Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-02-24
TAX ROLL OPEN MONDAY
Bis Rebsit on Taxes II Paid BY
March 18th.

his deputy, T. P. Judson. will have
the duplicate copy of the 1904 tax
roll for Josephine county completed
this Friday, and Saturday it will be
turned over to Sheriff Geo. w. Lewis.
Monday morning Sheriff Lewis will
have all in readiness to receive taxes.
Those paying before March 10, will
be given rebate of per cent. BY
paying one-hslf of the amount by the
first Monday in April. taxpayer can
have until the first Monday in October
in which to pay the remainder. The
per cent rebate is not allowed on
first half payments and II the second
half is not paid byOCtober 2, a penalty
of 10 per cent is added and further
penalty OF one per cent per month
from April 8, is added. Where no pay.
ment at all is made a penalty of lC
per cent is added to the amount Of the
taxes and a further penalty of one per
cent per month dating from March 10,
to the time the taxes are paid. With
these heavy penalties on delinquents
1t behooves taxpayers to call at the
sheriff's office promptly and to not de.
lay until the last day of grace is at
hand, just before March 10, when the
rush is liable to be so great that all can.
not get their receipts before the delin.
quent date.
The total value Of all taxable prop
erty in Josephine county,as shown
by the roll of 1904, is So, O34, O95.
For 1908 it was 81, 500, sos, IA gain for
last year of s233, 400. The summary
of the tsxroll for 1904 is as follows:
Land in cultivation, l9,035. value
$40, 760. Unoultivated land 1856. 800,
value s641, 445. Farm improvements
sl11, 1866. Value of town lots Sl66,
l45; improvements on same sl90, 660.
improvements on unpatented govern
ment land s69, 705 Miles of railroad
80. 40; of telegraph and telephone
17434. Values of railroad and tele-
phone and telegraph lines $l97, 0S5.
Value railroad rolling stock sl4, 765.
Engines and machinery sl02, 775. Mer-
chandise $ll9, 225. Farm implements,
wagons ETC.. $50, 1856. Money s., 150
Notes anda ccounts s45, 100 Shares OF
stock sl73O. Household furniture,
etc, $43, l45. Horses and mules 1888,
value sS3, 565. CATTLE All, value SO,
255. Sheep and goats 1911, value 80,
so. Swine GA, value 1875.
Assessor W. II. Fallin has been at
work for some time getting in
readiness for making the assessment
for 1905, which he will begin on
March /. He is now correcting up
the present ownership books OF his
office and has filed request with
the United States land Office at Rose
burg and with the state lands board
for list Of all government and
state land that has been patented
during the past year. Before making
his regular assessment Of Grants
Pass, Assessor Fallin will go over the
city and ascertain the location and
values of the buildings erected during
the past year. To accomplish this
thoroughly, he will go over the city
street by street and from a pocket
edition Of his present ownership book
and plat of the city that shows the
location and value of all buildings in
the city on March T., of last year, he
will be able to locate all the new
buildings. As many lots are owned
by non-r residents, the assessment Of
which is made in the assessors office,
the only way to ascertain If houses
have been built upon them is to per.
sonally inspect each lot. The first
year Mr.. Fallin was In Office, he
found, when looking up the new
houses, over so houses that had been
overlooked by the previous assessor.
In addition to his regular ASSESS
ment work Assessor Fallin will be
required to take census of the
county this year. This work Is sup.
posed to be done at the same time
the assessment is made, but as the
secretary of state has until May /, 10
send out the blanks and has not begun
their printing yet, as the work was
held off pending the session Of the
legislature, lest changes should be
made in the law, it will probably be
some time yet before the blanks will
be here and Assessor Fallin may have
to do extra work on the census As
SCISSOR Fallin has not selected his
deputies and will not put ON extra
help for the present, other than d.
Il. Dotson, who has been his deputy
for the past two years and has proven
himselfa a capable and industrious man.
At bargain, a nickle plated soda
fountain and a nickle plated water
heater Both are of the finest make
and almost new and in perfect order
and they go at almost half price.
Rosebud confectionery store.
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BORN.
McCARTHY-At Grants Pass, Ore,
Friday, February 10, 1905, to Mr..
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