The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-06
TAX VALUES
SSO,OOO,OOO
IN SHAWNEE
Largest Returns Ever Made by
the Assessors.
Personal Property Is Placed at
S2O,OS5,27O.
INCREASE ALL IN Topeka
Nearly 500 More Automobiles
Than Last Year.
Fewer Horses and Mules, but
More Cattle.
INCREASE ALL IN Topeka
Nearly 500 More Automobiles
Than Last Year.

Tho total assessed valuation OF all
taxable property in shawnee couIils'
Exclusive of that of the puoIlc SCI IL,
zcorporations, will be approximately
500 0OO. OOO-more than ever BEFORE
fThis is Indicated by the incomplete I'd
77bles of S. H. Haynes. county assesSot 5
Farm land valuations have droppeo
slightlv from last year, but there mas
been an increase in city lot tbrea1
land personal property OF nearly I'M e
r,uarfers of a million dollars The IN
& crease in personal property has all
been in the city of Topeka.
The total farm land valuation ior
1e16sis $22,459,115 as compared Win
S22591,3S5 last year. ,,,,
THE total personal property valua-
f4ion this wear is $20,OS5,21o as
X AGAINST s19,4O9,59O last year For tne
Ecitv of Topeka the personal properly
vaiuation is s16.111,59o as against
sis, 4S2.54O last year .ha
one big item of increase is in the
number and value of automoplles.
There are 1922 cars in the county : =
yalued at S6SS,7Oc as against 1'Soo
valued at $685. $50 last year Inc 70
4 tai value of automoblies IN t ne tnta1
is probably greater than tne lo. "a
4 xalne of horses, although horses anu anu
mules listed together make the graz
total There are fewer tnan tlel 5
--,ere last year The total horses anu
s. mules found by the assessors onds
49, is 14121. valued at $1,OSS, 10Y,
. against 147S5 valued at 81, 4,SO9
last year. a
,rbere are more cattle in ShaWhee
this wear than last-25,1Sl, Na van 1.,itE
SsT2sSO. this year compared WIZ
90 ga valued at s792,605 last year
The 459 hogs found in the coun -
~ first day of March this year a. a.
valued at sSs, as 5o co mp year.
H., ros ~ yalnes remained about sta
,,I,,Es61 for this year ant
s61T15 for last. There was - -
wheat but less corn, oats anu 10 ~ -
The county this spring than yea o. a %:
The assessors could find only "a, - =
Ili llJ Of wheat and they valued 1t
SIa 1s5 or ~ cents a bushei- Las
year they found 22,z2O busnels an
S,sIued il at s1.14 a bushel It's tota
value was 1854 ,-.1,,
9ats-1916, 1915 bushels valn
s43o4. 1915, $3.50 bushels valued
Crso 1Up 26s.s5O bushels, vaiu
s1Ss,s6O. 1915, 335,11S bushels val
ned at $2O3,7O5. ,,a q
s2a.s55. 1915, S,355 tors valued a
+ $44,42o.
Money on Hand.
Nancy on hand March 1, 1916, 81,
2S4.5l5; March l, 1915, $1,1e4'1fUoc
MORTGAGES, 1916, s1,SSO,7SO- lSls
S2,992,9S ,o,e 60
CORPORATION capital stock 1915, $z'
900 400: 1915. $3,074.SSO.
Bank capital 1916, $1,614,6S5; ls1s
S1,613,90O. o ,o
Tic assessors found 4,429 piano
this year as compared with 4,152 10
1915. They found diamonds to tn
value of $l15,635 as compared wit
s116,645 last year. They found m mel
chants stock to the value of $3,Os2
4s5 as compared with $2,S35,715 TO
1915.
The total exemption in the county
allowing 5000 for every family head
amounted this year to $1,6S4.2OO
s H. Haynes, county assessor, point
ed out today that all the 1916 res
estate and personal property valua
tons included in the above statement
are subject to equalization by tn
county board.
He also stated that all of the res
estate notice cards had been MALE
and the completed assessment of tn
real estate and personal property wa
before the board of county commi:
sioners when they met as a board {
PUualizatiOn.