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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-17

will silence much of the grumbltng
that has been heard from perplex-
ed property owners in the past. In
Cook county in the past, whether
assessments were high or low, the
property owner did not have the
least idea how to the figure handed
to him was arrived at. No he can
not only figure his own assessment
but he can also figure his neigh
boris. Under the old system, with
no basis for comparison, the prop
erty owner often felt that he suf-
fered from discrimination. Now he
can prove" his own taxes and any,
ones else.
The old system in Cook county
computed front foot values on a
depth basis. Therefore, because the
depth of lots vary. so values var
led in different parts Of the city.
Though admitting that assessments
should be made on q uniform basis,
the city officials were actually
making them on a very individual
basis. If property is assessed in
an equitable way with a man in one
part OF town paying taxes on the
same basis as a man in another
part OF town, then the same unit
for fixing both assessments should
be used, says Mr.. Cutmore. Texas
can only be equitable when assess
ments all over a city can be COM
and assessments can only be COM
pared when the same yardstick Is
used for every property.
Therefore the cid depth rule has
been discarded and the Chicago
system is predicated on a uniform
standard unit foot which is a strip
of land one foot wide and 125 feet
deep. located in the middle of an
imaginary block without corner or
other influence. Lots of greater
depth or less depth than the stand
ard unit are graded according to a
standard depth table and uniform
rates for calculating corner, alley,
or any other enhancing or detract-
ing influence are provided. The
result will be that properties ex-
actly alike in different parts of the
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city will be treated precisely the
same.
Practically every branch Of our
municipal government has kept
pace with the march of science and
progress except the important
branch that raises money to run
u government" said Mr.. Cutmore.
In 1927 the assessors office con
tinued to do business on the same
basis as it did fifty years ago. With
the matter of municipal taxation
becoming increasingly important to
the individual property owner, due
to the rising cost Of government,
the second largest city in America,
a year ago, was assessing property
on the old township method.
Arbitrary assessment made in an
office, and guess work, often back
ed by inexperienced Judgment dis
triSuted the tax burden unfairly,
made many people hesitate to
purchase homes, and held up tax
receipts from those who felt they
had been wrongly assessed.
Every modern municipality is
about a year behind in the collec-
ton Of its revenues. If one could
conceive a city just starting out
with funds in its treasury on which
t run for a year, then such a city
would always be paid up. But a
city just starting without funds
must wait almost a year until reve-
nueS are due and this is the posi-
ton in which most American cities
find themselves. They therefore
borrow from the banks, on what are
known as tax anticipation notes.
that is, they borrow against the
taxes they expect to receive, and
when these taxes are collected,
they are turned over to the banks
to take up the loans and the city
borowS again on the next bath of
expected taxes.
1T is easy then to Sc what hap
pens if a great many taxes are not
paid and if property owners, vino
feel they have been dealt with I'M
fairly, drag out their cases in the
courts. The city does not receive
sufficient funds to take up the tax
anticipation notes and these notes
must be extended, further in
terest paid or additional money
borrowed elsewhere if this can be
done. It is possible to conceive a
city in the situation where hun
dreds Of thousands Of property
owners were holding up payment Of
their taxes and where the banks
would not advance any more mon
ey. Such a city would go broke
and chaos would result"
In the work in Chicago, the city
is divided into A districts. Com
mitteeS OF real estate men enter
on maps provided by the assessor,
values they believe are fair for land
in the district. This is done on
the assumption that such men who
have done business in these locali-
ties for many years know more
about the fair valuation Of land
than anyone the city officials could
consult.
These figures will be presented
to the board of assessors who will
review the work Of the real estate
men and probably approve the price
they establish. Then these prices
will be published in pamphlet form
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and a half In two houses that look
alike as two peas.
There are special considerations
that render a building less useful
or desirable than the standard
structure FOR its size, location and
type; and these considerations may
reduce the fundamental normal
curve of value from zero to twenty
five per cent and in experimental
cases probably more. In this con-
nection, where such a special treat
ment Is awarded, the pricer must
indicate definitely upon the prop
erty record form his reason TOR this
additional allowance and he is held
responsible for applying such FAC
tors.
This system that will assure the
public that the prices registered In
the assessors office represent the
composite community opinion as to
the fair value of land and build
ings, by equalizing values, will auto
matically lower the tax rate from
around five dollars to two dollars
in the Chicago area" says MI. Cut
more.
The tax expert points out that
under the old system, even though
some properties were taxed on TOO
high assessments, the total number
OF assessments did not repro sent 100
per cent valuations throughout the
country. The old haphazard, and
unequal method actually yielded
only a part of what an efficient
system could yield. 1t is expected
that the new uniform method OF
assessing will, by reason Of its uni
formity, yield much larger tax reve-
nues if the same tax rate is used.
But taxes are raised to correspond
with a city's budget and Chicago
has already indicated that the
revenues expected from the old sys-
tenn are sufficient for her needs,
says Mr.. Cutmore. Therefore, if
the new system brings in more
money, the tax rate can be reduced
to fit its revenue, the city keep
ing only what it hoped to secure
from its Anticipated methods.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-17
REVIVAL BEGINS
TUESDAY NIGHT
Famous Evangelist Waits
Until After Billy
Sunday Speaks
ESPECIAL to The Herald

AODCCldl W Lie 1ACAdA0y
H.ARLINGEN, March 16.--Word
has just been received from Evan
gclist Raymond I. Richey who IS
coming to Harrington for a revival
campaign that the opening service
will be held on Tuesday night at
7:45 in the big tabernacle on East
Jackson and Second streets. He
said that inasmIch as the regu-
lar services will be held in Har-
lingen churches on Sunday, and al
SO because the Rev. VIM. A.. Billy"
Sunday win be in Harlingen on
Monday night, 1t would be better to
begin the revival services on Tues
day night instead of on Sunday
as formerly announced.
Evangelist Richey has held not
able meetings in Long Beach, Cal,
Pittsburgh, Pa, and Titusville. Pa,
Atlanta, Ga, Chicago, Ill, Albany,
N. Y, Milwaukee, Wis, Galveston,
Beaumont, Dallas, Wichita Falls,
Fort Worth and San Antonio as
well as in many other southern
cities where thousands have crowd
ed into the big tabernacelS to see
and hear him. In his home city,
Houston, he has held nine great re-
vival campaigns. He comes to the
Valley at the invitation of his
friends who have witnessed the re-
suits Of his campaigns in different
parts of the country.
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and distributed In each district as
tentative unit prices for the land,
and tax payers generally will have
the opportunity to review and
nudge whether OF not these prices
are uniformly correct. Heretofore
the property owner wishing to COM
pare his assessment with other as
sessments had to visit the asses
sOr's office and examine the tax
rolls. 1t is not possible for great
numbers Of people to do this, how
ever much they might want to, and
suspicion of what is going on in
the matter of assessments here or
there naturally arises in the minds
Of property owners in the dark as
to the assessors procedure.
Nov after the publication and
distribution of the tentative values,
complaints can be made at the as
SCISSORS office or at community
meetings before the final unit
prices are established.
But it is in the work Of assess
ing the improvements the build
lngs on the land, that has SO great
ly puzzled the layman and it is in
this work that the Chicago system
is SO highly developed.
mot because it looks like the
house in which the assessors cou-
sin lives in Peoria but because if
contains so many square feet. be-
cause it cost SO much to build, and
would cost so much to reproduce
today. because it can be expected
TO last so much longer or because
1t has a porch, it is worth exactly
SO much now.
Eight hundred and fifty skilled
men are travelling up and down
the streets of Chicago, examining
with experienced eyes the millions
OF buildings that are being re-as-
seSsed. These are men who have
been in the building trades. and
appraisers and engineers who know
little about politics and a great
deal about valuation; and thew are
setting new values on 10000 prop-
critics a day.
First come the measurers who
calculate the dimensions Of each
structure and enter their figures on
CARDS that are passed on to the
prlcers,' the appraisers and engi-
neers. The pricers work from a
manual prepared as part of the
chicago system which contains
carefully selected illustrations Of
typical properties. ranging from
modern office buildings to modest
cottages. For example, on one
sheet of this manual are six nhoto-
graphic examples Of two flat build
ngS, from very high grade and
elaborate structures to the most
simple type.
Inc pricer works on forms con-
les of which are distributed tn The
public. He will stand before a mar
tlcular building, verify the meas
urers work, and then price the
oulldlng according to the class in
which it belongs. Then, based on
simple rules that are fair to the
extreme IN favor of the property
owner. the pricer applies all the
line standings and grading of con-
Struction, materials, use, location.
environment and probable life that
can make a difference Of a dollar
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-17
New System of Tax
ASSeSSment Used
By Larger Cities

This is the twenty-fourth of a
series of articles prepared by the
National Association of Real
Estate Boards to be published
weekly in this newspaper for the
Information of its readers on real
estate matters.
The old fashioned accessor who
tilted back his chair, chewed off
the end of his pencil, and without
%venturing from his office, set prop
erty values for the purpose of taxa
ton, is being moved from his
comfortable seat in cities through
out the country, points out the Ma
tional Association Of Real Estate
Boards.
He is being replaced by alert
young men who pad up and down
the streets measuring, figuring,
comparing and testing; and the old
hit and guess method of making
assessments. under which some
taxes were fair and some were not,
is being supplanted by scientific
methods that can be proven by
anyone who can add two and two.
Such systems are being used by
Cleveland, Detroit, Fort Worth. Los
angeles, San Francisco, Denver.
Reading, Pa, jamestown, N. Y. and
other cities.
Property owners do not mind
paying taxes. They know that DO
hcemen and firemen must 0at and
that schools must be maintained
But they do mind taxes based on
haphazard assessments that make
owners OF similar properties paw
different taxes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-17

Crossed in love, Henry Sher-
man, 10, Of Rushville, Neb.,
must die in the electric chair,
The state supreme court has de-
clared, refusing to set aside the
death sentence. Sherman was
convicted of killing Roger Po-
chon, a rancher for whom he
worked, Mrs. Pochon and her
mother-in-law, when Pochon
refused to allow him to marry
his daughter, Nellie.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-17

WILL CONDEMNS FARMING
BROMWICH, Eng.-Thomas
Ramsden willed 100000 to his SON
on condition that they give UP
farming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-16

THE WALDORF,
1916 18th st. NV.
2 rms, din, ale, kit. and bath.
8 rms, din, ale, kit. and bath.
rooms and 2 baths.
Electric Refrigeration.
Switchboard and Elevator.
Manager on Premises.
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1901 CONNECTICUT AVE.
NEW BUILDING.

1901 CONNECTICUT AVE.
NEW BUILDING.
24-hour telephone and eleva-
tor service. Electrical refrigera-
ton furnished. Within IS min
utes' ride to heart of city. Ideal
location for children. Apart
ments consist of large foyer, liv-
ing room, porch. dining room,
kitchen, three bedrooms and two
baths.
MODERATE RENTALS.
Resident Manager.
Inspection Invited.
H. L. RUST COMPANY,
1901 18th St. NV. Main 800.
1906 ROCK CREEK CHURCH
RID. NV.
Just east of New Hampshire Ave,
between Park I'd. and Spring I'd. NV.
Convenient to New Hampshire ave.
bus line and llth st. and Georgia ave.
car line.
Several very desirable apartments,
all of which are being put in perfect
condition. Available at very reason
able rent.
2 Rooms, Kitchen and Bath,
$40 and $42.50.
B. F. SAUL CO.,
Main 2l00. o25 18th NV.
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FOR GOOD USED CARS
SEE BOB BAYNE,
: O12 18th ST. NV.
d. NJ.

=. ts.-,-..q.. D. NJ. @-e.~
The fH6Es itiszi fisns 81 Rlek
used csrs.guaranteed in uwrltins--
marked in plain iisures.
3 See alphabetical classified list in
this paper for details.
DICK MURPHY, INC,
1885 18th St.
604 H St. NE.
J 1928 kalorama Rd.
USED CAR SPECIALS.
1929 Chevrolet 9 Coupe, driven 2,5oo miles.
1927 Ford Coupe. repainted, wire wheels,
1925 Ford Tgdor. repainted. seat covers
1927 Ford Rdstr., original finish and tires.
1926 Ford Touring. reprinted. many extras.
1927 Oldsnobile De Luxe Coupe
so. Fords; all models. s25 up:
a2s cash, balance E-z payments
STEUART MOTOR CO.,
i4l 18th ST NE. LINCOLN $500.
OAKLAND 2. P. sEEuARr;, NC. 0N''A0'
1925 14th ST. NV.
GUARANTEED
''GOOD WILL
oAKLANDS AND PoNTIACS.
Ap DC ON PAGE s..
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THE MAYFAIR,
211S g st. NV.
I rnl., kit. and bath, $3.50.
2 rms. kit. and bath, S65.
Manager on Premises.
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SALE-AUTOMOBILES.
SEE OUR BIG
AID ON PAGE SO.

AID ON PAGE S..
1923 NASH SPECIAL SIX SEDAN.
Here is a car that has been driven
very small mileage; original gloss
finish, Ducoed in rich blue. Equip
ment includes front and rear bump
ers, Stromberg stabilators. Excel
lent upholstering which shows little
wear. Our money-back guarantee
makes this a real buy. $4,000 down,
balance monthly.
WALLACE MOTOR COMPANY,
1909 L St. NV.
Decatur 2280.
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. USED CARS
BACKED BY OUR
NATIONALLY
ADVERTISED PLEDGE.
1928 Chrysler Sedan.
to new. See it today, only s5s5. '>'
1926 Star Coupe.
usually ESn 200 ss By a5aq or % I'm
1926 Studebaker Phaeton.
Original paint like new; good rubber and
Late 1923 Erskine Sedan.
Looks Ike new. fully equipped and ideal
car for se75.
1928 Buick 4-door Sedan.
Ike. new. Fully equipped. Priced right at
Cadillac Phaeton.
In good condition throughout. Only SITS.
Dodge Touring.
!. Thousands of miles of good transporta-
ton. 31s5.
1923 Studebaker Commander Victoria.
Has had the best Of care and shows II.
Paint, tires. etc, equal to new. ss45
Late Essex 4-door Sedan.
A good buy in every respect. Sass.
Early 1923 Hudson Coach.
In tiptop shape and unusual bargain at
We have all makes and models
to choose from, attractively
priced for quick sale.
Liberal Terms if Desired.
JOS. McREYNOLDS, INC,
Studebaker Distributors.
2 STORES.
1901 18th St. NV.
Branch 1112 c.
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SUBURBAN BOARD.

FORT STRONG VILLA.
Lee Highway, Va. Opens June /. Mile
from Washington. House modern, large
grounds. home products. Phone Clar. 1916.
Cherrydale or Country Club bus.
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WANTED-ROOMS.

ROSSLYN, VA-Room wanted immediately
in Rosslyn, near bus or car line. Address
Box 482-V Star once.
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MERIDIAN HILL.
l447 Chaplin st. NV.
2 rms, kit. and bath; $50.
8 rms, kit. and bath; $40.
Manager on Premises.
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1449 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. NV.
Desirable single and double rooms.
Every modern convenience.
Reasonable rates. IL
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THE WAVERLY,
1906 " st. NV.
] rm., kit. and bath.
3 rms, kit. and bath.
8 rms, kit. and bath.
S42.50 to $3.50.
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ROOMS-FURNISHED.

1883 COL. RD.-Very pleasant room near
bath; one or two gentlemen. Room and
board for two. $3.50 each month.
I225 N ST NV front. housekeeping
rooms, electricity. h.-w.h., gas stove, water,
1920 VERMONT AVE-Comfortable room.
twin beds. also single, large closet; cont hot
water, elect, parlor, phone; girls preferred.
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THE RADNOR,
1901 18th St. NV.
5 rms, bath and porch.
$4,000.
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1919 30th ST. NV.
5 rms, kitchen, bath.
$4,000.
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NEWTON HALL,
1417 Newton st.
2 rms, din. ale, kit. and bath.
Electric Refrigeration.
$62.5o to $1,000.
Manager on Premises.
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2io9 F ST. NV.
] rm., kit. and bath.
2 rms, kit. and bath
Din. ale. end in-a-door beds.
$3.50 to 5000.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-11
Flu Creating Phenomenal
Demand for Vicks
VapORub

Although the flu itself is not SC
serious as in 1918, authorities stress
the Importance of taking every pos.
siblc prccaution for fear of the com.
phcations which invade the weaken
ed system after a fluattack.
They urge, especially, prompt
treatment of every cold, as colds
lower the body resistance and make
it easier for flu or pneumonia to get
a foothold.
That the public is needing this
warning is indicated by the phe
nomcnal demand for Nicks Napo,
Rub, the famous external treatment
which leaped to fame almost over.
night during the 1918 epidemic, In
spite of tripled capacity, the Nicks
laboratories are once more opcrat
ing night and day, and $4,000 jars
are now being produced every "a
hours. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-11
Daily Report
On Markets By
Radio Service

Origin of Imperial valley lettuce
shipments for January 10: Calipat.
ria l Brawley So; Calexico 7; I'm
perial 0; FL Centre 90; 1Ieber Is;
lloltville 8; Sandia 8; total 90. To-
tai to date 1901.
Ell Centre and nearby points:
Thursday, clear, maximum G7 dc.
grees, minimum 42 degrees. Demand
good, market stronger. Carloads
fob cash track crates 4s 5s, wide
range $l.75-2.25 according to quail.
lty and percentage As, best mostly
$200-25.
Chicago: % degrees, cloudy. IS
cars Ariz. 13 Calf. arrived. 81 on
track. Supplies liberal, demand
slow, market barely steady. Crates
As 5s Ariz. fair quality $2.59-75,
few best So 9G, ordinary le?fy
500 =. Imperial fair quality
53.75,4, few best 1925, ord:aary,
l,ofy $3.50.
~ York: SO 1eg .ccs cloudy. II
ears Ariz. II Calf. S ria. arrived.
Supplies of western stock moderate.
Demand slow, market weak. Crates
As IS Imperial $3.50-4, some poorer
lower. Ariz. ordinary $2.O0-50, few
$2.75.
San Francisco: 80 degrees, clear.
,, } cars Calf. arrived unbroken. (
broken on track. Supplies liberal
demand slow, market slightly weak
cr. Local dry best $1.25-50, poorer
75c,1; iced rather wide range I'M
perial As IS $2.25-5O, few high as
$2.75. Ariz. As IS $2.50-75.
st. Louis: 50 degrees, clear. IA
ears Ariz. = Calf. arrived, 81 on
track. Supplies liberal, demand
light, best As steady, other market
slightly weaker. Ariz. IS best most.
ly $500, few low as 1915; 5s $1.75.
2.25. Imperial Is few IS 1854.
Kansas City: 13 degrees, clear. %
ears Ariz. II Calf. arrived, % di-
vcrted, 50 unbroken on track. Sup.
plies heavy, demand slow, market
weak. Ariz. is IS best $2.00-25.
poorer $l.75. Imperial As best $400.
! fair quality $3.50-75, poorer 1925.
| Los Angeles: 81 degrees, clear. l
car Calf. arrived, l diverted, un-
broken. % broken on track Demand
slow, market firm ON As, steady on
IS. Imperial As $225-5O, few $2.65,
! 5s $1.75-2.25, few best $3.50. Dry
pack $l.50-2. Auction yesterday
j ears Imperial As $2.10-35, average
! $2.21, IS $l.50-55.
Los Angeles trading slow with few
i price changes. Imperial valley
grapefruit unchanged at $3.50 to
$4.75 box on 64s, with sos $3.50 to
! $500, and zoos at 1925 to $3.50
Peas in somewhat lighter supply
with good Ventura county stock at
12c to 1&c pound and San Diego
I county peas 9c to 12c with a few al
lie to lie. Imperial tangcrines un'
changed at &c to &c pound, according
/ to quality with fair quality local
and Tularc county stock at sc to Sc.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-11
PRENATAL CLINIC
TO Be HELD HERE
ON NEXT MONDAY

Doctor Suzanne Parsons, repre-.
scnting the Bureau Of Child Hygiene
OF the California State Department
of Public Health, viii give Il demon
stration ON proper maternal car"
and will lecture upon the prevention
cf maternal mortality at the Ten
Thousand club Monday afternoon
at > 0 clock. The women of the
community are invited to attend
this demonstration and lecture.
Doctor Parsons is Il skilled obstctri-
clan who has been connected with
the Johns Hopkins University "
Baltimore, and who has had manly
years Of Valuable experience in hos
pitaiS Of the United States.
Prenatal clinIcs are being cstab-
iishrd in many California commune
ties under the Sponsorship of tie
5urcaa of Child iIrgicrc Of til,
State Department cf Public Health.
Prospective mothers ut these clinics
lnat learn how to take proper caIr
of Themselves in preparation for
the hiiEs Of their children. Abou,
$50 California mothers each year
sacrifice their own lives in giving
birth to children. Many of these
deaths could be prevented by tn.
provision OF proper prenatal advic',
proper care at childbirth and after
wards. Many prospective mothers do
not take tine essential care Of them
selves at this critical time and
many do not know the procedures
that arc necessary to Safeguard
their own lives and the lives OF
their children. 1t Is the purpose OF
Doctor Parsons demonstration and
lecture to outline the procedures
that are necessary for safeguard -.
ing the lives Of mothers and it is
hoped that this activity may lead
to the organization and continual
maintenance of a prenatal clinic
where prospective mothers may al
ways find consultants who viii pro-
vide them with necessary informa-
tion and advice in prenatal care.
High Maternal Mortality
ne nllCd states mas one OF lhc
highest maternal mortality rates o.
any country in the world. The ma-
tcrnal mortality rate for California
is slightly lower tLan that for the
United States, but it is much higher
than it should be. Italy has one O.
the lowest maternal death rates and
the Scandinavian countries, Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark also
lrvc low rates. There has been 7
considerable reduction in the Cali
fornia rates during the past five
years and during the past two years
the maternal death rates have been
the lowest on record Most OF this
reduction has come about throug
the prevention OF infections at
chIdhirth,-thc s2pticcmias whic!
are prevented with comparativ,
ease. There can be much greater
progress in the safeguarding OF
mothers lives and the fact thai
nearly 900 California mothers Il,
each year at childbirth is r.
proach to our civilization, mcdica.
authorities declare. Proper prcnata
care, good medical attendance ana
competent nursing will 90 far to.
ward preventing these mncccssarv
deaths, they assert.