The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-08-06
WHAT THE ASSESSOR DID
When He Rounded Up the
Property Owners of
the County.
STEADY AND HEAL THY INCREASE
A Work Well Performed by an
Efficient Official and Able
Field Assistants.

Through the kindness and courtes5
of the assessors office, where the work |
of listing and assessing the property of
the county and closing up the books |
has but recently completed to be ready |
for inspection and use by the county |
commissioners, who commenced sitting
as IA board of equalization Monday, this |
paper is permitted to give below the
results of the laborS of the asseSsor-in- |
chief and his efficient corps of field and |
Office deputies. The showing is very
fattering in the evidence of steady in
crease of values in the county, owing |
to the growth of population, improve
ments going on everywhere, and the
natural increase of land values. 1t is
only fair and just to "a capable and
worthy official to give proper credit
where credit is properly due. Inc. d.
kloppenburg the county was fortunate
in securing an assessor keenly alive to
the requirements expected OF man in
the position, with the intelligence to
think out and apply improved methods
in the manner of listing property. He
has gone out of the old rut and applied
new ideas to the betterment of the ser
vice, and has laid the foundation for
future procedure that will not. only be
Il saving to the county in a simplilica
ton of the work, but provides for the
listing of all property subject to taxa
ton in the most methodical and easiest
manner. Mr.. kloppenburg is "A worker
himself, having given his persOal at
tention to every detail in the compli-
Gated system that is part of the field
and Office procedure. Besides he was
careful in his selection of deputies. and
exacting in demand for thoroughness.
Nothing has been slurred over, nor has
indifferent or slipshod work been per-
mitted at any stage of the proceedings
from start to finish. He and his as
Sistants worked on the principle OF
fairness to all, favorilism to none, and
the rolls are more complete and the
assessment more uniform than ever be
fore. The figures as given are worth
investigation, and Indicate that Okla
hogan is making steady progress in
individual wealth. The following are
the totals from the assessment books
Land-Nunber Of acres 297, 2SS, 50
number of acres fenced, l05, ,9S3.5l
number of acres improved, II, ,l8S.59
value of improved acres, 1860, j9S
number of acres unimproved, 226, l00.2S
value Of unimproved acreage, Sb72
l55 :; value of each lot, block or tract
of land assessed, 81, ,5ll ,5j3; value of
improvements ON each lot, block or
tract of land S262, l56 aggregate AS
sessed valuation of each lot, block or
tract of land with improvements, 81,
SO3, 100.
Mines-Number of acres, 5,764.50:
number of acres unimpr0ved, ., 164.50;
value of unimproved acreage, $65, 405
value of each lot, block or tract OF land
assessed, $50, 405 ; value of improve
ments On each lot, block or tract Of
land, 89,045; aggregate assessed valu-
alton of each lot, block or tract of land
with improvements, T74, 100.
Grand total-Number of acres. 303,
053. 81 : number of acres fenced, l05.
9S3,57; number of acres improved, H.
lSS. 80: value of improved acres $S69,-
39S number of acres unimproved, 23l,
S64. IS; value of unimproved acreage,
S737, $50: value Of each lot, block or
tract of land assessed. 81 sos, 9jS value
of improvements on each lot, block or
troct of land. 827l,20l aggregate as
sessed valuation of each lot, block or
tract of land with Improvements, ST.
SIS, ,159.
Towns and plated acreage value of
each lot, block or tract of land assess
ed, SIP, 492 value of improvements, on
each lot. block or tract of land, $50
! loo aggregate assessed valuation of
each lot, block or tract of land with
! improvements, T402, ,941.
Total-Value of each lot, block or
tract of land assessed. sits. 400 value
of Improvements on each lot, block or
tract OF land. Sj0l, ,6j6 aggregate as
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