The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-24
.LEWSTOWN CHOSEN
BY OFFICERS
COM MiSSlONERS, ASSESSORS AND
CLERKS WILL MEET IN FER
GUS COUNTY SEAT.

IOS JUN SCSI.
Helena, Jan. 23.-(Special)-The as
ISOLATION of county commissioners,
county clerks and assessors will meet
next year in LeWistown. Great Falls
contested for the honor, but lost out
on the first ballot by a vote of SIS to
Al. The county clerks and the as
SCISSORS finished their business today
but the commissioners will remain over
until tomorrow.
The commissioners devoted nearly
the entire day to a consideration of
the Mcmahon highway bill, pending
i'll the house. Most of its provisions
seem to meet with their approval. To-
morrow they may appear before the
highway committee of the house.
The assessors decided that the APP
praisement of land should be left to
each county assessor, btu they did
recommend that because of the o
stantly increasing alt of acreage
property there should be a higher pro-
~portionate value assessed against it,
and all lands. that the assessed value
of said lands may not beau the dispro-
~portionate relation to the true value
which it now does"
The committee on lands reported its
recommendations OF a year ago for
higher values on land had not been OBJ
served and that the average values
in some counties We're lower in 1912
than 1911, making the work of the as
SCISSORS of the state the subject of ad-
verse criticism and the cause {. con-
templated adverse litigation.'
The committee on merchandise and
banking submitted the following re-
port: National and state banks to
be assessed on capital stock, surplus
and undivided profits less real estate
composing banking house as valued by
the assessor.
Merchandise to be assessed as all
other personal property based on last
inventory, if taken; fl not, b. sworn
statement"
Timber Lands.
The timber land schedule adopted
was as follows:
First-class timber lands, containing
1,250,000 feet per quarter-scction, shall
ge assessed at not less than 50 an
acre.
~Second-class timber lands, contain
ing 10000 to 1,250,00O feet per quar-
ter-section, shall be assessed at not
less than Sc per acre,
Third-class timber lands containing
between 0 10000 and 100000 feet per
quarter-section, shall be assessed at
not less han SO per acre.
Stump lands and all other lands
worth less than S. an acre to be left
to the discretion of the assessor.
Classification Of timber lands, condi-
ton and location to be taken into on
sheraton together with the amount of
feet per acre, based upon generally
considered conservative estimates.
Telephone poles left to discretion of
the assessor.
Lumber, rough, from So to $40 per
1000 feet,
Lumber, rough clear, from $40 to
$l4 per 1000 feet.
Lumber, finishing, from $13 to $25
per 1000 feet.
Logs, according to location, to be
assessed from $3.50 to $3.50 per 1000
feet.
Shingles and Iath, left to discretion
of the assessor.
Railroad ties, pine, 20 cents each;
tamarack and fir, % cents each.
Cordwnod, left TO discretion of the
assessor.
Coal in storage, left to the discre-
ton Of the assessor.
Power Lines.
Owing to an error in punctuation,
tie power line schedule reported YES
terday a not entirely correct. The
corrected schedule was as follows:
All telegraph and telephone COM
Ianles to be assessed as follows:
Pole line and one copper wire. per
mile, $S5; each additional coppcr wire
per mile. $25; pole line and one iron
wire, per mile, $50: each additional
iron, per mile, s.; each telephone in
strumcnt, IS.
Single pole line ]Cwithout 3vire) not
10 exceed $500 per mile; each wire ON
same. per mile, $225; double pola line
'Nithout Wire), not to exceed $1,000
per mllei each wire on same, $225 Der
mile.
Single tower line (without wire. NOT
10 exceed $l,l25 per mile; each wire ON
same, So per mile. double tower limo
t"ithout Wirc), not to exceed g.. 25O nor
mile; each wire on same. $225 n4r mile
Before a~djOurning this evening the
county clerks and assessors adontna
resolutions protesting against the mas
S"Se u >. Is 6H, by Donlan, providing
Tor the classification of the counties
me pE"testants claim the bin will
nave the effect Of reducing their sala-
rice and alec. ,-l-.