Show county valuation up 20 per cent 7 V I 1 7 for both the seasoned hunter and the would be of the country the approaching hunting season is the high spot of the year among this group the conversational al subjects are limited to guns camp outfits various hunting areas and even in some cases to a little innocent boasting of past hunting accomplish ants ts aith ith the season almost a month aig fk and since one hunter will bo be permitted to take three deer the usual excitement is even more intense only two days after the special licenses went on ogi sale there were over of them sold hauters are writing air mail telegraphing le and telephoning for the licenses to make sure that they will not be left out hardly had the high sand drifts along some of the fences begun to settle from the high winds of the spring when new layers were deposited on them in the five days blow last week along highways and even in town lights were necessary on cars to avoid collision with other vehicles the visibility in blanding sunday was zero zero with other points in the county equally as bad it is refreshing to meet some one who radiates health and happiness from such a person we can store up enough good feeling to last the entire day if we are careful to preserve it A on the other hand from a sour puss or killjoy kill joy we can absorb enough poison into our systems to last a week there is another small home going up in monticello which we e failed to mention in our building article of last week that is the home of clarence ramsay being built just south of frank full mers the rafters are already in place which makes it look like it will be ready for occupancy before winter the assessed valuation of san juan county for 1950 is 2643 representing an increase over 1949 of which is a jump of 20 per cent valuation for last year was the increase in this years eva bation cames from personal 1 and real property in about the same proportion farmers show a greater inventory of farm machinery while other personal property such as road equipment and andi oil well machinery which helped make a high total last year is 1 down in this years figure it is quite probable that when the results of the present survey being conducted by the county and state tax comal commission sion for the purpose of equalization of farm values that the real estate values will jump at least another 20 per cent on the countes records it is e estimated sti mated that there are many areas that have much developed property that is still being carried on the tax roll as unimproved land and that the present survey will reflect a more nearly true picture cf the county as to tarm farm the work will be finished in time for the results to on the tax roll next year |