Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-12-11
Examples of Tax Increase
Harding and Yeater League Legislators Among Those To
Experience Substantial Increase. Looyenga
Land Example
"What about the taxes 2"

"What about the taxes?"
This seems to be the constant query
nong the taxpayers these days.
The answer is that state and county
general taxes have been greatly in
creased.
Personal taxes are less. Personal
taxes always We're small item to the
average taxpayer.
Districts that made the usual levy
are heavily hit under the new regime.
Some districts, however, seemed to be-
lieve the reports of higher state tax
cs. and cut their local needs far below
that Of last year, thus offsetting the
higher gen;;-al tax. Gayton district is
an example of this. The officials of
Gayton levied less than half the a.
mount for school purposes that was
levied by their district last year. More
than half of the money the taxpayers
cf that district paid last year for
home schools will this yea: 20 to p.y
higher taxes elsewhere. Some of it
will eventually 20 to feed Cathro and
pay his fancy s10.OO0-sa,ary.
Generally speaking those who have
interviewed the county treasurer so
far have CEASED to argue the fact that
taxes are vastly higher thar last
year. In fact. one good Lacquer tried
to find consolation in the fact that he
believed Minnesota taxes to be higher.
OF course, Minnesota land is worth
five or six times as much as Emmons
county land. But the general senti.
ment among those interviewing the
county treasurer seems to be that
they never did believe in the N. P.
league. In view of the large percent
age making this claim, it seems almost
miracle that the league ever polled
the vote in Emmons that it did on
certain former occasions.
One lady property owner appeared
at the court house with $4,000 in cur
rency. She ownedn quarter Of land
and little house in town. She ex-
pacted to pay her taxes and have
enough left of the hundred to buy
some coal, so she said. The county
treasurer informed her that she owed
littDs over s1O5.O0 in taxes. So she
gave him all the hundred and promis-
ed to send in the rest.
AS we have stated before, some of
ths districts are not so hard hit be-
cause of going without the usual-sized
local levy. We have checked up three
or four prominent instances, however,
for the information of the public.
Rep. Roy Yeater owns the N. v Of
2-134-77. Last year he paid tax Of
s83.72. This year he will be asked to
contribute $232.13. $61.s5 Of this is
hail tax. The balance of the increase,
nearly 500 on the half section, is
straigt-out taxes.
Rep. Fay Harding owns the s. E.
X of 22-134-75. Last year he paid
s48.26. This year he will be asked to
pay $82.15 on the same quarter and
this does not include anything for the
hail indemnity.
Down in the south end of the county
we haven't any league legislators.
However, B. Looyenga is one of the
few loyal leaguers among those of
Holland extraction. We asked about
his taxes on the s. E. Y of 28-13O-77.
Last year he paid $43.14. This year
he will be asked to pay s111.00. Hail
indemnity is included in this figure. :
But without including the hail indem-
nifty, Looyenga's tax is about doubled.
These figures were secured from
the books of the. county treasurer.
There are others who have been tap
ped worse, and some not as bad. They
are simply normal cases.
Two of the gentlemen listed are
members Of the legislature. No
doubt the honor Of being Townhy-
ite and voting with the majority in
Bismarck will suffice to reconcile them
to the additional tax. Any of our
readers who live in the immediate
vicinity of Messrs. Harding, Yeater
or Looyenga can take the above fig
uras as basis for estimating their
own until they get the exact figures
from the county treasurer.
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