The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-08-31
Editorial
The County Assessor

By law in Idaho the also the personal property
collector.
but make you dig up your pro share running
county, town, and school administration
Even when put approximately appament upo
they often successful in inducing
pay much attention to their pay up.
Collecting talent and if you happen be of those VIII
by necessity little neaness of spirit hesitate part with you
just you know we'll enough how much capaby the coec
needs have.
The who in the assessors office ought VIII
knows how get the funds quickly and completely the
treasury for the business of the government can't without tos
funds.
Be you choose good collector
For the money collected this year ought
be your rate of year.
At least that is what would happen if economical and publ
spirited commissioners happen to be at hand spend it.
If the ax-colector fails make your neghbo pay his jus
the chances that you will be little heavier yea
to make UP for the shortage
1t of self protection that you choose who
will round up delinquents..
But property do pay their the chief work
of the it, of cnizng property and determining
what it is worth.
And is in this task of setting just appraisement upon
kinds of that the has his chance the people
fairly distribute the burden Of taxation unevenly.
is the business of the value kinds of
real and personal
foot and how much lot and inside lot the residence
section worth
He must know what buildings worth; whether they
deprecated value since last whether the improvements made
them have raised their value He know whether buildings
solid brick veneer aeed about
what they cost and what they would sell for
An has be expert real
values shift and what worth good deal may
be worth little and vice
When gets the country he has entirely
different set of facts to
He must know whether lands suitable for crop raising
whether they merely grazing lands whether they lands
whether they have timber e and whether the timber has been
cut off but the land still left idle.
Now know these things has go the land
He has He land the school
house and have little party there which all the nearby property
will tell him what their lands used for
value is.
scruuse to be classify it, and
they depend for the they upon
second hand information They must for themselves They
Judge for themselves.
An know what has gone the county
property appraised the year before He up He
know whether timber has been and marketed what the quail
of timber whether ground has been broken and into
CROP whether lands cassed have been
converted into yielding lands.
regard property, has
fund Of facts and his value the county depends
in this the attention he pays to his business
Among the divisions the government makes regard real
property horses sheep hogs lumber logs,
cords Of wood merchandise furniture and fixtures hay grain
other products maehne TOOLS wearing apparel jewel
musical instruments surgical instruments libraries harnesses and
many other classes of goods
whose experience life has famiiarized with
kinds of property and their relative values makes
And who does stay his job makes poor
The trouble with Latah county has sometimes been that the
took much for granted did spend enough for the
public and did make enough effort know what going
ind what the conditions of the county really
You will pay higher you hire who oveooks
property who through ignorance values properties high
md others too low
But S equal danger from another
itzens make.
You do assessors office any who will show
any individuals firms, corporations
Yo honest afford hire county
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