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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1914)
Your Attention Is Called to the Standard Types of Efficient Silos Plans for which have just been perfected by our Engineering IK>- partment. and. together with specifications, are given FREW with the bill of material. While the handling, storage and keeping,characteristics of these SILOS an* about on a par. yet individual preferences as to construction requires a choice, which is offered in the following list: T l'M -A -L l'M A SiU>— Plaster inside. T l'M -A -L l'M B Silt*— "Wisconsin" type inside. wooden lining T l'M -A -L l'M l' Silo— Ceiled vertically inside. T l ’M -A -L l’M 0 Silo— «’xl Stages. T l'M -A -L l'M E Silo— Flooring and Batten lloops. These are all designed for regular stock lumber and can therefore be purchased at much less cost than the patent Silos of equal capacity. T l'M -A -L l'M M Silo— Concrete. A G E NTS FOR “C R O W N " S I L O - BEST OF P A T E N T E D SILOS. We are just unloading another car of GYPSUM Land Plaster — the JUMBO BRAND. SEE ANDERSON ABOUT IT Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. STATE EXPERTS REPORT (Continued from 1st Page) there ware certain adjustments mate on the roll to the sheriff without the corresponding correction' being made on the clerk's certificate. It will be noted from the statement of the 1907 tax roll presented in this report that the balance shown to be delinquent and uncollected on Janu ary 1. 1914. amounts to $4.97*>7" after charging the sheriff with $1 1 0,- 906.44 instead of $109,135 4« as shown by the clerk's certificate There is no doubt in our mind that there are double assessments in the amount shown of 14.976 70 and that when the roll is thoroughly analized by the sheriff’s office that the actual taxes collectable on this tax roll will be but a small amount. In connection with this tax roll matter we advise that Crook countv has had its books audited for a great many years. Reports are on file from a Mr. Dunlap. Mr. Crandall and Mr Wilson, in addition to the more re cent examination. Most of the reports rendered by these men made reference to the con dition of the tax rolls. We quote from a report of Mr Max Crandall to the county court of Crook county dated January 26. 1909: "T o the Honorable County Court. Crook County. Oregon. “ Gentlemen: I have audited the accounts of the sheriff, clerk and county treasurer for the period r.f time from January 1. 1907, to De cember 31. 1908, inclusive, and have filed with the county clerk the usual statements of accounts of the vari ous affairs, and from which you will see that all discrepancies have been settled. "You will see from the reports and the various tax rolls that the amount of sheriff's assessments and amounts of errors and wrongful assessments are very large, amounting to on the roll of 1907 of the first item to the sum of $16,598 41 and $12,435.06 of the second. “ This shows the urgent need of ownership records of each tract of land in the county to use as a guide to the assessor in obtaining a correct list of the real estate. There is no doubt but there are still more dis crepancies in this assessment “ The roll of 19"*> also shows very heavy discrepancies “ As you will notice from the statement I have made there is $ 000 uncollected taxes on rolls of 1901 to 1907. over $30,000 appear« ing on the rolls of 1906 and 1907. to have this sum of money properly put on a basis of an asset it Is almost necessary to have these ownership plats to find proper owners to collect from. “ As the delinquent taxes are no longer required to be published by law. to properly protect the Innocent taxpayer as well as the county in case of sale of certificates of delin quencies the need of this ownership record is absolutely necessary as a guide for the tax collector to work from as well as the assessor in mak ing his assessments I have recom mended to the clerk the numerical system of filing all papers where a fee is charged, to more accurately account for same “ The expense of the change wiil be very slight, the only cost being for the purchase of an automatic num bering marhlne. 1 would suggest al so that all county warrants be printed hereafter to read to the ‘order’ of person whom warrant Is made in favor of instead of to 'bearer' as is now. “ At times It is very Important to know just who cashed certain war rants I have filed a financial exhibit showing the conditions of the general fond and road fund on January 1, 1909. also a statement of the amount expended for the years 1907 and 1908. 1‘ nder the various headings as reported to the secretary of state by the rountv clerk, and may be of valuable information to your honor able body or to any taxpayer of this county. “ I find the records of the various offices all well kept. I Signed ) "MAX CRANDALL. “ Public Accountant “ Prlnevllle, Ore , January 26, 1909.” The amounts uncollected on tne various tax rolls are approximately as follows: 1907 ............................... $ 4,976.70 1908 ............................... 13,982.11 1909 ............................... 24,728 71 1910 .......... .................. 13,263 22 1911 ................................ 11,211.11 1912 ............................... 27.640.57 Our investigation has not been of such a nature that we can determine just what Items on these rolls are double assessments and just what items are collectable This is the duty of the sheriff’s o f fice and steps should be immediately taken to clear these rolls as provided by statute. The sheriff's office Is apparently open to crltcism in the matter j f the».- delinquent taxes The law di rects how these matters should be ad justed step by step No proper sys tem of Issuing certificates of delin quency baa been In force In this coun ty until recently. The sheriff has made his annual report to the county court regularly and in certain cases has asked for adjustment credits as located lie has not. however, fully cleared each year's roll nor has he held any tax sales for a number of years. These matters should be Immediately at tended to. When we speak of the sheriff, we mean those gentlemen occupying that elective position during the past 7 slitn records ... . , The timber land holdings In 1 count> should be mused and 'be si ricultural lauds properl* clsasin. It t* ih*’ A' »«»••or ‘ do his full duty to the taxpayers of the county • proper base ......... •» lh"*T troubles start from th* “ me * »e s s ment I* made, or not made as the case may be With the proper equip" cut ■*• sessor has the proper tools to wot a with and the responsibility as to «' integrlt* of the tax roil Is "»«••I We note from the treasurers hooks that the county raiao.t b* »P**- dal levy a few years ago an amount in excoss of $21,000 known as a cruising fund, which was to be c. pended for cruising the timber Isuds in the county , This fund has not been expend.,I for the purpose for which I' » «• raised The treasurers books show that thla cruising fund was traus ferred to the general fund earl* In 1913 and uard to pax the count* s aisle tsx , Report aa to uniform a* stem sn.l monthly reports lo the Insurance de We found that by reaaon of the county court ha*lng held three sue ceasue terma I November December and January i that the reports to our department were dela*ed bevauac the work of the office war not up to dale We alao found that no proper record of outalanding warrants waa main tained We determined the amount of the county's outstanding Indebted neas and after opening up a new ledger aa of January 1 1*1* we ac counted the business that had been transacted to February 1* 1914. and have rendered the monthly repor'a to thla department We additionally scrutlnUed the claims allowed during 1*13. and made a general aur*ey of the county's affairs within the time at our dla posal The county court has passed a resolution to ha*e a thorough audit made of the accounts of the county It waa not our function at thla time to make such detailed audit, and in reporting the results of our tnvestl gatton we would recommend lhal no further audit of this county be made at this time inasmuch aa our depart tnent will make an examination of thla count* fur the year 19 1* " fall to see the necessity of the county Incurring additional expense The value of a more deta'ied examination at thla lime la doubtful More attention should be pant to the statutes relating to the respective offices We found nothing that would cause us to form an adverse opinion as to the Integrity of the county of ficials. 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