Show i about the assessment in an interview held with assessor brodu this morning the gentleman made the following statement the revenue law as passed hy the last legislature on march 13 1890 requiring all property in the territory to ha assessed at its cash value as of january ast 1st 1890 and in view of the fact that I 1 have had to make this assessment and remodel the roll and do the work in two months that I 1 should have had five to do in I 1 and my deputies have worked day and night I 1 estimate the territorial school and county tax at this year as against last year provided that the county court lay the rate for the county at not exceeding two mills which will make revenue for the county at this rate it will readily be seen that under the free school system the increase in the revenue as compared with tue tuition heretofore paid for echo F will not increase the taxes of the coudy but on the contrary will rather loer them for the majority of the taxpayers alie territorial school tax on this assessment will he at three mills estimate the amount of territorial school tax that this county will receive from the territory this benr will not be less than thus it will be seen that we will receive 05 more school tax from the territory than wo pay for alie year 1890 it will be seen hy examination of the assessment roll that the assessment has been made at a fair cash value and not at boom or inflated values I 1 am of the opinion that alie county court will make the rate as low as practicable under the circumstances |