The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-29
FARM VALUATIONS
MUST Be BOOSTED
Council Orders Increase In twenty
Four Counties
POLK is RAISED THE HIGHEST
Railroad Valuations Unchanged-state
Levy This Year Is Placed at 3.4
Mills, a Reduction from
Last Year.

sessed valuations are left practically
unchanged, interurbans are boosted In
several instances, and farm land valu-
atoms are ordered increased from l
to per cent In twenty-four counties
by the state executive council, which
yesterday completed its work OF as
sessment and equalization, and an
nounced that the tax levy for state
purposes this year will be ga mills on
the dollar, reduction of one-tenth OF
a mill from last year.
Polk county is one Of four counties
in which an increase of 5 per cent ov-
Ell the farm land valuations reported
by the county auditor is ordered by
the council. This is the largest in
crease ordered for any county, the
others being from to per cent, all
In counties where the assessed yalua'
ton was found to be less than so per
cent of the actual sales values.
Where Increases Are Ordered.
Counties In which an increase or
farm land valuations is ordered fol-
low:
Five per cent--Polk, Plymouth, How
ard and Wapello.
Four per cent-Dallas.
Three per cept-Fremont, Monona,
and Palo Alto,
Two per cent-Adams, Butler, Cal
houn, Cass, Chickasaw. Clinton, Floyd,
Lucas Lyon O'Brien, Union, Winneba-
go.
One per cent--Clay, Kossuth, Madi.
son, Marion.
For one county, Johnson, farm lands
valuations are ordered reduced 3 per
cent from the figures reported by the
county auditor
Assessed valuations in all other
counties were equalized by accepting
the values returned by the county tudi-
tors without change. IN all counties
the valuations of personal property
and town lots were accepted without
change.
Railroads and interurbans.
Assessed valuations per mile were
fixed at the same figures as last year
for practically all Iowa railroads, in
GLIDING the Northwestern, Milwaukee,
Illinois Central, Rock Island, Wabash,
and Great Western. WHAT few
changes were made in railroad as
sessments are insignificant and affect
only a few miles of track. p.
Four interurban roads were valued
at a higher figure than last year, as
follows: Fort Dodge, Des Moines &
Southern, increase per mile from
$4,000 to $2,050; Mason City & Clear
Lake, from 81, 900 to $500: Oskaloosa
& Buxton, from $1,000 to $1,000; Wat
erloo Cedar Falls and Northern, from
$4,000 to $4,000 per mile.
The new Abba lnterurban was valu-
ed for assessment purposes at $4,000
per mile. 3.
Express and Telephones. .+
Assessed valuations of express CON-
panies were fixed at the same figure
as those of last year with one excep-
ton, the Pacific Express company, the
assessed valuation of which was in
creased from s25 to $50 per mile.
Telephone property valuations have
not yet been worked out because not
all of the 1000 Independent mutual
companies In the state have reported.
The figures used by the council in ar
irving at the tota assessed valuation
of all property are estimated for tele-
phone property.
Total Valuations.
The council made public the follow
ing table of assessed valuations show
inc bnu, tho law waS datar-ninad I'M