White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-28
WHITE PINE COUNTY
LARGEST DECREASE

White Pine county returns lht
largest decrease in assessed tax val
nations of any county in the state,
mainly due to the shutting down OF
the copper mining industry and TO
unfavoralle conditions surrounding
she livestock industry. Taking the
state at large, with the total for one
county subject to possible slight cor
rection. the total assessed valuation
for Nevada Is s204.6S2,203 for the
year 1921. These figures are in ae-
eordance with a compilation of the
assessment rolls turned in to the Of
ice of +. n. Fletcher, secretary of
the state tax commission. and is a de-
crease of $~S,739,1S9 from the 1920
anal assessed valuation upon which
with the state controller. says the
Carson City News.
The increases returned were ST.
$50 for Clark, S2O,092 for Eureka,
s70.3S5 for Lyon, $S3,722 for Orms-
by, $29,879 for Storey and s19,250
for Washoe county.
Decreases were returned by the as
SCISSORS as follows: S253.160 for
Churchill. $46,731 for Douglas. 3d.
f63,461 for Eiko. $1.604,643 for Is
meralda. $653,045 for Humboldt,
s226.149 for Lander. about sSa.544
for Lincoln, .S166,044 for Mineral.
~$1.427.176 for Nye. S37.s4I for
Pershing and ~s2.945.S72 for White
Fine county.
Lyon county's large increase is said
90 be due largely to higher valuations
placed upon real estate.
ElkO county stands second in de-
creased total valuation. In this oun
ty land valuations are about $780,
eco lower than last year. The main
part of the balance of the decrease
IS because of lower livestock valua-
fions.
Esmerefda county's decrease of
1,6e4.643 shows a falling of of
more than IS per cent from the
1920 assessed valuation. More than
100000 of the difference, howey-
or, is due to abandonment of the high
valuation formerly placed upon the
Sevada-California Power Company
property and upon which high yalua-
ton taxes were never paid.
Although Nye county totals show a
crop of S~1,427,175 from the 1920
figures the decrease is surprisingly
small when the difference in the as
sessed valuation of the Neyada-Caii- |
fornia Power Company. practical sus-
pension of mining operations over q !
long period and the unfavorable i've
stock conditions are taken into ac-
count.
In spite of the fact that the assess
ed valuation of 1904 ,6S2,209 re-
turned by the assessors is Sl,a1T,i01
short of the estimated 5000 val
uation upon which the legislature the
last night of the session fixed a state
tax rate of 60 cents, state officers do
not believe that the state board of
, equalization will be called upon to
= make any increase in property values
: ti order to raise sufficient revenue to
= pay the expense of the state govern
g ment and to provide for all appropri-
atoms. The situation has been re-
lieved by collection of the Miller in
heritance taxes. Other money not
. counted upon when the legislature
acted Is that accruing to the state
:" through settlement of the litigation
!" ever taxes on railroad lands in Perish
ing, Humboldt. Churchill and Lyon
..sountles, also settlement of the tax
.-slaims against the Nevada-California
kspower Company. These funds, it Is
'csdeclared, will more than make up
'.szhe difference because of the unan-
sticipatedly low total assessed valua.
,nstion for the state.