The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-11-04
WHITMAN COUNTYS
FINANCIAL SHOWING
Good Recommendation by In
SuranCe Com. SChiVeIy.
Whitman One of Few Counties That
Kept Cost of Collecting Taxes
Below 81 for Every 500 Collect
ed--$745 ,6e2 Collected in Taxes.

Olympia, Nov. 2.-Whitman county
paid $37, ,906 into the state highway
fund during the past two years. as is set
forth in the report of State Treasurer
John G. Lewis for the biennial period
ended September 80, 1910. In addition
to this Whitman county paid $11.142
into the state military fund, along with
$1O,S64 into the current school fund.
Whitman county during that time also
had to meet $3792 in interest on bonds
held by the state. Bonds held by the
agricultural college current fund cost
Whitman county $1675 in interest, while
the taxpayers of Whitman county like.
wise paid $1955 interest into the scien.
tifc school current fund, which also has
some Whitman county bonds.
Good Showing for This County.
One OF the few counties that kept the
cost OF collecting it's taxes below one
dollar for every one hundred dollars COL
lected was Whitman county, where it
cost only 80 3 cents to collect each one
hundred dollars of taxes, according to
the report OF the state bureau OF inspec-
ton. The report shows that last year
$745, ,662 was collected in taxes in Whit
man county. 10 Island county it cost
So % to collect each one hundred dol
lars IN taxes, but a comparison is hardly
fair, for the reason that the treaaurers Of
all the counties had to meet certain fixed
expenses, while in many instances less
than 100000 q year is collected in
taxes.
Bringing with him the largest OF the
three deer bagged by the party Governor
M. E. Hay has returned from hunting
trip into Kitsap county. He was ac-
companied by G W. Clausen, state aud
itOr, j. e. Frost OF the state tax COM
mission, and Mr.. Clausen's young nephew.
The nephew secured the two other deer.
a Good Recommendation.
The recommendation has been made
by State Insurance COMMISSIONER J. n.
SchiVeIy that the present insurance com
mission laws be amended to allow only
stock companies, with fully paid up
capital stock OF 100000, to transact a
live stock insurance business in the state
OF Washington. The fact that every
one of the seven mutual live stock in.
surance companies heretofore organized
in this state has become defunct has
actuated this recommendation.
Exclusive OF railroads, real property
in the state of Washington bears an as
sessed valuation for 1910 OF $692,766,-
995. according to statistics prepared by
the state tax commission. In 1905 the
assessed valuation was only $244, ,O89,-
$40. In 1891 it was $266, 1867, ,742, but
fell much lower for every year up to 1906.
Ethical Legislation Asked For.
Considered from an ethical standpoint.
and especially in view of the fact that the
insurance companies pay the state $780,
900 ID special taxes, that it is not proper
that they should pay for state examin.
ations of their financial condition, the
state insurance commissioner has recon-
mended to Governor NJ. E Hay that
$4,000 be appropriated from the state
general fund to cover the cost OF such
examinations in the ensuing two years,
The suggestion has met the approval OF
Governor Hay, and will be by him passed
on to the commission appointed to pre-
pare new set OF insurance laws for sub.
mission to the next legislature.
Anent Good Roads.
Every delegate at the WaIa Walla
State Good Roads Association to com
mence November 30, will be invit ed to
participate in the general conference con-
cerning questions arising at the conven-
ton, according to the announcement OF
President j. c. Lawrence OF the associa-
ton. He hopes to arrange for one regular
speaker from each county to deliver q
more lengthy address.
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