-
96O: 1896, it was $f43,970; 1898, 1T WAS
S42i, ,S66; and in 1900, it was $5O4,34S.