The Dickinson press., 1912-06-29
CITY BOARD
ADJ0uRNS
Work of Equalization Is Finished.
Put Big Price on Young
Lands. Few Reductions
Made Saturday.

The equalization board had very
busy evening Saturday night at the
city hall. The merchants did not quite
like the idea Of having the final session
Saturday evening which is their busy
time.
There were several communications
on the city auditors desk which were
read at the opening of the session.
The Marshall Oil Co. managers thought
the raise from $500 to $1,000 was too
great but the board passed the matter.
T. j. Greene asked to have the assess
ment of 5000 on his store building cut
and the board reduced same to $500,
but the stock was left at $1,000. Mr..
Greene compared his building with the
bakery store east of him which is in at
$500.
Geo. A. Rapp asked to have his
assessment of $500 on his house on
Marguerite boulevard reduced, but some
one thought his rental justified the
assessment and the board passed the
request. The Empire Real Estate &
Mtg. Co. protested against an advance
from 81, 200 to $1,000 on section 4.
but the board did not grant any reduc-
tion. This places the land on the
assessment lists at about $40 per acre
and seems rather steep. The firm has
been liberal with the citizens of Dick
inson, making the Commercial Club a
cash donation of $500 in addition to
its library (turned over to the public
library b0arD of 500 volumes OF choice
books, and $500 fund for beautifyine
Marguerite boulevard. The company
also gave the city its Is acre park
ground. The assessment of $1,000
against the Jerusalem store was reduc-
ed $500, the amount taken off being as
sessed to Geo. Hany and another ped
dler. If The authorities do not let the
| fellows get away with the carts and
horses the city will have the ST, 600 as
sessment as planned. j. W. Berns az
pearsd for the stockholders Of the Ger
man Mercantile Co. store and asked for a
reduction from $4,000. The board
granted a $500 reduction, which, un-
der the circumstances, seemed very rea-
sonable. The stock of Fred Turner was
reduced from $3.50 to $3.50 and of
Charles Oukrop's stock was placed at
$50. The following dwelling house
eductionsr were made: Jerry Dryer
from $500 to $500: Steve Zastoupil from
$500 to $500: Pete Klug from S4OO to
$3.50; L. j. Dickinson from $500 toS7O0;
Roy Dodd from Sl,0O to 5000; Af.
White from ST, 500 to 1850,
A little fire works was started late in
the evening when Alderman White in
sinuated that he was getting the worst of
the assessment deal. He cited the First
National bank assessment and said
few naughty words. For the benefit Of
our readers the bank assessment, exclu-
sive of real estate, is given again.
This assessment is supposed to BE- based
on the capital stock. surplus and undi-
vided profit accounts, the working capi-
tai of the bank. The first National is
assessed at $23. $50. the Merchants
National a, SIC. 900 and the Dakota
National at S13, 800. Last week
transposition of figures made the Dakota
appear ut $31, 800. The Fred Dickin-
son acreage south of the city was re-
duced to $6 per acre.
Next week the county board will be
in session and some more equalizing
will be in progress for the entire
county.