The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-11-28
TAXABLE VALUES OF COUNTY
Small Gain in Assessment Over
Last Year.
County Clerk J. H. Hartje, as Usual, the
First in the State to Prepare Alb
stract of Tax Books.

SlIdCl VI ak DOORS.
With his usual promptness and
rapldity in clerical work, J. H.
Hartje is again the first county
clerk in the state to complete the
abstract OF the tax books of the
county, to be filed with the state
auditor, having finished this work
for Faulkner county the latter part
of last week.
The abstract shows the total val
uation of real and personal proper
ty in the county Tor 1907 to be
S3,I3I,25o, as compared with
S2,e7S, 343 in 1906, an increase OF
SI52, ,9o7, or rs per cent. When
the fact is considered that the as
sessment was made in the face of a
considerably increased rate of tax
alton and during a time when the
crop prospects were very gloomy,
and that the values as used for sew
eral years were the basis, this in
crease really shows a considerable
gain in the total wealth of the
county.
The real estate of the county is
assessed at 81, 900, $50, an increase
of SIIo,342 over last year.
The personal property is assessed
at 81, ,23I,I7o, an increase OF S33
SIS over last year.
The number of poll taxes assess
ed was 463o, exactly the same
number as last year.
A considerable part of the gain
in the personal assessment was
made in the valuation of live stock.
The average assessment OF horses
last year was S44; this year it has
advanced to S52.67. The mules
of the county which last year were
valued at about $50, are now :
sessed at sos a head. Cattle have
advanced from S7.7o to fraction
less than So, while sheep and
goats remain the same at SI.o3
and hogs have gone up from S 80
to nearly 81. so a head.
1t is a remarkable fact that there
are, according to the assessor S
books, only sos watches in the
county, 81 less than there were
last year. This is about one for
every 100 persons in the county,
showing that this is fine field for
our jewelers. to advertise and push
their sales. The 81 watches which
have departed from us, evidently
put in ''soak" in anticipation of
the financial stringency, are, lhow-
ever, of the cheaper variety as
those which remain in our vest
pockets have higher average
value than last year, and are now
wo.th SI4 % piece.
But it may be that our watches
have been hypothecated to secure
pianos and organs, as we have Io2
more of these instruments than last
year, the average value OF which
is S44 o4.
The valuation of goods and mer-
chandise this year is SIIo, ,845, as
compared with SIIo,445 last year,
an increase of exactly $500.
The items contained in the alb
stract of the assessment are given
below:
Number of persons liable to pol
tax: white, 377I; colored, $50; to-
tai, 1920.
Number of horses, 1906; value
$500, ,482.
Number of cattle, 3,5o5; value
SIo4, 4,655.
Number of mules, 3,67I; value
S238,6I5.
Number Of sheep, 1896; value
SI,5o5.
Number of hogs, I7.949; value,
S25,I25.
Number of wagons, 37II; value
$50, $40.
Number of watches, 365; value
S5I2o
Number of pianos, $50; value
S25,93O.
Value OF goods and merchandise
SIIo, o,845.
Value OF property of banks anC
brokers, $4,000.
Value OF materials and manutac
tured articles, S6I,395.
Value of moneys and credits
. SI3I,Q25.
Value of money invested il
bonds, etc, $4,000.
Value of all other articles, sos,
73O. :,
Total valuation as equalized
SI,23I,I7o.
Notice.