The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-12
FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
Increase of Assessment in S. Dim
terestfng Live Stock Figures.


teresting Live Stock Figures.
PIERRE, s. D.-The assessment rolls OF the
state show the acreage of real estate listed
for assessment to be 10, ,247.746 acres. which
is an increase from last year of A4,276 acres.
The total valuation of this is placed at $111,-
3ll,994, or an increase in assessed valuation
of $10,777, ,5S4. The average returned price an
acre this year Is $57S, an increase Of so cents
an acre. Brown is the only county which
sends returns of over 100000 acres Of assess
able land. with lO1s,2s7 acres, and Sphinx is
next with S90055 acres. The highest assessed
value in any one county Is Lawrence. with
1924, and Yankton is second with 1885,
The total valuation Of town lots in the state
is returned at $1s.O9sO64, an increase Of
81, 1893 over last year.
A total of 1918 297 cattle were returned for
assessment, an increase of 139.634, with a
total valuation of SIS, ,767, ,412-an increase e.:
$S23,814 Butte returns the largest number Of
cattle, with 81 500, followed by Lyman with
54,162 and Stanley third with 49,03S. Beadle
county returns more cattle than any other
county east of the river, with 81. AT.
There is an increase of 27, 737 in the number
of horses returned making the total 34,361,
with total valuation of $7,677,77s, an increase
Of $116,394. Butte county returns the largest
| number Of horses, with 14,741, and Brown is
second with 13, 1863.
The number of sheep returned shows in
crease of 61,70O, making total returned Of
$50, ,663, with "a total valuation of 81 O53,9S an
increase of $37, ,656. Stanley county shows the
largest number, with 62,745, Butte second with
56,823, and Lyman third with 1851. East OF
the river Sphinx county is first with 22,640, and
| Hand county second with 20,211
| The total number of hogs returned Is 81, $780,
| an increase of ,125 The total value is given
at S44,5s6, an increase of $l15, ,43S. Clay county
| is first with 21.11S,. Minnehaha second with
| 20,56s, and Turner third with 20,216.
Investigation of returns on all classes Of
property shows that the increase of assess
| ment over last year will reach about $14,-
| 100000. -...
| The total telegraph tax distributed In July
to the different counties of the state Is
4,1Ss.97 while the state portion of such tax
is S6T.56. The tax goes to all the counties
! of the state except Buffalo, Campbell, Greg
ory, Lyman, Stanley and Sully, none of
which had a telegraph line when the assess
| ment was made. The telephone taxes dis
tributed to the counties amounted to $4,261.S7
| and the states portion is $615.S0 The returns
| Of last year showed every county in the state
to be supplied with telephones except Pot
ter and Buffalo. line has been extended
into Potter, leaving Buffalo county the only
cne without telephone service.
The man who would have predicted two
years ago that Hughes county lands would
sell for more than $40 an acre within less
than five years would have received derision
from those who heard him. But yesterday
SIS an acre was paid for a half section sia
miles northeast of this city by Charles H
Woodcock of Wilmington, III.
/ While Pierre has been for several years
securing it's gas supply from the wells ir
the city, the question of what might be found
below the present gas flow has always beer
matter Of speculation, and there is gen.
eral desire to Investigate the matter further
/ A movement is on foot at the present time
for the organization Of development com
pany to sink we'll not less that 1000 feet
and 5000 feet if necessary, to see what car
be found.
D. #. Carlin, the well-known stockman a
Leslie, is an open candidate for the demo
cratic nomination to the state senate from
the Stanley-Lyman county district. and tht
4 stances are that he will be given the nomina
ton without a contest. ~.