The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26
ASSESSMENT WAS RAISED
State Board OF Equalization Raised
the Assessment on a Large
Amount of Property.

County Auditor Stearns has Just re-
ceived notification form the state
board OF equalization concerning the
increase in assessment that had
been apEortioned to Dawson county.
The increase in some cases is very
large. When the county board Of
equalization had finished the assessed
valuation of the county amounted to
SO, 13l, $50. When the state board got
through with raising things the
amount reached s3,357, O94, making
an increase of 1926, 666.
Here is about the way in which
property of all kinds was raised /:
Lands 10 per cent; horses under 3
years old. % per cent; horses owe 3
years old % per cent; cattle under
2 years old 1919 per cent; cattle over
, years old, 81 per cent; all other
cattle 2 years old and over % per
cent; mules, 1873 per cent sheep, 20
per cent; wagons and carriages IA
per cent melodeons and organs, %
per cent: pianos 80 per cent; gold
and silver plated ware, SO per cent:
watches, diamonds and jewelry, so
per cent; manufacturers tools, 10
per cent stock Of furniture in sample
rooms, eating houses, billiard tables,
20 per cent; elevators, warehouses,
grain therein, etc., 25 per cent.
Early in the spring the assessors
met with the board Of commissioners
and talked owe the matter of assess
ment On personal and real estate
property, and it was the understand
ing that these figures should be fol-
lowed in all parts Of the county. In
nearly every township the assessors
deported from the figures agreed up
on and as a result it has brought a
raise from the state board. The
assessors seem to feel that they
would rather have somebody else
shoulder the responsibility Of a large
assessment than themselves and con-
sequently do not make the assess.
ment on the basis agreed upon.
This departure from the figures
makes an immense amount Of work
in the auditors office, IN that every
book must be gone through and the
figures changed to meet the increase
made by the state board. Had the
assessors maintained the same figures
as agreed upon in the spring there
would have been very few changes
made by the state board as the real
and personal property would have
Keen we'll assessed.
No change was made by the state
board in the assessment Of the 4S.37
miles Of railroad in the county on
the Milwaukee and Omaha divisions.
This amounts to 1927, ISL. The
Western Union Telegraph Co. was
assessed S3.440; American Express
Co, ST 1000; United States Express
Co., 1913: Mt. Vernon Telephone
Co, $40: Dawson County Rural Co.,
sl20; Blendon Telephone Co., $500;
Dakota Central Lines $500, and last
the Pullman Company was assessed
$50 for one sleeping car which is
maintained in this county. These
figures added to the assessment made
by the county brings up the total as
!sessed valuation Of the county to
SO, 663, 376.
In glancing over the list of prop
erty, which contains 81 specific
items, it was ascertained that 16 OF
them were raised and that but one,
the value Of hogs, was lowered two
per cent.
The state tax this year will not
be quite as large as a year age. Ir
the document sent to the county
auditor it was announced that the
state tax for the general fund fol
the payment of the estimated ordin.
airy expenses of the state for the cur.
rent year would be two mills no each
dollar Of assessed valuation and ono
mill for the bond interest and sink.
ing fund for the payment of the
principal and interest of the public
debt No deficiency tax was levied
for the ensuing year.
LOOM
Loomis. S. d. Aug. %, l9o4--Hao
a nice shower Thursday night it
stopped shock t%hresling until Mon.
day,
Mrs. Joe Burke, and children OF
Sioux City. are visiting with her
parents, Mr., and Mrs. Robert Clark,
ST., and other relatives.
Joe Gilfllan's wheat went IL
bushels of No. | Northern to the
acre. What is the matter of Mitchell
for the capital.
Making nay is the order of the day
now
Will Jay, OF Mount Ayers, Iowa
is visiting his sister Mrs. Charlie
Butts.