New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-07-24
MANY VALUATIONS
BOOSTED BY BOARD
TAXES NEEDED THIS YEAR WILL
BE ENORMOUS, HENCE
VALUES co UP
NOUALIZERS FIND ASSESSORS
HAVE NOT REALIZED
CONDITIONS

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met as a County Board of Equalization
and organized by electing Herman
Poll1ow as Chairman. Before proceed
mo with the work in hand, circular
letter from the State Tax Commission
was read, giving them the necessary
instructions pertaining to their duties
Few Reductions
As usual the Board found it necessary
to raise a large number OF the items re-
turned by the assessor to equallze the
assessments for the various kinds OF
property turnout the County. In lew
Instances it became necessary to make
slight reductions
Real Estate All Raised
None of the assessments returned on
real estate seemed high enough and
there was raise ranging from 5 to 40
rrr cent. Comfrey and Stately were
"aIsed only 5 per cent and New Ulm,
Golden, Burnstown, Cottonwood, Eden,
Lake Hanska, and Stark were given a
70 per cent raise Sleepy Eye, Spring
field, Hanska, Evan, Home, Leaven-
worth and Sigel were given raise OF
IS per cent and Albin, Bashaw, and North
Star came in for a raise of 20 per cent.
AIulligan got raise Of 30 per cent and
Linden a raise of 40 per cent.
The total assessed valuation OF the
zeal estate in the County is Sl3, 9O1 ga.
Of this amount $2,16S,508 is credited to
New Ulm which is twice as much as
Sleepy Eye and Springfield combined
and nearly one-sixth of the entire Valua-
ion Of the county.
Household Furniture
Under schedule No. 2 the Board found
It necessary to make raise practically
al along the line, ranging from 5 per
ent / O SO per cent. New Ulm escaped
with raise Of 10 per cent and Hanska
and Prairieville were raised only per
cent Linden was raised 80 per cent
and AIulligan, North Star and Stately
50 per cent. Springfield, Albin and
Rugs and carpets were raised rs per
ent in New Uln, 10 per cent in Sleepy
Eye, 25 per cent in Springfield and Com
frey and so per cent in Hanska and
Golden. Books, pictures, bric-a-brac
and works of art were given boost of
100 per cent in New Ulm, Sleepy Eye,
Springfield Comfrey and Hanska.
When it got down to sewing machines
it became necessary to reduce the assessed
d ,aluation Of Burnstown, Prairieville,
:Slgal and Stark 10 per cent. Lake
Hanska and Linden 20 per cent and New
Ulm rs per cent. Sleepy Eye was raised
70 per cent, Golden, Comfrey, Cotton
wood, Home and Mulligan 80 per cent,
Rashaw so per cent and Eden 100 per
cent.
ast"irne More Valuable Every Day
The!valuation placed on watches and
..locks by the assessors did not find very
much favor with the "Equalizers,' be-
cause they found it necessary to raise 10
If the assessors reports, the raise ranging
An xt1e way from 10 to 100 per cent.
S}eepv Eve was raised 100 per cent, the
highest, and Evan 10 per cent, the lowest
Sparklers Come High
WHEN the GARD reached the schedule
Of iewnlry, diamonds, gold and silver
plate, they fairly gasped, because OF the
ridiculously low assessed valuation II
quite number of the assessors districts
They promptly raised the valuations O.
New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Springfield
Comfrey and Hanska 500 per cent.
Pianos we're raised on Is assessors
ranging all the way from 10 per cent tt
1925 per cent. Eden was raised tn
most and Burnstown the least. Il
s5rTis schedule there was also reduction
81 % Der cent in Milford and Stately an
IS pey cent in Lake Hanska and Prairie
vile. All other musical instrument
were raised 10 per cent in Springfield
30 per cent in Golden and 100 per cen
in Sleepy Eye and Hanska.
Live Stock.
Horses, mules and asses under on
year old were raised 10 per cent in Burn:
town and 20 per cent in Eden and n
duced 5 per cent in Milford and STATED
and 10 per cent in Leavenworth. TIL
same class one year old and under
years old were raised 80 per cent in Ne
Ulm and 80 per cent in Linden and r.
,duced IS per cent in Springfield an
rssigel and IS per cent in Sleepy Eye.
Horses etc. two years old and undo
9;hree years were raised Is per cent
Cottonwood, rs per cent in New Ul
land 50 per cent in Sleepy Eye, Comfre
;ang Hanska. Three years old and ov
aua1e r2:ss22la, { Fer cent i. New Ulr
.MuIIigan and North Star, 10 per cent
Comfrey, Golden and Prairieville; !:
per cent in Sleepy Eye and Eden al
rs per cent in Springfield and Evan.