Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-25
S33,057, AL VALUE
Of CASCADE COUNTY
PROPERTY FOR 1922
Classification of Counties
Shifts With Cascade
Leading State.
Special to The Tribune.

Helena, Dec. 24.-tBE The AsSocl~
ated Press.)-Two counties in Mon
tana will gain a higher classification,
with corresponding increases in the sal
aries Of the county officers. aud four
will drop to lower classification, rs the
result of the changes III their assessed
valuations reported by their assessors
to the state board of equalization.
F1athead county will drop from
fourth to fifth class, with the decline
in it's total valuation from S15,31S.959
last wear to a taxable valuation of S14,-
522, $50 for 1922.
Flathead county will drop from
fourth to fifth class, with the decline
in its total taxable valuation from SILL
043,3322 in 1921 to S9,7S4 $40.
Fallon county will drop from sixth to
seventh class with the decline in its
total taxable valuation from S5,119,67I
to $4,52S,S73.
Judith Basin county will drop from
fifth to sixth class, with the decline in
it's taxable valuation from S10,260,677
last year to SS,626,310.
Golden Valley county will rise from
seventh to sixth class with the increase
in its total taxable valuation from S4,-
663, 012 to S5,2S1 1854.
Rosebud county win gain from sixth
to fifth class with the increase in its
total taxable value from S9,9fS,43T to
$10.615,S13.
Park county. which last year had a
total taxable value of $40, 765,2IS, re-
ported for 1922 a taxable value of So
999,056, which would drop it from fifth
to sixth class. Errors in the figures
which the state board of equalization
has asked the Park county officials to
correct, will, it is believed, bring the
total above the 100000 600 mark and
permit the county to remain in the
fifth class.
The largest total of taxable valuation
reported for 1922 is from Cascade
county, which has S:33.O57. AL, as com
pared with $36,375,s04 last year. Sill
yer Bow county reported a taxable
value of S30,S61 ,635 as compared with
$32,41.250. Yellowstone county IS
third from the top of the list with
S23.119,234 as compared with $2J,S15,-
$50 in 1921. Fergus is fourth with
$22,69O.451 as compared with So, 1000
1876 in 1921. Missoula county's 1922
taxable value total is S~17.74S,S9S as
compared with S1S,215.57O. Lewis and
Clark county reported S17,O60,00O as
compared with ST. 545,110.
The total taxable valuation of the
other counties of the state, as report
ed to the state board, are, for 1922, as
follows: a
R~eaverhead. s7,93o.s26: Big Horn,
s.40,174; Blaine. S7,1226,51O; Broad
water, $4,2O6,019; Carbon, $500
745; Carter, $~2,sS7,251; Chouteau,
So 1856 $50; Daniels, S2rS29.174 Daw-
son, $7,421. $50; Deer Lodge, $10.07s.-
615 Gallatin. $15.4o1 800; Garfield,
a. OS $50; Glacier, $3,521 ,05S; JEFF
fo,.or ep 40 CIT. Hill S1l 40 Qf1
Granite. s SIC, 963; Liberty, 1888
6s5; Lincoln. Sc, 735, 954; Madison, &c.
561 ,594; McCone, S4,s70,423: Meagher,
S .277.4S7; Mineral, $4.266,S64; Mus
selshelI, S7,4S0,S6s; Phillips, Sc, 755,-
954; Pondera, $5.152,5 $50; Powder
River, 2.951.7 TIT: Powell. 5000 .105:
Prairie. S5.164,374; Ravalli, S6,65S,-
S61; Richland. S~6,417.4o9; Roosevelt,
Sc .OS6.832: Sanders. S7,730,595: Sher-
idan, 8,O77,473; Saltwater. $500
800; Sweet Grass, $5.6S5, 945; Teton,
s6,s97.454; Toole, $5.564 ,953; Treas
ure. 81 o2O,0O5: Valley, $S,425, 702;
Wheatland, $7,S7o,429; Wibaux. 49,
O34.7 TBS.
Under the Montana statute a first
class county is one with a taxable
value of $4,000 900 or more. There
is none in Montana. A second class
county mas 2tA4HD1S AUluAtloH DttWeeH
s3O.OOO.0 900 and $50. 600. 900. A third
class county is between S20,0 1000
and $50, 100000: n fourth class county
is between S15,000.000 and 500 600, 900 |
a fifth class. county between 100000
600 and $4,000. 900: n sixth class
county between $4,000. 900 and $40
OOO, 900 and a seventh class county has
a taxable valuation less than $1,000
900. !
The figures given above include the
taxable values fixed by the assessors
of the. counties. to which has been add
ed the distribution of the total taxable
valuation on i~ntercounty properties
such as railroads, power plants. tele-
graph lines and similar properties, as |
determined by the state board.
No distribution has been made of
the taxable valuation of the operating
properties in Montana of the Western
Union Telegraph company, which has
appealed to the federal court for an ,
Injunction to prevent the state board
of equalization from fixing the %valua-
ton OF it's lines in the state at the fig |
ure determined upon by the board last
fall. The hearing will probably come
up in the sitting Of the federal court in
Helena next month; although a defin-
tie date has not been set on the fed-
eral court calendar. The total valua-
ton put on the Western Union COM
nnnv's nrouertieS was slightly in ex-I