The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-21
Records of Auditor Place Assessed
Valuation Of Beltrami at $1,243,-
607-Cattle Doubled in 5 Years.
1859 PLACED ON TAX ROLLS
Assessed Valuation of Towns Totals
$454, ,946, While That Of morgan
lied Territories is $685.

There are no statistics obtainable
which show the development of Bel
trami county more clearly than does
the summary of the personal property
assessments of the various towns.
villages and the city of Bemidji, now
on file in the office of James L.
George, county auditor:
The compiling of the 1915 report
has been completed, including the
returns Of each of the 70 assessment
districts of the county.
According to F. B. Lamson, deputy
county auditor, there are 1869 per-
sons assessed in the county, of which
number 384 are returned from the
City of Bemidji; 271 from the Village
of Baudette; 259 from the Village of
Nymore; 100 from Spooner; 95 from
Blackduck and 81 from Kelliher. Tie
reason that Bemidji does not record
a larger number is because Thomas
Lloyd, assessor, did not list family
heads who are exempt from taxation
because of the 500 valuation law.
100 in Smaller Villages.
In the remaining villages, all
small, there are 13O persons assessed;
in the organized towns 3,014 and in
the unorganized territory of the
county, which embraces in a large
part that country north of Red Lake,
known as the ditch country, 345.
The County's Householders.
The householders of the county,
comprising those who are assessed
because of the ownership of house
hold furniture, number 4,031. OF
this number 1852 are found in the.
organized towns of the county; 365
in the unorganized territory and l.
334 in Bemidji and the villages of
the county. =
The average assessed value of
household goods per individual as
sessment varies greatly. The average
in the City Of Bemidji is $97.18;; Bau-
dette 1850 and in Blackjack
$48.18. These values are supposed
to represent rs per cent Of the true
and full value of this class.
Even More Marked. - -
In the towns the variations are
even more marked. The lowest re-
turn gives an average assessed value
in this class in the town of Myhre,
it being $2.83 per householder, while
the average assessed value in the
highest town of the class is the
Town of Bemidji with $19.71. +
Similar inconsistencies in assess
ments exist in all different classes of
property and the correction of these
mistaken values in the items return
ed from the several towns is made
the duty of the board of equaliza-
tion.
There are 397 pianos in the county
the report shows. OF this number
300 are in Bemidji and the various
villages, "a in organized towns and
3 in unorganized territory. The as
sessed values on these instruments
vary from $500 to $71. The assess
ed valuation on diamonds and jewell
ry of the county is $3,617.
The class which demonstrates the
real advancement of the county dur
ing the last five years is the third,
which covers live stock of the county.
In tomorrow's- issue Of the Pioneer
an article will appear. giving the
comparison of 1910 and 1915 valua
tions and will name the communities
where the increase is most notice
able. In 1910 there were $685.
head of cattle in Beltrami county.
This year the records show 1894.
an increase of $3.50, most excellent
showing. The assessed valuation of
the county this year is $1,243,607;
towns, $454,946 and unorganized
territory, $3Q,ss0.
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