The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17
Taxpayers Assn. Head
Offers a Contribution

The Producers News is glad to
publish the following communica-
ton from the secretary of the
Taxpayers Association, an organi-
zation whose aim is to see that
the taxpayers of Sheridan County
receive a dollars worth of value
from every dollar spent:
Dagmar, Mont.
Oct. IA, 1880.
Chas. E. Taylor, Editor,
Producers News,
Plentywood, Mont.
Dear Editor:
For your information and publ
cation, if you wish, may l submit
the following information: Our
Executive Committee met on the
evening Of October 7th. The min
utes and written reports of the
Secretary were read and approved
as were also the communications
and actions to date. The prevail
ing sentiment is TO lie low for the
sxcsent till after election as re-
CARDS organization work and 9TH
er activities.
We agree with your editorial,
that "any nice things the Associa-
ton may say just now has a poll
teal significance as much as any
fault it may find"-and you NO
doubt, will agree with US in the
stand we are taking.
Altho we may be little green
and "soft" in our first actual
workouts, especially with politi-
clans and newspapermen, yet we
are glad of this opportunity for
exercise"
Thanking you for the publicity,
Yours very truly,
EDGAR l. SYVERUD,
Secy.-Treas.,
Sheridan County Taxpayers Assn.
Dagmar, Mont.
Oct. Is, 1880.
Gentlemen:
The Special 8 mill road levy hobs
up again.
1t seems there is a determined
effort being made to increase the
taxes rather than to reduce them.
The Taxpayers Association went
on record recently with the Coun-
ty Commissioners as opposed to
any further new road construction
for a time, other than mainten-
ance and improvement of existing
roads, and the restoring of this
fund as well as the others to a
cash basis. The Commissioners
Proceedings published last week do
not make as specific a mention of
this as the facts warrant. We were
told that instead of placing this
proposition on to the ballots the
same effect would be acquired by
going on record and to all intents
and purposes this we did. It was
assumed that the auto license in
come and a smaller road levy
would take care of the existing
roads.
Relative to the Special 5-mill
Road Levy, the statement has
been made that this would include
all town property, which does not
now pay road taxes, and the rail
roads. They would then all be
made to pay their share-the i'm
preston is given that this would
be a great help to the other tax
payers. But-will it? How much
will they pay? And how much
extra will we pay?
It appears from the published
financial statement that the rail-
roads already do pay road taxes.
possibly on their property
within Incorporated towns.
According to the 1929 Statement
DO the total Taxable Valuation nf
the County was $6,4S0, 1000 and
of this amount $685. 54.OO paws
road tax, the balance, S594. CSC 90
being town property, does not nav.
The Special Levy therefore
would get all this and thus tbe
town property would pay s2,97z-
78 and all the rest of us would
pay S29,175.77, extra, besides a
similar amount we are already
paying. In other words we would
paw an extra $29,175.77 in order 70
get S2,974.78 from the town folks
or nearly ten times as much. ISM
that rather stiff price to paw for
getting the town folks with us?
It has been stated that Roose.
Welt County raised their Snec;al
Levy to ten mills and put it over
Tt wouldn't be surprising that this
was one of the contributing causes
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