Arizona republican., 1921-07-12
ID PER CENT GUT
 MADE IN COUNTY !AXVAL UA I |ON
Board Of Supervisors Re duces Net Assessed Valu- ations-Greater Reduc- tions In Some Classes

Reduction of 10 per cent in the net assessed valuation of Maricopa county property. real and personal. is the board of supervisors contribution to the general retrenchment program in this community. Property in the county this year is given an assessed valuation of s122.s02, ,10s.76, less ex- smptions totalling $342,SS5, as com pared with net assessed valuation of approximately s135,000.0 900 in 1920.
 Actual reductions in assessed valu- ation of valley property have been tar greater than figures above quoted would tend to indicate. members of the board explained yesterday. The net valuation shows a comparatively small decrease because of the rapid development in city and rural dis tricts, they said. Industrial exten- sion, in provements on property, new farming tracts and natural growth have added many millions of dollars to the property valuations in the county during the past year, they said
 Reductions in assessed valuation effected by the board are classified as follows: Irrigated and dry lands. 20 per cent: city property. 20 per cent; all livestock, an average of nearly 50 per cent and other property almost equally as much.
 Practically 30 per cent of the total county valuation is represented in irrigated lands and improvements thereon. The assessed valuation of these lands is fixed at $S7 BOT $50 with an additional assessment of s2.935,- S55 for improvements. There are 290,- 275.06 acres of irrigated lands in the county, the official assessment roles show.
 Next in importance comes city property and improvements the total valuation of which is s35. 5.1S3215, di- vided S19.268. $50 on city property and $15,914.66 on improvements.
 Dry Lands Total 5000 900
 There are 4S3,251.42 acres of dry farm lands in the county having an assessed valuation of S5,293.045. Inn provements on the dry farm lands are valued at $151.735.
 Automobiles continue to play an im- portant part in the assessed yalua- tion of the county. There are now 12.47O automobiles in the valley. hav- ing a total valuation of $6,147.651. In addition, 157 motorcycles are given a valuation of $16,540. In other words. nearly five per cent of the total wealth of the county Is invested in motor vehicles. In direct contrast to the automobile situation is the assessment on furni- ture. including both household and office. valua tion of all furniture in the county is fixed at $2.215.010, hard 1y more than third of the total as- ecesrnopf op ay1tDn1obileS
 Non productive patented and un- patented mines in the county are valued at $113.720 with Improvements thereon valued at $6,500. Patented mill sites are given valuation of $s.675.
 Banks in the county are valued at s$3.271 900, with stocks of merchandise valued at sS,577.939.
 Standard guage railroads have a valuation of $11, ,196. .0S7-36 in Maricopa county. There are 18,S90 miles of tel ephone lines in the county, valued at S1,114,S64, and 1.099.42 miles of tele- graph lines. valued at y11S,137.3 .36. Gas, electric light and power plants are valued at s1.501.710.
 One of the encouraging features of the assessment rolls Is the increased number of dairy cattle on Salt River valley farms, as compared with year ago. There are now S,709 head of milk COWS in the county, having a to-al valuation of s42z,900.
 The assessors report also discloses the fact that there are still ostriches in this community. Twenty y-seven of the birds are listed under the personal property list, valued at $1S5. or a little less than s7 each.
 Increase In Poultry
 The poultry population of the county has shown rapid growth the past year, there now being 9,972.5 dozen valued at $65.470. There are also 12,977 stands Of bees, valued al $70,S25.
 Horses are divided as follows: Stock, 13, valued at $325; range hors- es, 590, valued at $e.0S5; class 4 work horses, 956, valued at s70.945; class E work horses, 4.511. valued at $190. 10s and 466 saddle horses, valued at s19,- $50. There are also nine stallions valued at $l.0S5. Mules have a class ification of their own. There are 1.70l class A mules. valued at SAP ,695, >anc 1884 head of class B mules, valued a sS3 1865.
 Cattle are divided into the following classes: Range cattle, 21, 11S head val ued at $432, ,295; steers, two years olt and up, 227 head vaiued at $4,995 stock cattle, 3770 head valued at s75. 40: beef or feeders, 2,4s7 head valued
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