The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-21
Board of Equalization Makes Few
Changes.

The city council acting as board OF
equalization, met at Mayor McGinnis
office last Thursday afternoon at 8
o'clock for the purpose of hearing the
statements of those parties who had
been notified to appear and show cause
why their assessment as returned by
assessor Evans should not be raised, all
members of the council being present.
The result Of the hearing did not result
in any great increase of assessable
property, as in the majority Of the cases
after the persons cited had made their
statements the assessment was allowed
to remain as originally returned. In a
few Instances there was slight in
crease made.
In the case of Mrs. Nellie Edwards
who was raised from nothing to $4,000
on monies and credits, Mrs. Edwards
admitted having $1,000 in money, the
remainder of her money being invested
in property at Sapulpa, Ind. Ty., and
her assessment was placed at 1000.
w. j. Sullivan appeared and stated he
had properly given all of his property
to the assessor, and his assessment was
left as originally given, $3.50 on monies
and credits.
G. NJ. Ketcham appeared and stated
he had deducted note Of S400 from his
previous assessment on monies and
credits as he did not consider the note
worth anything at this time, and his
assessment was left at $500 as given to
the assessor.
A. z. Olsen stated he had no money or
credits, his money being still invested
in real estate at Lamont, and his assess
ment was left at nothing.
Mrs. A. L. Curry made showing that
her assessment of S3,74S OH monies and
credits was all that she had, and the
assessment was permitted to stand as
given to the assessor.
R. A. Sigler on behalf of Arnold g.
|Sigler appeared to protest against the
board assessing the firm $500 on their
coal business, as they had. returned to
the assessor the amount of coal stock
carried, so their assessment was left as
it appeared originally at 5000 on coal
and feed stock.
j. A. Harris whose assessment on
marble stock had been raised from $500
to $4,000, stated that on the first Of
January they carried but little stock,
having closed out nearly everything
and had not received their new stock,
but said he thought he should have
placed the stock at 81 600, and on motion
the assessment was. placed at this
figure.
Lem Vanostrand appeared on behalf
OF q. B. Daugherty, whose assessment
on the horses, busses and drays had
been raised from $500 to $4,000, and
after making showing the assessment
was placed at 81 800.
w. A. Alexander, whose assessment on
his three stores was raised from $4,000
to $500, appeared and claimed his
stock was not worth more than the
amount returned, and on motion his
assessment was left at $4,000.
Horace Farquhar on behalf OF Farqu-
har Bros, whose assessment on hard
ware stock was raised from $4,000 to
$4,000 made similar statement and
their assessment was also left at the
original figures.
DR.. ]. W. Rowell appeared as attorney
for Mrs. Grace Rowel', whose assess
ment on monies and credits was raised
from nothing to $4,000, and stated that
when she received the money on the life
insurance carried by her father it was
turned over to him and the greater part
of it had been invested in life insurance
policies, the remainder being included
in his own assessment on monies and
credits, and her assessment was left at
nothing.
DR.. W. H. Wales, of Davis City, who
holds $4,000 worth of stock in the TX
change National Bank appeared to pro-
test against the assessment of the stock
against him in Leon, claiming he was
entitled to deduct from it his indebted
ness at Davis City, but the board decid-
ed to allow the assessment to stand.
On account of the absence of Geo. A.
Cowden and K. d. Dorm, and the sick
ness in the family of j. r. Bowsher, the
hearing in the cases of T. w. Ballew, E.
d. Dorm and Bowsher & Biddison was
postponed until the adjourned meeting
of the board which will be held at
Mayor McGinnis' Office this evening at
1880 O'clock.