Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-06
the cour ties the board attempted to

the counties. the board attempted to
equalize only the values on farm lands.
In doing this the aggregate assess
ment on all farm lands in the state was
increased S2,024,703 above the total as
returned by the county auditors max
Ing the total farm assessment $1451,-
54S, 100.
In equalizing the council took about
medium line and raised some of the
counties and lowered others. The farm
land values in but seven counties We're
left unchanged. These counties were
Jefferson. Lee. Louisa, Lucas. Marion.
Monroe and Powesheik. The following
shows the percentage OF increase made:
kossuth, 8; Madison, 3; Mitchell, s.;
O'Brien. 8; Palo Alto, IL; Plymouth,
Sac, Sioux, Winnisniek. Ida, Franklin,
iImmet, Cherokee. Bremen and Ala
niakee, each per cent; Humboldt. l.;
Guthrie, Dubuque Clinton, Boone,
l'lsick Hawk. each s per cent; Van
Buren, Mapello, Fremont. Clarke, Bu-
lchanan, Adams, each 8 PER CONT;
Wright, s; Chickasaw and -sppanoose,
Z; Shelby. Iowa, Jackson. Crawford,
each per cent; Worth Hancock,
Fayette. each 8; Taylor. Cass, -Adair
each 10; Delaware. -.
Changes by Counties.
The farm land valuations were de
following: RGena Vista, Clay, Clay
ton. Floyd. Lyon. Pocahontas, Wood
bury, each 1 per cent: Audubon, Cedar,
Greene, Grundy. Hardin. Harrison.
Johnson. Jones' Linn. MARSHALL, Mos
mona. Muscntine. Story, Iana. Web
ster. each per cent; sutcr Howard
each per cent; Benton, Scott, each 4
per cent; Davis, Decatur Dee Moines.
Henry Keo.uk. Mahasha, Mills, Page.
Union. Warren. Washington, each 5
per cent; Dickinson, oareoa, each g:
Calhoun. Carroll. Hamilton. Jaspar,
Polk. each I; montgomery, Pottawat-
tanie, funggold. Wayne. each 10; Win
ncbayo, Iii.
Aside from cquaiizing the values as
between adjoining counties ard conn
ties having similar conditions, the
council found that in the northern three
tiers of counties t'-a assessments on
farm lands ran about 4 per cent. lower
than In the southern three tiers. The
central three tiers averaged per cent.
lower than In the southern three tiers.
For this reason, there was In addition
to equalizing ON other basis, a sort of
general adjustment by belts.
The aggregate actuel value of all
the real property In the state, lands
iusted Is $l,S66, 3So,2s The council
made no attempt to change values on
town lots or on any form of personally.
20 Per Cent. Increase.
1t is noticeable that the railway as
sessment now is practically the same
Us the gross earnings of the roads for
1902, which We're slightly over $685.
100000.
The present assessment of railroad
property is 20 per cent above the as
sessment of 1861, when the old railway
machine dictated the assessment. In
other words, the Cumnins regime has
carried out its promises of an increased
20 per cent. raise. The present assess
mcnt OF farm lands is Is per cent. above
the assessment of 1901. Whence it APP
pears the Increase in the railroad as
sessment is more than keeping pace
with the increase in farm land assess
ment. AT the same time. 1t must be
said that the council has acted more
conserNativeiy than many believe il
should have done and there is wide
spread feeling the assessment on the
railways is still too low.
The council fixed the aggregate u
tual value of the telegraph, telephone,
express. sleeoing car, equipment, and
railway properties at SILL
226l22. The taxable value Is a fourth
of this. The increase on the net as
scssment of telephone companies is
1923, 9Tl.
The valuation fixed on northwestern
Iowa counties fellows, per acre;
Woodbury., sS5.3S; Plymouth, sio.15;
s9nX sias2 Loa ss94s s,a qsee9a s
s44.sl; Ids, s45.s5s Monona, s297S; Bucna
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