The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 16, 1922, Page 2

PAGE TWO “NO MYSTERYIN “ASSESSMENT ‘Vounty Auditor Says It’s Sim- ple—You Can’t Have Your “Cake'and Eat It, Too. # )ISCUSSES TENDENCIES :, You cannot have your cake and Scat at too declares one’ county audit- or in answering a letter upon tax- from the office of State Tax Commissioner €. C. Converse, You 3 cannot have improvements in“ gov- “Fernment and not pay for it he also adds. Because of the evidence in. the letter with the name of the coun- ty and the author deleted. ‘ “To me there is nothing mysteri- of ous about the increase in taxes all kinds. Our county ‘has inereascd Jess in percent than the state taxes during a like period. In fact there js little difference on ‘a quarter section of land in this county be- tween the state and county taxes. 23: Gti} cannot have his’ cake and eat at the same time and when one looks > over the past few years and consid- ers what has been going ‘on there “< ig not much need ‘to call for a re- == duction in taxes as yet until .people stop and realize that for everything _ granted them in the form of legis- lation and improvements they will have to make an equal voutribution in the form -of taxes. ~ i = “The movement <on foot:to have I= the legislature limit the tax levies js on a par with a lot of other legis- << Jation. Everything one could think of “= jas been touched: upon and regula- ted by the legislature and: now they hope-to perform the miracle of jlim- iting the tax levies and still keeping ==" all the other “good things.” Last year- the legislature passed the = ‘eachers wage law and limited the == tax levies for schools at the same time. The legislature increased this ;: gounty’s expenses-at the last session over $2,000.00 per year and then. lim- ited our tax levy. Which is burning the.candle at two ends I would say. “However I will go over some of the items of increase in this letter and in so doing I have hot taken the figures from 1915 to date as there is a lot of items in oyr expen- =. ditures now that were not there in = 4915 and I believe the method I fol- low will answer the purpose just as well, But here are some of the things that the legislature has done the past few years to help: increase tax- es: “}—Passed the printing law so > that ‘a tax sale costs us about 2 or 3 times as much as. usual. Other = printing likewise. Also ‘passed laws providing for more printing ‘os for providing for | more printing “as for ‘mstance ‘printing of treasurers <. quarterly reports of, deposits. == Our’tax sale cost us "close to | $500.00 last fall and un- der ‘the old law it ‘would: ‘have cost us about $200.00. = i “2—Increased the superintendents ATEN EAUAAUA i We } Opposite the Come In and Rest "Sn Nen Ce L “Selling the Most, We Sell for Less” . " ° a] n?, ° Bismarck’s Biggest | : Bargain Store : Men’s Wear-—— ‘Bays’ Clothing Men’s Shoes — Boys’ ‘Shoes Army Goods, Khaki Breeches, and Shirts, Army Shoes for Work and Dress Blankets—Tents—Cots “The Store That:Is Always Busy” Bismarck Mercantile Co. Army and Navy Store : Save’ Your Dollars on ‘GENERAL MERCHANDISE -Men’s and Women’s Wear , ' Shoes for Everybody: : ~ Third St. and Broadway Post Office on Broadway ° ICE CREAM — SODA — CANDY Refreshments that Refresh’ mileage from ”10c“per mile ‘for ‘some years back. to 15c ‘now. “3—Increased the salaries of four county officers in this county about, 500.00 “per year, * “4—Gave ‘us extra juvenile -com- missionér “so ‘that we ‘now ‘have ‘two and I-doubt if-we need any. “5—Gave “us ‘the .tax .supervisor for a while, ‘ “6—Gave us the mothers pension law. In 1915 we paid very Mttle for. this. Now ‘we pay about $6,000. per year. hs “7_Inereased semi-annual the +| payment of taxes, which means two settlements a year/and more ‘clerk hire, receipts, postage; besides . put- ting the payment of taxes out six, months “more has meant an enor- mous amount of interest paid by all, political subdivisions, “9—Increased the salaries of court bailiffs 50%. “10—Increased ‘the county -com-’ missioners salaries 20%. “1—Increased ‘the ‘cost “of. clerk hire by: throwing the hail Insurance work onto the county officers, and although we are compensated some- what for ‘this*work *it ‘does not: pay ‘by half, the detail imposed-on us. 12-—-Provided for. the .register.'of deeds to’ make abstracts ‘for elevator companies, Our -registrar of deeds makes n ‘abstract, with» over :800 en- tries. on it together with!a weekly: report afterwards) and igets $5.00 for this from ‘the-courity funds. Pigure the: profit. ray “13—Gaye us the. workman's :com- pensation, law which costs us around $300.00 \per'year. | ‘ “14--Made us :pay.:for ‘the -Su- preme .;Court reports, :at {$4.00 or thereabouts ,per volume. “416—Passed ‘a ‘law ‘whereby. drain ibridges are. paid out. of the bridge fund or from general where ‘they jused ‘to ‘be. "pai eial:-assessment, © {16—Gav she \¥éferendum, egll ‘and initiative which; +means, more ballots and more élections.’ We have had elections every .year for the :past:five or’six years where we This year we bought. 25,000 ‘pallots: ‘where ‘we sused to, buy ‘about one- fourth that number,..Woman ‘suf- frage has also cost us ‘something on account, of ‘more <ballots and doub- ling ‘the cost of ‘registering the vot- ers, We paid out $600.00'for register- ing the ‘voters: this ‘year and ‘which I consider. an’ unnecessary expense. Increased. the cost per, precinct for most to $34 at the. least. that is the things that the county must buy in the markets. ‘Under this \ comes books, bridges, coal, light, telephone, poor relief. and sun- dry ‘other ‘items.;Theré_ has. been an increase.of every one of ‘the above ces. Let me ‘take the «matter of bridges. In 1915 ‘we bought the lumber, and had it hauled 6 miles and placed in. the. bridge complete for -$45.00 per. M. Today, 'the ‘price is from $65.00 to $70.00 per M. Fur- thermore -a better type of bridge is called'for'today. § ~ ‘The ‘writer ‘then declared there was no reason for attempting to do public ‘business ‘on other lines than that of priv individuals and continued: ) ae : “Up to Legislature “Flowever I expect-there must be PLL Bisncag i Sidhs tint ® and Have a Cool Drink taxation, |, id. by-spe>.} 5 ‘used.'to have them every other year. | 4; “Now then comes the other, end,! items by about 1005, in ‘some instane ‘some<sort Of limit for taxation, ‘but the first thing that must be’ real- ized, is that our lay-making’ bodies cannot go, ahead dt every session and pass,a“book full of laws to be “carried out :without “an “expenditure of public money. If the legislature, -when*it-next-meets, will-go-over our existing laws-and:cutout»all the un- necessary ones, and then refrain fom ‘passing) new ones ‘that call for more. taxes, then we -ean talk of prescribing a; limit, of taxation, © ‘I2do:not know, whether my. ideas ‘of ‘limits for ‘taxation are ‘worth much or ‘not. Certainly the law passed’ by. the last ‘session. for limit of ‘taxes was an. idistic piece of work,” | “For the purpose .of arriving at! some conclusion .on ;this I give the following figures. showing old ‘and new valuations and what could be raised under the ‘old laws: ‘In 1915 our. valuation was’, about $7,000,000.00. We could raise on this: County, general, 8~mills—$56,000.- 00. Not enough ‘now. : County bridge, 4m ‘Not enough now. County road, 4 mil{s-$28,000.00. \More ‘than enough now, ‘Under ‘the “present method ‘of ‘as- sessment ‘our “Valuation is (about $36,000,000.00...I. would ‘suggest ‘the following: ‘mill crate -'to -be ample: ‘Gounty :general,.. 2 mills—$72,- 000.00,, Little «more ‘than -needed. ,Gounty ~bridge, ‘1. -mill—§36,000.00. About :righ rE County’ road, 1.. mill—$36,000,00. More ‘than engugh. ‘Emergeney,. % Only..as needed, : ‘1922 is about'$140,- ills —$28,000.00 “Ours levy: for 000.00. This includes, interest :and I, figure that this-ought to, carry us} through. ‘The above: rates would: giv ‘For. (school purposes -I would ‘say that: 10:mills for: rural schools ought ricts where-exemp- biatidns ‘officers from. about, $24.00 at the}, thas® ‘replaces ‘7% it. ‘Try it to- ‘Clothing Cle |. Opposite Post Office 214 Broadway (iii Pea ie mill—$18,000.00.' : Mankato Commercial College ( Eagle Tailoring and Hat Works ./ ae Opposite Post Office ; ‘| The Place \Wiherg You Can Have Your de and Pressed tes { HONE 58 : All Work Guaranteed Satisfactory 3 We Call: for and Deliver Candylana ice Gream — Sodas — Soft Drinks Light’ Lunches ‘ ~ “Candy — Cigars Broadway and Fifth St.’ Shoes, Belts, Grips -and All Leather Geeds We Shine Any and All Shoes CHICAGO SHINING PARLOR | Painting - Kalsomining . Paper Hanging——Refinishing. ° The Way You Want It The Way It-Should Be Done. | “H. H. ENGEN Vt WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1922 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE {-wot over 25 mills for general’ purpos-” es, S | For city purposes general, only 12 mills, GN Ay amy For city purposes park, 2,.mills, For ‘township purposes .3_ mills, For township road 3 \millg._~ Sinking funds to be additional ‘to the above. “There sis one item on taxes ithat Tomitted to, mention. That is county and state roads. In 1915 we had no county road levy or system. In the later years we-have gone into roads, quite extensively. This has increas- ed taxes from $5.00 to $10.00 per ‘quarter section each year. But'l feel that it is the best investment that we have “made, because we have pulled ourselves out, of:the mud, and the mud and ‘bad roads cost us more than; the good roads, Besides there} has been a revolution ‘in ‘the last few. ‘years in the. methods’ of \eraveling and. this had to be done., Mr, Converse has written ‘two’ let-; ters to each of. the, county .auditor. ' of | the °st: representing questions’! which'he Wishes them to be ready to! discuss when they meet-with him in ‘a special session of the county au- ditors and the above letter was ,in answer to one of these, indicating, that. there will be. many sugges- tions regarding taxes ‘during the meeting -here. isk ' EVANDER TO BUILD y a yd Can more fruit! . —put up peaches, pears and plums You will not have a. really complete variety of canned fruits unless your Shelves,contain an assort- ment of peaches, pears and plums. Don’t let summer go by without putting up ‘a good supply of these delicious orchard fruits! ‘They will insure healthful, appetiz- - ing meals all winter. the fire’a’ year ago, have*been torn down ,preparatory to starting the erection of the new building. The new building will be of brick and tile and practically the same size as ‘the old Structure. “A first class building in every respect. Meantime the drug store is located in the Nelson building, where as large a stock of drugs and sundries as can be'carried ‘here, will be at the disposal of the public. ~ Asks $10,000 for Alleged Assault Atlanta, Ga, ‘Aug, 16~—Damages of $100,000 are asked of ‘Walter T, Can- dler, local ‘banker, “by Mrs. “Sarah Gillespie ‘Bayfield-in a suit ‘filed to: {] day in Dekalb Superior court at De- catus,. Georgia, in-which she alleges that as a@-result of an attack upon her by Candler in the-state room board the steamship “Bérengaria on the night of July 16 last, ‘she has been forced 'to keep to her bed much of the time since, her‘condition fina. ly necessitating an gperation which was performed ‘here Monday. 1 & ‘ Hi § v * Factory-canned fruits are extravagant. By canning at * home you will save one-thitd to one-half. Use Ball Mason Jars. PACIFIC N, W. 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