The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
HENNEPIN COUNTY
REPORTS TWO AUTOS
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that not a finely bred horse is owned
IN Hennepin county. but to get at only
two out of nearly 1000 automobiles
was too much.
Hints dropped by country members
of the board earlier in the day indi-
Gated that something in abe way OF
substantial increases would be the or
der when the auto list was reached
and the feeling against the red devils
and sWagger touring cars was only in
tensified when the willing euualizers
found they had no list to work on.
The trouble started with Anoka coun-
ty at the head of the list One ma
chine valued at $40 was returned Mr.
Nelson, of the board, at once moved
for an increase of 700 per cent. Then
an investigation Of their county sheets
was commenced by all the members.
Clearwater, with seven listed for total
OF 1913, and Hennepin with only two,
was as far down the list as the equal
izers went. Nothing in the way Of
raising the averages was done. The
whole list was set aside pending the
submission of explanations by county
officials.
Ramsey Reports % Machines.
In comparison. with other counties.
the evasion Of automobile taxes in
Ramsey is mild. In fact nearly one
third of the total automobile and pow
er vehicle assessment for the entire
state is returned from Ramsey county.
And at that only only twenty EIGHT
machines are disclosed, with a total as
sessment of $10,572, or an average Of
$337.57. Winona county lists 144 for
total of $3,151, or an average of ap-
proximately $22 each.
The major portion of the day was
SDhnt n MI icte Il
increase of assessment was the order
of the day. Cows went up about 10
per cent, stations and race horses from
25 to 100 per cent, or an average of
approximately rs per cent. Hogs, sheep,
oxen and wagons got lifts each of about
10 per cent. The raise for the day was
about $2,000,00 and the rate one,
which, if maintained throughout the
personal property list, will mean an
increase of at least $25,O0O,OO0.
State Has 1888 Cows.
The consolidated returns showed a
total of 1878 COWS, valued at &c.,
O34,422, or an average for the state of
$12.74 per head. Ramsey county had
the highest average per head. with
$2149. The Hennepin average was
$16O1. Three counties received reduc-
tions-Cass and Itasca 10 per cent each
and Washington county 20 per cent.
Forty-six counties shared in Increases
ranging from per cent to 80 per cent.
An average increase of 10 per cent
was made on "all other cattle"-those
not included in the one or two-year-oId
classes, or among the COWS and oxen.
The hog list included 5OO,313 porkers
for total assessment of 81, $685. 73.
Anoka county got a reduction of Is per
cent and Redwood % per cent, while
fh1rty-four counties received increases
ranging from to so per cent, making
the county averages run from $3.50 per
head to $4.35 per head, as against a
state average of $2.65 as returned by
the county boards
The whole number of sheep returned
was S24,072 for a total assessment of
$451,690, or an average for the state of
S1.3S. The Increases ranged from per
cent to so per cent, or approximately
an average of 10 per cent for the total.
The whole number Of stations and
fine bred horses returned was 1861 for
a total of $2OS,005. The increases rang
ed from 10 per cent to 100 per cent.
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