The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-15
ESTIMATED COST
ORGANIZATION
EXPERTS WILL NOT STAY SO LONG
ON SECOND VISIT. -..OTHER
STATE CAPITOL NOTES.

Olympia, Sept. 13.-An aggre-
gate Of SIPS is required TO cover
the cost of exporting the accounts of
the sixteen incorporated municipali-
ties in Whitman county, and another
$500 TO cover the cost of checking
the records of the county itself, ac-
cording 10 figures taken from esti-
mates in this respect applying to all
cities, towns and counties in the
state compiled by the state bureau
of inspection for use by the various
taxing bodies in the preparation of
their respective budgets. On account
of its size Colfax leads all the other
cities in the county in point of ex-
pense, the figures for it being placed
at $500. For the other municipal
tiles the figures run as follows: AL
bion $50, Cotton $50, Elberton $50,
Endicott 500, Pennington 500,
Garfield $50, Lamont $25, Maiden
$50, Oakesdale $50, Palouse $500,
Pullman 5000, Rosalia $50, St. John
500, Tekoa $50, and Uniontown
800. The cost of exporting the af-
fairs in all the counties in the state
is estimated at an aggregate of $780,
600 while for the cities and towns
the estimates total some 100000.
The cost for Seattle alone is placed
at $4,000 and for King county alone
at $4,000. The minimum for coun-
ties is $500 and for municipalities
$25.
The above estimate Of $500 for
checking the records of Whitman
county is for the second examina-
tion, which will be made sometime
within the next two years. EXami-
ners are al present at work on the
county books for the first time and
the expense of this visit by the rep
resentatives of the state bureau of
inspection will probably be between
$1200 and $500. Whitman is the
last county in the state to have its
accounts exported for the first time.
Other counties farther up on the list
will soon be in for a second examin-
alton.
County Valuations.
From the returns of the Whitman
county board of equalization the
state tax commission gives out fig
ureS showing the assessed valuation
of property in that county for 1911
as follows: rural property s20,S16,-
1872; city and town property $3,425,-
695; total real estate s24,242,047.
Personal property $5,183,254.
Quarter Million School Children.
Children of school age in this
state number 276, 6,244, according to
census returns received in the office
of the superintendent Of public in
over 1910. Spokane county shows
an increase of 2,397, which is the
largest increase of any one county.
Yakima county is second, with a
gain of 1105. Whatcom county
shows a decrease of 553, while King
county gained one child.
Assessed Valuation Increases 3 per
cent.
The assessed value of all property
in the state for 1911, according to
the figures just issued by Secretary
J. r. KoOre of the state tax com
mission, will be $950,000, geo, as
against S906, 100000 in 1910. Real
property as equalized by the various
county boards is $692, 2,S3S.00G and
the personal property $119, 1871 900,
while the street car companies, tele-
graph lines and steam railroads
whose valuations are to be fixed by
the state board will probably reach
$137 100000. There is an increase
of about 3 per cent over last year.
Women TO Have Leading Place.
Inasmuch as women suffrage is
now in force in Washington, Govern
or NJ. f. Hay has requested that the
committees in charge of arrange
ments for the receptions to be ten
dered President Taft during his visit
in this state see to it that the new
voters are accorded places of honor.
In Olympia not only are the women
to be consulted with reference to ar
rangements, but they will also have
representation upon the reception
committee and upon the platform
from which the President will speak.
To Cut Rates.
1t is anticipated that cut vary
ing from 90 TO % per cent will be
made at points from fifty miles out
when the public service commission
puts in force the new distributive
rates. The commission states that
the only question to be considered
will be the reasonableness of the
rates, all quarrels between jobbing
cenJers will be disregarded. The
hearings have of course been held,
and it only remains for the commits
sion to complete its adjudication.