The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-05
OF
STATE BOARD!
Luxury Of Having Goodins- -nG
mon Ma(hine, Comes Hi9h.

The total valuation OF Lemhi coun-
ty, as equaIied by the state hoard OF
equalization n si,asi, ,issl. 80. The
apportionment OF state taxes which
this county will have TO pay 10 q, :
609.iI. This latter amount is mis-.
leading, however. as there are sever.
al funds which must be added 10 the
way OF state wagon road bond sink
ing fund, general interest and sink
ing fund etc. which makes the
amount this county viii have to pay
to the state for 100. will reach the
neat little sum Of si2,366.
This will make very material
raise In the state tax over what Il
was last year. The tate OF taxes
paid TO the state on tile 100 dollars
for the past seven years are as fol.
lows 1901, 81 cents; 1902. Sc; 1908,
81; 1904, 40; 1906, II; 1906. 90; 1907,
81. This means an increase OF i2
cents on the hundred OF our valua.
tion over last year. In the matter
OF the general interest and sinking
fund. which means interest on de-
fYciency warrants, Is ~, 20l. 70, which
is In large measure what this coun-
ty viii have TO pay for the Haywood.
Meyer and pettibone trials.
The valuation given by the county
assessor TO the state was el, ,a50, ,aaa.
this was reduced by the board OF
equalization to sl,375, ,0id.50. Com
mon CATTLE was reduced from s24a,
56i TO s22a, ee7; cows from si2.726 "a
ss,lsi; sheep was increased from
SIT, io2 to 81, 7s2. 50; Jacks increased
from $3.50 To si0o.
Lemhi and Boise counties are the
only two counties in the state which
baye no railroads In their borders
and draw revenues IN the shape oil
taxes from this source. The tele.
phone lines In the county are taxed
from $50 To $50 per mile which gives
a total valuation OF sG,l70.
The state board OF equalization de-
creased the valuation from that CIV
EN- in by the county assessor ss5, 5,so2.
80 IL is anticipated that the In.
crease In the value OF sheep In ths
state will reach nearly one million,
This has been troueht about by The
general demand through the STATE
that the sheep interests should report
somewhere near their holdings; and
the board raised the valuation aft,
cents per head. This la a measure
takes some OF the burden from th,
shoulders OF those owning other tax
able property.
The report shows that the STATE
taxes on all properties have been In
creased, approximately eighteen mil
lion over what II was last year, yel
the rate Bas increased nearly ten pei
cent over what II was last year Tt,
greater increase in any single proper
4 ty was that Of the railroads. Tbs
increase being not far from $500 owe
what IL vas last year.
Patented lands In this county wers
reduced from 1857 in 1905 TO $500
common cattle reduced from sl2 Il
sll; Mich cows from SIS TO sI2
other ranch interests remaining prac
tically the same.
When we come TO consider that th'
increased valuation over the entir'
state Is - million greater than i
was last year and the rebate OF stat
taxes has been increased IL cents on
the hundred over that Of last year
the reader can only come 10 one con
elusion; and that ~ that the Good
ing Mormon machine is proving q
be rather an expensive proposition
IL might not be out OF place 10 cal
the attention OF the reader 70 tb'
fact that the rate Is higher this yea
than II was under the Governor Nor
riSon rule by 32 cents on the hun
dred.