Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-09-09

(By Our Helena Correspondent
Although the assessed valuation of
real and personal property in Sc coun-
ties OF Montana showed a loss OF
S2,Sf3,3i6 this year over that OF 1926.
IL Is the opinion OF the state board Of
equalization hat the uniform good
crops this year VIII check any further
decrease.
While material decreases are noted in
real estate and improvements and in live
stock. other personal property. including
automobiles, shows an increase OF So
362. 876, OF which $4.682 .113 is attributed
solely to automobiles.
The assessed valuation taken by county
assessors this year on real estate and
Improvement totaled S840,9 8 ITO, as
against s847 ,528. 035 last year, a loss of
s6,592. 265.
Livestock in 1926 was assessed at $685.
$50. 049 n this year at SOL ,635, 1913, a de-
crease OF S4.114,251.
Other personal property including au-
tomobiles. was this year assessed at
1924 527.631, while in 1926 1t was as
sessed at S2l6,l64, 755, or an increase Of
S8.362.8 7
Automobiles last year were assessed at
500, 656,940 and this year S27.33e, 053. an
Increase of s4,6s2, 1ls, or 2o.66 per cent.
~ q tP w Vic SNAb d1t4hCll
board to determine which of two doctors
is rightfully deserving of money for
treating a man with two broken ribs.
An employe of the Handbook OIL COM
pany. while working In the Kelvin fields
suffered two broken ribs when he fell
from the roof of a tool shed. He went
to n doctor and was treated, his body
being tightly bound with tape TO allow
the broken bones to set. That doctor
left town for his vacation after sending
in a bill of $40 to the industrial accident
board.
1t appears that the tape was too tight
and the injured man pulled 1t from his
body. He then went to another doctor
and was given the same treatment. the
latter doctor also sending a bill for $40
to the state board. Which doctor is de-
must decide.
The school census for the 1929 term
will start this year on September is and
conclude not later than October Is, I'M
der the provisions Of the law as amended
and approved by the governor on March
8, 1927.
In former years 1t had been the
custom to place the census work in the
hands of some one designated by the
board Of trustees. Under the statute as
now in force this duty is imposed on the
school clerk with penalties for failure to
perform 1t.
The statute reads: 1.-THE clerk of the
school district shall make annually, be-
tween the fifteenth day of September
and the fifteenth day Of October of each
year, an exact census Of all children and
youths between the ages of 6 and 81 years
residing in the district"
Motor vehicles serve 1924 miles OF
highway in Montana, according to figures
complied in the Offices of the Montana
railroad commission. For the year up to
and including August %. the state board
has issued 70 licenses with 1877 cars In
service by the operators.
OF the total 1877 automobiles and trucks
in service, SO are exclusively used foI
freight, As for passenger and express, and
40 for passengers. The freight buses
serve 957 miles of highway, the passenger
and express 1,763 miles and the passen-
ger l04 miles.
More than 10000 farmers Of Montana
are being requested to assist Jay G. Dia-
mond, federal agricultural department
statistician, in making a survey of all
grains, hay and fruit, summer fallow anc
pasture lands part of a movement where
by similar reports from all states may be
tabulated by the department Of the In
terror at Washington, D.. G. Blank cards
are now being distributed through the
postoffices to rural route carriers who. In
turn, will pass them along to the farmers