The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1922, Page 2

‘ PAGE TWO TAX RATEINNORTHDAKOTAIS HEAVIEST WHERE IT SHOULD BE LIGHTEST, STATE FIGURES SHOW Comparative statement showing av- | vi erage tax rates in North Dakota counties for the year 1921 and the: per capita tax. The rate is found by di- Average tax rate on Rank on basis assessed valuation, of average tax rate—County Per cent Walsh 52 2 Griggs 54 3 Pembina . 58 4 Richland . 68 5 Steele 69 6 Traill val 7 Nelson 74 9 Cavalier . 18 8 LaMoure 78 10 Barnes . 80, 11 Eddy 80 12 Towne 85 13 Sargent .. 14 Melntosh 88 15 Foster . 93 16 Ramsey 94 17 Ransom 95 18 Cass ... 19 Stutsman 20 Grand Forks 21 Wells .. 22 Dickey 23 Sheridan 24 Oliver . 25 Logan . 26 Benson 27 Kidder 28 Pierce 29 Emmons 30 Morton 31 Burleigh 32 Rolette 33 Billings . 34 Mercer 35 Sioux 36 Dunn .. 87 McLean . 38 McHenry 39 Stark . 40 Grant. 41 Bottineau . 42 Mountrail . 43 Golden Valley 44 Burke .. 45 Adams 46 Bowman ‘47 McKenzie .... 48 Hettinger . 49 Williams i 05 09 80 09 C2 Co 09 bo COE CI DO CO DU RO ND NNN NNN NNNNNDNN NDE HH rete teen 50 Divide 78 51 Renville 82 52 Ward . . 3.84 53 Slope ... 09 State AVETAZE oeeeeeeee . 2.28 (By Lyman A. Baker, Statistician, Ot. flee of State Tax Commissioner.) ‘The above tables contain interesting as well as startling information. It ig somewhat difficult to draw gen- eral conclusions and to make compar- isons, consequently. we will point out a few. of the items of interest con- tained in these tables, and also in re- gard to the distribution of the 1921 tax levy. * ‘The average per capita wealth of the state as represented by the per capita assessed valuation is $2,129.37. In 1912 the United States census ¢€s- timate of the per capita wealth of the state including both taxable and ex- empt property was $3,374. The state. tax department estimates the per capita wealth of the state at the pres- ent’ time to be $3,700. The-average per capita wealth of the United States as estimated py the census department was $1,695 in the year 1912. The per capita assessed: valuation figures range from $3,339.05 in Griggs County to $1,046.65 in Sioux County. Tax rates are low generally in coun- ties of the greatest per, capita wealth although there are a number of ex- ceptions to this rule. The average; tax rate for all pur- poses: (state and local) ranges from 1.52 per cent in Walsh County to 4.09 per cent in Slope County. There are thirteen counties in the first. congressional ‘district or east- ern portion of the state. With one exception the tax rate in each of these counties is less than 2 per cent. The exception is Grand Forks County with a tax rate of 2:1 per cent. Western Counties Must Cut. Five counties in the second congrés- sional district (central portion) have an average rate of less than 2 per cent on the. assessed valuation of property. These counties are La- Moure, Barnes, Eddy, McIntosh and Foster. \ Phe average tax rate in the counties of the second district with the excep- tion: of the above range generally from.2 per cent to 3 per cent on the assessed valuation. Only one county in the second, district, Bottineau, with an average rate of 3.04 per cent exceeds this range. Counties in the third district (wes- term portion) © with tax rates of less than 3 per cent are Oliver, rate 2.24 per cent; Morton, rate 2.54 per cent; Billings, rate 2.67 per cent; Mercer, rate 2.72 per cent; Sioux, rate 2.75 per cent; Dunn, rate 2.77 per cent; and, ‘McLean, rate 2.78 per cent. All other counties within: the district have an average tax rate in excess of 3 per cent on the assessed valuation of property, which means that each $100 of property bears a tax. burden in excess of $3.00. Slope County has the highest rate in the state—4.09 per cent, and Bow- man County the highest per capita tax | —$67.45, Sioux County hag the lowest per capita’ wealth and also the lowest per capita tax. bi » - Comparison, East and West- A comparison of tax rates between western and eastern North Dakota is more or less unfair as tax rates are naturally higher in a new undeveloped Section. There is, however, less abil- 187 Billings .. ling total assessed valuation of 1921 into total taxes levied within the county, Per capita taxes are based on 1920 population. i Rank on basis Average of per capita per capita tax—County tax—1921 Sioux... $28.81 2 McIntosh 29.20 3 Sheridan 32.39 4 Logan . 36.65 5 Oliver . 37.09 6 Mercer 38.77 7 Emmons 38.93 8 Morton 38.97 9 Pembina 9.11 10 Stark .. 39.36 11 McLean . 39.66 12 Walsh . 40.01 13 Rolette 41.50 14 Pierce 43.90 15 Ransom 45.47 16 Hettinger . 46.02 17 Grant 46.14 McKenzie . Bottineau . 34 Cass .. 85 Griggs 36 Mountrail . 38 McHenry . 39 Steele 40 Nelson 41 Kidder .. 42 Williams 43 Adams .. 44 Barnes 45 Ward... 46 Burke 47 Towner . 48 Renville 49 Slope ... 50. Foster .... 51 Golden Valley 52 Dickey .... 53 Bowman .. State average The above tables show that taxing districts have failed to limit their ex- penditures to conform with their fi- nancial ability to pay. The portion of ‘1921 general property. taxes levied for state, county, town- ship, school and city purposes is as|’, follows: State .. 4.81% of total County ++-23.75% of total Townships ... 9.53% of total Schools ...... 462% of total Cities ... . 1.29% of total 38.56 per cent was levied for state and county purposes and 61.44 per cent for local:purposes. t The’ state levy while only a small part of the total showed a tremend- ous increase in 1921. The increase over the year 1920 being 62.52 per cent, County taxes decreased 10.77 per cent; city taxes 4.95 per cent; township taxes 9.17 per gent; school taxes increased 7.69 per cent. The state legislature-endeavored to limit local rates but failed to limit appropriations for state purposes. AS long ag the state government contin- ues to expand, its activities, state -tax levies are bound to increase. Three Main Items ‘The three main items of expendi- ture provided for in \the 1921 state tax levy and the proposition going to, each is as follow: Education ..........- 38.02% Penal and charitable institutions 31% Takes the rough edges off hopping cut of the covers ~ these snappy mornings just thinking about that lusty Flakes waiting down-stairs! Big and brown and crispy-crunchy flakes—a revelation petizing flavor, wonderful in wholesome goodness— ‘the most delicious cereal you ever tasted! * Instantly you. like Kelloge’s, not only because of ape Pealing flavor, but because’ Kellogg’s are not “‘leathery’’! bowl of Kellogg’s Corn in ap ellogg’s are a delight to ! wards; Jager Hebron, center; Klick, Soldiers bonus ....,.29,59% 81.92% All other state purposes 18.08% ‘Motaleaeergsues 100.0% Out of the total general property taxes levied in the state in the year 1921, less than 1-1-2 per, cent was levied on account of. the state, legis- lature, and. all boards and: commissions. i | MANDAN NEWS Hebron Team Will Go To Valley City Hebron high school’s basketbail team which won the Mandan district title in the secondary schoo] tourna- ment from Hazen Saturday afternoon by a score of 40 to 17, defeated the Mandan high school second team Sat- urday night by a score of 28 to 9. Wm, P, Ellison and William, Guss- | ner, referees of the local tournament in which schools from Hebron, Hazen, (Dawson, Robinson, Taylor, Goodrich and Carson were entered selected three ‘Hebron and two Hazen men as the best of the minor schools in the IN counties of the district. Their all district five is composed of Ther of Hebron and Smith of Hazen, ‘for- Hebron, \Staley of ‘Hazen guards. The ‘Hebron team will go \to Valley City the end of this week for the state tournament of secondary schools to be ‘held there. It is planned to {Mackin and is a former resident of as the big dnes will tell you! And Kelloge’s ought to be best--they’re the original Corn Flakes! Youshave ‘ ‘only to make coniparison to redlizo that quickly! - ‘ KELLOGG’S Corn Flakes for make this an annual event. Mrs, D, BE. Niehols and: her daugh- ter and. grandchild, Mrs. Winifred Chaffin and. Duane’ Chaffin have ‘left for Glendive, Mont., where they will visit for,a short time at the home of Prank ‘Hi}l, brother of Mrs, Nichols, before returning to their home at Har- lowton, Mont. Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. Chaffin and son have spent the winter in Mandan ag guests at the Ed. Morck and (W. ‘Hi Mackin homes. Mrs. Nich- ols ‘is a sister of Mrs.) Morck and Mrs. Mandan. On Friday Mrs. Nickols was the guest of honor at an informal party given by Mrs. Jos. Williams and Mrs, F, L. Dow at the home of Mrs. Dow. Mr. and Mrs, Peter Glick will move to Minneapolis in the near future to make their home, Mr. Klick having resigned his position at the Boston Cash store to become a traveling rep- resentative for the Atlantic Stamping company of Rochester, N, Y. Mr. Klick will leave tomorrow for Roches- ter to be gone for about a week. Jos. Gauer has accepted a position with the Rovig-Skog hardware store having resigned his position with the Mandan Mercantile offices. Mr. and Mrs, Gauer will move this week into the Patterson home on First avenue N. W. Mr. Patterson has purchased the Rigler residence on Fifth avenue Judge Berry and L. C. Broiderick left for .Mott yesterday afternoon, where a term of the Hettinger county district court will be held, ie Mr. and Mrs, A. R. Herman of For- syth, Mont., are the parents of a baby |’ boy born..April: 1, -Mr. and Mrs. Walter -C. Tostevin are the parents of twin daughters,, born Sunday, April 2, 4 Dr, and Mrs. B, D. Rowley have re- turned from a: several lays visit in Fargo. f Mrs. B. M. Regan, of Mandan, was a visitor in Bismarck yesterday. Mrs, W. J. Watson and Uttle daugh- ter Jane, left yesterday afternoon for | “Faster, Jimmy, faster! Senitvee sete said ere) we e breakfast tts’ ina the Kellogg*e Flakea!” "4 eat, as the little folks aswell state departments, | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE By NEA‘ Service. Des_Moines, Ia., April 4.—Mrs. C. H. Morris, coal operator, grocery execu- tive, club woman and mother, has been elected to the city council of Des Moines, i | She was the first woman in the city to run for municipal office and her |succesg ranks Des Moines as prob- ably the largest ‘city’ in the United States with a woman in the coufll, Mrs, Morris has taken a prominent part in many. things: that have had to do with the city, She has been presi- dent and treasurer;of the Des;Moines Federation, served on the board of the Y. W. C.A:, beenspresident of the. ‘Women’s Rotary club and treasurer of; the ‘Women’s Exchange, “The active participation of, women in community ‘polities and theiy ac- complishments in Arizona, where I visited a year ago, were an inspira- tion to me,” says:-she.. “I became in-, terested.in politics: myself.” ‘Mrs. Morris’; husban® was a coal operator, He..was. killed in 1006 and she took charge of his; business, later closing it out. ‘Then she gntered the wholesale grocery. business a8 .2n ex- ecutive with a local concern. She has held that position. for several years. Elgin for a visit at the home of her parents,” f The annual election of city officers is being held in Mandan today. Ww. F. Reko has.gone to Fargo and Oakes on a business trip. S$ —____ + | A Thought For Today | And ye hall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in Judea, and in Samaria, and: unto. the ‘uttermost Parts of the earth,—Acts 1:8, Re ‘Born about 389, St. Patrick’s train- ing was Christian, Seized in a raid about 405, he was for six years a slave'in Ireland. Escaped to the con- tinent, he. was for some years an in- mate of the monastery of Lerins, off the southern coast of France. In 432 DES MOINES ELECTS HER . oop 04. FIRST COUNCILWOMAN | iia.” ‘ Learn a he was ordained a missionary bishop, MRS. .C. H. MORRIS Mrs. Morris has two sons, one a stu- ¥ent in college. IRR RA A RR and began work in Ireland which end- ed with his death in 461. survive; but of hig zeal there can be no question, and as little of his abil- ities as an organizer under whom the hitherto scattered Christianity of Ire- land was systematized and made great advance.—Walker’s Church History. It comes from—Latin “incitare,” to Companion words—incitant, incita- tion, incitement. like this—“Gandhi was Few facts Word Every ‘ Day Today’s word is INCITE. It’s pronounced—in-site, with cent on the last syllable, It means—to stir up, to urge on, to spur on, to rouse, to ac-) what the record said. She hated blue instigate, to TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1922 Jailed because he was accused of in- citing the people of Indfa to rebel- ADVENTURE OF | THE TWINS” | oe By Olive Barton Roberts It all happened just ag the red-feath- er pen had written, When Mr. Sprin- kle-Blow, the (Weatherman, sent a hard rain, the Elderdown Mountain he- gan to flatten at once. ‘Soon it was, in- deed, as Mr. Sprinkle-Blow had said it would ‘be, as flat as a banana fritter. Nancy and Nick pulled on their ga- loshes when they had found beside a bush when they .went back, and walked across the mountain as easily as you can cross the street. But. the minute they had reached the other side, the ‘rain stopped, the sun came out, -and_ those. feathers ruffed up until the mountain -with its Plush cover, was as high as ever. “That's four of them,” said Nick with a sigh of relief. “Only three more mountaing to cross. Let's see what's the next one?” “There it is,” pointed Nancy. “You can tell to look at it what it’s made pf,’ It's the Chocolate Mountain.” “M’m! Yum!” laughed Nick. “I wonder if we're allowed to eat any?” “I think we should be glad, if we canxget over it,” said Nancy. “If we don’t hurry up ‘and stop having troubles, Princess Therma will think we're not coming and she’lk marry somebody else.” ; 5 “I wonder what the message is the record has to tell,” remarked Nick, looking down at it curiously. .‘I won- der whether it’s King Indig..of the. Diddyevers or King Verdo of the Kors- knotts that Longshead says is the handsomer and whom she must mar- ry.” ts Off in ther Palace of Mirrors the (Princess Therma was regarding them sadly. It didn’t matter to her hair and she loathed green beards, and these two kings had both. _ Up started Nancy and Nick over tlte Chocolate Mountain. The thousand years were nearly up. (To Be Continued.) (Copyright, 1922, NEA Service.) HERE fathe {deal laxa- iderly id. the) DR. CALDWELL’S YRUP. PEPSIN THE FAMILY LAXATIVE Thousands of old folks will only y g well’s Syrup Pepsin. It }| is a safe vegetable compound of Egyp- | tian Senna and other simple laxative | herbs with pepsin. The formula is on | package. A dosecosts lessthana cent. HALF-OUNCE BOTTLE FREE Few escape constipation, so even if you do not require a laxative at this moment let me send you a Half-Ounce Trial Bottle of my Syrup Pepsin FREE, OF CHARGE so that | you will have it handy when needed. Simply H Send your name and address to Dr. W. B. fl Caldwell, 514 Washington St., Monticello, Til. Write metoday. BELFIELD TO BE LUTHERAN HOST Dickinson, N. D., April 4.—Belfield was designated as the 1923 meeting place of thé Mandan circuit confer- ence of the Norwegian Lutheran church which closed at Mandan Wed- nesday night. The Stark county town was selected in acceptance of an invi- tation. extended by Rev. J. G. Rugland of that place. ; Resolutions censuring a group of 40 churches which have called a general conference of the Lutheran church of America for the coming summer and condemning the “unbrotherly meth- ods” used by these:churches and one censuring the Trinity Lutheran church of Moorhead for adopting wo- man suffrage in the congregation,’ were passed. (Rev. I. G. Monson of Hazen acted as moderator during the convention and Rev. P, J. Swenson of Dunn Cen- ter, clerk. 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