Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-07-28
Sed value personal

1914 %. ................ SIS, $50
Increase 90. .............. 1921
Assessed value personal
property outside city,. LAS, 753
The assessed value of personal prop
erty for the year 1915 in the city of
Willmar is $392,99S, as compared with
352,260 for the year 1914, or an in
crease Of $40,738. In looking over the
table it will be seen that the city's
assessment constitutes about one
fourth Of the county's assessment.
The county of Kandiyohi, outside the
city of Willmar, is assessed at $1,445,-
753, for personal property, and the
city is assessed at $392,99S. The in
crease in 1915 over the previous year,
in moneys and credits, is 1921. AS
this is the odd year, the only real
estate assessment made was in re-
gard to new buildings put up during
the year. Household furniture, uten-
sis and wearing apparel were assess
ed at one-fourth their value, Of $751;
587. Rugs and carpets are assessed
at 1892; books, pictures, bric-a-brac
and art for $2,27O; jewelry, diamonds,
gold, silver and plated ware for $4,-
1876.
In his travels around the city, the
assessor found 724 sewing machines
and these were assessed at $2,557;
he found 377 pianos and assessed
them for $14,924; he unearthed 90
watches and clocks and assessed them
for $2,557; other musical instruments
not mentioned were assessed at ST.
300. Other personal property, used
for domestic purposes and not listed
before, was assessed at $57.
The total assessed valuation for all
these articles, coming under Class 2,
is $85,108; the true value being $780,
432.
According to returns made by the
assessor the city has 275 horses,
which are valued, for assessing pur-
poses at $8,678; there are 321 head
of cattle, assessed at $4,000; he found
thirty hogs, and assessed them at
$102; poultry was assessed at 1858;
it was found that there are 81 dogs in
the city, valued for assessing purpos-
es at $3.50; farm tools, implements
and machinery are assessed at 1910;
there are wagons, carriages and
sleighs to the number of ISL, assess
ed at $4,000; harness and saddles are
assessed at 1923; the assessor ran
across 1873 automobiles, which he as
sessed at $28,732; Is motorcycles and
bicycles are assessed for SAIL. All
other vehicles in this class are as
sessed at SO. Threshing machines
and outfits, exclusive of engines, are
assessed at $50.
Steam engines, boilers, dynamos,
gasoline engines, etc., are assessed at
5000; manufacturers tools, imp1e-
ments and machinery assessed at $5,-
1876; wheat, barley, flaxseed, linseed
oil and other grains in the hands of
the manufacturers are assessed at
SOB; lumber, lath and shingles at S..
105; pulpwood, pulp and paper at $50;
logs, poles, posts and ties at $40;
brick, lime and cement at 1884; other
materials and manufactured articles
l AOt ucAtAOAOu Ill Jn1S C1co0, tu0 LnA
are assessed at $2,656.
Goods and merchandise of retailers
are assessed at $87,S83; Of wholesale
merchants and jobbers at $16,461.
Cash registers, type writer's, adding
machines and computing scales bear
a value for assessing purposes Of ST.,
AT; safes a value of 1855; store fur
niture and fixtures, not listed, $5,078;
Office furniture, including instru.
ments, equipment and libraries OF
professional men at $3,975; fire arms
of all kinds at $120; presses, ma
chimes and equipment of printing Of
fees at $2,475.
Machinery, furniture and equipment
of creameries at $3.50; of laundries at
$1,108; eating houses, restaurants
etc., at $3,175; billiard halls at $735;
barber shops, $526; other items in this
class at $2,378. The total assessable
value of class three, including above
items at $185,01S and the true value
is $555,054.
Elevators, warehouses and other
improvements on railroad lands are
assessed at $13,306; shares of bank
stock at $102,966; shares Of stock in
all corporations whose property is not
assessed or taxed in this state are
assessed at $500. The total assess
ed value Of Class 4 is 40 per cent OF
$122,872. The true value is 1907 ,180
No One Admits Aggression.