The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-11-30
|,784,42l.82 FOR
SCHOOLS SUPPORT
ENORMOUS SUM PROVIDED-DiS.
TRicTS RAISE $17453;9ss OF
TOTAL AMOUNT.
PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE
For Taxation in Minnie
sofa Now Total $1,e41 ,401 &c.,
Gain of $92,917,594 Shown by
Figures Of Tax Commission.

A total of $21,7S4,421.8 was provid-
ed for the support of Minnesota public
schools the past year, according to a
compilation completed and made pub
lie by Christopher Lindahl, chief &C.
countant in the state department of
education. The state supplied $780,
1887 of the total, having granted aid
If $1,942,214.57 in addition to arpor-
comments of $2,2"e.21S.70.
That the respective school districts
raised in tax Az. bond revenue ST.
l53,9SS.45, or an average Of $4.o3 for
every dollar provided by the state, Is
shown further in the statement.
The grand total Of local money for
support includes $1O,547, 366.S3 from
he special tax, $1,510,933.16 from the
ccal 1-mill tax and s5,395, 6SS.96 from
bend issues and all other sources.
The liberality of most Minnesota
counties in providing for schools is
shown in the stater1ent,' said Mr.. Lin
lahl. "Scate appropriations and spe-.
:ial aid are Of great help, of course,
md the school lands and funds in
La.l0 D. VI IAAo.
X X X
Property Values Gain.
The assessed value Of all real and
personal property in Minnesota sub
;ect to ad valorem taxation for 1916,
IS equalized and made public by the
minnesota tax commission, is $751;
!01, This total represents gains Of
}106,693,954 over that of 1915 and
s141 ,SOO,S93 over the 1914 total.
The valuations for these years by
classes follow:
ceal estate .$1.367, o7e,sos s1.2s9,214.5s1
property, 241,os4,97s 2ss,sss,sso
credits -. 2ss,2ss.ss4 212.1s4.so1
Totals ...s1.s41,401,76s s1,7s4,717.s1.
Real estate is assessed only in the
even numbered years and the 1915 as
sessment is the same as that Of 1914
with the exception of the addition OF
new buildings and land becoming sub
ject to taxation between May 1, 1914.
and May 1, 1915. :
AS compared with the last regular
real estate assessment in 1914, the
1916 valuation shows an increase of
$92,917,514. Personal property in
creased in assessed valuation $12, Ill.,
1902 between 1914 and 1916. Money
and credits assessments, taxed mills
on full value, show a substantial in
crease of $37,741,577 during the same
two year period.
The foregoing assessment figures, 1t
was explained in the commission Of
fees, do not include the value of rail-
road property in the state nor the prop
erty of freight line, sleeping car, ex-
press, telephone and trust companies
not doing a banking business, all OF
which are subject to a gross earn
ings tax The total of these items has
not been ascertained but according
to rough estimates will aggregate
S7O0,O00,000.
Immigrants Stop in State.
Although a decrease in the total OF
cars of immigrant movables handled
at Minnesota Transfer October from
the corresponding month last year Is
shown in reports just made public.
Minnesota again got the Zig percent
,ge-more than three times its near
,st competitor according to Fred D.
Sherman, state immigration, commits
sioner. Cars handled numbered 429
last month, compared with 44O in Oc-
tober last year.
Leading states in the distribution
shared as follows:
October
State. 1915. 1915
Minnesota ...............19 9 10y
North Dakota . &C 50