Show TOES ahi TO fie 01 IN 1010 stale state board jumping on the county assessors carelessness OF THE PAST SUGGESTS REMEDIES according Acco iding to suggestions from the state board of the tile taxes for 1910 will mill bo be higher than list year ilif his i will all of course depend on the work of tho the assessors in the respective tive counties instructions sent out by the state bo iril ird call attention to tre of more money to run the affairs of the state and anti advise that assessors be inore more careful caret ill in ili assessing tho lands and properties proper according to the blaids beai Us statement land ian lias ban advanced in ili value materially the ast few years and et the assessment rolls show eay little increase thin this ie is duo lite to carelessness on oil the part of county as ng sensors there has leen a noted de linqueno in lit placing the valuation of stock the state board of equa equalize liza za tion asks that this bo be reined remedied led full pull instructions have lime been riven given county commissioners and assessors to make higher valuations which will of course mean that the taxes will bo be higher A portion of the arguments pt forth by the tile state board are given here the board desires to work ork in harmony and with the boffl ceals of the various counties of the 13 state tate to the end that a just and equitable assessment shall bo be made ninde and that once it la in made will not he be sars for this board to make changes that will necessitate the tile labor and expense of a readjustment of the tax rolls accordingly we have to suggest that live stock be assessed ns an follow follo a range sheep 2 GO per head range cattle 14 00 per head Ifor horses at their cash value which wo we think should be higher than last year grad ed according to value cowe cows not lesa less than twenty dollora per head we lenew our suggestions of last year to the effect that blooded live stock be b assessed for what it ie ir worth the board desires to especially emphasize the necessity of assessing the full numbe cumbe of all live stock according to tho the bent berit information obtainable by this board it has been customary to assess the farmer or other small owner onner having stock at home with every animal he lie owns 0 ns hut but to allow allo the stockmen with battle or horses on the range to escape with an assessment of from 21 to GO 50 per cent of his actual number n and the sheep men inen with from front CO 60 to 80 per cent this in 1 mani manifestly festl wrong to the tile small owner as an well as to the eneis of other classes of property and inasmuch as the only remedy in the tile hands hand of this hoard Is to increase ot 01 debrea e by classes thus enlarging and perpetuating the injustice alre arrendy atly done we urge you to see to it that justice la Is done b the original assessment or bv by tile county baird of equalization vo we that it Is ill a comparatively easy matter for the county assessors to have hae accurate knowledge of these facts and to make an equitable assessment if they will only set get out of the habit of al allowing louing the owners of live tile stock to dictate their own numbers we call attention to the tile fact that last year the valuation placed upon bees bee varied in different counties from 00 to 3 23 per colo colong and recommend a uniform valuation 0 of 3 swine varied from 2 42 per head in one county to 66 6 au in another and wo me recommend a valuation nitiA tion of four dollars and upward real estate lias has very cry materially matr lally increased in value throughout the state the patt three yeara years yet the schedules for assessment remain practically the same from front vear to year and the board call attention to the fact that the burdens of city county and state en tailed by reason of necessary public improvement increased population the demand for improved and enlarged educational educationist facil itic etc can be met b a reasonable 1 and legitimate increase of val valuations its real estate should abcar a just share of this thin increase both as at farm an I 1 fruit linds and anti as city property |