The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-10-23
$9,592,s96.8O

The above financial statements of the County Auditor for
the years 1912 and 1913 have published to give to the tax
payer of Kootena County chance to compare the different
methods that have been used by the officials who directly
responsible for the administration of the county affairs
We wish to call attention to the fact that the corpora
tons have been the benefit OF the decreased valuation
the value Of the county and refer you the figures
above to verify the statement
Railroads show value Of $62855OO and at the
time the Chicago Milwaukee ST. Paul railroad have
not only greatly improved its system but have added branch
lines which should have showed increase in the
ed value of this class of property The State Board OF
Equalization and Tax Commissioners responsible for this
decrease well valuation of 3782200 which cut
from the PeIl Telephone Co, and other lines.
The of interest the payer the decreased
valuation of 1882 3220O Patented Land 1t is hard to
conceive how this condition could exist when the abstract OF
the roll of the county shows increased assessabe
age 79O3 Of the 79031 of assessabe
abstract of the rolls shows that 1886
be Timber land and the time the total assessed value
Of that class of property shows decreased value of $086O2
Cut and Burnt lands show increased of 1887
and decrease in valuation Of $45536100 The lands
cassed Timber and Cut and Burnt have been cut II
valuation from 20 to 100 per cent and owned by the North
ern Pacific railroad and the timber corporations The ta1
rolls of this county show this be fact County Assessor
Acton present board of County Commissioners the T
Commission and Governor Hanes all responsible for th
of ST 32 2200 patented lands and
of the fact that off of the corporations prop
ery County Assessor Acton mad the records to deter
the value of this class of property owned by the
on he did to determine the value of your city proper
agricultural land The records left in his office by fome
Assessor Wonnaco had thousands of of Timber land
assessed at $4,000 that assessed by him at $1,000
$780, The Board of County Commissioners when in ses
Board of Equalization had the power correct
incompetent and when they failed to find out the
why the assessed valuation of Kootena County 1882
896SO less in 1918 than in 1912 they wfuy negece
their duty grossly incompetent to administer tn
county affairs
Take the decreased valuation of Railroads. $628515
Bell Telephone Co.. and other companies, 1882
Patented Lands, $1532322 Irrigation bitches, $177O
Saw Mills $5,877; Lumber and Saw Logs, $729,l9!
and you have total of $2,961 ,445.50 which CT
from the valuation of the corporations property Was th
fair the homeseader the farmer and the aborng VIII
trying make their home in this county Is there
for the administration Of the Assessors Office
when the 1912 records there to guide hemg I'll
figures compiled by the County Auditor taken fro
the records which made in the Assessors Office and tt
present board of County Commissioners and Assessor Acto
knowingly allowed these cuts to be made the property
the Corporations which must necessarily be burden to
tar payers w]o by their ballot elected them to office.