Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-20
WILL NOT LOWER ASSESSMENT
COUNTY BOARD OF EQUAL1zA-
TON LEAVES W. P. COMPANY
ASSESSMENT AT $295,OOO

pany's assessment be reduced. A
lengthy discussion took place but the
board refused to change the assess
ment. z:= .
As will be remembered the city
council recentl~ appointed commit
tee Of citizens to 20 over the tax rec
ords of the city with the assessor lvr
the purpose Of adjusting the assess
ments- The members Of this commit
tee were D. NJ. Cameron, A. 81. Yer
non, T. II. Dewey and Max Corbin. In
their report to the council they stated
that they had found the Water Power
company's property considerably un-
derassessed and some items of their
property entirely omitted from the
tax rolls, having been off the rolls
since before the present officials took
office. The old assessed valuation of
the company's property was $4,000
and as result of the investigation by
a representative of the state tax COM
mission, this committee and the assess
or the valuation was increased to
1926, 900 and the county auditor was
asked to place the omitted items on
the tax rolls.
The representatives of the power
company, in asking for the reduction,
stated that it vas entirely too high
andf Mr.. Gordon made the statement
that he thought that the taxes which
the company has been paying on its
rea1 estate on the West side, as COM
pard with the Thayer and Rhodes
property. should exempt the company
from paying any taxes on its dam. He
contrnded that the committee which
had lplaced the valuation on the dam
wassnot capable of doing so. One
commissioner asked him if he would
be willing to accept the valuation
placed on the dam if experts were Sc
cured to make such valuation. Mr..
Gorden replied that he could not be-
lievez the experts and he insisted that
the board should take his word for
what the dam was valued at. He add
ed that if the assessment was to be put
on for this year the items omitted in
the past years should also be added.
CITY Attorney Cameron and Attor-
nev A. H. Vernon, members Of the citi-
zens' tax committee, explained the
reason for the increase. It was point
ed out that the assessment as changed
was even lower than recommended by
representative Of the state tax COM
mission, who was here to make an in
vestigation.
:. 1fhe. board Of equalization, at the
close Of the discussion, Informed the
power company representatives that
it would not reduce the assessment. It
now goes before the state tax COM
mission and the company has the right
to appeal if it desires. Mr.. Gordon in
timated to the board Tuesday that the
company would appeal.
The board consisted of the commits
sioners and County Auditor McNairy.
Items were equalized as follows:
Household goods were raised as fol-
lows, the figures Indicating per cent:
Agram 80, Buckman 40, Buh 40, Gull
drum 100, Darling 80, Elm Dale so,
Granite 80, Green Prairie SO, Pierz go,
Parker 120. Rail Prairie 200, Swan
River 20, Bellevue 20, Belle Prairie
25O, Clough 200. Cushino 200, Hillman
$50, Lakin 100, Leigh 100, Mt. Morris
-lOO Morrill, 100, Pike Creek so, Par
ker 60, Platte 800, Pulaski 800, Rosing
15O Richardson 500, Ripley 20, Sean
dia Valley 100, ESwanville 80. In the
following villages the per cent raised
is a follows: Buckman so, Bowlus so,
,, Genola 80, Flensburg $50, Lastrup 100,
Lastrup in Granite 100, Royalton 10,
| Sobieski $50, Swanville 100, Upsala
| 100, Pierz so, Randall 40. NJ. NJ. Viii
! liams in town of Pike Creek was ra1s-
ed 100 per cent.
Horses, one year old and under two
were raised as follows: Agram 25
per cent, Buckman 25, Belle Prairie
Dbl,
| Pierz 40, Pulaski 90, Rail Prairie 20,
Scandia Valley so, village of Genola
60, village Of Lastrup 60, village Of
Motley 20, village of Pierz so, city of
Little Falls so.
three were raised as follows: Agram
40 per cent, Buckman 80, Belle Prairie
40, Buh 20, Elm Dale 20, Granite 20,
Hillman 80, Lakin 80, Little Falls 40,
Mt. Morris so, Parker 80, Rail Prairie
40, Richardson 80, Scandia Valley 20,
Swan River 20, Two Rivers 30, village
of Buckman 100, village Of Genola 10,
Lastrur in Granite, 10, Pierz 40, Ran
dali 80, Sobieski- 20, Swanville 20, city
of Little Falls 80.
Horses three years old and over were
raised as follows: Agram 10 per cent,
Bellevue 20, Buckman 10, Belle Prairie
40, Buh 10, Clough 40, Cushing 90,
Darling 80, Green Prairie 20, Mt. Nor
ris 80, Motley 80, Pike Creek 80, Pierz
10, Parker 30, Pulaski 40, Rail Prairie
40, Richardson 10, Scandia Valley 80,
Swan River 20, Two River 80.
Stations were raised as follows:
Agram 1CO per cent, Buckman 60,
Clough 100, Green Prairie 100, Lakin
100, Little Falls 100, Pike Creek 100,
Pierz 80, Parker so, Platte 100, Rosing
&C; Cattle, % one e.; year old and under two
Gin all towns), under $500 was raised
to $500.
Cattle, two years old and under
three Gn all towns), under $1,000 was
raised to $1,000.
Cows (in all towns), under $1,000
was raised to $1,000.
Cattle, three years old and over Gin
all towns), raised to $4,000.
Hogs (in all towns), was raised to
5000
Add to the town Of Ripley, one port
able saw mill to Chas. and Axel Ander-