The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-25
WaIIa WaIIa Farm Lands Valued at
$3.50 Per Acre-Rairoads
Are Reduced.

The state board of equalization has
completed it's labors and has fixed the
state levy for the year 1905.
Two and cne-half mills was levied
.or the state general fund, which will
bring in about sS25,O00, about the
amount of funds the board finds
necessary.
A 5-mill school tax was levied, as
the state must raise $40 for each of
The 10000 school children shown, by
his years census, less such sum as
has been paid into the current fund
from September 1, 1904, to September
[, 1905. This amounts to $300,S53. The
5-mill levy thus leaves a small levy
over the actual amount needed.
For military purposes, levy of one
tenth of a mill was made, as provided
by law
the state board shows a net increase
of about 100000 over the returns
made by counties.
Land Values EquaIized.
Lands are equalized as follows, by
counties:
King county, $40 per acre; Skagit
and Whatcom, $3.50; Pierce, IS; Walla
Walla and Whitman, $3.50; Snohomish
and Clarke, s6.75; San Juan, Island,
Yakima and Columbia, $3.50; Lincoln,
Sc; Spokane and Garfield, $3.50; Fer
ry, farming lands $3.50, and mining
lands, lump, 100000; Chehalis, Lewis,
Cowlitz and Thurston, $5.25; Kitsap
and Pacific, s4.75; Wahkiakum, JEFF
ferson and Skamania, 81; Clallam
Mason, Adams, Douglas, Klickitat,
Okanogan and Stevens, SO; Benton,
1925; Franklin, 1925
The increase on land over the ag-
gregate amount as eQualiZed by the
counties is s3,933s573. Improvements
on land are left as they were returned
by the county boards
Railroad Valuations.
The railroad valuation is reduced
nearly $4,000 from the returns by
counties, as result of which the
taxes to be paid by the railroads in
the several counties will be greatly
increased over last year, as the rail-
roads pay taxes on the county valua-
tons, and not on those made by the
state board.
The Peninsula railroad, branch of
the Northern Pacific to Moclips, was
raised from the fourth class to third
class, and the Vancouver branch was
raised from third class to second class
railroad valuations as equalized by
the state board are the same figures
as last year; that is to say:
First-clas roads are valued at $3.50
per foot; second class at $1.10; third
class at 20 cents; fourth class at 37k
cents; fifth class at 25 cents; sixth
class .sidetracks) at 80 cents; seventh
class (other sidetracks) at 20 cents
Town and City Lots.
Town and city lots were equalized
as by the county boards, except that
Clallam was reduced 100000; Jeffer-
son 100000 and Yakima s25O.O00. King
Of last year.
Live Stock Valuation.
Valuations On live stock were made
as follows:
Horses-King and Pierce counties,
s44 each; Whatcom, Skagit and Sno-
nomish, s39; Chehalis, Clarke, Lewis
and Thurston, s34; Spokane. Walla
Walla, Whitman, Island, Jefferson,
Clalam, Kitsap, Cowlitz, Mason, Paci-
fic, San Juan, Skamania and Wahkia-
KUN $50; Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln.
Yakima, Kittitas and Klickitat. s2S:
Adams. Asotin, Douglas, Okanogan,
Benton, Ferry, Chehalis and Franklin.
s25.
Cattle-King and Pierce. $40: Island,
emerson, San Juan, Skagit. Snoho-
mlsn and Whatcom, SIC; Wahkiakum,
Skamania, Chehalis. Clarke. Island.
h1tsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific. Thurs
ton and Clallam, SIS; Yakima, Kittitas.