Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-03-15

Il sLOp 70 cDl6EQtT LHS 4HINcJ tHdi .
will not cost US any more in dollars
and cents to run Payette County
government than it will the Gem
County government and that perhaps
it will not cost US as much for the
following reasons:
II you will take a look at the
map you will find that Gem County
I is a long narrow county, being some
eighty miles long and its county
seat is situated close to the sou b
/ ern end OF the county and the peo-
pie at the northern end are some
thing like seventy miles from th.ir
county seat. Not only that, but Gem
County has an area OF $50 square
miles while Payette County has an
approximate area OF 1853 square
miles. Gem County has a large por-
tion OF its territory situated in
what is called the Squaw Creek
country which is not well developed,
large sums of money have TO be ex-
pended for the building Of reads and
take it all around is much newer
country than that comprising ours.
The mileage of Gem County would
necessarily be greater than that IN
Payette County and the area OF coun-
try to be governed is larger and
the number OF roads TO be looked
after and kept up are longer as
they have to cover more territory
and the territory is more uneven
than ours and its population is not
nearly so compact. There fore it is
clearly evident, that We would not
have 10 raise any more money, that
is any greater amount OF money, for
the support OF our county govern
ment, and probably not as much as
TO run Gem Comfy govern
ment. According TO the official state
ment given us under date OF Febru-
airy I4th, 1917, by the Clerk Of the
District Court and Ex-officio Record
er of Gem County the assessed val
uation of Gem County for 1915 is
S5 .525. SIS. and the county tax levy
for 1916 is SIC. on each Sl0O valua-
ton Therefore, taking Gem County'sl
levy OF sec. with her assessed yalus-
ton Of SS,525,6S5, we find that Gem
Co., last year, raised the sum OF So,
910.62 for county purroses only
for Payette Coun'y tol
rails approximately the same amount
in dollars and cents with our val
uation of $500, 900 We find that in
stead of having 10 make levy OF
S2c we can make levy of 5Sc. on
the hundred and raise s29, ,l50 which |
ss you will readily see, gives US
S2S9.3S more for county purposes
than Gem County raised with its
lovy OF SIC. Evidently this would |
b far ahead OF Gem Couny. But.
let US go little further. The Edi-
or Of the Sentinel would have you
believe that We should remain in +,
Canyon County, stating that Canyon
County has levy OF 66C. for eoun- 4
ty purposes. Well. If We remain in
Canyon County and the levy is Soc, /
let us ask you how much money you
would have to raise toward the sup /
port of Canyon County government +,
upon your assessed valuation of S5,-
500, 900? Figure il out for yours If
and you will find that if We remain I
in Canyon County with our valuation 4
OF S5.500.000. and our levy at sc. /
we will have to pay for county pur-
poses $4,000. Therefore dear Editor
We invite you to subtract from said
SS6,SO0 the said sum OF s29,150 to |
find out what you will save per
year by having new county Of
your own. and YOU will find that you
will save the sum OF $3.50 per year.
Let us apply these figures little
further. Suppose now that you have
a farm valued at $4,000 and that We
in Canyon County. For ooun-
ty purposes, at a levy OF SIC. your
taxes for county purposes only,
would be $3.50, while IN the new
County Of Payette, with . levy Of |
5Sc. for county purposes ouly, your
taxes would be s2l.2o and at the
same ua you would be supp0stizS