Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-18
ASSESSORS MEET
THE LUMBERMEN
lively Time Over Taxation of Tim
ber---ShOshOne Method

8ly and at times exciting meeting
held in the county assessors Of
yesterday afternoon and evening
rhich the county assessors of Sho-
pc, Kootenai and Bonner counties
representatives of the timber
panies having interests in these
tiles were in attendance. The
bermen had come to plead for
lket assessment in the three coun-
along the same line that has
pursued in the past. They
ed also to have some sort of an
cement reached by the assessors
Inc three counties. They made
r plea and took leading part in
debates, that grew warm, and
then informed by l.. A. Smith
the assessment for Shoshone
hty will be based on the report of
Imber cruiser, which in effect
ms that timber companies will
Shoshone county this year more
double the taxes they have ever
before.
Assessors Will Not Agree.
furthermore there will be no
cement between the three asses
Assessor F. H. Luce of Bon
county and Assessor C. A. Bailor
Lootenai county will act independ-
y, but from the stand they took
erday it is safe to say the timber
panies will find their assessments
hese two counties materially in
sed. However, as these two
nties have not had their timber
Is cruised, they will be forced to
blanket assessments, but as in
tenai county it is now 81 an acre
Bonner county's tax is $3.50 an
it is hardly prediction to say
will be succeeded by larger
unts.
s for Shoshone county's blanket
ssment of SIS an acre, that is a
of the past, if the county board
equalization upholds Assessor
tn, and to the county commission
who composed this board. Sho-
be county has just gone to the
ense of having all the timber land
he county cruised and 1t is not
Fable that after obtaining these
res the county commissioners will
ard them and retain the old blan-
assessment.
Timbermen Ask No Reduction.
he timbermen did not ask for any
ction. They were satisfied with
S. an acre plan. But they had a
tai dread of any assessment based
each thousand feet of timber, OF
each tie or telephone pole,
N the timbermen finally asked
4ssor Smith of Shoshone county
his assessment would be, he
ed 40 cents a thousand for mixed
per, $1.4O a thousand for white
21s cents for ties and 10 cents
telephone, with land values rang
from 25 cents to $3.50 an acre
riding to the character and loca
This information came to thu
'ermen like bomb and it was
severe shock because it is con
d that the assessors of Bonnie
Kootenai counties will base thei
ssments largely upon averages II
county, the timber in the thre'
ties being of a like character.
be temper of the timbermen ma,
judged from the question aske'
w. Laird. representing the Pot
Lumber company, during tn
tie:
How many members of the stat
d of equalization can we ele'
the northern part of the stat
year? Can we elect three?" tn
ermen who attended the confei
were o. C. Rice of the Charlie
NTH Lumber company. ]. P. Nj
rick of the McGoldriek Lumb'
pany, F. ]. Davies of the EdwaT
edge Timber company, T.
bird of the Humbird Lumb'
any. c. NJ. Gregg Of the Villa
er Lumber company, C. H. Fal
of the Milwaukee Land compaI
pr the Flewellyn Lumber cor
II. d. Tollerton Of the STAG
Lumber company and A. '
OF the POtiatch Lumber col