The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01
Nearly Every Other County in
the State will Pay More
Taxes, Their Valuations
Being Raised
KtWEfNAW, 0NTONAGON MORE
Valuations of Both Of These Coun-
ties Boosted-Finlay's Report Re-
sults in Lower Valuation
for Houghton.

Lansing, Mich, Sept. 1.-Apparent-
ly the poverty pleas OF the various
counties whose representatives ap-
peared before the state board of euual-
izatlon last week. had but little effect
on that body as the equalized vaIue
or the whole state has been tilted from
$1,734. 100000 to 1920, 900. 900, an in
crease OF $685., 900 since the last
meeting of the board i'm 1906 However
this increase is $673.553, ,S22 less than
the value placed on the state by the
tax commission i'm its report filed with
the board last week.
II was the contention OF practically
every county representative that the
board OF equalzers should not follow
the dictates OF the tax commission I'm
this regard as IL was the unanimous
opinion of every one interested I'm tax
alton matters that the tax commission
had gone slightly beyond the limit.
Nearly All Pay More Taxes.
The reduction by the board of equal
ization of the values as placed by the
tax commission is no surprise To those
who have followed closely the pro-
ceedings or the last two weeks with
very few exceptions all of the counties
will have to pay more state taxes dur
ing the next three years than they
have during the last five.
In 1906 the state board of equaliza-
tion placed valuation of 1856 OO0. 900
on Wayne county but the total has
Il.
year, an addition of s144.OOO,000 I'M
its returns To. the auditor general the
board of supervisors placed the valua-
tion Of Wayne county $4GS. ,399. butt
after reviewing the report of tne)
Wayne county board the state tax
commission tilted the amount to $685.
913.145. Therefore the present equal
ization of the richest county I'm thel
state is $31, ,440.611 more than the SUI
pervisors prayed for and $195,913.145l
less than the valuation of the state
tax commission.
The valuation OF Kent county was
increased from $110.000.000 the equali-
zation of 1906. to $4,000. 900. showing
that the property of that county 10
WOrtn CREAM So0,uOV'VOV' hioic 'h"N
five years ago.
Believe Expert Finlsy.
Evidently the report OF James f.
F'inlay. the mining expert who ap-
praised the mineral wealth of the
state and delivered his findings to the
state tax commission, was not without
it's effect on the counties of the upper
t.tf % hol
copper mines as shown I'm the report
Of Engineer F'inlay and the statistics
produced by the representatives from
that section of the state at the near
ings held last week. caused the board
of equalization to reduce Houghton
county from st4O.OOO.OOO. the amount
fixed by the board on 1906. 20 an even
s1O0.0OO.O0O. The report OF Finiay al
so evidently figured in the boost given
Iron county, as tnat county was in
creased from s6.5OOO0O To s21.OOO,OOo.t
Keweenaw was advanced from $7,5OO.-
600 to $4,000. 900. Marquette was tilt
ed from s3O.5O0.O0O to s5i.0oO.OOO.I
while Ontonagon was boosted from
S5. 900. 900 TO siOOOO.OOO. just double
ut the meeting held in this city hvel
years ago.
IL will doubtless afford the railroad
corporations, who employed private
tax commission To appraise the vaiuc
OF the agricultural counties I'm the
state, great pleasure when II becomes
known that every county In the lower
peninsula. with the exception of Bay.
has been substantially Increased.
Pleasing to Railroads.
The railroads have always contehd-
ed that the state tax commission mas
not valued the agricultural counties at
tneir true worth. but the state poaru
OF equalization has not displayed any
partiallty. Among the counties In the
lower peninsular. particularly those
noted for their agricultural products
and their fertile farm lands, the ioi-
lowing increases are noted over the
couaIIzation of 1906. Allegan s1,1Oo'-
900, Barry s4.5OOOOo. Berrien slS'5oo'-
600, Branch si.s00.000, Calhoun Vs.
900, Cass s3.O00.0O0, Clare S5OO'ooo'
Clinton s2.5OO.000. Eaton s3''oO'ooo'I
Genesee $1,000, 900, Gratiot s4,9Oo'Ooo'l
HiIls,iale $4,000, 900. Ingham s16,2Oo.-
900. IonIa s41oo, 900, Jackson ss,oOo,ooo
Kalamazoo s17,O0O.OOO, Lapeer sSoV'-
600. Lenawee s7.sOO,OOO. Livingston
81 900. 900. Monroe s6,50O.OOO MONT
calm $4,000. 900. Oakland sS,5oO'OOO'
Saginaw s11. 100000, Shiawassee SS'-
100000, st. Joseph s6,OOo.0Oo' Tuscoia
s2,5oO. 900, Van Buren slo'Soo'ooo'
washtenaw s7.500,O0O.
Although the equalization as nNeu
by the state board is final ana mus'
stand for the next three years II