Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1914 — Jasper County Getting Off Lucky in Taxation. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Getting Off Lucky in Taxation.

County Assessor John Q. Lewis attended a meeting of the assessors of the state last week and came home feeling that Jasper county fa getting off very lucky. The average assessed value of horses In Indiana is $95. The average in Jasper county is $66; in Wabash county the average fa sl®. The average value ©Planning implements In, Wabash county is S7O; in Jasper county it is $34. . The average of household goods in Jasper county is $26; in Wabash county it is ssl. Even thouglh the average is very much less In this county than in other counties and below the state average, Jasper county made a gain in assessed valuation this year of $90,000. Vigo county fell off $5,000,000. An investigation is to be made there 'to ascertain the cause.