Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 11

Report Claims Bannock Highest in State Tlic average property tax levy flannock County was higher in IT4956 than, any in the state, to a report Issued by the Taxpayers of Idaho, Hj nc .5 Bannock county's average levy $10.76, wllli the ncxl highest in the state, Kootcnai, hav- 'Jing an average levy of $10.75. The shows Boise County had lowest levy In Iho state with an of $4.11. The average levy figures readied the report were gained by tak- aii average of the levy levies of the cities In the coun- The Associated Taxpayers also reported a 426 per cent Increase In the general obligation bonded debt of various governmental subdivisions In Idaho between 1947 and 195C, Max Yost, executive manager of the group, said the increase ivas due in construction of public ia cllitlos such as school plants, court houses, stnyagc treatment plants, jails, and roads- The analysis, whili wns maclc of fiscal that Iho debt Increased nine per cent In 1956 over 1955. Also shown in the report was Ilial county spcn-Jing for 1956 was three per cent higher tlian for the previous year. According to the AssocUcd Tax-; payers, expenditures 44 counties In the stato trorri 53,236,078 In 1947 to in 1956, or an Increase of 89 per was out In the rojiorti that the total local indebtodrcfj In 1 I95(i was 10J per cent of assessed valuation of the bonded debt at cliffs, r.ilie report continued, is 5.86 pVr.

cpflt of the total assessed a a i liroperly within cities and villages in 1950. Total bonded debt of unils of government In Hid war 562,787,920 as compared vvflh 719.013 In 1917 and in 1952. Here Is a comparison the report which shows the extent to which the bonded debt has increased for various units of government: School districts $6,195,211) In 1947, $42,391,116 in 195C; cilles and villages, and county, nd irrigation and drainage, $857,500 a ml Junior college $241,000 and highway districts, $934,800 and and hospital districts, nolliing in 1947 and $795,000 In 1950. Schools accounted for Ihe great- Scarlet Fever Case The Southeastern District Health Department. Thursday reported one case of scarlet iever in Bannock County and four cases of flu in Butte County.

No diseases were reported for Dlngham, Caribou or Power Counties. est portion of the total, the in- in 1956 being 7.03 per cent of the state's total assessed valuation. The report pointed out that although some of tlie schools have reached the a i of their i authority, ihcrc was still sufficient leeway for a potential total bonded indebtedness oi $86,900.000, more than double Ihe existing a or 14.5 per cent based on I95G assessed valuation. Injured Twin Remains Serious AMERICAN' FALLS Norman Hensen, 17, was reported in (air condition in Schlltz Memorial Hospital after a two-car collision Thursday night. He had not regained consciousness by Friday afternoon- Hensen, driving a 1951 convertible, collided i a pick-up driven by his twin sister, Norma, on Ihe lower Rock Creek" road seven miles south of American falls.

He was thrown out through the roof of the convertible and suffered a basal skull fracture. Damage to the convertible was total, and to the pick-up $200, reported deputy sheriff George While, who investigated. 12-IDAHO SUNDAY JOURNAL Sunday, September 22, 19S? Gold Dust Scale Goes fo University MOSCOW--A scale that weighed more than a million dollars worth of gold dust and nuggets in Idaho's early mining history has been formally accepted by Ihe regents as a gift to the University of Idaho, President D. R. Thcoplillus said today.

There's still gold in that scale, too. Gleaming flecks can he seen imbedded in the wooden baso of the a hod spilled out in Ihe weighing process and llien hail been pressed into the wood the scale's iron weights were placed on it. A. N. Dyer of Boise, who pre- sented the scale to Ihe university, said that in 1893 It came Into the possession of Vollmer tc Scott, a general merchandising firm operated by John P.

Vollmer and Wailace Scott of Ml. Idaho and Grangeville. The firm acted as 'agent for the Wells Fargo Express arid weighed gold I was brought in by pack train principally from the Warren mining camp. The gold had to be weighed before it was transferred to a stagecoach for shipment to the San Francisco mint. Journal Classified Ads Get Results WILL BE GIVEN AWAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT MARTIN'S YOU $TILL HAVE TIME TO BE A Visit Our New DURING MARTIN'S "RUG-A-RAMA" ROOM OPENING THESE EXTRAS FREE WITH EACH SUITE look at the low prices on these decorator designed contemporary living room groups Yet you also receive 3 modern tables and two lamps free with your chojca of any of these groups! A-RAMA" ROOM Have you visited Martin's new "Rug-A-Rama" room? it's Idaho's largest and most modern carpet display department.

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