The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-10-06
STATE LEVY IS
LOWER THIS YEAR
AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED WILL
BE GREATER -. WHITMAN
RATIO FIXED AT 45.42.

Olympia, Oct. A levy of 5.43
mills was made in 1910 for state pur-
poses, but the state board of equali-
zatIon has fixed the levy for 1911 at
$50 mills. Notwithstanding that
the levy is lower the amount raised
will be $5,062,167 as against S4.
92O,926 raised in 1910. The levies
made for the different state funds
are as follows: general fund 2.IO
mills, $2,005,764; state school fund
ZOO mills, 1870 ,252; military fund,
20 mills, $3.50, 1926, while the high
way levy is fixed by law at one mill.
The attorney general has ruled that
this levy must be made as the law is
mandatory, although the last legis-
lature failed TO provide for the spend
ing of the highway fund. In Okano-
/ gan, Chehalis, Grant, Kitsap and
Skagit counties the assessed ratio to
actual value was changed from last
year, which means that these coun-
ties will pay less state taxes this wear
than they did last year, but in the
remaining counties the ration is the
same. In Whitman county the ratio
! is 4o.42 per cent on the actual value
| of $50, 5,802,334, which was eQualized
| at S23, 312,6 ,614 by the state board of
! equalization. The value of the steam
roads in Whitman county is fixed at
$13, ,906, the electric lines at ST.
154,043 and the telegraph lines at
! S37, $50, and the grand total for the
| G - y
| board fixed the total assessed valua-
ton for the state at 1856, 5,125,934.
Ounces Are Cured.
Many so-called stupid children or
ounces are merely unable TO apply
themselves because of physical all
ments. This fact has been brought
1 out by number of operations at the
| Medical Lake Insane Asylum, in this
state. The Board of Control has en-
| plOyed an expert surgeon, who has
applied the knife so skillfully on II
children during the past year, as to
make them normal. Most of them
were afflicted with throat and nose
| troubles.
This a Strawberry CouNtry.
| Washington produced $50 carloads
! of strawberries this year, having a
| value of nearly a million dollars.
| State Fruit missioner Huntleys
! figures show that King County is the
center Of the strawberry industry,
| having 1877, ,451 crates TO its credit.
| Spokane county comes next and
| Pierce County was third. large
part of the straw berry crop was sold
outside the state.
| School Money Brings Interest.
Coupons clipped from bonds held
| by the permanent school funds OF the
state during the month of October
will bring in to the state treasury the
sum of $25,715 in interest. This
means that during the month this
school money will bring in more than
| 81 900 a day for the support Of the
schools. This money formerly re
mained idle in the bank without
| drawing any interest.
Eyes on Washington.
George A. Lee of the Industrial In
surance Commission has returned to
| Olympia from Chicago where he at
! tended a meeting of those interested
| in labor problems. He says that all
| the states are watching the working
of the industrial insurance commits
sion law in this state and that Wash
| ington is regarded as the most pro-
gressive of the states, while not in
| clined to freak legislation.
Railroads Pay More.
AS the result of the 1911 board of
| equalization proceedings the rail-
roads will have to pay more taxes
than ever before, according TO an an
nouncement made by railroad o1lc-
ials. The railroads will have TO pay
about $500 in taxes where general
property pays but one dollar, as
through the public service commits
sion and the tax commission the val
uation of railroad property has been
increased about thirty per cent while
the valuation of general property has
advanced less than five per cent.
Endorse Legislature.
While in session in Olympia the
county superintendentS OF the state
highly commended H. B. Dewey,
state superintendent of public IN
struction, and they also endorsed the
legislature for it's action IN submit
ting the constitutional amendment
for the abolishing of the two term re-
striction on county officers with the
exception of treasurers. 1t was decid-
ed to hold the next convention al
Spokane.