White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-15
Many Changes
in ak Figures
COMMISSIONERS As BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION RAISE SOME
VALUATIONS AND DECREASE
OTHERS ON PROPERTY.

Many changes were made In the
assessment roll and the rates at a
meeting of the county commissioners
as board of equalization last Mon
day.
special tax of so cents ON the
500 of valuation was levied in the
Lund school district to provide for
the principal and interest on the new
school house bonds. In the Preston
school district tax of 80 cents on the
500 was levied for principal and in
terest on the school house bonds
there.
Lindsay Duncan. of the McGill
board of education appeared before
the board to explain that $1,000 of
the bonds had been paid through err
ror instead of $4,000. The mistake
left McGill with deficit and to pay
operating expenses for the coming
year the tax was increased from 25
cents to 80 cents.
Following are the principal changes
made by the commissioners:
Baker Mercantile company reduced
on merchandise $4,000
L. T. Larsen raised on improve
ments on Clark ranch in Steptoe val
ley $500.
Strike off lot at Blackhorse as as
sesed against w. R. Miller.
C. R. Moorman reduced $3.50 on
range horses.
Mrs. Mary Moorman reduced $3.50
on range horses.
Ely Building company raised $500
on bank building in East Ely.
F. d. Oldfield, $50 acres of land
listed as grazing land charged to
mountain land valuation changed
from 81 an acre to $1.25 an acre.
Phillips & Wilson. assessment on
building in East Ely raised 500.
W. B. Thompson. assessment on
building in East Ely raised $500.
North Mountain Mining company.
four mill sites in Egan canyon re-
duced from $4,000 to 500.
H. A. Comins had the classifica-
tion on 1920 acres of land changed
from grazing land to mountain land,
changing the valuation from 81 an
acre to $1.25 an acre. He was also
allowed a reduction of 5000 on stock
horses.
Assessment on patented mine. Lo-
co. was changed from Ed Millard &
Son to Martha l.. Davis.
Certain lands were ordered strick-
en- from the assessment of Eastern
Nevada Investment company
Wilson-Bates Furniture company
was raised $500 on merchandise.
Peter Weiss was raised 500 on
real estate in Ely.
Personal property on the ground of
the Princess Mining company assess
ed against E. w. Hulse was ordered
stricken from the roll.
Real estate belonging to the Cir
oux Consolidated Mines company was
reduced from $14.3S3 to $500.
W. A. Moore was reduced on range
horse from $500 to $125.
w. H. Smith was reduced from
$500 to SITS on range horses.
Other reductions affecting assess
ment on range horses were Peter
Salvi, $500 to 800; H.H. Stratton.
$500 to $125; George Swallow. 5000
to $50; Joe Tognini 5000 to $50;
John Yelland 5000 to $50.
Property on Murry street assessed
against w. R. Bassett estate was or
dered assessed agaist Frank Galloway.
A general reduction of 25 per cent
was ordered on all unimproved prop
erty in the Park addition aud also all
unimproyed property in Ely City
townsite. 1t was also ordered that
bench land adjacent TO the City of
Ely be reduced to 81 an acre. A ten
per cent reduction was also ordered
on the amount of the assessors raise
on unimproved property in the city OF
Ely and a rs per cent reduction on
the assessors raise in Central Ely.
Thos. Dixon was reduced on range
horses from $400 to 5000.
The Greek coffee house at McGill
was raised $3.50 on improvements
and the London pool hall. also at Nc
Gill. was raised 5000 on improve
ments
The Nevada Land & Livestock com
pany was raised $1,000 ON land In
White River valley ieased to o. C.