La Junta tribune., 1915-10-09
oTERo's ASSESSED VALUATION.
Propersy valuasioa Of OterO County
h 90, ,7s7, ,esS-slight Decrcase
Fr0m Last Year.

Otero county's assessed valuation
for the year 1915 IL sss.737.sss. ac-
cording to the schedules now being
complied BY County Assessor Buchan-
an. This Is ses,s2s less than for
the previous year. Otero was one of
the forty-flve counties In the state
in which An increase In valuation was
ordered by the state tax commission.
Originally the raise ordered amount
ed to s5ll.os0. but this was such an
exorbitant amount. and without JUS
ttfication under any circumstances
or conditions that could be shown
by the state tax commission. that the
county commissioners decided to
send Assessor Buchanan to Denver to
make vigorous protest.
Mr.. Buchanan appeared before the
state tax commission and made an
argument against the raise. and evi-
IDENTIFY showed to the satisfaction Of
the members Of that body that he
had made q fair and Just assessment
Of property valuations In Otero coun-
~. Al least they made an order re-
ducing the raise In valuation in Otero
county from esll.0S0 to 100000.
and this amount 10 TO be confined ex-
clusively 70 raising the valuations on
grasing land. milch cows and motor
cyclss. The raise ordered and agreed
70 viii affect about l.l00 Of the
$500 taxpayer that are on the
tax rolls this year. Under the orig
inal assessment made BY Mr.. Buchan-
an grasing land had an average val
uation per acre Of e3.7l. milch cows
es3.7s. and motorcycles ess.si. un-
der the raise ordered BY the state
tax commission the average valuation
Of grazing laad viii b IS par aesA.
Of nilch cows ese pr head. and ef
netsesyesss SEQ each. There are flvs
~ 6aGhbeo1 nllah eDvs h 0tsso|
eepaav. 49, ass sosasse tor $3.50
eaehs 80 '-ssS-1s = -
Tho tax commission insisted upon
. valuations Of grazing At ss per acre.
notwithstanding the faat that Mr.
Buchanan showed from the records
that the assessed valuation Of gras-
ing land In Otero county In some In
stances was ~ per cent Of the trans
fer value. Last year the state tax
commission ordered q horizontal
raise ON the sssessed valuation Of
Otero county Of ten per cent. This
year the raise ordered viii amount
TO less than one per cent.
The assessed valuation Of corpora
tion property In the county for the
year 1915 IL el.sO3.sso. and this IL
an increase Of slss,0s0 over last
year. The assessed valuation Of the
Santa Fe In Otero county this year
IL e3.s3s.sso. an Increase over last
year Of t7s.s7O. The assessed val
uation Of the Arkannas Valley Rail-
way. Light and Power Company 10
Sssl. $50. which h an Increase over
last year Of esS.sso.
The state tax commissioa ordered
an iacreass 10 the valuatioa Of for
ty.slvs counties in The seats. among
then bslas Beat with eeI3.sSl.
Proven With e7ss.7ss. Weld 81
zee. zee. asd Dsavss cesasy hsaAias
Tie W. vtsA eSs.>ee.sS3. Twelve
couaties n ~ seats will aSoeos ~
fore ~ seats bessd q seualisasioa
whea it oeets b Dsavee aext Msa-
lay aal Desesse aGaiase ths ralss ~
vsluaslea ssdsss1 n ~ seaes tas
ce00leslea. ut 10 0eeeo eouaty
~ eeaaislessss havs iseils1 %
seesDe . saiss q e3es.eee. ed dus.
Ing ~ ~ vssk have bsss aAjuse-
iag Ne valuaeteas a. ths tAsss elass-
- - Dseosrsy affeetsl-gfaaiss
laal. Mia eews anl aeeeeeyles. ~
seass bsasd - seuallaasiea wili nsse
negt 1oo1ay as1 ua1ee ~ law vill
havo tAsee WeeAs u vhleA - aessDe
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po11ag NJ otslsae - asoessoeat IT,
~ ~ 1915. ~ log1og ~ moolA
= o1DsoDoos ~ eoon1v eon01sgloa.
- W1o - - - NJ ~ ~
- 60 = I..sa
ON 1louue1 - ~ unhlae
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