The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-12
|OD|NG
ECONOMY! F!
taxpayers Will Now Learn
1hdt il will Cost Them to
eep Up GOOdin9.

Np Up uUUuIllY.
county commissioners met
b and Tuesday for the purpose
king the tax levy and letting
Contract for the Gibbonsyille
The entire day Monday was
b to wrestling with the tax
b., and trying to devise ways
bch there would be no necessity
|sing the rate over that of last
They evidently found, with
Dir scheming and figuring on a
Jon Of the county funds, that
ar's assessment would be neces-
meet the county obligations
ear. The total tax last year
I60 on the hundred dollars and
lear the board found that it
be necessary to increase the
twenty cents. or So. so on the
I'D. By an analysis of the table
be found by the Investigator
the same rate governs on the
funds, but the increased rate
To the economy (?) Of the
bg administration. In other
the board was forced to in
the state levy twent cents on
ndred.
Is generally expected that a
per man never should make IA
be, but must confess that we
this rule in our comments on
k situation last week, and find
I've made an error OF a little
of nine cents. We gave the
rate Of taxes as 81 cents, when
mid have been within a few
pf 80 cents. BY an ilvestiga-
the state taxes OF the past it
found that this is several
higher than ii has ever been in
Story of the state; or since the
was admitted to the Union.
board Of commissioners in
b the current county expense
rom 81. 40 to 81 46, which is six
higher than it was last year,
hey cut down the rate on some
other funds so that the gener-
Dty tax remains the same as ii
Tor 1906. Therefore, we must
Die board credit for not increaS.
he levy, but lay the blame where
elongs-to the state. To the
y tax payer he will find that
j have to contribute 80 cents
Fery hundred dollars worth OF
fty he owns towards keeping uE
present state administration.
Ike it plain we will again give
tie FOR other years.
hese piping times OF peace and
erity the property holder will
30 pay to the state 80 cents or
hundred more than he had u
" the same purpose in 1901. Tt
ft the Gooding administration
pst pay 81 cents more on tht
fede in 1907 than be did in 1902
will no doubt willingly pay 3
more this year than they die
p3. To support the GoodinG
Economy administration in 190'
Il cost only forty cents nor,
1T did in 1904. In 1905 Goodine
his administration by increas
be rate only % cents over what
5 the previous year under Nor
or only II cents ON the hun
Jess than 1t is this year. II
there was so much complain
such a roar over the state con
)ng srch an increase that Good
>ook a tumble to himself an'
J dropped down few notches
he result was that the tax rat
yfom - to 90, or a difference o
its in favor OF of the tax payer
this was a little natter OF ;
a less than what the taxes wi
bis year.
)e general state tax will be onl
)ents on the hundred, but thos
have cattle and horses win hav
~ fourteen mills more than tn
on real estate and persons
kerty. II a tax payer owns bot
e, horses and sheep he will hay
krnor Gooding's permission {
50 cents and 5 and oue-fourt
or so close to 90 cents on th
bred that there will not be muc
|out Of the 90 cents with whic
hy the baby a calico dress.
hny OF the readers VIII remembe
when Governor Gooding made
)paign speech in this county las
be was very careful Z call II
entioT OF the voter to bo" ec'
pical his administration had beeI
pointed out that most OF Il
le Offices. had been selt-suppor
and many OF them had paid
knue in the state. IL TINS
B, aud of course the gusern'
Pld not misrepresent a small thif