The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-12-30
GAIN IN ASSESSED.
VALUATION SHOWN
MINNESOTA PROPERTY VALUED
At $4,300,944,830- AMOUNT
TAXED $1,736,317,81e.
EVENTS AT STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important Happenings
Of the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the Conven.
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A gain of $36,716,43s in the as.
sessed valuation of taxable property In
Minnesota for the year 1915, compared
with the preceding period, has been
made public by the state tax commits
sion in it's final figures fixing the total
assessed valuation of the state at ST.
736,317,S12. The full and true value
of this property is 4,300,944,83O as re-
turned by the local assessors. Only
personal property and money and cred.
Its were assessed this year, real estate
remaining as before except with the
addition of improvements made during
the last year and which aggregated
somewhat more than $15,000,000
to increase the original assessment.
boards on personal property by 1888,
fell on three counties, Hennepin, Ram
perty in Hennepin county is assessed
OF the entire state.
State Mines Big Iron Output.
Fifteen state mines contributed g..
100000 tons to the worlds output Of
iron ore this year. Shipping operations
on the Iron Range came to an end fo1
this year with the close of November
and the general belief is that the to
tai shipments from the Lake Superio,
region will equal those of the banner
year of 1918 when 100000 tons war
the record
Minnesota's contribution to the i'm
mense output of that yeer was $685..
264 tons, which was 6337 per cent Of
the total iron ore output of the entire
United States. This year figures are
not available with which to correctly
determine the seasons shipment, but
they are known to be heavy. The price
realized at lower lake ports was 1855
ton, the same as last year.
From properties under lease the.
state this year will realize $675 O00,
which represents rs per cent for ore
shipped and other incomes in the shape
of minimum royalties and lease pay
ments. All of this money goes to the
state school fund.
The heaviest shipper was the Leoni
das which turned out 700 800 tons. An,
other was the Messaba mountain with
$50, 544 tons, and other the Woodbridge
with 177,195 tons. Additional state
mines will be worked next year.
Says Demand For Lands Is Brisk.
Demand for state lands is as brisk
as ever, State Auditor Preus said, com
menting on the land sale season Just
closed.
LAS salable state lands diminish In
extent he said, "the lands actually
sold are less and less going to specu.
lators and more and more to settlers.
At number of sales this year every
parcel of land sold has teen purchased
by local farmers DESTROYS of inoreasing
the size of their farms
1.-THE 1917 Legislature should make
some provision whereby local settlers
can acquire with more expedition lands
which they wish to buy. The methods
employed now is that lands are ap
praised one year and sold the follow
ing year. The method of selling state
lands at public auction is proving itself
to be the proper one"
There were 79,56531 acres OF state
land sold this year as compared to
SS,433.G6 in 1914. The state received
$561,352.73 for it's land this year and
$597,41S.03 in 1914. The average price
this year was 81 an acre as compared
to $7.25 an acre last year.
During the year seventy-eight state
land sales were held which we're con
Quoted by Oscar Arnescn, chief clerk
of the land department.
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Sell Adulterated Candy.
Inspectors of the state dairy and
fooA department are watching out
for the tummies of little boys and
girls who are wont to fill up on candy
and other goodies around Christmas
time. Many cases have been prescott
ed in court, where dealers have been
caught selling adulterated candy
Fines to:aling $3.50 have been collected
courts for this one class Of law viola
ton.
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States Death Rate Low.
The death rate in Minnesota is low
as compared to other states, but, at
that, too many babies die. DR.. H. M
Bracken, secretary of the State Board