The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-09-12
COMMISSIONERS DO|NGS
SYNOPSIS OF BUSINESS DONE
sitting as Board OF Equalization Many
Raises are Made In Land valaes-sa-
loon License Bonds AppFoysd-Orde ar
Road Improvements.

The following business was trans
acted by the board Of county com
at Its last regular session,
bills allowed and matters Of |
little or no public importance:
The contract for building the Chuck /
Slough bridge at Standpoint was
awarded to A. p. ellis for the sum |
Of 1850.
L. p. Hill was awarded the contract
for grading the Naples road for $500. 4
The clerk was ordered TO purchase
ten sets Of Idaho codes for the use Of
justices OF the peace.
On July 81, the board adjourned
as a board Of commissioners and con-
vened the next day rs a board Of
equalization.
o. c. Rice, appeared before the
board at this time On behalf Of @. X.
Smith and protested against the raise
Of the assessed valuation of the land
belonging TO the said c. r. Smith.
Thos. Dunn appeared before the
board. ON behalf Of the Menasha
Wooden Ware company and protested
against the raise IN the assessed
valuation Of the land assessed TO the
said company for taxes Of the year
1903.
James II. Harte aud ] L. McClear
appeared before the board on behalf
Of the VIVA. Howard Land A Lumber
company, and protested against the
raise in valuation Of the land assessed
10 the said company for taxes Of the
year 1903.
Edwin McBee appeared before the
board on behalf of McGIIIis Il Gibbs
aud protested against the raise 10 the
valuation Of the land assessed to the
said company for taxes al the year
1903.
Andrew Christensen appeared before
the board on behalf of the LAclede
Lumber company and protested
against the raise la the valuation Of
the land assessed 10 the said company
for the. taxes of the year 1903.
J. NJ. Prater. b. NJ. Ross. A. J. L.
Breadwaid. each appeared before the
board and protested against the raise
ia the valuation OF the land asseesed
10 them for the taxes Of the year 90 3.
The written protest Of the North
Idaho Land company. against the raise
lin the valuation Of the land assses.
ed TO IL. for the taxes Of 1903, was
considered by the board.
In the matter Of the assessment OF
the Menasha Wooden Ware company,
the board ordered that the order
heretofore made raising the valuation
Of the land OF said company be chang
ed and modified as follows
Firet That the SEA Of NV Of
Sec. 20 3. and the SWl Of Sec.
l7-o7.2, he stricken from the Tax Roll
far the year 1903 for the reason that
said lands are not patented.
Second That the valuation Of the
Z swj Sec. 2s-57-3 and the w Sec.
32-57-3. be reduced from the valua.
ton heretofore fixed by the board "a
a valuation Of 81. 90 per acre for the
! reason that all merchantable timber
ON said land has been destroyed 10y
Are.
Third That the NEI Of Swl Sec.
3 Sci Of Mel Sec. 22.56-5 W, be re
duced from the valuation heretofore
fixed by the board to e. 90 per acre,
for the reason that the same are class
ed as yellow pine timber land.
The valuation of all other lands
assessed 90 the MenashR Wooden Ware
company were fixed as heretofore
ordered by the board.
; The board ordered that the vAlua
, ton Of the lands assessed to the
William Howard Land & Lumber
! company, Chas. K, Smith, McGillls
4 Gibbs, The Laclede Lnmebr comp
any. and Il. NJ. Ross he hot changed
l from the raised valuation heretofore
fixed by the board.
: The board at this time stated its
reasosn for fixing the valuation of the
lands assessed TO the Occur d'Alen'
: Lumber company, as follows; Thai
e said company bought said land from
u the Northern Pacific Railway company
u taking the odd sections regardless oI
q the quality of land or the amount o.
!, timber thereon, thereby materially
), leaseninR the average quality and
e value OF the land as whole.
d In the matter Of the application o
'e the Humblrd company for reduction
re Of the assessed valuation, the board
made a reduction on number Of
factions from 81 to 90 an acre oil
account Of the grade Of timber beinI
4. inferior. =,
- The assessed valuation of the land
~ n, the North Idaho Land COMPANY