The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-12-29
NEARLY $1,000
FOR EACH OF Us
TAX COMMISSION SECRETARY
GETS INTERESTING FIGURES
ON VALUATIONS.

Olympia, Dec. 27.-In the State
of Washington there is enough prop
erty if equally divided to give each
man, woman or child S1,757.70 fig
uring on the actual valuation of the
property, or $71153 based on, the
assessed value, according to figures
which have been compiled by the
secretary of the state tax commits
sion, E. j. KoOrs, the figures being
based on a population of 1,141, $50
as given by the last census returns
and on the last tax returns which
place the assessed value of the prop
erty of the state at 1912, 1922,
while the actual value is fixed at
$2,393, 0,074. The average per
capita on the actual value of the
property in Clallan county is $3,-
359.42 and on assessed valuation it
is $1,314.21, which are the highest
per capitas shown in any county. In
Island county the average per capita
on actual value Of property is
$725.38 while on the assessed value
the per capita is $314.73, and this is
the smallest amount which would be
received by the residents of any
county. In Whitman county where
the population is given as 33,280
and the actual value of the property
is placed at $S9,641,944 and the as
sessed value at $28,197,641, the
average amount which each person
in the county would be entitled to if
the property were divided equally
would be $S47.28 based on assessed
valuation and s1,676.75 based on
actual value.
Cannot Give Away Booze.
The distribution of intoxicating
liquor free of charge in a dry
town is not lawful according to a re-
cent decision of the supreme court,
in case which came up from Fern
dale, where man stood on the
street corner and gave away liquor,
and the claim was made that he had
right to so do. The supreme court
says that communities under the To-
cal option law have authority to reg
ulate the use as we'll as the sale of in
toxicants, except where used in pri-
vate homes or apartments.
Short Time Desertion.
That less than full years deser-
ton entities a wife to obtain a di-
vorce, is the rule laid down by the
supreme court in recent case,
where the court holds that it is not
necessary for wife to support her
self a full year in order to convince
the courts that she is not being sup
ported by her husband.
North Gets Better Rates.
A substantial reduction in the
rates on the Spokane Falls and
Northern line will be made as the
public service commission has ord
cred that the Great Northern main
line tariffs apply on this division.
The rates into Spokane from Stew
ems, Pend Oreille, Okanogan and
Ferry counties will not only be low
cred but the residents of these coun-
ties win not be restricted to the mar
kets of Spokane alone but may OBJ
tain the same rates to adjoining
towns.
Trades Highway for Railroad.
An agreement has been made be-
tween the state and the Great North
ern railroad for the exchange of
State Road No. 10 for new road to
be built by the railroad to replace
the state road which is in a bad
condition. The present state road
runs from Wenatchee to Pateros & md
will be used as the line of new rail-
road to be constructed by the Great
Northern, so that in addition to a
better state road the residents of the
Okanogan and Columbia Valleys will
have a railroad. The company has
agreed to start work on the railroad
within six months.