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Show Decline in Property Values Noted in Area Property evaluation in Duchesne Du-chesne County shows more than a $400,000 decline below that of a year ago', as listed on the first report of County Assessor G. B. Workman. This year's evaluation has been set at $6,-558,500 $6,-558,500 compared with $6,980,-145 $6,980,-145 a year ago, which marks a $421,645 decrease. Although evaluation decline is shown in several classifications classifica-tions of property assessment figures, the greatest is in the column assessment for machinery, ma-chinery, tools and implements, and not in the livestock classification classi-fication as first anticipated. The drop in the machinery, tools, and implement column is $203,-230 $203,-230 and the livestock evaluation is $161,625 less than last year. Assessor Workman explains that the moving of oil drilling and oil exploration equipment from the county prior to the first of the year accounts largely large-ly for the decline in the machinery ma-chinery and tools evaluation; and that the livestock evaluation evalua-tion decrease is accountable to the drop per head in assessment value as set up by the Utah State Tax Commission. This drop amounted to' approximately approximate-ly $10 per head under that used as a basis for assessment purposes pur-poses a year ago. The number of cattle assessed is more this year than in 1953. In the dairy, or cattle otherwise assessed, column, col-umn, there is an increase of 1,493 head listed on the assessment assess-ment rolls and 145 more range cattle. The sheep population dropped from 44,367 to 37,430, however. The greatest increase in evaluation eval-uation is in the assessment of buildings or improvements, $80,-645. $80,-645. This first report of the assessor as-sessor does not include the total assessments for the year. Rolling Roll-ing stock of freight and car companies, mining and public utilities and other assessments made by the Utah State Tax Commission are not included in the first assessment report. Other property assessments by the county assessor, will be added add-ed to the rolls during the summer sum-mer months. A breakdown of the assessed evaluation for 1954, compared with last year's values (in brackets) is listed below: Real Estate $2,792,935, ($2,797,045); buildings or improvements, im-provements, $1,589,045, ($1,508,-420); ($1,508,-420); livestock, $693,850, $855,-475); $855,-475); personal property, other than livestock, $1,482,670, ($1,-789,205). ($1,-789,205). Values listed for the various classifications of real estate for 1954 and 1953 are: $305,600, ($310,440) for town and city lots; 1951 (2,117) acres of dry improved farm land at $6,585, ($7,080); 26,552, (25,363) acres of irrigated improved farm land; 43,579, ( - ) acres of permanent pasture at $467,320, ( - ); 482,134, (487,219) acres of grazing land; 6,148, (7,867) acres of other lands, including equities in state stand, at $33,-590, $33,-590, ($38,560); 9,893, (9,956) acres ac-res of waste land at no value. Buildings or improvements on town and city lots amounted to $1,004,205, ($950,185), and on acreage, $584,840, ($558,235.) Total value of merchandise, supplies' and trade fixtures came to $435,095, ($404,955); machinery, machin-ery, tools and equipment, to $230,890, $434,120); 2,551, (2,-466) (2,-466) motor vehicles to $792,-610, $792,-610, ($880,360); personal property, proper-ty, not otherwise enumerated, to $24,075, ($69,770). Thjs livestock classification number and values are: horses and mules, 1,555, (1,526) at $30,755, ($23,340); range cattle, 15,333, (15,188) at $280,475, ($400,045); dairy cattle, and cattle otherwise assessed, 9,527, (8,034) at $247,435, ($284,555); sheep, 37,430, (44,467) at $127,-550, $127,-550, ($166,255); 5 goats at $15, (same); 416 (492) swine, at $3,-505, $3,-505, ($5,875); poultry, $4,115, ($5,390). |