Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-11
BIGSHRINKAGE IN
ASSESSMENTS OF
PROPERTY SHOWN
Estimated That the Assessed
Valuation of Property Is
$16,000,00O Under That of
Last Year.

That there has been a heavy shrink
age in real property assessments in
this state. taking Idaho as a whole, is
evident from the reported real pro-
perty abstracts filed with the state
auditor. This shrinkage will be ap-
proximately $16.OOO,OOO as compared
to the real property assessments of
last year. Just what the cause is
equalization board members do not
know but 1t is believed to be due to
the fact property in this state is re-
turning to it's normal cash value and
the excessive valuations are being
dropped Assessors present at the
board meeting declare they assessed
at the full cash value this year as
tney did last. If the same ratio of de-
crease is experienced in all classes of
property in this state, the total de-
crease this year will be heavy.
The state board of equalization was
in session a little over an hour this
morning considering a protest of the
auditor of the Gilmore & Pittsburg
railroad, agains. the assessment made
of that companys property in Lemhi
county. Fremont county also made
a plea to the board for fair play Al
fred Kicks and Assessor Hanson ap-
pearing on behalf of that county So
far as the board could determine FIRE.
mont and Ada county assessments run
about the same through the various
classifications.
Owing to the fact that two counties,
Gooding and Owyhee, have not report
ed in their abstracts, the other as
SCISSORS did not care to present their
respective arguments to the board pre-
ferring to wait until all counties have
reported and the board could not make
progress. An adjournment was taken
to tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
Four Counties Report.
Four counties, Kootenai Cassia,
Boise and Bonner showing a total real
property assessment of $39,643, $50 re-
ported to the state auditor today
These counties bring the grand total
up to $2sS O1O.147 They show the fol-
lowing classified assessments:
Cassia County.
Total assessed valuation for
county ... .....,........ 5,342,6S9
Agricultural land ... 1,741,713
Grazing land ..... 7S3, 626
Waste land .......... 1880
Business lots ....... 919.793
Residence lots ..... S23,997
cattle ................ 443,0S5
Horses .,.............. 254,1S0
Sneep s'....,...s....., 93,054
Hogs .................. 33,14S
Improvements on land out
side cities ........... s25.8sO
improvements on land In
cities .............. os7.ao5
Kootenai County.
Total assessed valuation for
county .............. SIS, 1871 SAC
Agricultural land . $40. 1851 ,437
Timber land .......... 2.S76.905
Cut over ............., 1176,S41
Grazing land ....... 1852
Irrigated land ...... 1895
Orchard and vineyards E. 1916
Business lots ............ 557,s79
Residence lots ........ 1,7675S5
Cattle INSTRUMENTATION. 1s4,194
Horses ................ 210,150
Sheep .................. 2.27s
Hogs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s,74s
Merchandise .......... 277,72s
improvements on land out
side cities ........... 7ss,51O
improvements on land in
side cities ........... 1,7ss.57O
Boise County.
Total assessed valuation for
county .............. s $685. 1o
Agricultural land ...... 1880
Timber land ........... 1.7S1,916
Cut-over . .............. 91,645
Mineral ............... 21,S6S
Grazing land ........ 507S61
Business lots ........,. 4S,176
Residence lots ...... 1880
/ cattle .'..........,t.,- 244,SS2
Horses ..............., 164,350
| Sheep ..,........,...." 4,025
Hogs Observation-Disclosures. 14,017
| Merchandise ......... 1880
improvements on land out
side cities ...... 222,270
Improvements on land in
side cities ....... 1916
Bonner County.
Total assessed valuation for
county . ...............$ 1s, 51s, 1872
Agricultural land . . ..... 1,O45,406
! Timber land ........ 4,79S, S59
Cut-over land ........ 2,O99,S5S
Mineral land ...... 1900
Grazing land ....... 5S8,S27
Waste land ........ 1887
Business lots ...... 296, $50
Residence lots . ITO, 425
Cattle ...........,... 1888
Horses ............. 1926
Sheep ................. LAS
Hogs ............... S,s1S
Merchandise . 1875
Improvements on land out
side cities .......... $50, 47C
improvements on lana in
side cities ........... 71s.42E
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