Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-11-21
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SHOULD VISIT ELKO

u, Editor r Booth, IF h TonOpah Bonanza, is either entirely unaequainted
find infinite satisfaction in the action of the State Tax commission in rails,
ing land valuations in ElO county: Perhaps he has been misled by certain
editorials in an Elko paper, just Is others have been. If he would come
to Elko and give just day to the study of conditions here. h would be
entirely dsabused o the idea that the Tax commission has dealt fairly with
For his information and the inDrmmandfoane s q oi6sFs o acquainted Wit With
real conditions, W e will say that along the Humboldt river, from Wells to
the Loveock meadows. there is practically nothing but wild hay and the
land in Elko county has been assessed at $3.50 per acre., which is in just
proportion to other assessed valuations in the state generally. The Tax
commission has raised the tax valuation o this land to s24. This amount
the commission claims is o a sixty per cent basis of cash valuations,
which brings the cash valuation to i've s4a per acre.
Now the fact remains that there is lot ranch o the Humboldt river
in Elk county worth this amount We will venture the statement that there
is OF that is paying four per cent interest O such a valuation, and
mos: The Re es n9% i hrS nGs paving fs Wort t%1 i De sv cent co,-,,,.r =, ,,
Cultivated land is assessed on a cash valuation of 75 an acre. vet we 10
not know o a ranch in the county that can be sold at this figure. AS a
matter of fact, the best ranch in the county al be bought fol less.
Sage brush hill land is assessed at a cash valuation of $3.50 per acre
Elko to nnd quantities of such land that will lot maintain a billy goat per
acre. 1t is practically worthless, but it as bought years ago when land was
which contained meadow and pasture land. There are large quantities of
tenth o n per cent o n such a valuation. A very large portion of the
land mo % reported reported 10 assessor in years past "a this character of land.
fact that all lands. absolutely regardless of locality and actual valuation
far from railroads and shipping points that cannot be sold for SIS per acre
ya tny are assessed m a cas- basis of SIS per acre the same as the
- There are hundreds Of small ownersn Elko county touing their fingers
IL to max a livelihood. They have cultivated their lands in order to make
a livelihood and now comes the Tax commission and grnds them to earth
Oh account of their labor and industry.
w IRE toa nat and m oveioc meadows is assessed the same as cl.
uvated land in Elko county. Yet the former produces three crops per year
value of cultivated land in Eko county is perhaps onethid of the value of
that in Lovelock meadows; still they are assessed the same.
The secret of 1T all is that the Tax commission is taking an s.
means OF raising more state revenue. The state is in the grasp of a lot of
poodsucking politicians. We have a lot Of useless COMMISSIONS AM oBcer
drawing big salaries, and our treasury has been drained. It ia realized thai
more mone must be raised in order to meet the ever increasing demand
te Tax commission has resorted to the rankest piece of work ever
pulled OH in the state. The whole thing Is damnable.
n next legislature, If it does not do anothert thing should VIM o,
every useless omceholder. The time has come when it must be done, be.
cause instead Oh encouraging homeseeker and home builders to come here
n help develop u agricultural res urces, we are forbdding them. and
not only this. we are discouragng those who arr here.
hi paper wants to see just and equitable taxation. We would On 90
Tar al to punish thu tax dodger. We want to see Blo county "a Ter iust
roporuo OF stat revenue, but h workings of u Tax commission-cre-
ated, IL you please, in the hope of equaihng taxes-brings our prsen sys
tenn into utter contempt
In tha mama nj tuaYco lo. "a r.. 49, - -, d. -.
eosuy ad useless omnissions and Offices. Let the state get down to a
"uSlnesS oaAs m te rom the grasp Of vampire politicians.