The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1930, Page 2

a | PROBLEM ANALYZED "10 TELEPHONE MEN Bill Authorizing Equalization of | } Phone and Power Line Values Is Planned EFECTIVE REPORTS MADE i mpanies Blamed for Unsatis- | factory Assessments as Result of Returns Grand Forks, N. D., Mar. 12—(4)— facts pertaining to the state tax problem and their relation to the taxation of: telephone companies were discussed. today, at the North Dakota Telephone association convention, in session here, by Lyman Baker. Bis- mack, deputy state tax commissioner. | ‘The total valuation of telephone | property in 1929, Baker said, was) $6,712,240 or one-half of 1 per cent of the total valuation of property in the state. The number of companies as- sessed totaled 800. of which 678 were farm-line companies and 122 operated exchanges. There’ were 5,183 miles of toll lines and 29.254 miles of farm lines. A total of 41,614 telephones | ‘were connected with exchanges. Can't Follow Taxing Basis Although the best means of valuing public utility property for taxation apouea sete me Oona Smt ort “Well, well, I see the trees are budding already.” plirposes is to. capitalize it on the| basis of its net earnings, this system | France to resume her screen career | could be followed with only a few/in America, she brought with her PARAMOUNT THEATRE North Dakota telephone companies, | eleven trunks filled with original I watched it on the set, is of sound Baker said, since some of the larger |Models especially created for her by metal, and the philosophy of the nies have been operating as/famous French modistes. RH for only ‘aastiort tinge Ona re-|these are worn for the first time in | Confucius.” ‘sult, he said, the practice is to value|“Rich People,” which shows Miss! ‘This from Liau Hwang Foo, wealthy them on the basis of what it would|Bennett as the pampered child of a cst to produce the: facilities owned, | Multi-millionaire captain of industry. less depreciation. If telephone companies would make | Bennett's imported proper annual reports, Baker said, tinged with a simplicity which proves there would be little difficulty in|the more effective for the severity with which any trace of the the-| of the Gods.” which is now at the trical or bizzarre is avoided, accord- Paramount Theatre. r information. or give inaccur- | ing to reports from those who visited «yr, Barthelmess will never be and sometimes they suffer as a the act during the making of scenes forgotten by the people of my nation making a fair assessment of telephone property, but some fail to give the Pj ale, t result. In some cases, he said, they | for “Rich People Many of particularly interested in seeing Richard Barthelmess at work in “Son for his fine study in ‘Broken Blos- are assessed twice where they should; This story of the upper stsata of soms',” said Mr. Foo. “The high- be assessed only once, and, in others, American society was adapted for caste Chinese is proud and looks back inaccurate information leads to 8! the screen by A. A. Kline, from Jay upon noble traditions. In ‘Broken higher classification of the property |Gelzer's fiction aoe Justify. = Equality Clause Beat Bill telephone and power line companies cast. Will be introduced at the 1931 legisla-; The scenes of the story are laid in tive session despite defeat of a sim-| Vienna and the theme deals with a) woman who kills a man in defence of ‘The bill failed in 1929 because of a her honor with dramatic results. ilar bill at the session of 1929 @isagreement over a clause which, in serial. It was di- Blossoms’ Mr. Barthelmess stirred us purposes than the facts rected by Edward H. Griffith, with and thrilled us. I daresay that be- ; Anthony Brown, former New York cause of that sihgle portrayal he will : jstage director, co-directing on di- ‘The speaker predicted that a bill alogue. Regis Toomey, Robert Ames Withorizing the state board of equal-: and Mahlon Hamilton are leading that we read of his future .appear- tation to fix the taxable value of members of an excellent supporting always be honored by my race. “It was therefore with much foy part. he cpinion of utility operators, was | Beery to insure that they pay no; ‘ore taxes in proportion to value; than owners of other property. The! grenate held such a provision unneces- | gary. | i Baker said the state tax department | not concerned with the provision | hich caused the trouble in 1929 but | at it does want adequate and proper | legislation covering the subject. As} it stands now, he said, the state board | of equalization is operating without | any law governing the assessment of ‘Utilities with property extending | 4hrough hundreds of taxing districts. “There is no law governing the man- er of making the assessments or pre- scribing a basis for distribution to the Jocal taxing districts, Baker said. | In 1929, he said, assessment of pow- er companies was made under author- ity of the constitution, as amended in 1928 but was open to challenge be- ¢ause no statutes covering the au- thority outlined by the constitution | had been enacted. | Telephone Tax Rates Highest | Some pertinent facts bearing on the tax situation and the relation of one kind of property to another for pur- poses of taxation, the speaker Said, | are: That North Dakota farm prop-j = erty pays 60 per cent of the tax railroads and other public utilities 16) per cent; and other property. consist- ing mostly of urban real estate and personal property, pays 24 per cent. Reducing this to money, he said; {the farmer pays $18,000,000 of a total ‘ef $30,000,000 in property taxes, and} if payments for motor vehicle licenses. gasoline, cigaret and federal and state income taxes are added. the total tax Dill paid by the farmer is probably Pea the farm tax burden in! this state is 1.68 per cent of the in-| yestment and 7.92 per cent of his income. Railroad taxes are 2.5) cent of their investment and 8) cent of their gross income while; ercial telephone company re-/ ‘ indicate an average of 3.13 per | ‘etn of their placa and 9.13 pod their gross income go for ee wigures for North Dakota companies were 2.07 per cent be their investment and 7.54 per cent their gross earnings. This was in- in 1929, bowser by a fiat of 25 per cent in the assessed proper; SorrTiNO comeans BOARD OF Hi release of Constance Pathe starring vehicle, ” which will be.on view at the: DONT SPIT! ... the war against Spitting is a crusade of decency .. . join it. Smoke CERTIFIED CREMO! Do you remember the old, filthy om shop where the man in the window ro) the leaves with di on the ends? More made in this country are still made by hand, and therefore subject to the risk of spit! The modern CREMO METHOD of man- ufacthre protects you against this abom. ination—gives you the finest ¢ ity plus we cleanliness of Contied feat horrid word, but it is worse on the end of your cigar DON'T SPIT / SPIT is a @ rs...and spit of all IS CADET COLONEL INVARSITY CORPS Commander at Spring R. 0. T. C. Maneuvers Grand Forks, N. D., Mar. 12.—(?)— cers in the R. O. T. C. corps at the University of North Dakota to or- ganize the unit for annual spring maneuvers at the school has been an- Bismarck Student Regimental | Appointment of senior cadets as offi- | nounced by Major E. V. Smith, com- mandant. Heading the assignments is that of Robert F. Nuessle, of Bismarck, who, as cadet colonel, will be regimental commander af the entire unit. Frank 4, Hatelid, of Grafton, named to be ieutenant colonel, will be second in command. Also as cadet lieutenant colonels, Roy A. Hanson, of Bowman, and William .H. Felson, of Cavalier, ‘will be in charge of the first and sec- ond battalions, respectively. Majors in the corps will be Ray- mond F. Pepple of Epping, first bat- talion, and Wilkes D. Kelly of Pol- lack, 8. D., second battalion. Frank T. Hillman, Jr., of Bismarck, will be captain and regimental adjutant. Appointed as captains in charge of the six companies will be Austin R. Smith, of Hebron, Company A; Fred- erick P. Evans, of Grand Forks, Com- pany B; Patrick E. Arneson, of Me- Ville, Company C; Kenneth E. Simes, of Mott, Company E; Orville G. Han- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1930 - Farmers Pay 60 Per Cent of N. D STATES TAXATION |[SIDE GLANGES - - By George Glare |ROBERT F. NUESSLE son, of Grand Forks, Company F, and Alvin P, Ziegenhagen, of Columbus, Company G. ;_ Named to be first lieutehants are Lyle D. Johnson, of Minot, first bat- talion adjutant; Allen 8. Gordon, of New Rockford, secon. battalion ad- jutant; Sylvester L. Determan, of Bel- field, Company A; Clarence M. Bur- gess, of Devils Lake, Company B; Sigvert R. Peterson, of Grand Forks, Company C; Henry Schipper, Jr., of Casselton, Company D; Lester V. Hole, of Bowman, Company: F; and Frank-V. Kent of Grand Forks, Com- pany G. Second lieutenants will be Floyd R. Huffman, of Minnewaukan, Henry B. Frank, Grand Forks, Henning Ol Olson, Sharon, and Walter 8. John- son, Grand Forks, all for Company A; | Arnold J. Gumper, Belfield, Hugh A. ; Baird, East Grand Forks, Minn., Company B; Edward R. Brolin, Shey- enne, Company C; Carlton T. Helm- ing, of Lansford, and Milton L. . Tax Says Deputy Commissioner | will ‘shortly Schlechter, Grand Forks, Company E; | proper spplication for it John B. Hennessy, Reynolds, and |be in the hands of Agent Miesen. Cleland C. Thoreson, York, Company | yembers of the pool should see him F; Victor A. 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