The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
COUNTY FIGURES
PARED BY BOARD
OF EQUALIZATION
BurIeigh Valuation Raised 10
Per Cent, Then Comes Un.
der Blanket Reduction
STATE TOTAL s54e, ,225,4l1
10 $21, ,348, ,o50 Under 1896
Valuation; Cut Applies
in 81 Counties
STATE TOTAL s54s,225,4l1

Dlanket reduction OF two per cent
on farm land valuations In 81 Central
and Western North Dakota eounties
was made Thursday by the state
board Of equalization.
Total valuation Of farm lands as set
by the board for 1887 Is 54S,335, Al, .
reduction Of $l5,900, ,l7s under the fig
ures Is submitted by county boards,
and approximately $2l ,34s,O50 below
the 1895 valuation.
The reduction applies on the tenta-
tive figures adopted by the board after
q hearing several days ago. The board
also raised the valuation In Cavalier
10 per cent, in Pembina Is per cent.
In LaMoure county 10 per cent, and in
Burleigh county 10 per cent from the
figures set at the previous meeting.
Burleigh county subsequently came
under the blanket 2 per cent reduc-
ton.
Raise b. r. Valuation
Railroad valuations were raised
from 4ll9.0l9.s6 In 1896 to $40, 0,76s.-
1853. Other utility property was scal-
ed upward.
Counties Ia which the two per cent
blanket reduction apply are: Rollette.
Bottineau, Renville. Burke, Divide.
williams, Mountrail. Ward, McHenry.
Pierce. Sheridan. Mclean, Dunn, Mer-
Ger. Oliver, Billings, Golden Valley,
Slope. Bowman, Stark, Hettiuger.
Adams, Grant, Morton, Sioux. Bur.
latch H)iAAA~
tosh, Mckenzie.
Valuations Of telegraph properties
were increased from 1oo3,226 hSt
year to $ol8,226 and commercial tale.
phone company valuations jtn,pe6
from 3a773, rs to 81 o,Oe4.
Raise Other Utilit3sD
Other utility properties wsee futged
as follows: Pullman Company. husn
$37S, 900 to 4425, 600; Railroad Nxrsss
agency 100000 to $3l6,500: eiectric.
gas, heat. power and water. $16,0o0,A ,A60
to $l7,367, ,oo7. Street railway proper
ties were valued ct $4,000. the sans
as last year.
Valuations were set for the first
time on private railway carlines, I'M
der 1887 legislative enactment. at
$226.1N and on airlines at $7Sea6.
Changes In railroad valuations ~
made by the board from the 1895 fig
ures follow: Great Northern. In
creased from 81, 3,79l,327 in 1895 to
~ ,500,3l7 In 1897; Northern Pacific
NJ .23s,36e to t42,240,3ee: 500 Line.
$s,4e6,loo to $500, 1888; Chicago. MIL
waukee. st. Paul and Pacific $780,
407 to n, 100, ,2ls; Midland Continental,
$Sl ,907 to $lo0bel.
Other Boosts Given
valuation Of the Chicago and
Northwestern remained ut 3126,e00
while the valuation Of the Brandon.
Devils Lake and Southern was re-
duced from $l3o, 800 to $oo,909; and
the Farmers Grain and Shipping Co..
from $566, ,l63 to 100000.
Valuations Of the Farmers Elevator
spur at MAZDA and the z. I. Donovan
spur were set at t28e and 1872, re-
the same as in 1895.
Fixing Of the state tax levy Is ex-
pected to be done within the next
week or ten days. State Tax Comnis.
sioner Owen T. Owen said.
Remaining for final determination
by the board Is the valuation Of city
and village real estate.
A reduction Of $783, 3,848 was made
In personal property valuations for
the state. The 1887 personal prop
erty valuation totals $l05, ,3Sl j9l6 COM
pared to $106, ,166, ,764 In 1896.