Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-02-09
TAX COLLECTING TO
BEGIN NEXT MONDAY
Big Rebate on I AK osPaid by March
l5-Assessor Fallin Preparing
for the Next Assessment.

March 10, Will get IeDdte VI per
cent. If half is paid by April Q. the
other half can stand until the first
. Monday in October, but no rebate is
given on the half that is paid before
the first Monday in April, nor is there
interest charged on the deferred pay
ment. If no payment is made by the
first Monday in April then a penalty
of 10 per cent is added to the amount
of the taxes and a further penalty of
per cent a month is charged up to
the delinquent until the taxes are
paid. The delinquent tax roll
will be made up after the first
Monday in October, and after having
been advertised the property will be
sold. the owner being permitted to
redeem it by paying the taxes, interest
and costs.
County Clerk s. f. Cheshire will
have the duplicats roll completed this
week, with the amount of every man s
taxes given on it. and it will also
show the several funds that are TO be
credited from the collections, these
embracing state, county, school, road,
city and school district levies. This
roll will be turned over to Sheriff
Lewis Saturday and Monday the rush
of taxpayers will begin as all that are
able will want to pay SO as to get the
3 per cent discount, which is quite an
item to the large taxpayers.
The tax roll for 1905, on which
taxes are now to be collected, amounts
to $4, 202, $780, The various tax levies
to be collected on this roll are state
tax IA mills, county tax 6.7
mills. county school and library A 6
mills, road 2 mills, Grants Pass
city mills. school district No. l.,
Selma, 2 mills; No. 8, Kerby, mills
No. 7, Grants Pass, Z mills; No. 10,
Laurel Grove, mills; No. IL, Le-
land, mills No, II, Robertson, 2
mills; No. 10, Lee, mill; No. %,
Lucky Queen, l2 mills; No. "a,
Lower Grave Creek, mills.
The state tax for this year will
amount to 1925. For last year it
amounted to nearly $4,000 and for
1904 nearly $ll, 900.
jackson county on valuation of
$l2,7l2, ,024 has a levy of 40 mills
county, .0S mill for road, 2,6 mills for
school, 1.6 mills for state, making a
total of 1917 mills. This will raise
about $117, 900. Ashland has city
tax of 1.2 mills and school tax of
8 mills, making total including the
county, on city property of 23.5
mills.
Medford has city levy of Z mills
and school levy of 4.5 mills making
a total of city and county Of 81 mills.
Grants Pass has a total of 90 mills, of
this 8 mills is city, 2 mills school and
10 county and state. Portlsnd's total
tax levy is 14.S mills on a valuation
Of sl81, 1877, ,56l.
County Assessor W. Fl. Fallin is
now preparing his blanks for the 1906
assessment and will have all in
readiness to begin the work on March
lst as provided by law. He has en-
gagged g. A. Savage to assist him
for this year. AS there is no census
or other extra work to be done Mr..
Savage will be the only deputy, he
aud Assessor Fallin being able to do
both the field and Office work in
time for the meeting of the board
of equalization which will be about
the first of October. Mr.. Savage has
been successful school teacher and
been resident of the county for
several years and is both well ac-
quainted with property values and
has the ability to be competent
deputy.
Assessor Fallin has adopted new
method of securing the list of new
buildings and other improvements
that have been made in Grants Pass
since the last assessment was made
that is proving successful and which
prevents the liability of property es-
Gaping assessment, as was frequently
the case under the old system. In
making the assessment of lots in
Grants Pass the numbers and owners
names are taken from the county
records, and judging by the location
the assessor fixes the valuation. The
Improvements can only be judged BY a
personal examination of the property.
Assessor Fallin prepared map of the
city showing all the lots and the
location of buildings. Each February
before beginning his assessment he
takes his map and goes over the city
street by street and marks down
all new buildings, and makes note
Of their size and value. This is of