The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-09-30

The following table shows the
classified assessed value Of the real
property Of the state for this year:
value of land. 1881 ,877, 383
value of improvements. exclu-
sive of structures. 1,451.6
value of structures. 50,124, $40
Total value of land and struc-
thEeS...... 1888 453, 902
value of town and city 1ots...... 161 1855. 532
Value of structures on town and
CITY lois. 159,340. 595
Total value of all real property
as equalized by the county
bodIoS. ..s............... 1908, $50. O29
st. Louis county has the highest
assessed valuation on real property
and the greatest total assessed value,
due to the great value of the iron
mining properties located in that
county, amounting to nearly $780,
e0U,O00. The assessed value of real
property in St. Louis county for
1908 is S210, 1885,, 274. and the assessed
value of personal property is s13,-
OH, l34. making total assessed val
ue S224. 056, 408. The average as
sessed value of land in that county
is S74.73 per acre.
The new county of Mahnomen has
the lowest valuation, S1,351 1888 on
real property and S159, 423 on per-
soDal property, total 81. 511, 256. Of
the purely agricultural counties in
which no large city is located, Nc
Leod county has the highest average,
S23. Is per acre, and Hubbard coun-
ty has the lowest average, $4.O6 per
acre. The average in Redwood
county is S15.64 per acre.
The following table shows the to-
tai number and value of each class
of personal property as returned by
the assessors and equalized by the
county boards for 1908:
ASSESSED
CLASS. NO. VALUE
Horses yr. old 55,955 685, 435
Horses yrs. old 5o,7O6 1.O5o774
Horses yrs. old and over 522.922 1898, 2o5
Stations, fine bred mares
and race horses 2.556 3as. $40
Cattle yr. old 373.645 1,S08.71o
Cattle yrs. old 274.393 2.l61 .s37
Cows 91o,44s 1o,9s9, 81 5
Working oxen 4,379 1850
All other cattle yrs. old
and over 25456 368.O59
Sheep 41Os25 65o,84O
Hogs 475647 1872. 382
Wagons, carriages, etc. 324, $50 4,549, 1913
Automobiles 2,494 I.443. 95e
Street cars Lie, 7s9
Sewing machines 67.S05 / O51 I2C
Watches and clocks 21O.157 S21, 66e
Melodeons and organs S2277 43oso7
Pianos $4,000 4267. 92e
Household goods 1919 331
Office furniture 1o17,314
Farm machinery 4o34S9:
Threshing machines and engines 1,407,O1i
Gold and silver plate and plated
ware 2s9, IA;
Diamonds and jewelry 362,77
Franchises, annuities. royalties
and patent rights 1926:
Steamboats, and sailing vessels 292, 56'
Goods and merchandise of whole
! sale merchants Hill, 80
Goods and merchandise of re-
tail merchants 1901 ,o2
Logs, lumber, lath and shingles
in hands of manufacturers 084,40
Logs. lumber lath and shingles
in hands of retailers 2,356,8 s!
Wheat and -four in hands of
manufacturer 1880
/ Wheat and -four in hands of re-
| tailers 81,1
All other manufacturers ma
terial and manufactured ar
tlcles 5.797, go
Manufacturers tools. ETC., 5,915,95
Moneys of unincorporated banks 76O,55
Credits 692, 10
Moneys other than of banks,
bankers, brokers or stock
jobbers 4,785, PC
Credits other than of banks etc. e.f69,71
Bonds and stocks other than
bank stocks 14,os9,s5
Shares of bank stock 20,02003
Shares of capital stock of COM
panies not of this state 132.4e
Stock and furniture of saloons
and sample rooms l.s5e,9s
Stock and furuiture of billiard
halls and eating houses 1885, Al
Elevators. warehouses, etc. 3,115,G
improvements on lands held
under laws of U. S. 1850.
Dogs 559 81
All other property 3,694,74
Total s1s9.65o. A:
From the above table it will /
noted that the total assessed valn;
ton of live stock is S37, 948,287
20 per cent of the total. The tot
value of goods and merchandis
manufacturers material and mani
featured articles is SAC, ABS, 675, whit
is Is per cent Of the total and mont
and credits of all kinds $49, GOO, 81
or 26 per cent of the total value.