The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-07-17
THE WEEKS NEWS
IN OKLAHOMA
5ooRD OF EQUALIZATION CON-
PLETEs WORK ON SIXTY.
SIX REPORTS
NEARLY ALL COUNTIES INCREASED
On Both Land and Personal Property;
Kay Gets Only Decrease
Other News of tho
Capital

The state board of equalization has
completed it's work of equalizing the
assessments on land and personal
property in all but sixteen counties,
which have not filed their assessors
report with the state auditor
The land values, as returned by the
assessors III twenty counties were
raised by the board from 5 to 33 1-3
percent and similar increases were
made in the returned personal prop
erty values in eighteen counties. In
only one county was the value of
land reduced, that being in Kay coun-
ty where a percent reduction was
made. The average value of land per
| acre in Kay county as returned by
the assessor and from which must be
taken the percen decrease was
$34S5.
The board will meet again on July
29 to hear complaints of the different
counties whose values have been in
| creased. A total of sixty-six counties
were passed on by the board.
The following shows the increases
made by the board in the different
counties and the estimated average
value of land as returned by the as
SCISSOR, to which the increase must be
added:
In Different Counties
Beckham county, Is percent, $1O.51;
Bryan county, 10 percent, S1375;
Canadian county, 10 percent, $2375;
Coal county, 80 percent, $9,68; Cotton
county, 33 1-3 percent S1441; Craig
county, 20 percent, $16.75; Custer
county, 10 percent $16.73; Hughes
county, 10 percent, $1O.73; Logan
county, 10 percent, $20.57; Love coun-
| ty, 10 percent, $12.49; Marshall coun-
ty, 20 percent, S11.O1; Murray county,
10 percent, $11.9S; Muskogee county,
percent, S2528; Pawnee county, 10
percent, $16.53; Payne county, 10
| percent, $1S16; Pottawatomie county,
10 percent, $1818; Rogers county,
10 percent, $14.6O; Sequoyah county,
20 percent, $11.27; Wagner county,
10 percent, $2075; Washita county,
5 percent, $21.95.
Increases made in personal prop
! erty showing the values returned by
! IuG dSStSSOI anu " WHICH uluSL D6
added the increase are:
Canadian county, 15 percent, S2,-
! 758,47O; Cleveland county, 10 percent,
$1,328,S61; Coal county, percent,
$14O5,299; Creek county percent,
| S4,706,772; Custer county, 10 percent,
S2838,776; Garfield county, 10 per
cent, $3,942, $50; Logan county, 25 per-
J Toi n
cent, S1,662,O44; Murray county,
percent, $1,152,7O7; Noble county, 10
! percent, $1,642 1877; Nowata county,
10 percent, $3,355,324; Ottawa coun-
ty, percent, $1,S76.611; Payne coun-
ty, 10 percent, $2,4O9,O46; Pottawat-
omie county, 10 percent, $3,282,795;
TilIman county, 8 percent $1,74S,711;
Wagner county, 10 percent, S1,9O5,-
| $40.
Washita County Increase
In Washita county the only increase
IN personal property was made on
horses, mules and hogs which were
increased 10 percent above the value
placed by the assessor.
In Cotton county the total value
of horses, mules and cattle was in
creased to s463, ,965, making the aver
age value of cattle $271O; mules,
! 1892 and horses, $74.53.
In all counties not mentioned above
the assessments stand as fixed by the
assessor with the exception Of Choc-
taw Delaware, Jackson, McClain, Nc
Curtain, Oklahoma, Pittsburg, Push
mataha, Roger Mills, Seminole aud
Woodward counties, which have not
yet filed their reports with the board.