Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-13
WHITMAN COUNTY is RICH
Assessor and Auditor Have Issued
reports Showing Riches of
The Citizens

and Auditor Duncan, of Whitman
county have just been issued and
these show the wealth and prosperity
OF the property owners of Whitman
county. Assessor English has rails
ed the assessment in many instances.
the principal increases being in the
the farming districts and upon
farm live stock.
The assessment is much higher
than that of 1908, the principal in
crease being in the farming districts
due chiefly to the higher valuation
placed on live stock. The list con
tains 2S,434 head of horses, valued
at $l,139,SS0, as against 27,158 at
$S90,225 last year; 127 stations, at
$45,375, as against 1873 at S41,395:
1881 mules and asses at $1,000.
as against 744 at $25,075; 22,559
cattle of all ages at $316,910, as
against 24,651 at $329,195; 222 bulls
for breeding purposes at $3.50, as
against 23S at 1925; 23,577 sheep
and goats at $53,180, as against
1906 at $34,13O; 905 bucks for
breeding at $453O, as against IS at
$435; 14,244 hogs at $71,925 as
against 20,724 at $64,445, and poul-
try at $27,480, as against none in
1908.
There are 1886 wagons. draws and
sleighs, at $12,275; 2644 carriages,
cabs, hacks and cutters, at $63,365:
81 bicycles at $500; SO AUTOMOBILE
es, at $12,795, as against 10 last
year, at $3.50; 1741 watches, at $21,
4O5; 1853 organs at $15,815; 923
pianos, at $99,560, as against 814
last year, at SCI, 045, and 1851 sew
ing machines, at $37,68O, as against
2779 last year at $21,940.
Household furniture is listed at
$317,320, as against $309,455 last
year; libraries at $19,970, as against
$16,400 last year; jewelry, fire arms
and clothing, at $1,000, as against
! $1O,295 last year; agricultural i'm
! PAS liSAAbS, IlfAShlutlyy ucll lteSS, eIC.r
at $2S0,570, as against $2O5,IS5;
threshing machines, engines, etc, at
$113,655, as against $121,33O; lum-
Der, at $50, lis, as against $64,S35;
goods and merchandise, at $639,15O,
as against $632,615; stocks, moneys
and credits of banks, at $649, 400
! Including new banks and increased
capital in some of the ODD, as
against $442,S10; warehouses on
railroad land, $4,000, as against
500, 100; improvements on govern
ment lands, $50, as against $24,
250, and telephone and electric light
lines, at $104,535, as against $685.
COS.
The total personal property list
ed is valued at $4,70O,4S5, less ex-
emptions of $1,225,11O, leaving the
taxable personal property at 49,
445,375, as against a total last year
of $3,S30,S05, with exemptions of
$1,160,290 and taxable property of
$3,S32,005, an increase of $774,800.
Town lots and improvements are
valued at $2,504, 995, as against ST.
318,275, and farm lands and i'm
provements at $13,270,S83, as
against $12,950.375. The list shows
1,227,312 acres of decided land in
the county, according to the rolls,
of which 1,179,417 acres are fenced
and 943,2O6 acres under cultivation.
The total of both personal and real
property, not including railroad prop
erty, is $19,231,203, as against $751;
100000 last year.
County Auditor Duncan's report
deals with the wealth, Indebtedness
and expense of operating the county
and is filled with matters of interest
to every tax payers. These reports
are published in pamphlet form for
free distribution to those who APP
ply for them.
The report shows that for 1905
there was $18,285,4S9 taxable prop
erty in the county, outside incorpor-
ated towns, and $3,496,863 inside
municipal corporations. On this
there was collected in school taxes
$55,S17, of which, added to the coun-
! ty tax of $187,1S9, and the state
tax of $139,53S, made a grand total
of the years tax of $5S9,017 1t
also shows that there has been col
lected from various sources and dis
bursed, $1,O48,6S7, and that there
was on hand $162,72O.
The resources and liabilities of
the county follow: Cash in treasury,
IS162,720; tax uncollected, S149,-
409; poor farm, $12,700; stock and
implements, $500; court house and
grounds. $4,000; county bridges,
$150,0OO; total, S63O,329. Labili-
ties-Due state, $9917; due schools,