Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11
DELINQUENT TAX LIST FOR 1912
TO BE MUCH LESS THAN FOR
SEVERAL YEARS, SAYS
SHERIFF.
'AYMENTS GENERALLY MORE
Less Rebate Payments, Yet Total Re-
ceipts Are Greater For Same Pc
rod; Is Indication of Prosperous
Conditions of County; New Suits
Include Actions for Divorce.

Tax collections apprOXlmatlng more
than $25O,0OO were paid into the coun-
ty sheriff's office of Polk county up
to 5 O'Clock pm. on Monday, April
Z, when the final limit of tax pay
ments for the year expired. As the
total tax roll for this year amounts
to $294,215, this shows a delinquent
list of about $4,000, which is small
er Than for several years, it is said
There were less rebate payments
this year than ever before, yet more
money was received. This is account
ed for by the fact that many Of the
heavy taxpayers paid their full taxes
and secured the rebate, while, in for
mer years, they have taken advantage
Of the half-payment provision of the
statute. Still another feature of the
payments this year has been the large
number which have been made in
full after the rebate limit expired,
many people, evidently, either ignor-
ing or overlooking the rebate to which
they were entitled.
Sheriff Grant says that the average
Of payment this year has been higher
than ever before, and that the delin
quent list is correspondingly much
less. However, there will be a notice
able difference in the amount OF mon
ey received, owing to the lower valu-
alton placed on the property Of the
county. The 1911 roll showed total
valuation of 100000 more than the
1912 roll, and the total amount OF tax
es last year was $305,00O i'll round
numbers, while this year it is T294,OOO
or $1,000 less.
Tax payments indicate that the
property holders of the county are
growing more prosperous each year.
The fact that more full payments
have been received than ever before
would indicate that there is more
money in the hands of the taxpayers,
and that their financial condition has
Improved. Local banks state that
they have loaned less money for tax
payments than for several years,
which would also tend to bear out the
assertion that Polk county people are
prosperous.
Among the recent suits filed on the
docket of department No. 2, Of the
Polk circuit court, is an action for
divorce, brought by Minta White
against Henry D. White. The com
plant sets forth the fact that the
couple were married at Mccormack,
Wash, on June 25, 1908, and that they
lived together until within the past
year, when the "plaintiff, cmfwyp m
year. when the defendant, disre
garding his duties as a husband, and
without the connivance or consent OF
plaintiff, for more than a year past,
has deserted and absented himself
from plaintiff and failed and neg
lected to, in any way, provide for her
support and live with her" Plaintiff
asks the court for a decree of abso-
Lutte divorce and for the restoration OF
her maiden name, Minta Lemon. 1t Is
stated that there are no children and
no property rights to be settled. }. II. /
Flower, of Falls City, appears as
counsel for the plaintiff.
J.. A. Bollman and V. c. Stats
have begun an action in department
No. . against John l.. Shelton and
various others to quiet title to-lots IN
Dallas. more specifically described as
the "weSt holt Of lots Four an i've
in Conkey's third addition to the city
Of Dallas" Brown & Sibley appear
for the plaintiff.
Under the direction of the county
court. the circuit court room will be
frightened up considerably and plae-
ed in first-elass condition for the reg
Mar term Of department No. l. Of the .
cireuit court. which convenes on May
IL The inoleum will be vanished. .
brass binding strips tackled down. and
al the wood work. including the seats .
nd furniture. will BE- supplied with a
hberal coat os vanish. Judge Teal
deelares that "lhe Polk county court
nom will be the neatest in the state.
when the proposed improvements shall .