The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1936, Page 3

i q GENERAL PROPERTY | LEVIES DECLINE IN STATE SNGE 4947 Assessments Now 72 Per Cent of Total Taxeg Compared to 96 Per Cent Proportion of total taxes levied on general property has declined ap- proximately 24 per cent since 1917, the state interim tax survey commis- sion said Monday in a report. One of a series of reports being made to the 1937 legislature by the commission shows a drop in as- sessments on general property from 96 per cent of the total taxes in 1917 to 72 per cent this year. The amount of property levies in dollars, however, was approximately 23 per cent less for the fiscal year ending in 1917 than in the fiscal year ending in 1936 while the popu- lation” increased about 10 per cent, the commission found. Sharpest Dip Recently “The proportion of the total taxes tevied on general property has been on the decline ever since 1917 with the sharpest dip taking place in 1934, 1935. and 1936,” the report disclosed. “Prior to 1917 the tax structure was very simple, exhibiting a very thin layer of poll taxes and business taxes deposited atop the general property tax, but in the years just prior to 1920, new tax strata appeared in the form of income, inheritance, and motor vehicle taxes. “Although a film of selective taxes became discernable along in the early °20s, it remained for the depression of the first half of the ‘30s to lay the top stratum of retail sales taxes and the proportion of general prop- erty taxes took an abrupt drop of ap- proximately 10 per cent,” the com- mission states. High Point In 1930 “During the years covered from 1890 to and including 1935, the high point of property tax levies for the state and local governments occurred in 1930, when the total was $30,800,315. Between 1930 and 1935 property levies eee ye ___ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, __ MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1936 POLICEMAN KILLS 5 FOR ‘REVENGE’ Gray-haired Martin Sullivan (center), 65-year-old policeman, admitted, District Attorney Andrew T. Park caid, that he killed five persons, three of them women, for “revenge.” He is shown in custody of officers after the shootings. (Associated Press Photo) ROOSEVELT PROBES BUSINESS. CONTROL State Rather Than Federal Jur- isdiction Believed Answer to Puzzle Washington, Dec. 28.—()—Ways to Gropped approximately $10,000,000 to/bring about adoption of minimum the figure of $20,652,495 which waS|wage and maximum hour standards approximately the same as that levied in 1918.” The highest property levy for state purposes appeared in 1922 when $4.- in all the states, rather than attempt- ing another NRA, are being studied within the administration. Members of congress arriving in 165,284 was levied. Taxes levied on} greater numbers Monday for the ses- general property for state purposes/sion to convene next week found that have been declining steadily since 1924 when the total levied for state purposes was $4,588,824. In 1934 and 1935 the amounts levied subject among the foremost at the capitol. While President Roosevelt has kept his views to himself, some leading were slightly over two million dollars; Democrats evidently do not expect , for state purposes. Average Now 12 Per Cent “Also the proportion of all property taxes levied for state purposes has been declining,” according to the re- port which stated at the turn of the him to side with advocates of an im- Mediate attempt to amend the con- stitution or to curtail the powers of the supreme court, Committed to pursuit of NRA ob- Jectives, the administration has me¥} century about 16 to 18 per cent of|difficulty in driving specific methods, property levies, as a rule, were de- voted to state purposes but that since 1910 the proportion has averaged about 12 per cent. Total levies for local subdivisions reached their peak in 1920, when $27,041,227 of taxes were laid on gen- eral property for local governmental use, and dropped to $18,351,922 by 1935. Fargo, Baker Firms to Build Dickinson Plant Dickinson, N. D., Dec. 28.—Con- tracts totaling $19,300 have been awarded for construction of the new Dickinson water system extension, with the George F. Askin company of Baker, Mont., and the Haggert Con- struction company of Fargo as major contractors. The Askin company received the contract for drilling a new well, on a bid of $5,218.60. The Haggert com- pany will construct the pump house, equipment and pipe line for a total of $12,179.31. Laying of 2,369.5 feet of water main As called for. The work will be done under @ WPA grant of $8,180. N. D. MAN GRADUATES Washington, Dec. 28.—(#)—North Dakota was represented in the grad- uating class of the medical depart- ment of the United States army in the person of Lieut. John C. Fitz- patrick, Jamestown. Beulah Lignite A CLEAN COAL Barns cleaan—Less smoke —Less Ashes to carry— No Dead Spots in the Fire—Fewer Clinkers to pry out—Stocks wonder- fully—That’s... BEULAH LIGNITE —o~ Occident Elevator Telephone 11 : FROZEN FISH The White House preference ap- parently is for each state to legislate for itself on labor standards and fair business practices, and establish fed- eral jurisdiction when problems be- come intersiate or national in char- acter. Success of such a plan would be contingent on conformance by virtually all states. An estimate by Secretary Roper that the national income for 1936 will reach $60,000,000—or $20,400,000 above the 1932 low—was expected to inten- sify demands by organized labor for &® greater share, SYNTHETIC GOODS DEVELOPING FAST Scarcity of Chemists Noticed as Scientific Discoveries Come Quickly New York, Dec, 28.—()—In the de- velopment of synthetic products which are becoming everyday articles of commerce, the United States is outstripping ell nations, said the American Chemical society Monday, in reviewing progress during 1936. “The huge tonnages of synthetic products used in this country dally,” the review said, “are daily increasing and their variety widening at a rate far greater than can be equaled in any other country of the world. “More and more the real advances of industry based on scientific dis- covery in the United States are be- coming everyday articles of commerce which the man in the street fails to recognize as synthetic.” A pronounced upturn in the chem- ical industry during 1936, the society said, resulted in a scarcity of qualified chemists, Synthetic resins are being used in the manufacture of a new type of contact lenses to replace eye glasses. The actual lens is made of glass and fitted in a shield individually molded to the wearer’s eyeball to be placed beneath the eyelids. Plates for polarizing light may be applied to the problem of suppressing glare in automobile headlights and photography. Tiny amounts of platinum are be- ing transmuted into the gold using deutrons as missles, A new type of insulin increases the effectiveness of ordinary insulin eight times—a boon to diabetes. Huge new potential oil resources are being disclosed as deep as 30,000 feet by scientists who charting the shore lines of ancient Primate Asks Nation To Forget Abdication London, Dec. 28—()—The Arch- tie iy i i F ERE 2 ges i al ty i E Bg SEE Hl i i VETERAN SCALPED, THEN DECAPITATED Man Found on Right-of-Way Believed Slain at Christ- mas Party Fresno, Calif., Dec. 28—()}—A wo- man was detained Monday in con- nection with the violent death of a World War veterah, who may have been partially scalped before he was decapitated, after a Christmas drink- ing party. An unidentified man was sought. Undersheriff C. A. Tarr said a note found in the pocket of the veteran, Emory Parr, 38, reading “Carmain Switzer is responsible for this,” dis- counted earlier beliefs Parr was run over by a train. His body was found on a railroad right-of-way two miles from the home of Dr. P. 8. Lindsey, dentist, where Parr was acting as caretaker. The woman, held as a material witness, gave the name of Thelma Switzer, 32, a highway lunch counter operator, but Carr said she also was known as Carmel or Carmain Switz- er, Carmel Molino, Thelma William- son and Thelma De Lima. He as- serted she told conflicting stories. Part of one of her ears had been cut away and a tooth knocked out. Tarr said the tooth was found in the blood-smeared Lindsey home where the party was held. The officer quot- ed the woman as first saying Parr hit her with an axe after she resisted his advances. Dr. Charles Nixon, county patholo- gist, reported an autopsy and other physical evidence indicated the vic- tim had been killed and partially Scalped before decapitation. North Dakota Woman Losing Estate Fight Everett, Wash., Dec. 28.—(P)—A motion of counsel for the executrix.of the $260,000 will of Eugene McGid to quash service of a petition in which Rosa B. McGill, Larimore, N. D,, alleged she was his legal wife at the time of his death was denied by Judge Ralph Bell. The woman seeks a declaratory judgment establishing her rights in the administration of the estate. Mc- Gill left most of his estate to Juffe McGill, Everett, as his wife, and set up trust funds for a sister, Therese of Everett, and three grandchildren in Richmond, Va. Judge Bell indicated, howeve:, he considered Rosa McGill's petition in- sufficient and said he would sustain a demurrer based on the matter of suf- ficiency. Breeding Fine Horses Profitable Industry Frederick, Md. Dec. 28—(P)— Livestock producers here find the raising of fine horses a profitable in- dustry, with considerable market ac- tivity recently. Purchases included a shipment of five stallions, four year: lings and a 2-year old from A. H. White, Kramer, N. D. TORONTO EDITOR DIES Toronto, Dec. 28.—()—Frederick Broughton Housser, 47, financial edi- tor of the Toronto Daily Star, died at his home Monday. 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