Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-03-06
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

ton next Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The date for the annual st. joe
st. Maries fair has been set for the
first week in September.
The Lewiston-C Charleston Improve
ment company has announced a reduc-
ton of from Is to 20 per cent in light
ing rates.
The University of Idaho won the
loving cup for the best student team
in the first annual butter Judging con-
test with the Washington State col
lege.
The Northwest Live Stock associa-
ton intends to extend the scope of
the association to include the west
tern portion of the United States and
Canada.
Acting President Carlyle announces
that he has arranged to secure work
during the summer vacation for as
many Of the students of the school Of
practical agriculture as desire the ex-
perience.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Judt lie l0u0Idl IOI-
estry and postal department would
construct wagon road from Grange
vile, Idaho, into the Elk City district
has injected new life into the diff
ferent towns in the region.
William Buckley, fruit inspector for
Kootenai, Shoshone and Bonner coun-
ties, predicts that the coming sea-
son will bring the largest and most
successful crop for fruit grower that
north Idaho ever experienced.
The O.-W r. &. N. river steamers,
Spokane and Lewiston, tied up March
l.. practically all of the grain having
been moved from river points. An
estimate of the grain remaining on the
river yet unsold Is placed at $4,000
sacks.
In spite of the open winter the
farmers Of the vicinity of Moscow are
predicting the heaviest yield of win
ter wheat in many years. The only
severe cold weather came at a time
when there was heavy snow and
the grain was not injured by the
freezing.
Fifteen thousand dollars has been
received by County Treasurer Kerch-
eval of Kootenai county in delinq0ent
taxes since January rs, the day upon
which the 1918 taxes passed into de-
linQuency. Several thousand pieces of
property in the county still remain
in the delinquent lists, although the
receipts are being taken up daily.
It cost $1.5S6, 791 to pay the expenses
Of the state government of Idaho dur
ing 1913, while to operate during the
same period the 81 counties of the
state cost $780, 88.
OF approximately $1O.5OO,OOO raised
annually in this state to meet the gen.
eral expenses of government, S1.7 per
cent is raised by direct property tax.
Estimating the population of the state
at $50 900, the per capita of assess
ment valuation is $1221.58.
The report shows that, based upon
the vote cast for president at the last
general election in this state the ex-
pense of state and county elections in
a year when such elections are held,
amounts to approximately $1.34 for
each vote cast. The annual cost Of
maintaining the several branches of
government is $30.12 per capita, OF
which amount $12.39 is expended for
purposes of education, $3.18 for roads
and bridges and 40 cents for charity
The net public Indebtedness is 81 per
cent of the total assessed valuation
or $45.13 per capita. The interest on
the states public Indebtedness
amounts to $9SS.7S2 per annum, OF
$270S per day. and is liz per cent Of
all moneys raised by direct taxation
of property.
The eQualized assessment of Idaho
for 1913 is $427,553, 500. Telephone
lines bear a total assessment or 81,
596.650; telegraph lines. $l,223.015;
electric transmission lines, 1882, $50
car lines. $457,1 1923; railroad lines. $85.
1880. and property assessed by thu
county assessors. $85, 457,980. The tota
Indebtedness of the state Is shown t
be $2,424,297 and the bonded indebt
edness is $2,348,750. The total indebt
edness carried by all OF the countie
in the state Is $3,274.533 and the tota
city, town and village indebtedness i
$4.737,061. The district school In
debtedness over the state amounts t
IS 017,496 and the total highway an,
school district indebtedness to $342
551.
The total public indebtedness in
GLIDING the state. county. cities, town
and villages, school districts and high
way districts, amounts to 1878, 96(
Of which $14,186,633 IL bonded indebt
edness. OF 800 paid by a taxpayer 4
this state last year the distribution /
as follows: Legislature, ~ cents; SCI
rotary Of state and governor, 26 cents
state and county police department
$5.05; finance and revenue depar
ments, $4.75; educational department.
$42.96; judicial departments, $2.91; X
gal departmental, rs cents; for CHART!
; $1.73; roads and bridges, $11.30; mil