Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-24
TAXABLE WEALTH
OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Total Of 2I,2i6 SAP Acres OF
Farm Land, An Increase OF
53O,762 Acres.
NO TIMEPlECES IN SULLr
Fifteen Other Counties Have Nc Silver
or Plated Ware, According 80 the
Returns of the County
Assessors.

Pierre, s. D., Aug. ia summary Of
the returns made to the state board
by the county boards of all classes OF
property in the state shows a total of
2l,215, 642 acres of farm land returned
for assessment. which is an increase OF
1907 acres owe the return for last
year. The average price per acre is
$6.l1, which is an increase of s cents an
acre over last years prices. The Lin
coin count lands are assessed at the
highest price, s1S.45, and east of the
river Sully county lands are thought
TO be the lowest at $2.62. and Fail
River the lowest in the state at $2.l6.
The acreage of mineral lands re-
turned increased 4,04U, giving a total
Of 5S,S51 acres for the year. with an
average Of $70.42 an acre, which is a
reduction of $751; so from last year. All
mineral lands returned are in the Black
Hills counties, no such classifications
being given TO n lands east of the
Missouri.
Town lot values are increased ST.
404, 74S over last year, bringing the to-
tai to $24, 772, 164.
The live stock schedules all show an
increase except in the returns of swine,
which have decreased and which Is
charged to the aVage of cholera in
the southern part of the state. There
are SOC, 302 horses listed for assessment,
an increase of 49, S6 over last year,
showing a valuation of $11, 534, rs. 1t
would be generally presumed that the
large range counties west of the river
would lea in the number of horses re-
turned, but Brown is in the lead with
Is, ia, and Snink second with 14,767,
both Jim river valley counties. West
Of the river Butte shows A. $50 and Ly.
man II, 1872.
There are but 5,491 mules listed, OF
which IIninn 0niNntN ,Io inc gQ1 tho rncf
being scattered in small numbers over
the state.
The cattle schedules show a total OF
1,245,1S0 head returned for taxation
an increase of 62,639 over last year,
They are valued at $13,391,491. Butte
returns the largest number with TO-
6+S. and Beadle leads east of the river
with 6,721.
Sheep nave only increased 7,149
which was probably caused by the
heavy shipments out of the state last
fall, that class of property showing
503,41 for assessment, with a value Of
1897, 239. Butte county returns 134,S43
of these, with Stanley second at ST.
791, and Brookings leading east of the
river with 1850.
The swine numbered 403,436, valued
at 81, 220, 99S. Turner county has the
larger number with 27,519, with Min
nehaha second.
Pianos returned range from $S9.08 IL
Lake to $4,000 in Brule. Minnehaha
returns the largest number at 933, and
Buffalo the smallest with 6.
While Buffalo shows up six pianos
with an average of $50 in value. they
match them up with $40 worth of
household furniture in the whole
ty, and a the pianos show up with
SIS worth Of jewelry and $40 worth OF
plated ware.
Sully is the only county in which
they tell the time by the sun or the
town clock, as not q watch was found
in the county. Aurora, Butte, Camp
bell. Clay, Deuel., Hand, Hanson.
Hughes, Jerauld, Lincoln, Lyman, Nc
Cook, Miner, Roberts and Sanborn
counties get along without any silver
or plated ware.
The total return of stocks of mer-
chandise is $5,095, $50, which is a de-
crease OF nearly $1,000 0 from last
year.
Moneys returned are about $3.50, 900,
with over SAL, 000, 900 personal deposits
carried in the banks of the tate.
Such returns but emphasize the rec
ommendation of Ex-Governor Herreid
in his last message to the Legislature
that the state should provide for q SAL
aried tax commissioner to devote his
time to looking up property which es-
capes taxation and to formulate bet
ter methods of getting the taxable
property of the state upon the asses
sors' lists.