Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-28

and he thought the stock was lower il
anything on the first day Of April.
The board had raised his assessment
from s523to8se,Ooo. ~ "a j
| P. C. Remington made no objection
! to being raised on his merchandise
assessment, provided they were all to
be equalized alike, but did not think
a piano that had been bought in April
ought to be included in his assess
ment. The acting mayor stated that
if no objection was made to the item
of the piano it would be stricken from
the list and the assessment as made
by the board would stand.
The board had raised the assess
ment of the Missouri Valley Milling
company on the two old Bismarck
Elevator company's elevators-build-
ings only-s2,50O to $1,000, and J. H.
Newton, the local manager stated
that as a matter of fact there was but
one elevator, and that it had been put
in at more than it would sell for; that
owing to the fact that there was very
little wheat coming in TO Bismarck the
elevator was of no use and conse-
quently of no value; that the figures
were given at. $4,000 for the reason
that by raise made by the state
board ON all elevators in. Burleigh
county this elevtor had been raised
to $4,000, and thought this board
ought to leave it at that now. He
did not object to the raise made on
the stock of flour, if a general raise
was made necessary to keep within
the debt limit.
i Abe Eppinger stated that the stock
of clothing Of Hoover & Eppinger had
been put in at the same figure this
year as last, although they had AL
lowed the stock to run a little lower.
He did not think it fair to raise their
assessment, when that Of their COM
petitions was allowed to remain as re-
turned. In behalf of Mrs. NJ Eppinger
he did not think the board ought to
add to her assessment a piano that
was bought On the fourteenth Of
June.
H. John Maassen had been raised $50
and he wanted to know what for. The
: acting mayor informed him It was for
, tools and stock, but he said he kept
, no stock of paints, and had only
few brushes that he bought at retail,
and that the same was true of lead
and oil.
, y H. G. Rhud objected to a raise of
| $1,000 on his builders stock, ma
: chinery and fixtures, which had been
, given to the assessor at $4,269. The
board had thought his stone making
: machine ought to be listed, but he
Said the engine was assessed with the
real estate and that the machinery
was not worth over SIS and that the
artificial stone machine had cost but
, fraction of what the board had listed
!. it at, and that it not being in use was
, of little value.
Jos. Hare thought if the board was
going to raise the assessment of Hare
& French from $4,000 to $4,000 they
might as we'll put ON the other 81 900
SO that they would be on the same
footing with the Bismarck Grocery
company. He thought the board
would see the inequality that would
be worked by the position they had
assumed and adjust the matter as it
should be.
The board had raised Henry Stein
metz on various items to the amount
of $195, which he thought was wrong,
as his harness stock had already been
listed at $3.50, and it would not in
t voice over $500.
IL J. c. SWEET had been raised from
:, $773 to $1,0S4. He had been listed
at a higher valuation than the previ
Gus two years, while his stock was ma
terially less. He was willing to pay
on all he had, but did not think he
}. ought to be asked to pay on more.
e s. M. Pye said the raise of the Bis
marck & Washburn Lumber company
r, from $1,000 to $4,000 would put the
e company on a fifty per cent basis
t which of course would he unfair.
i'll John White had been raised 1851
II from $1,000. His assessment 1at
stood at the latter figure for the pas
1t two years, while his stock had beef
q, somewhat reduced. He had formerl.
" kept about forty horses, while nov
he had but twenty. z.a4
s. The board had raised Geo. CUISINE
,e from $1,000 to $4,000 He wanted +
I'd say that he had listed his merchandise
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