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Annual Statement County Clerk
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283.48 .
245.73 .
316,97 .
865.10 .
1,001.13 .
1,618.12
2,487.43
3,284.17
3,273,94
3,404.86
4,338.04
6,072.48
7,526.70
283.48
245.73
316.97
865.10
1,001.13
1,652.07
2,491.99
3,335.60
3.44S.23
3,481.57
4,452.86
6,339.96
8.059.42
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
33.95
1925
4.56
1926
51.43
1927
174.29
1928
76.71
1929
114.82
267.48
532.72
1930
1931
1932
. $ 35,118.37 $ 1,255.96 $ 36,374.33
Totals
LANDS, BUILDINGS AND FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
Furniture
Land Buildings & Fixtures
$ 5,938.21 $ 8,300.89 $ 20,059.17
4,891.42 57,494.36 15,144.70
741.28 5,076.61 958.65
200.00 919.35 14.00
150.00 2,191.12 50.00
1 , 100.00 .
Court House .
County High School
Jail at Libby
Jail at Eureka
Jail at Troy
County Library
Jail and Other Buildings
County Fair .
Totals ..
17,591.95
. 2,664,55
2,890.33 4,646.16
$ 15,911.24 $ 81,293.04 $ 53,818,47
BRIDGES
Steel Bridges; ,
Libby, Troy, Tobacco, Yaak, Pejeon, Eureka $ 102,852.36
10 , 000.00
38,884.17
31,760.30
Leonia
Rexford
Other Small
$ 183,4%.83
Wood Bridges:
$
1,241.50
1,229.40
406.10
524.41
5,957.61
4,342.75
2,071.90
447.73
401.70
883.70
442.29
6,375.00
50.00
818.30
Lake Creek
Silver Butte
Upper Yaak
Upper Callahan. •.
Lower Callahan
Dahlberg and Fortine
Granite Creek .
Ural .
Slough Bridge near Gateway
Upper Lake Creek and Herbst
Fisher River .
Kootenai River Bridge at Gateway
Deep Creek
Other Small . .
$ 25,192.39
$ 208,689.22
Total
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$ 8,300.89 2% $
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2,191.12 27o
4,646.16 4%
6,285.67 7%
4,431.41 27c
5,509.56 10%
183,496.83 37c
25,192.39 107c
57,494.36 27o
2,664.55 47c
60,047.56 20%
14,778.48 107c
6,227.79 57c
166.01
239.84
43.82
185.85
440.00
88.63
550.96
5,504,90
2,519.24
1,149.89
106.58
Court House ..
C ouirty~Jglls, wood „
County Jails, cement
Fair Buildings .
Furniture and Fixtures, wood
Furniture and Fixtures, steel
Office Appliances .
Steel Bridges .
Wood Bridges .
County High School Bldg.
WarehoVises etc.
Tools and Machinery .
Library Books
Law Library .
High School Furniture and
Fixtures . . .
12 ,
1.51
1,380.00
411.39
15,144.70 10%
1,514.47
Totals
$ 404,007.41
$ 26,311.09
TRUST AND AGENCY ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
.$ 55,851.91 Trust and Agency Reserves $131,171.88
Cash ....
Taxes Receivable:
1913 to '25 .
Year 1926 "A" ...
Year 1926 "B" ....
Year 1927 "A" ....
Year 1927 "B" ....
Year 1928 "A" ...
Year 1928 "B" ....
Year 1929 "A" ....
Year 1929 "B" ....
Year 1930 "A" ....
Year 1930 "B" ....
Year 1931 "A" ....
Year 1931 "B" ....
Year 1932 "A" ....
Year 1932 "B" .
Tax Deed a-c
4,387.38
5,450.81
3.62
7,385.23
30.62
6,452.64
95.18
7,206.95
48.63
7,602.87
71.00
72,442.77
182.48
19,441.19
347.36
4,171.24
Total Assets
$ 131,171.88 Total Liabilities
$131,171.88
VALUATION OF PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
Assessment Made 1932 for Purposes
of County Government
Assessed Value
$ 2,283,106.00
332,836.00
2,674,746.00
6,190.00
CLASS OF PROPERTY
Actual Valuation
$ 7,488.520.00
1,249,675.00
6,686.865.00
15,477.00
Real Property .
Personal Property .
Railroad Property ..
Telephone and Telegraph Property
Totals .
$15,440,537.00
$ 5,276,878.00
COUNTY TAX LEVIES FOR THE YEAR 1932
Amount of
Taxable Valuation Levied
.$5,217,305.00
4,605,255.00
5,217,305.00
. 5,217,305.00
5,217,305.00
.. 5,217,305.00
Mills
Amount of
Levies
$41,738.44
18,420.22
15,651.91
10,46431
3,130.38
10,464.31
For Purpose or Fund Levied
General Fund
Road Fund .
Poor Fund . „ ..
Bridge Fluid ...
Library Fund .
Bond Sinking Fund . . .
.008
.004
.003
.002
,003-5
.002
TRUST AND AGENCY LEVIES FOR THE YEAR 1932
Amount of
Taxable Valuation Levied
$5,217305.00
5,217305.00
5317,305.00
46,540.00
1365.00
5317305.00
370363.00
117,844.00
123,943.00
20321.00
38,573.00
185,781.00
Mills
Amount of
Levies
$10,464.31
4,347,75
13,04336
For Purpose or Puni Levied
State . . ...
Educational Bond
Greater Univ.
Bounty Livestock
Bounty Sheep ....
General School
City of Libby
City of Eureka
City of Troy .
Fortine Fire
Rexford Fire
Road Dial. No. 1
.002
3-6
.0025
.0035
162.89
.0035
4427
.006
31303,83
7,127.56
3,181.78
3,098.57
141.55
192,86
1300.47
.01925
.027
.025
.007
.005
.007
district school, levies
No.
Mills No.
15.4 9
10.5 10
15 11
11.5 12
5 13
6 14
7 15
25 17
Mills No.
20 18
10 19
10 20
11 22
.... 22 23
10 24
7.6 53 ...
Mills
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COUNTY CLERK'S AFFIDAVIT
State of Montana,
County of Lincoln—ss.
I, Walter L. Wolz, County Clerk in and for the county aforesaid, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing report is a full and true statement of the
financial condition of the County of Lincoln, State of Montana, for the fiscal
year ending June 30th, 1933, to the best of my knowledge and belief, so help
me God.
WALTER L WOLZ.
, County Clerk
Subscribed and swofn to before me and in my presence this 22nd day of
July, 1933,
FRED F. CLARK,
Clerk of the District Court.
(Seal)
Examined, approved and ordered published
H. E. BRINK,
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners.
Hotels Loni; Centers of
Public Life in America
After the Revolution that made us
a nation, the life of American cities
was for more than a century and a
quarter publicly centered and vividly
reflected in the essentia!^ democratic
institution called the hotel. The club,
an Eighteenth-century aristocratic out
growth of exclusive use by superior
persons of the private parlor of the
tavern, smacking, therefore, of priv
ilege, had to wait till the 1830s or
for a serious revival. The hotel
which succeeded the tavern—became
every citizen's club.
In a little city there was one hotel,
says a writer In the New York Times.
Every visitor must come to it and ev
ery really live inhabitant must drop
around to look the stranger over. In
a bigger city there might be several
hotels. Rut usually one hotel was the
hub of community activity in any city.
From decade to decade it was apt
to be a different hotel as progress,
fashion and favor determined. Never
theless. at any given period, when you
said Boston dr Baltimore or New Or
leans, or, later. Chicago, St. Louis or
San Francisco, the name of a particu
lar hotel popped Into the mind, of ev
ery traveler or informed person.
so
No Birds* Nest in Soap
Bird's-nest soup,- the famous Chinese
dish, is not made of bird's nests at
all, the Princess Der Ling told Ruth
Seinfel, of the New York Evening
Post. It seems there Is a swallow-ltke
bird which lives on the rlvgrs of China
aund makes Us nest out of reeds and
certain little fish. These little fish
do not decay, but dry up nicely. The
soup Is made of them, after they have
been carefully cleaned of all feathers
and other irreveiant matter. It tastes
like strong chicken soup.
Flight of the Crow
It Is commonly believed that the
crow files in a straight line, hence
the phrase "as the crow flies.'' mean
ing in a straight line from starting
point to the object or place of des
tination irrespective of buildings,
rivers, roads, hills or other obstacles
which might make the distance great
er If a person were to travel It on
foot or by vehicle. The saying, how
ever, is not based on actual fact, for
the crow does not usually fly for
ward in a straight line.
Vacations
and
Health
By Dr. ERNEST HL LINES_
&minm Authority and Chic/ Medical Director
Ntiv York Lift liuur«u< Compmmy
THE OPEN ROAD
'T'HE can of the open road lures many a vacationist. Well-marked, smooth
•k highways throughout the nation carry millions of people every summer
to historic spots or other places of interest, or perhaps to the seashore,
mountains or elsewhere.
Although it would seem that
sufficient advice and warning had
already been given on how to avoid
automobile accidents, yet the auto
mobile is responsible for about
160,000 accidental deaths every year,
A, disastrous crash is one of the
quickest ways to bring a happy
holiday to a tragic conclusion.
Drive carefully always. Slow down
at all crossings, and stop uhtas you
can see a long way both right add left.
Although you may think you Rave
the right of way, the other fellow
might not agree. So don't take
chances. Stop at all railroad cross
ings and drive cautiously in congested
areas, particularly where children
may be playing in the street. You
may lose a few seconds of time, but
you may save a life.
Have your car checked over by a
competent mechanic before starting
» trip. Brakes, steering gear, head-
lights and tires should be in perfect
condition.
-It you drink alcoholic beverages,
let someone who does not drink drive
the car.
Don't drive If you enjoy taking
chances. More than your own life
and safety depends on who ia at the
wheel. Don't try to pass a line of
ears unless the road is clear a long
way ahead, ample warning has been
given, and you can pass while driving
cautiously. Don't try to pass any
car if you have to rush to make it.
The mentality and physical con-
dition of the driver are equally as
Locuat Ha« Appalling
Record of Destruction
In spite of fuller knowledge of the
life and habits of the grasshopper, the
discovery that he emerges from per
manent breeding grounds and does not
materialize from the ether to satisfy
the vengeance of a deity, and some Im
provement In the methods of exterm
inating him and curbing his activities,
this insect still manages to do about
æs he likes.
In many countries and in all periods
of history he has left his record of de
struction. The most appalling report
of his depredations comes from the
pen of SL Augustine, who tells of a
plague in Numldia which resulted in
the death of 800,000 men. Pliny
writes of swarms of African locusts
that crossed the Mediterranean to
Italy In his time. South Africa has
suffered keenly from swarms of mi
gratory locusts, and great damage Is
done by them to the crops of Argen
tina and Chile.
In many cases on record they are
spoken of as having "come down from
the north," whether the regions they
victimize are in Africa, Chile or the
United States. The recognized per
manent breeding grounds of one spe
cies, the Rocky mountain locust, are
in Montana and the western part of
the Dakotas. This was the species
that In the seventies were ths aggres
sors In the greatest grasshopper plague
known to this country.
Eskimo History
The Es kimo s seldom are thought of
today as a people who once dwelt In
the Interior, far from the sea. Yet
that was their earlier history. They
were, as archeological Investigation
seems to have established, part of the
uffsltoot -of the earlier migration from
Asia ; and they established themselves
in the forests north of Lake Superior
where they dwelt, apparently for a
considerable period.
For some reason—whether because
of pressure from more vigorous tribes
to southward or because of an incur
able nomadic instinct—the Eskimos
began at last to push northward till
they reached the verge of the Arctic.
They spread over the coasts and the
adjacent islands. Some of them fil
tered back over the straits Into sub
Arctic Siberia. Others passed toward
Greenland, where, nine centuries ago,
they met the Norsemen.—Boston Post.
-——---—
important as the condition of the
car,
if not more so. Intelligence and
quick perception and reaction are
essen till. People with heart disease
or other serious ailments make better
passengers than drivers.
Don't drive if you are tired. Many
accidents occur from drivers dropping
asleep at the wheel and waking up in
the hospital.
If you are driving across country,
don't try to drive too far each day.
The tendency is to increase speed and
to take greater risks the longer a
person has been driving. Don't wait
until the gasoline tank is almost
empty before stopping for rest and
relaxation. If more than one person
in the car can drive, change place«
often.
Make cross-country driving a vac»«
tion, not a contest to see how for
you can drive each day or how
quickly you can get from one ploc«
to the next
ThU U the fourth of a ima of
12 article* on Vacation* and Health.
The fifth, onFood, Milk and Water,
urill answer the queetione:
I. What diet is best in hot
weather? Z. How can you be
sure of drinking only pure milk
and water? J. What are com-
mon causes of "acute Indiges-
tion"?
(Coprrtgki. DU. K.I.U OM
Land Where Rain Come*
as Infrequent Visitor
Up beyond Mount Margaret, In west
ern Australia, is the world's worst des
ert On an average It rains once in
seven years, but at the time of writing,
there has been no rain for eight years.!
Here In Englan d the papers are full of
lament because of a sixty days'
drought, hut think of 3.000 days with
out a drop of rain!
You would not believe that anything
in the way of vegetation could exist
In such u country, yet there is plenty
of scrub. A horrible plant, well named
"splnlfex," for It la all sharp spines.
There Is also the niulga tree, which—
so a gold digger assured the writer—
sends its roots down 100 feet into the
soil to find water.
Babbits do not actually live In this
desert but they do on its edges, and
there—believe It or not, yet it is true—
they have learned to climb trees so as
to greze on the leaves when there Is
no grass.
Most of Australia is subject to se
vere drought, and it is a curious thing
that after a severe drought in New
South Wales springs break out in the
sun-baked beds of dry rivers.—London
Answers.
•
Sexual Labor Division
That May Have Defect*
"Men may be satisfied with their
own superiority, but machines are not.
They prefer girls." Thus spoke Sir
Herbert Austin to a London (England)
audience in the course of an address
wherein it was lightly suggested that
the ultimate division of labor might
present the spectacle of more and more
men making machines while more and
more women were engaged to work
them. The Manchester Guardian re
marks that in some ways this suggests
an arrangement as convenient as the
one mentioned In the nursery rhyme—
Jack Sprat can make the machines
while Mrs. Jack Sprat works and
watches them, and between them the
Industrial platter will be kept clean
and polished. But there Is a more un
fortunate side to reflections of this
kind ns applied to the modern world
—what sort of labor will be left for
man when he has made all the ma
chines which are required for women
to work?
French Forest* Sacrificed
.There Is only one tree In the Ver
sailles forest which was there when
Louis XVI was alive, according to a
Frenchman who has spent much time
Investigating the matter.
"While first consul of France. Na
poleon Tried ded that wood, and lots
of it. was needed for the famous
expedition across the English chan
nel. later abandoned," he says. "Na
poleon declared therefore, that all the
forests of France should- give of their
best. From one end to the other, the
Versailles forest was cut down and
the frees shipped to Boulogne for
transformation Into rafts and con
voys.
."Only one tree escaped. This Is a
giant oak which towers above the rest
of the forest In the Allee Salnt-Cyr."
Cattle'* Many Staircases
A castle which suggests the romance
and magic of the age when knight
hood was In flower should stand bold
ly on the summit- of a precipitous
rook or hide mysteriously among the
shadows of n mighty forest. Cham
bord. near BIols, for this reason, Is
one of. the most romantic of the
French chateaux on the Loire. It Is
surrounded by mossy walls 2-1 miles
around and Its forest has nearly 3,000
acres. The dozens of pinnacles, lan
terns and towers are visible for miles
—looking on the dim horizon like a
misty oriental city. The grand circu
lar stairway which winds upward in
two directions at once Is the glory of
Its Interior, but there are 64 stair
cases In all.
Ginseng in America
Wild ginseng thrives In mountain
regions from Minnesota to Maine, and
southward to the Gulf coast High
prices paid for the roots led enterpris
ing Americans to establish farms.
Some growers have profited from gin
seng cultivation, hut small fortunes
also have been lost. It takes from
six to seven years of expert care to
develop n mature root
Some domestic ginseng farms have
been established In the woods where
the wild roots thrive. Others have
been established In clearings, but In
these cases the farms are roofed so
that only one-fourth of the day's sun
shine will strike-the plants.
Water Shrew Built Right
The water shrew, a tiny mouse-like
mammal measuring only five feet from
the tip of its nose to the end of Its
two-inch tall, Is well adapted to a life
on or near the water. Its coat Is a
veritable diving suit; Its ears are
equipped with valves that close auto-
matically when It goes under the sur-
face; and apparently It can see under
water where it feeds on water Insects
much better than It can on land. It Is
capable of swimming across a river 50
yards wide with ease, though such a
trip may be fraught with peril
Burmese City of Temples
Pagan, Burma, although deserted for
600 years, «till possesses today the
greatest collection of temples in the
world. From 300 B. C. to 1,300 A. D-
it built about 0,000 of them within its
16 square miles. In all history, they
have never been equaled In number,
variety and such architectural magnifi-
cence.—Collier's Weekly.
Stil) Much to Learn
About Science of Food
If yon can't leave your children a
fortune, yon have done something If
yon leave them ten more years of life
tjian you had. We know the modern
theory so often erystallzed as a wit
ticism that to live lengthily, select a
healthier grandfather and grandmoth
er who were long In the land. But
one's years may be amplified by rea
sonable application of the laws of
health and his children's extended by
drilling them in the rules, F. H. Collier
asserts, in the St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat
Let no boy grow up Insisting on
a dinner consisting of three pieces of
pie and a cupful of coffee: nor is he
very likely to grow up. The science
of food and what the varieties of it
do to one's constitution Is still one
largely of guesswork ; but the doctors
are finding out. In time they will
know and can tell you exactly what
is the matter with your teeth, your
digestion, your lungs or your eye
sight. Foods have something to do
with this.
United States Classed
as Industrial Nation
Throughout most of the history of
the United States fanning was re
garded as the basic Industry. With
the rise of manufacturing, particularly
since 1000, the value of manufactured
products lias exceeded the value of
farm products. Today only a fraction
of working peoplp are employed on
farms, whereas earlier In our history
nearly all were so employed. While
farming renwlns practically indispen
sable. it no longer Is the basic indus
try, If a single industry were to be
selected among the manufacturing In
dustries It would be steel as that in
cludes Iron and coal. The United
States now Is classed as an industrial
rather than an agricultural nation.
Many states, taken individually, would
still show farming ns the basic indus
try. For the world, agriculture must
still be regarded as basic, as from
agriculture must come the food of the
people, without which there could be
no other industry.—Washington Star.
Long Journey
Things are seldom so bad that they
cannot be worse, and this must be
the consolation of those who, continu
ally made the butt of others for some
peculiarity, come across a victim of
circumstances suffering from the same
peculiarity In n more exaggerated de
gree. The French Marshal Vlvonne
once Indicated this feeling In a witty
reply to the king, tivoime and the
Comte d'Auvergne were probably the
most corpulent gentlemen of the court
at the time. "Marshal, yon really are
getting too fat." said the king. "You
ought to take more exercise." "Your
majesty does not know, then, that I
take a great deal of exercise?" "No;
what do you do?" "I walk around
the Comte d'Auvergne three times
every day."—Washington Post.
New World'« "Diicortry"
Some historians of the Roman Cath
olic church are of the opinion that
their missionaries reached the west
ern hemisphere before the discovery
of America by Columbus. They claim
that documenta from the Vatican ar
chives, which were published in 1893,
contained information concerning the
diocese of Gardar, in Greenland. This
first Catholic diocese In the New
world was established about 1125 and
had resident bishops until 1377. How
ever, other historians claim that the
church of San Nicholas, In Santo Do
mingo, which was founded by Gov
ernor Ovnndo in either 1502 or 1509,
Is the oldest Christian church in the
New world.
Exploded Illusions
Fond illusions about animals have
been destroyed. For Instance, says
the Los Angeles Times, polar bears
do not eat fish but grizzlies will.
African apes actually turn pale when
they hear the lions roar; Indian ape«
listen with indifference to lions, but
go Insane with terror when they hear
the Belgian tigers. Man of war birds
will eat only fish that are thrown into
the air by keepers where they can
catch them on the fly. Wild parrots
learn to talk from tame parrots put
in the cages; the wild animal market
is "long" on lions ; they can't even
be given away.
Wellington Nominated Himself
When George IV requested the duke
of Wellington to form a ministry, noth-
ing was further from his thoughts than
making the duke the premier. When
the king, then at Windsor, opened the
dispatch box containing the duke's list,
he burst ln)o an exclamation of
mingled mirth and amazement: "D—n
his eyes! i asked him to make oat
for me a list of a cabinet, not to put
his own name at the head of it.". But
George IV hated "trouble" ; the duke'«
name stood at the head of the list, and
the king let it remain.—From the
London Spectator, February, 1832.
Youthful Rutoaiag 1<
Seven - year - old Jean wa* being
grilled by mother preparatory to a
test in second-grade arithmetic. Jean
knew very well how many pints in a
quart, how many quarts in a bushel,
and so forth. Mother then asked her
how many nickels there were in a
quarter.
"One." was the reply.
"Now, you know better than that,*
corrected mother.
"No, that is right," retorted Jean,
"one nickel and two dime«."