The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-21
IDAHO'S BONDED
Debt S54,6OO,O00
FIGURES Or STATE ACCOUNTANT
SHOW VAST SUM-PER
CAPITA S126.41.

Inc total bonded indebtedness of
the state of Idaho and all its political
subdivisions is $54,6O7 ,663.54, or ap-
4 proxlmately IL per cent of $495 $780,
/ 9S95l, the 1921 valuation of the state.
These figures were issued in a report
given out Saturday by B. E. Hyatt,
director of the bureau of public ac-
counts Of the department of finance.
This is debt of $126.41 for each
and every person in the state, based
on the 1920 census of 43I $50 souls.
If the total bonded Indebtedness were
converted into dollar bills and laid
end to end they would make a con-
tlnuous line slightly more than 5000
miles in length; more than twice the
distance from New York to England,
three-fourths of the earth's diameter
and just about equal to twice across
the United States.
Beyond AviatOrs Range
Ii this amount of money was con-
verted into silver dollars piled on top
OF one another. the column would
reach approximately 27 miles high or
more than three times the worlds
altitude record for airplanes. Meter
! and cast into bars it would require 85
/ freight cars each carry 10000 pounds
/ to move the load, says the Idaho
Statesman.
The states share of the debt ia
S5,9l9,000 and the remainder is di-
ylded between the various counties.
cities, villages and taxing districts as
follows:
State 1919 OOO m
counties ........ ...... 9,099,93975
School districts ...... 11,184.245.51
Cities and villages ..... 1887, ,211.9l
Highway districts .. 9261 10000
irrigation districts 49,. 4,345, 10000
Drainage districts 49,. 92O O,666.47
Iotal ............... $54, ,607 ,66354
The report states that the figures
were taken from the state auditors
records. In many cases, however,
subdivisions of the state have failed
to make an adequate report and the
Information furnished by county audi
tors reports and by state examiners
reports has been used
Another statement appearing on the
report is:
What City Bonds Cover
Under the title city and village
bonds is included the issues of spe-
cial Improvement districts within the
city or village. Irrigation, drainage
and special improvement district
bonds evidence expenditures which
directly enhance the value of the
properties and should be distinguished
from all other issues which are gen
eral in nature
Twin Falls county ranks supreme
in the amount of bonded Indebtedness
in any one county. 1t has a total of
S5,962 $500 and even outranks the
toto ,;.l, o. nj
county is second with S3,722,539.73
and Bannock county third with slight
y more than three million dollars
worth.
Twin Falls Share
Twin Falls big debt is wrapped up
in city and village bonds of which
he county has $2,254,4 ,447.09 worth.
The county also has large issue of
highway bonds totaling
81, $4,000 School district bonds are
about million and a quarter Ada
largest debt is in the county
tselif which shows a total of $1,418,-
100. School districts total $1,198,510
ind cities and villages have less than
lalf a million. Irrigation and drain
ige districts in Ada county show
otal of S616,000 Bannock county,
along with Idaho, Latah, Lewis and
5hoshone, has no outstanding county
,onds. ~.
Canyon and Bonneville are the only
wo counties in the state in the two
million class. Bonneville has total
# $2,933, ,366.54, almost all of which is
ity and village bonds. Canyon coun-
US biggest debt is in city and village
onds totaling $1,189, ,54464. The total
ebt of the county is S27S214O7S
Boise county is the banner county
f the state from the standpoint of
ack of bonded Indebtedness. It has
ut $S5,OOO worth of outstanding
onds.