Show A HEAVl TAX Irksome Burden to Our Citizens FROM OTHER TOWNS Where Assessments are not Made on Boom Values AND CLDTE IS NOT ASSESSOR Cities that have Hade Immense Strides In Public Improvements but not in Increased Taxation To give the tax and Cluteridden people of Salt Lake city chance to oomapro their own burden of taxation with that of some other cities some of which have expended incomparably larger sums of money in public improvements THIS HEKALD has sent out telegraphic inquiries to a number i of them and received the following self I explanatory answers answerlL HALF OURS PORTLAND Ogn Sept 2Speclal telegram to THE HERALD Tax 10 mills Valuation about one fourth The city roll has been copied from the county roll heretofore but will not be hereafter W T BRANcH City Auditor I ALSO LESS 1AsAS Orrr Mo Sept 2Speclai telegram tele-gram t THE HERALD Tax 12 mills on the dollar Assessment 4 per cent ot lull value City and county the same J G BISHOP City Auditor NO BOOM VALUES TACOMA Wash Sept 2Spccial telegram to THE HERALD City assessment 50 per cent of market value Tax rate lli4 mills County assessed full value FHED TAYLOR asessed ful vulue FRD I City Auditor THE LOWEST OF ALL SAN FRANCISCO Sept 2ESpecial telegram I to THE HERALD City and county rate 103 Assessor claims percentage Assessment 7o per cent City and county consolidated State valuation and tax not fixedT T J L SMILEY CALIFORNIAS CAPITAL SACRAMENTO Sept 2Spooial telegram to THE HER LDlity tax 220 LIttle over two thirds valuation City rather higher than county J D YOUNG Auditor ON A PAR WITH Us Los ANGELES Sept 2Special telegram toT to-T n HERALD This years tax rate 1 on the hundred dollars Property is assessed at about 5 per cent of market value City and county valuation do not always agree valuaton agee P U LOPEZ City Auditor DONT ENOTV YET SEATTLE Washn Sept 2Rato not yet fixed Valuation about 75 per cent County and city the same C W FERRIS Comptroller ANOTHER Boise Idaho Sept 2Special telegram to THE HERALD City ta 1 mill state and county 2i mills city school tax not yet levied will be 1 mill total 4i mills City assessment not yet made County assessment 54750000 of which city will probably be assessed 19500000 NO CLUTE T RE KANSAS Crnr Mo Sept 2 Special telegram tele-gram to THE HERALD The rate of taxation on real estate and personal property is 12 mills Real estate is assessed at 40 per cent or its actual valuation City and county assessments assess-ments or real estate must not differ The assessment as-sessment for state and county purposes governs gov-erns RtciiARD MEAlIER Kansas City Journal EVEN UOODLE DENVER IS LOWER DENVER Cola Sept 2Speial telegram to Tie HERALDTho city tax cannot exceed 10 mills according to law and has been kept at that point by all city governments Tho present pres-ent Democratic city government hopes by economy econ-omy to reduce this to 1 Property is supposed to be assessed at twothirds Its actual market value Xrat Is really assessed at about onethird and In many cases especially those of large properties usually less All taxable valuations valua-tions arc fed on the county assessor the state lawputting all the work on him MCCLELLANE ALSO TOWER THAN OURS OMAHA Neb Sept 2Spcclal telegram to THE HERALD City tax rate this year Is 3 mills Percentage ol market value of property is assessed a oneeishth City and county have tho same assessed valuation SNYDER |