The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-07-27
THE WEALTH OF NEBRASKA
GRAND ASSESSMENT ROLL OF THE
STATE NEARLY s314,ooo,ooo
DECIDED INCREASE THIS YEAR

Great Part Of Increase Comes From
Improvements on Lands in Country
and Town Lots in Cities and Towns.
No Increase on Lands and Lots.
The grand assessment roll for Ne
braska this year, as computed from
the figures on file with the state board
of assessment, will total nearly $314,-
100000.
The greater part of this increase
comes not from any increase in lands
or upon personal property returned
last year, but upon improvements on
lands in the agricultural districts and
on the lots in cities and towns. The
deciding of school lands to purchasers
under old contracts and the taking up
of thousands of acres under the Kin
kaid act have brought upon the tax
roll much land that has hitherto been
exempt, as the property Of the state
or of the general government. There
have been many new houses built the
past year by farmers, and many more
than that by the new dwellers in cities
and towns The number of acres of
land thus brought under taxation, hith-
erto exempt, is 206,392. This table
gives where nearly $5,O0O,0OO of the
total increase comes in:
Increased value of lands. E. 81, ,7S4,410
Increased value of lots. .... 1,617,522
Increased value of money!. 765, ,465
Increased value of merchan-
disc .................. DAT ,Z6S
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a, ,714,666
OF corn there were S,505,614 more
bushels on hand April l than year
ago-5S, ,355,515 bushels as compared
with 49,S49,941 The value last year
was $21S,962 less than this year, when
| it was figured at $3,334,938. Last year
it was assessed at 31.25 cents bushe1
as compared with 2S5 this year.
There are some fifty items on the
tax list, all of which make up the nine
or ten millions of total increase.
There are more horses in Nebraska
this year than last by 2S,511, and upon
horses an increase of fifty-six cents
head is made.
Last year the grand assessment roll
totalled 1904 4,470,961 an increase of
| $9,691,717 The railroads were down
for 47,294976, or an increase of ST.
212,123. This year their increase is
$444,3S6
There has been no increase in the
value placed last year upon farm
lands or city lots. Where any changes
have been made they we're simply to
adjust manifest inequalities, and the
totals are inconsiderable.
AS Assessor Burruss of Johnson
county puts it, the figures seem to in
dicate that of the increase 40 per cent.
is due to better understanding and
better enforcement of the revenue law
by the assessors and 60 per cent. to
the new values created in lands, hous-
es, etc.
Another source of the increase is
found in the fact that the farmers had
more wheat and corn on hand the 1st
of April this year than on the same
date a year ago. OF wheat there were
4,457,29O bushels on hand April 1 as
compared with 2,905,32S last year, an
increase of 1,551,962 bushels. The
value last year was 73 cents per BUSH
el, as compared with SO this year.
The value last year was $425,29s, this
year $509,325.
Number of horses, 1905, 764,422; val
ne, $9,431,SS3; average, $12.34.
Number of horses, 1906, 792,953; val
ue, $10,233,693; average, $3.50.
Number of cattle, 1905, 2,90s,24S;
value. $11,223,2s6; average, $3.85.
Number of cattle, 1906, $2,934,302;
value, $10,76S,S16; average, $3.67.
Increase of value of railroad prop
erty, $444,3S6.
Increase in number of horses, 2S,-
511; increase assessed value, Sc cents
per head; increase in value of horses,
1901 $40; new horses assessed this
year, value, 100000. Increase in num-
ber Of cattle, 25,054; decrease assessed
value, IS cents per head; decrease in
valuation Of cattle, $454,470.