The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-01-19
ASSESSORS MEET.
Men Who Will Make the Assessment
for Taxes this Year Meet and
Adopt Schedule of
Valuations,

Adopt Schedule OF
Valuations.
The assessors of Decatur county,
twenty-six in number meet with audi
tor Scott last week to receive their
supplies for the assessment this year,
and also to adopt schedule of valua-
tions.
There are lots of new fixin's added on
to the assessment taking this year. In
addition to the usual routine of work
the assessor has to take the state
population, lot of information on the
good roads question, and whole string
OF statistics on farm products.
On tho population question each per-
son is furnished card to fill out and
sign. This asks your name, age, occu-
patton, post office address, sex, color,
place of birth Of yourself, your father
and mother, value Of land you own and
what it is mortgaged for, whether you
are single, married, widowed or divor-
eed, if you were in the army.
The road questions will be stumpers.
You will have to tell the number of
acres you ewn, the section it is in, the
distance to market, how many bushels
Of corn, wheat, oats, barley, grass seed
and other grains, potatoes and vegeta-
bles, fruit, tons of hay, loads OF wood,
pounds of live stock, loads of produce
you hauled and the length of time it
took to make the trip. The average
number Of times you went to town each
week without load and the average
number of miles you travelled each
week on the public highway other than
to market. If you have any limestone
or gravel deposits on your farm. These
questions are asked to get information
on the good roads proposition.
The following is complete list of tho
assessors and the schedule of valuations
agreed upon:
TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS.
Bloomington Frank Mock.
Burrell--L. w. Gibbons.
Center--B. T. Sears.
Decatur-A. j. Wells.
Eden. K. Campbell.
Fayette- Oliver Hayer.
Franklin-H. A. Halverson.
Garden Gro~s-Edward Cant.
Grand River-L. M. Andrews.
High Point-L. A. Sears.
Hamilton-A. B. McClaran.
Long Creek. G. Coin.
Morgan--Y. B. WATSON.
New Buda-W. j. Fulton.
Richland-L. T. Greenland.
Woodland-E. Massey.
CITY ASSESSORS.
Leon-Gould Wallace.
Lamont. f. Hopkins.
| Davis City-B. A. Norman.
Pleasanton-Charl Cornett.
Garden Grove-L. A. Stearns.
| Leroy-W. Fl. Baker.
Weldon-C. M. Kline.
Van Wert--R. E. Ball.
Grand River-John Durham.
| Decatur City John Coffin.
+ SCHEDULE OF VALUATIONS.
Schedules of valuations were adopted
for the ensuing year as follows:
Yearling colts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So
year old colts ................. a
Horses, 3 " and over ........... 5,
Stations j.. 32
Mules, 1 yr old and over 6
Heifers, yearling ....................... 1
Heifers, yr old. ........................ 1
Cows.
Steers, yr old .......................... 1
Steers, yr old
Steers, yr old ,......... 3
Cattle in feeding
Bulls. .
Sheep ......... ......,.......
GOatS
Hogs, per pound 4 cts.
VALUATION OF LAND BY TOWNSHIP PEI
ACRE.
Bloomington ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: SSO.O
Burrell .................... 800
Center. $50
Decatur 300
Eden 800
Franklin. 37.5
Fayette. 37.5
Garden Grove. 37.5
Grand River. $50
Hamilton ............ $50
High Point 300
Long Creek. 300
Morgan $50
New Buda 800
Richland 800
Woodland. $50
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