American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-04
DATA ON POWER
COUNTY BILL
Comparison Of Taxes in New
and Old and County.
Under Present System This por-
ton of County Pays Far More
For Roads and Schools
Than it Receives.


Power county hin far fha crea-
rion af which il harore tba iaaisla-
mo i tba rbiaf of intares. in 4his
locality at the pres lit time. The
line begins in tie center Of snake
river. at the junction oil Bannock
Bingham and oneida counties. fol
lowing the Oneida county line TO
the crest Of the divide between the
Salt Lake ana Snake river valley
to the south line Of township L.
soulb. thence wes5 to the soutAe
corner Of range 29 Six miles into
Cassia county thencs north twelve
miles, thence ives. four miles. thence
north to the cen ter Of Snake river.
thence vest to the intersection oil
the line dividing and Lincoln
counties. thence along said line ID
the northeast corner Gf Lii DIN
county thence oast 10 the Biacham
county line thence sguth alDHa said
line Ia tine soufb line III township
) south. thence east to The Snake
river thence down Snete river Jo
Doint Of beginning. These lines
substqnifaUv the same as were in
.el~6ed 81 7fa bfl fwo 1sars al3
IittIa more Of Cass!a and liIlte
less of Bingham are included nos
tban +ban hn+ the lire in Oneida an
RIaina remains the same as two yeau
ooo
Tho rol,,o+i,, stov-, A.. +ba as-
s,sernent roIis i SI2Tq The
ao+1,al ,ra1,,e+fo,, bn,,a,,a, is ahn9
eosooo o0n 80 IN ,o,f}1,- haro,,a
srroo+o,, pronar+,. -.hiol ,,.as assaes-
"a - ,,aa,.I,f e5oo ana ~ pinobarn
ot, a. ,a,7.g ~, 80 ass7esad
80 - i,- e91 o"o ~ +be
rsss1 60, e''t t, az H'' osr+ da,ision de-
ale5 - Go, l@,d ao,,Id MT
hn oesossad - e4N,.s ayan
.', pe 50 - 70 lpe ,,raor
g. na-or, +ba+ 40 cfata bad
~ oi,,aa ,l,+an+ fra,,, 10 oova,,n-
men+ and naesad natent ONO the
settlers. Patents are now in process
of issuing and the Carey lands will
he on the assessment roll OF 1911.
The Hartman system has de-
cided TO double track its line from
Pocatello west. and active work i'll
double tracking will begin as soon
as snring opens. Work on new
bridge across Snake river, TO ac-
commodate the double track, has
Within the boundries of the pro
posed new county 300,S00 acres OF
and have been filed on during the
past three and one-half years. About
10000 acres of this land has been
patented since the last assessment
roll was made. and will adds 90 ,oUU
at a valuation OF $3.50 per acre.
Landing precinct is assessed at
$9,SO5. BY reason of settlement and
Improvement the valuation should
approximate $50, ,000the present year
All parts of the proposed new county
are rapidly developing and may
reasonably be expected TO double
in few years. so that the following
is a fair statement of what the near
future holds.
Present valuation s1.S19.65
Add at conservative
estimate for increase in
two townships in Bin
ham county 10000
Add 10000 acres of new
land ar s25O 10000
Add increase in rail road
valuation at conserva-
tive figures. 0.000
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Total. ..s2,169.6 $50
~ ou NOT roach This
.1o,a I'm s,rnass II The
nsule, ou,i raasad d,ring tba
saiua.ion " nss ab,,t seoo o00 in
pas emo ;i,,sod 800 - +he county NOT
eei i.ol ~ ~ ia,a of v.lna4ion
wins 'aiiuihs 'a'e DirI,n ina1,1ded
III Tue pait % Us 80 +ha+ Iands
" ox.an,,,t until
were ueciueu 70 oe 49, oe -
patenI ISSUES, al es',-l',s lr1,,.,.o - -
oo0,ouo LOT - - nae, oon@e- =, ;,,' va1n-