Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
BENTON SENDS TAXATION STA,
rIsrlcs 70 STATE AUDITOR
At pEs MONIES.
AMOUNT 70 BE COLLECTED
$4,000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR
Larger Part Of Increase Comes Of 10.
cal Needs For Schools. Bridges and
Municipal EXPENSE Portion
Of County For Capitol Grounds Ex.
tension Only $s,04s.57.


Des Moines, Dec. 27.-First county
in Iowa to report to the state auditor
on the result of local assessment and
taxation and the amounts that will be
realized the coming year from taxes,
10 Benton county. Some interesting
facts are shown by the report.
The total tax to be collected in the
county is 462,S3o.22. The amount that
will be collected on account Of the ex-
tension Of the state capitol grounds Is
ss,04s.57.
But there will be collected this year
in the county about $4,000 more
taxes than last year.
The major part Of the increase In
taxation was because local officials de-
sired larger sums for local needs. The
increase noted above was largely in
few items. For schools, bridges and
roads alone the. township and county
boards Increased the sums to be raised
by taxation by $57.2Oe.s4 over last year.
The city taxing bodies also wanted
more taxes and recognized that the
state is one which is growing by rails
ing. SIS. 1850 more In city taxes than
last year. The county tax for general
revenue was slightly reduced.
!. The valuation Of the property in the
county was found to be, by the asses
wards of $50,000,000. There are 440,-
$50 acres Of land in the county as
sessed.,
STSf> To- = - ~ <1. aov
estate, is about two-thirds Of the
whole. Each acre Of land will there
fore pay about nine-tenths Of cent on
the capital tax, the owner OF quar-
ter section Of Benton county land will
have no trouble figuring out how much
he will have to pay on that.
The taxes for county purposes,
school purposes, township and county
roads, bridges and most other things
are decided upon by the local taxing
boards The legislature fixed the
amount of the tax for the capdtoa
grounds extension.
Governor Clarke some time ago made
appointment to speak in Sioux City
where it was reported to him that some
misunderstanding Of the work of tho
legislature had arisen and there was
criticism Of the capitol grounds ex-
tension plans. He also agreed to speak
in Ottumwa, and has indicated a desire
to speak in Keosauqua and Fairfield.
the only other two places. so far as
known where there is any excitement
over the capital extension. The gov
ernor has discussed the capital grounds
tax matter in at least q score Of adj
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spoken his auditors have become warm
friends Of his.
pairing for very great year In 1914 in
the building line. The present year has
been fairly good. Several fine business
blocks have been completed but moth
ing new commenced. There is talk Of
a big new hotel, but that talk is COM
mon every year and the fact remains
that the Des Moines hotels have not
had an exceptionally good year. The
retail trade Of the city has been enor-
nous and has shown the greatest
growth Of anything in the city. The
Christmas business Of the city this
year was declared by the merchants to
be good.
It Is reported here that in some
places in the Second congressional dis
trict they are still discussing how to
effect nomination Of candidates for
congressional office. and that there are
some persons who still have an idea
that the primary law Of the state can
be invoked for making party nomina-
tons for special elections. But the pri-
mary law does not apply In such cases.
as everyone knows, and the easy meth
cd Is to call the old delegates together
in each county and to select delegates
to the district conventions. The pri-.
mary law was purposely made not to
apply in such cases because Of the
plain fact that special elections are
likely to be called on very short notice
and there is no real chance to make
nominations by the primary plan. This
was discussed fully at the time the pri-
mary law was first enacted.