Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-25
VALUES SHOW INCREASE
Oreson Taxable Property Worth
Si73.559.SSS.

Secretary of State +. /. Dunbar,
has completed the compilation Of a
summary of the assessment rolls OF
the various counties of the state, fol-
the year of 1908, as filed in his office,
and issued the same for publication.
The statement is accompanied by other
statements showing the acreage OF
tillable and untillable lands in the
state, their respective valuation, and
detailed and comprehensive COM
parative statement Of property and
valuations of the year 1908, against
the year of 1902. The total valuation
of all properties in the state, subject
to taxation, as shown by the sum.
mary, is Sl73, 900, sss. 5S for 1908, and
that of 1902 was sl4S, O99, COL. 65, an
increase of S25, 460. 2S6. 93, or a total
increase Of 1919 per cent
The total valuation of all taxable
property in Multnomah County for
1908 is given as SOL, OSS, 300. against
$lS, S23, ESQ, and increase of g, 2l5, O2o
or 0453 per cent, while the total of
Marion county fer 1903 is 50, 39S, 37s
against $500, $50, an increase of
S777, 496 or .O9Ol percent. Of all the
coonties in the state, Clackamas
shows the greatest amount and per
centage of increase in valuations, as
a comparison of the total for 1903,
-, 034, 311, against 81, 526, SOB for 1902,
shows an increase of 1858 per cent,
almost double, while Multnomah
stands the lowest in increase with
053 per cent. OF the 33 counties in
the state there were two, Grant and
Tillamook, which suffered a decrease /;
the decrease Of the former being .0173
per cent ior 1903 from that of 1902,
while the valuations of the latter
fell off 1905 from 1902 to 1908.
The total number of acres of tilla-
Bile land in the state is 2,071, 343. 521,
against 2,sO9, 327. 597 in 1902, or an
increase in valuation of So, 203, 0l5 /;
the non-tillable land for 1903 aggre-
gates IA, 39S, l4G 40 acres, against 10, e
l22, 16S. 81 acres in 1902, or an increase
in valuation of 80, 393, 473. IA There
are !, 764 81 miles of railway bed in
the state this year, against 1859. 29l
miles in 1902, an increased valuation,
Of 81, 400, G32. 20 6,lS3.6S miles of
telegrephic and Telephone lines in
1903, against 1891. 80 miles in 1902,
showing an increase of $37, S54 52 ;
1886 miles of street railway bed in
1908, against 1l7.9S in 1902, an in
crease of $50, O30; the rolling stock
and equipment of all of these indus
tries show healthy increase in pro-
portion.
OF all the industries which show
good prosperity and increase, the
most healthy and satisfactory shown
is that of the stock industry in all its
branches, that is, subject to taxation,
and the sneep and goat industry
shows up better than all the rest. in
1903 there are listed 2,120, 167 head of
goats and sheep, against 1853, OIL in
1902, an increased valuation of Sl74,
80; there were 1G7, 7l3 horses and
mules in the state under the 1908 as
sessment and 1856. 346 in 1902, an in
creased valuation of $462 92l; of cat
tie there were oil, 2SS head in 1903
and 45j, 874 in 1902, increased valua.
tion S5s5, 0G0, and of swine there were
l05, 2S9 head in 100, against "a, O2l in
1902, an Increase in valuation of
S21 700