Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 296, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1927 — Page 13

MARCH 18,1927

ASSESSORS PONDER ON ■ STICKLERS Decrepit Flivvers and Radios Demand Sharp ■i Diagnosis. Go out to the garage, kick the fenders on the second-hand “fliv," shake it about a bit, and then place its value on the assessment list. That’s the only way many of these “collegiate” and just "downright old buggies” are being appraised, aceorumg to officials of the county as- • sessor’s office. “It’s pretty hard to gauge the value of these rattling good cars,” Michael Jefferson, Center Township assessor, said. “The more they rattle, the more they’re valued by some owners. But, once in a while, a fliv Radio Latest Assessors in this township have anything but an easy time. Radio ownership is one of the latest troubles. It is pretty hard to hide a radio set from the eye of the assessor, if he once gets on the premises. “Aerial wires are telltales,” one deputy declared. From a group of several lists with personal property valued at .SI,OOO and more, it was revealed that radios were listed in value from $25 to S2OO. The man who boasts of the performance of his radio during conversations with his friends, is not so fc>roud when the assessor arrives. In Bract, he is inclined to “knock” it a bit. Is a diamond, the value of which is set at $5, a diamond? Now, that’s a tough question for an old-timer in the game, Jefferson admits. Diamond Ring, $5 One citizen listed a diamond at $5. “Gee! the sparkle of that blinds me,” he said. Another list carried a $2 revolver. Jefferson shied away. “Is it loaded?’'.he asked. There are no airplanes in this

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