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Show BEAVER COUNTY LEADS Annual Assessment Report Shows I40c Incre.se Over Previous Year The NEWS is enabled to give a summary of the annual assessment report ojkhe County Assessor, which shows a remarkable condition. Of all the counties reporting up to this time, Beavrr county shows the greatest percentage of increase ever the year 1915, flguiing one-hundred-and fort) per eent. Fallowing is a summary ot the valuations as given in the report, paralleled with like figures for 1916, for comparison. , 116 1915 Town lots..!!' 371,270 $ 121,0 Farm lands.... 1,254,950 419,895 Grazing lands 121,07 32,17 Other lauds 48,785 39,560 Mining claims 61,625 51,446 Improvements 678,670 367,255 Live stock ..1,059,30 417,149 Other personal property 463,317 247,725 Totals 4,047,022 $1,686,506 Some of the notable individual advances ad-vances in valuation are as follows: Farm lands, 200 ; Grazing lands, 2797o; Livestock, 1549b; Town lots, 200?c; average over all, 140. We note that the bait Lake Tribune in reporting the Bearer County assessment, figures the increase at 240, instead of 140, that paper uaving evidently figured last year's total agaiuit this year's total, which gives 240, instead of dividing this year's increase by last year's totals, which makes 140. |