Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 2 · column 1 of 8 · from the scan, no model involved
Johnsons $15,600; R. Fox (former Pat Miller house) - $13,000; D. Lyle Miller’s ■ !$13,000; Col. Noee’s brick tenant house - $13,000;Col. Noce’s -dwelling - $30,000; Catherine and Billy Wayland’s - $12,000; Thos. Williams’ - $12,000; E. W. Jones’ - $20,000; C. E. Johnson’s $24,000; Ralph Styer’s - $17,000, and Carroll Quaintance’s $18,000.
Some unique comparisons and contrasts can be made from these figures. The same can be said when viewing the assessment figures of the state assessor versus the Board of Assessors in some instances.
I feel sure that a study of acreage assessment will show that the large landholder is assessed at a lower rate than the «small andholder. In fact, ^one assessment card which I copied shows a large tract of land assessed at a lump sum which amounts to $20 per acre. This is more than ridiculous.
Most orchards which are assessed separately (many have not been assessed this way) are valued at $175 per acre. The highest orchard assessment I found was the aged Grigsby orchard which adjoins our place on the west. This one is assessed at $250 per acre.
There is a feeling among some of the disgruntled ones that they would like to organize into a civic group of some kind for the purpose of making a study of the past and present patterns of assessment and then make a report of their findings to the public through the county newspaper
Pauline Bruce
P. S. To Mr. Neff: I feel sure that you will or have made it quite clear to your government students that while 90 percent of the people hold 10 percent of the land, at the same time they control 90 percent of the vote and in this way they can control how their 10 percent of the land will be used - as well as other matters of local government.
82.1%