The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-14
rrTHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
81 COUNTIES
GET Low RATE
OF HAIL TAX
Rates This Year Higher Than
1925, but About the Same
rs Swear Average =

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Thirty-two counties are included in
the first classification Of those which
Will pay low hail indemnity taxes this
year, according TO figures prepared BY
the state hail department. With
3,5O8.999 acres insured. counties in
the first ciassificatlons will pay e
cents per acre for protection OF 81
per acre and IL cents for additional
protection of three dollars an mere
where such protection was requested
The rate for the first district last
year was % GENTS for 81 per. acre
protection.
The eight counties in district No. q
will pay 50 cents m acre for the or
binary protection Of 81 an acre and Ia
cents additional where it was insured
for SO an acre. [
Six counties in district No. o will
pay 80 cents for ordinary, protection
and II cents additional where insured
for SO an acre. The. highest rate is
assessed against district No. 4. which
pay "A cents for ordinary protection
Rates About Average
This years rates arc about aver
age, il WAS said, although materially
higher. than those for 1925, the best
year in the departments experience.
Rates for last year were %. ~, 81 and
sc cents for the four districts, re-
spcctively.
Cropped land insured this year to-
tailed 6.13l,7l3 acres or 31.75 Of the
total area cropped in the state, placed
at l9,398,196 acres.
This is fully as much as could be-
expected, it was said, since unfavor-
able weather early in the spring
caused many farmers to withdraw
from the hail insurance because Of
prospects Of poor yields. Many with
drawals were filed because farmers
felt that their crops were too poor to
be worth protecting, 4 statement
said.
Indemnity to be paid this year will
total $1,776,G62.92 or about $4,000
more than last year. Although the
number Of claims was not unrcason-
ably large the damage avs severe in
many places, it was said, SO that the
average loss per claim will be greater
than for last year.
Will Pay in December
Payments will be made in cash and
warrants will be sent out in Deem
Der. Besides its unsolicited taxes the
department has cash fund Of 3d.
$4,000 on deposit with the state
treasurer
"Thc surplus on March l, 1926, was
S3,l0s, 6S6.Sl. This naturally will be
augmented by $2S1,0O0 in flat tax for
the season and it is therefore quito
possible that it may not be necessary
TO levy any flat tax after this year, .
Il statement said. The flat tax is one
cent an acre on all tillablc land, fe-
gardlcss of whether or not it is in
surcd with the fund. Al
AS in past years the greatest loss
occurred in counties west of the Mis-
souri, river, especially in .Hctting9H
Grant. Bowman, Stark and Adams
counties. Dunn county also suffered
heavy losses put because nearly all
the crops in that county were insured
the loss was so well distributed that
Duan county is placed in the second
district, whereas some counties with
smaller. loss took higher classified
ton. The thing farmers all over. the
state should keep in mind in this
cOncction," the statement said, lis
that IN order to have general low
premium rate the risk must be wel
distributed and a large acreage i'm
sured in the state" ,..,
districts together with the acreage ia
sured in each district, counties which
show an increase in the acreage in
sured; the number Of claims received
by years the number Of claims and
indemnity allowed this year by coun-
ties and the total indemnity paid BY
years to date is shown by the follow
ing tables
Some Statistics
District No. 1, 3,5O8,9o9 acres in
sured: Barnes, Burke Cass, EN-
mons, Golden Valley, LaMoure, Me-
Lean, M0untrail. Oliver, Ramsey, Rem
willie, Sargent, Sioux, Stutsman, Trail,
Ward, Bottincau, Burleigh, Cavalier,
Foster, Grand Forks, Mckenzie, Mer-
Ger, Nelson, Pembina, Ransom, Rich
land, Sheridan, Steele, Towncr, Walsh,
District No. 2, 1,O4l,s9s acres in
sured: Billings, Dunn. Logan, Pierce.
Divide, Kidder, McHenry, Morton. 49,
District No. 3, 666.738 acres in
sured: Benson. Griggs, Slope, pickey,
Mcintosh, Wells.
District No. 4, 917.278 acres. in
surcd: Adams. Eddy, Hettingcr, Rol-
cite, bowman, Grant, Stark.
Counties showing increased insured
acreage are: Adams. Benson, Burke,
Cavalier, Dunn, Foster, Grand FORKS,
Grant, Griggs, Hettinger, Mountrai4,
Pembina. Richland, Sioux. Slope,
Trail. Walsh, Wells, Williams.
During the season Of 1926 o total
Of 9.744 claims were reporte1ss This
is less than the average tor eight
toal Of l2O.77O claims have bed re-
ported to the department by ycars as