The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-08-24
Valuations Less
How About Taxes!
Most Nevada Counties Show Loss of
Taxable Values at State
Board Meeting

With the total sor one county sub
ject to possible slight correction the
assessed total valuation for Nevada
is s204, ,6S2,209 for the year 1921,
according to compilation of assess
ment rolls turned into office OF Sec
retary F. N. Fletcher of the tax COM
mission This is a decrease of SS,-
739,1S9 from the 1921 final assessed
valuation upon which the counties
made tax settlements with the state
controller says the Carson News.
The Increases returned were $77,-
$50 for Clark, s20,092 for Eureka,
$70,SS5 for Lyon. $S3,772 for Orms-
by, $29,879 for Storey and s19,350
for Washoe county.
Decreases were returned by the as
SCISSORS as follows, $353,160 for
Churchill. s46,731 for Douglas. s2,-
163, 3,461 for Elko, $1,604,643 for Es-
meralda. s653,045 for Humboldt.
1926, 49 for Lander, about $S9,544
for Lincoln, $164,044 for Mineral,
$1,427.176 for Nye, $37,S41 for
Pershing, and s2,945,S72 for White
Pine county.
Lyon county's large increase is
said to be due largely to higher val
uations placed upon real estate.
The county returning the largest
decrease is White Pine. This is main
ly because OF the shutting down of
copper mining operations in addition
to unfavorable conditions surround
ing the livestock industry.
Elko county stands second in de-
creased total valuation. In this coun-
ty land valuations are about $780,
600 lower than last year. The main
part of the balance of the decrease
is because of lower livestock valua-
tion.
Esmeralda eounty's decrease of
$1,604,643 shows a falling off of
more than twenty-eight per cent
from the 1920 assessed valuation.
More than s1,000.O00 of the differ
ence, however, is due to abandon
ment of the high valuation formerly
placed upon the Nevada California
Power Company property and upon
which high valuation taxes were
never paid.
Although Nye county totals show
a drop of s1.427,176 from the 1920
figures the decrease is surprisingly
small Whom -sl.o difforoaee-i fha
assessed valuation of the Nevada
California Power Company, practical
suspension of mining operations over
long period and the unfayorable
livestock conditions are taken into
account.
In spite of the fact that the as
sessed valuation of $204,6S2,20 re-
urned by the assessors is $1,317,701
short of the estimated s206, 100000
valuation upon which the state leg
islature the last night of the session
fixed a state tax rate of sixty cents
state officers do not believe that the
board of equalization will be called
upon to make any increases in prop
erty values in order to raise suffic-
lent revenue to pay the expense of
the state government and to provide
for all appropriations. The situation
has been relieved by collection of the
Miller inheritance taxes. Other
money not counted upon when the
legislature acted is that accruing to
the state through settlement of the
litigation over taxes on railroad
lands in Pershing, Humboldt, Chur-
ment of the tax claims against the
Nevada-California Power Company
These funds it is declared, will more
than make up the difference because
of the unanticipatedly low total as
sessed valuation of the state.