Hungry Horse news., 1955-07-15
AAC Doubles Value Of School District 8


mum Company plant to the Flat
head is reflecting itself this year
In the whole county's assessed valua-
ton increasing to about the same
extent as if another city of Kalispen
were included. In addition the new
plant more than doubles the assessed
valuation of school district which
includes the area from Columbia
Falls to the continental divide.
The new partially completed plant
is on the tax rolls for SIG, zoe, 44O this
year, reports Grant Campbell, coun-
ty assessor. Last year the whole
city of Kalispell assessed valuation
total was $18,OO3,4 78.
The district valuation including
Columbia Falls was S., $50 ,O54 in 1858,
$40, 1885, OILS in 1854, and with the
new plant and Columbia Falls
growth will be about $27, 600, 900 this
year.
BRoADENs TAX BASE
One of the former Flathead Citi-
zens committee officers stressed that
one of the benefits of bringing indus
try to the Flathead was to broaden
the tax base, as is happening now.
Result should be lowered mill levies
for everybody.
Campbell anticipates 20 per cent
or more boost in the Flathead's as
SeSSed valuation as a result of the
new plant and other building. The
valuation for the Flathead in 1853
was $57 1887 1855 increasing to $62,-
264,002 in 1854, and to about $40, OO0-
900 this year.
| 6. N. PAYS
The Great Northern railroad has
been paying about rs per cent of the
school taxes in district 6, considered
the largest in the state for area, and
has been the Flathead's largest
single taxpayer remitting $3.50 ,072. "a
for 1854 taxes with the Pacific Pow
er and Light next with 500, 467.42 and
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. mostly
for timber lands $27,953.03.
Campbell says that the Anaconda
Aluminium Co. will be paying about
twice the taxes paid by the Great
Northern.
The Great Northern Flathead as
Sessed valuation totaled $7,008, 28O
including $1,280,OOO assessed locally
and $5,728,28 through the state
board of examiners.
The actual tax base of Flathead
county was SIT, 1859 last year
about third of the assessed valua-
/ tion-and single mill raised ST.
705. This year the tax base will be
about $22 ZOO, 900 with mill raising
! $4,000. More exact figures are to
Il be completed by the assessors office
next week.
Campbell explained that as a re-
r suit of the tax base being spread
+ through new industry and home
building individual owners will be
paying less for more governmental
!. service.
/ = THE HARVEY LAW
II The Anaconda Flathead plant tax
base valuation is presently $4 $3.50, $50
It at the 80 per cent level or 81 ,437 1878
1t at the 2 per cent level. The differ.
r ence is likely to be paid under pro.
= test pending a decision of the Mon
n tana State Supreme court on the Vic
tor Chemical case. The Montana leg
islature passed a Flathead county
sponsored bill aimed at helping the
Harvey Machine Co. that put the
tax base for new industry at pei
cent instead of 80 during starting
years. Legality of the law is to bt
he passed on by the court this summer
a. This story is based on the assUmp
it. tion that the State Supreme CoUr
)y will declare the per cent assess
IN menf fax base provision UnconsfifU
fionaI which was the decision Of til,
s. Silver Bow district court. If, how
ct ever, fhe court decides that the
to per cent feature is legal, AAC will
W, boost the district fax base from
n S3,75l, 1853 to over $4,000, 900 and no
re to over S8,000,0 900. The county ia,
base will be similarly affected, bu
,r the full valuations will be nearly a
re stated in either case. Portion Of take
is paid under protest cannot be spent
he Columbia Falls assessed valuatio
is was 81, 554, 713 in 1858 jumping % pc
cent to $1,894, 691 in 1854 and to to
10 $4,000, 900 this year doubling sine
9e 1948.
a a Columbia Falls tax base last yea
wv NV was $543,267 up from $444, 1854 with
as mill raising $54326.
Co. The school district tax base la
VI year was $3,751, 1868 including Co
is umbia Falls with single mill raj
ing 1881. This year the tax bas
Ire will be about So, 500, 900 with a mi
ov- raising $500. The present tax levit
IN for school purposes in district
as. would give twice as much local mo
is ey for schools. There are also sta
be- support factors that remain near
he the same.
an Kalispell's 1858 full valuation W;
as ST., 553,216 increasing to $18,OO3, A
OK and Whitefish in 1854 had full w
or uation of $3,765,09 up from So go,
'er- 778. Increases are expected this We
with figures out sometime ne
as week.
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