Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-04-17
A Settlement Reached.
APPRAISERS IN DIVISION OF "OLD
LINCOLN" COUNTY REACH
FINAL DECISION.

necessary for the governor to APP |
point a third appraiser as between
Lincoln and Minidoka counties who |
in the point involved decided for
Lincoln County.
The report to the boards Of county |
commissioners OF the three counties
consists of II large typewriter
sheets, giving full statements OF
odd Lincoln county and the
three new counties az well az OF the
divided school districts. OF this re-
port we will give only the first para
graph and then such information as
may be of interest to our readers.
I'VE, l.. A. Coate, appraiser APP
pointed by the governor OF Idaho;
f. II. Dampier, appraiser for Mini |
doka county, W. A. Bissell, apprais- |
er Gooding county and Paul X.
Kartzke, appraiser of Lincoln coun-
ty, in Joint session assembled, after
carefully appraising and estimating
the actual cash value of all assets,
bonded Indebtedness and floating
Indebtedness thereof, have agreed TO
the following division OF such prop
critics. funds and Indebtedness, ex-
cepting +. r. Dampier, appraiser
for Minidoka county, protests
against including certain assess
ments of lands in Minidoka county
! being included in the valuation Of
said county and wishes to enter his
protest at this time, otherwise con-
curing in the appraisement."
Old Lincoln county under 1912
. assessment had n valuation of s2l :
600, 103. 20 with assets si94, 1854. :. ~
Liabilities of s34 ,092 20 and bonded
Indebtedness s274, ,9S5.7S. Further
, than that there was levied in taxes
for all purposes 1894 333.7 IS; fol
state and county 1920, ,32l .05 Of
which 81 per cent Is paid and IS
per cent still remains due. In the
division adjustment each count,
collects and retains all taxes in thei
territory but Lincoln county pay
the floating Indebtedness Of old Lin
coin county.
Gooding county has valuation
! of 81 ,627, ,233.l5. assumes of bond
:; s97, 102.9S and pays to Lincoll
county SIT, ,465. .SS in warrants.
Minidoka county has valuation
, of 81 $50, ,173. SO, assumes of bond
s57, ,925.75 and pays to Lincoll
- county IS, ,S72.SS in warrants. ant
!, Lincoln county assumes SlO, 7S3. 1
- and of bonds sll9, ,957 .05, taking u
:, the total liabilities s34 .092 20 an
:. of bonded Indebtedness of s274
9S5.7S of old Lincoln county.
In regard to school district Mob;
-. The total valuation was 81, 245
. 691 80 and is now in Lincoln Go
81, ,729.S12. Total assets s79, l43. 4
80 and bonded debt of S55, 90,
u Gooding county assumes $500
- bonds and receives the west schoo
ls house, 81, ,952.75 in warrants, Lii
90 coin county retains all other built
=, ing. monies and taxes, assumir
$40, 900 of bonds,
In the division Of school distric
Minidoka county districts have be,
J., seriously affected on account of Il
,,o enormous amount of corporate
=, property left in Lincoln county ,
which the division Of property
l.. based,
ho We understand that the board
h. commissioners at tins meeting ha
annexed the part of No. Is lying
Lincoln county to Shoshone distri
and with it goes S640O in bono
ed SO, ,3l4 sc in assets and 5 miles
err 0. S. l.. District No. 25 to JeroI
.he with no bonds, 81 ,S40.69 in ass
.he and 6t miles of o. S. l.. Distr
ide No. % to Richiield with $1,000
the bonds, 81 4,970.66 in assets and
eet miles of o, S. l.,
400 The North Side tract has O vall
ton Of SO. .ll6, 326. 40 or ! of to