The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-31
VALUATION
RAISE IS
PROTESTED
Equal to COnfISCaiIOn Of
Peoples Property" Wires
Mayor Of MCAIGSt0r
Special to naIl Leader


McAlester, OKLA lnly 3i-The ac.
on OF the state board Of equalization
lin raising the assessed valuation Of
4 lama 40 per cent, of town lots 80 per-
cent and merchandise stock so per
lceRt has stirred the people OF Pitts.
4 burg county into righteous indigna-
Ition "A vigorous protest against the
I proposed Increase in the assessment
Win be made. Mayor Pete Hanraty
lsent the following telegrs to Gov
len0f Cruce about the matter Satur
Iday afternoons
I am reliably informed that the
lstute equalization board has raised
the assessed valuation OF taxable
property Of tie city 80 per cent above
thar made BY the city commissioners
On behalf OF the people OF McAlester,
protest against the action OF the
state equalization board insofar as it
applies to this city, as it is unjust,
unwawanted and is equal to conhsca-
ton OF the peoples property
Work Of the state poard OF equal-
zation upon values OF various coun
Ties was completed save in the in-
stanee OF Oklahoma county, the re
turn OF which has not been received
All classes Of property not hereto
fore covered except mercantile stocks
and assessment OF banks were accept
ed at the figures returned because
the board realized there was no 9th
er basis upon which 10 act In the
case OF banks a resolution adopted
provides they shall be assessed at 100
per cent Of The capital stock, surplus
and undivided profits, less real es
tate as Of March |, irrespective Of
what they have been returned Values
Of mercantile stocks were fixed on
The percentage basis Lincoln county
was increased l25 per cent over the
returns and Logan county 100 per
cent Mayes $50 per cent, Seminole
S0 per cent, Comanehe and Tulsa 50
per cent, and the following counties
Che following per cent Increases:
Alfalfa, Pottawatomie Canadian,
Cherokee Coal, Greer, kingfsher Lo
gan, Muskogee, sequoyah, Wagner
and Washita, 100 per cent.
Kay, Tlllman, Kiowa swanson,
Payne ana Woods 75 per cent
Carter, Grady, Grant. Harper, MAJ.
jor Haskell. Latimer Mcintosh. Me-
Curtain, Murray, Nowata Rogers
Stephens and washington 25 per
cent
Adair. ..toka. Beaver, Beckham,
Blaine. Bryan, Caddo, Choctaw, Ok
luskee Okmugee, Usage Pontotoc,
Noble, Cimarron Cleveland, Creek,
Custer, Delaware, Dewey, Ellis, Car
vim, ottawa, Pawnee Pittsburg, Gar
field, Harmon Hughes Jackson, lie
Fiore, Love, McClain, Marshall, Roger
Mills and Woodward so per cent.
The board viii met again Tuesday
to consider Oklahoma county's re-
turn and at the session Wednesday
viii hear pipe line companies as we'll
MS representatives OF express com
panies further.
1t will then be determined when
the state levy is TO be fixed but there !
Is ne way &c this time TO approx /
mate the figure, since the total values |
are not known. 1t is roughly estimat- |
ed that values this year have been
advanced a little better than S3 l-5
per cent, which would bring the total |
i'm the neighborhood OF one billion ana /
four hundred thousand dollars. Mem /
hers OF the board desire, III possible /
to pay the outstanding warrant I'M /
debit 1ness. as we'll as gather rev
enue for the general government Tor I
the year SO the state may start tAe /
next year with clean balance sheet
A statement of the expenses ana
debts yet TO be paid viii be present
ed 10 the board next week