Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-04-03

QlSLrlCLS OF the state. IN C0l6 county
the average rate in townships is 1856
mills, while in cities and villages the
average is 52.7S mills. In addition land
In villages Is assessed on basis 20
per cent higher than that in townships.
ITO illustrate" said Mr.. Ives, I'VE
will compare the taxes to be paid this
year on q quarter section of land in
the town of Roseland and on property
In the city of Willmar valued at the
same amount. The average true and
full value per acre of land in ROseland
township according to the last assess
ment is $3.50, applying this average
to the 100 acres we are discussing
gives total valuation of $3.50. Farm
land being assessed at one-third of full
value, we find the assessment against
this quarter section to be $3,077, and
using the average tax rate in the dis
trict, 24.10 mills, we find the total
taxes to be paid this year will be $74.-
16.
Nov the man in the city of
Willmar who owns business or resi-
dence property equal in full value to
this farm finds that it is assessed at
40 per cent of full value or at 1852,
just twenty per cent higher than that
amount at which the farm is assessed.
His tax rate is 51.47 mills, and apply
ing this to his valuation we find that
he will pay $4,000 in taxes on prop
| erty Of the same true and full value
as that located in Roseland township
where the total tax is but $74.16
'"This situation, however, is not to
be wondered at, as the man in the
village is getting, generally speaking,
many more benefits than is his coun-
try neighbor. The cities and villages
of the state must have high and grad.
ed schools, libraries, water and cleo.
trio light systems, sidewalks, paved
and graded streets, sewers, a hundred
and one other utilities which are not
needed or required in the country
Necessarily the taxes in such commun.
tiles will be high, and this is not in
itself an evil as no country ever pros.
pered where public expenditures were
negligible. There can be no doubt but
that man gets higher return out OF
a dollar paid in taxes than out of a
dollar invested in any other way"
Mr.. Ives concluded by explaining
fully the laws relating to assessment
and particularly called the attention
Of assessors to the fact that parson
ages, church property not used fol
church purposes, and property Of
lodges and fraternal organizations are
not exempt from taxation and never
have been in the history of the state
If such property has been exempted
in the past the proceeding has been ii
direct violation of law.
He also declared that the state
should show very material increase
in the money and credits assessment
this year, and pointed out in this con
nection that despite the drain on fin
ancial resources caused by the Libert,
Loan campaigns, there is today consid
erablyS more money on deposit in the
savings and commercial banks of this
state than ever before.
The assessors in attendance were
&c. T. Skindelien, Arctander; l.. A. Met
calf, Burbank; Carl H. Thorson, Col
fax; J. Edward Carlson, Dovre; E. R
Lane, Edwards; J. C. Bjornberg, Fab
lun; Charles ]. Berg, tennessee; Car
o. Thompson, Green Lake; E. G. Pag
lei, Harrison; Henry Van De Riet, Hol
land; Louis Thompson, Irving; Harry
Anderson, Kandiyohi; K. H. Nelson
Lake Andrew; Wilhelm Johnson, Lake
Lillian; o. ]. Tengwall, Mamre; Elias
Johnson, New London; NJ J. Peter
son, Norway Lake; K. Douma, Rose
land; F. H. Smithson, Roseville; Eva1
Erickson, St. Johns; Gothard Adam
son, Whitefeld; Albert J. Johnson
Willmar; William Peterson, Atwater;
Nels Norell, Kandiyohi Village; Jas
L. Jarrett, Pennock; William Nc
Laughlin, Raymond; K. T. Rykken
Willmar.