Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-10-19
REPORT OF BOARD
OF EQUALIZATION

the State of Oregon for the County OF
Lincoln met pursuant to'the call of the
County Assessor at the Courthouse in
the city of Toledo on Monday, the 1st
day OF October, 1906, and from day to
day thereafter during the sitting of
said Board, when we're present: B. F.
Swope, County Judge; ]. H. Lutz,
County Assessor; Ira Wade, County
Clerk. Whereupon, on Monday, the
lst day of October, 1906, the follow
ing proceedings were had, to-wit:
In the matter of the assessment of
Julia A. Kyniston, who appeared before
the Board and asked that her assess
ment be reduced from "a per acre to
SO per acre, and after an Investigation
of said assessment. it is ordered by the
Board that said assessment be reduced
to So per acre, as asked for Other
parties appeared and examined their
assessments, but asked for no changes.
The time for adjournment having ar
rived, the Board is ordered adjourned
until Tuesday, October 2, 1906, at 8
o clock a. M.
October 2-In the matter of the as
sessment of Barbara Olson: 1t appear
ing to the board that she is assessed on
the 1906 roll with two head of horses
valued at $50, and it further appearing
; to the Board that she does not own any
horses at ali, it is therefore ordered
that the said assessment of the two
horses be stricken from the roll aud
her assessment of $50 be taken there
from,
In the matter of the assessment of j :.
F. Steele 1t appearing to the board
that he is assessed with acres of land
iE section II, township II south of
range IL west; and it further appearing
. that he owns only acres in said sec.
tion. township aud range, it is there
fore ordered that said assessment be
corrected and he be assessed with three
acres on said 1905 assessment roll.
October 3-In the matter of the as
sessment of Hannah J. Wakefield: w.
r. Wakefield appeared for and on be.
half OF said Hannah j. Wakefield and
asked that her assessment be corrected
by adding thereto the following land
owned by her: Beginning at center OF
section II, township IL snuth, range IL
west, running thence west 2 chains,
I thence south 10 chains, thence east
! chains, thence north 10 chains to the
place of beginning. The Board being
fully advised in said matter, it is or
: dered that said above described lands
be added to the assessment of the said
, Hannah J. Wakefield, as asked for, and
that the valuation be placed at $25.
In the matter of the assessment OF
E. NJ. Stanton: 1t appearing to the
! Board that the said E. NJ. Stanton is
the owner OF certain personal property
not assessed to him, which personal
property consists OF 2 horses, COWS
and some implements. and the Board
: being fully advised therein, it is or.
dered that the same be assessed TO him
as follows: Two horses at valuation
of $50, COWS at a valuation of $40, and
implements at a valuation OF $2o,
In the matter of the assessment OF
F. NJ. Stanton: 1t appearing to the
Board that the said f. NJ. Stanton is
assessed with $500 worth of improve.
ments, and it further appearing from
/ the statements of said +. M. Stanton
that said assessment is out of proper
tion to other assessments on improve
ments in the same neighborhood, and
that the same is not fair and equita-
BILE assessment, and the Board being
fully advised as to the justice of the
demand Of said taxpayer, it is ordered
that the said assessment of F. NJ STAN
ton on improvements is reduced from
$500 to $500.
In the matter of the assessment of
, Leonia Brown on lots and 10 in block
8, Irvins addition to Ocean View: 1t
appearing to the Board that she is as
sessed on the 1906 roll with the above.
named lots and that the valuation of
the same on said roll is $25 per lot, aud
1t further appearing to the Board, after
All examination of said assessment, that
: the same is too high and out of pro.
, portion to the valuation placed upon
other property in the same block, and
the Board being fully advised therein,
1t is ordered that the assessment on
said lots be reduced from $25 per lot to
} $50 per lot.
In the matter OF the assessment of
r. A. DeMerritt: 1t appearing TO the
the Board that his name does not ap.
pear OH the assessment roll for The year
1906, and it further appearing that the
said II. A. DeMerritt is the owner of lot
. 10 in block 36, Fredericksburg, it is
therefore ordered that said lot be and
: the same is hereby assessed to r. A.
DeMerritt and that the valuation be
placed at $25.
In the matter of the assessment of
the Corvallis d Eastern Railroad Com.
pany in Lincoln county, Oregon: This
matter coming On for confederation of
the Board, the said railroad company
being represented by j. X. Weatherford
of Albany, who asked permission to
prepare petition and file for aud on
behalf OF the railroad company asking
| for reduction of their said assess
ment, and the Board being fully ad-
vised therein, said request was granted
and he was given until Saturday, Octo-