The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-06-26
CARBON COUNTY
VALUE SET AT
S17,092,735

According to the yearly report
made by w. H. Gebo, county as
SCISSOR, the total valuation of real
estate and improvements, live
stock and personal property other
than live stock within the confines
of Carbon county is S17,092, 1856.
This figure is S91, 645 lower than
the value placed on. property in the
county last year. This shortage
was brought about by the sale of
coal lands of the county and the
owners waving mineral rights,
thus the land could not be classified
as both mineral and surface land.
There is 1887 acres of irrigat-
ed lands in Carbon county valued
at S4,725, 4S9, this compares with
1928 acres valued at S4,717,s26
last year; 74,936.97 acres non-ir-
rigated tillable land valued at
1887 ,633 compares with 1871
acres valued at SS95,SSS last year.
While the average value of ir-
rigated lands per acre has increas-
ed by one cent over that of last
year the average value per acre
of the non-irrigated land has drop
ped six cents. There is 507 ,2S4.47
acres of grazing lands in the eoun-
ty valued at S2,441,265, and the
on all the foregoing
lands amounts to s1,105,S36. The
value of the $500 acres of state
lands under contract in the county
is S22,934, with improvements on
them valued at $500. Totaling the
above figures we find there is 659,-
35S.44 acres of the above lands
with an average value of SIPS
per acre and a full cash value of
S8,077, 321; a total of S1,106,236 inl
and taxable value
Of S2,755,067.10.
Taxable timber lands in the
county covers an area of 20S5
acres and are valued at S23,250, |
with a taxable value of S6,957. |
Patented mining claims valued at |
S263,336 cover 13,166.79 acres.
while mineral reservations com
orising 1,041.18 acres are valued |
It 1921.
City and town lots in the coun-
Y have full cash value of $685.
ILL., improvements amounting to
52,lS0,345 and a taxable value of
941.776.S0, as compared with last
7ear's full cash value of S962,519,
improvements of S2,290,10 and a
axable value of $975,787.
Grand totals for the real estate
md improvements in Carbon coun-
y are full cash value, S9,323, 339;
'ull cash value Improvements, 3d.
986,581, taxable value, S3,967,311.-
70. Last years totals were full
ash value SO, 351 ,416; full cash
'alue improvements S3,454,046, and
! total taxable value of $4,050,936.
On the live stock schedule we
ind there is total of 1901 horses
nd mules as compared with 1907
asst year. There is a total of
4,786 cattle-an increase of. 1913
yer the total of last year. The
lumber of sheep in the county has
.lso increased, there being 69,911
n the county this year and only
8,545 last year. The average val
lie for horses and mules this year
vas S32.47; for cattle, $35.85 and
or sheep $8.41. The county has
total of 2,456 hogs with an aver
zee value of Sill each. The val
lie placed on other livestock such
IS foxes, bees and goats is $1J,615.
The total full cash value for all
livestock in the county is $685.
1873 with a taxable value of $429,-
10. S
The total cash value of the per-
'onal properly other than live
took in the county is $3,119, 458
Is compared with $3,090,085 last
vear. There is 1888 automobiles
n the county, an increase of 46
'ver last year, but the average
yalue of each car has dropped $22.-
Is. The largest increase of the
year is noted in motor trucks
here being 271 trucks this year
is compared with % last year and
he average value of all trucks
his year was 256.98, while last
year the average value was $780,
rs. a
The taxable value of all proper
" in the county is S5,257, TSP as
with $5,311,5S5 last
year.