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Why County Taxes Are High in Stevens County
The article explains Stevens county overpaid state levies in 1907 due to a missing personal property report. It cites 20 percent added to 1906 values as the 1907 equalized amount, notes a 9.3 percent unjust tax increase, and calls for accountability. It profiles candidates M. M. Sammons and L. F. Ledgerwood and discusses local political dynamics.
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State Board of Equalization
Stevens County
L. E. Jesseph
M. M. Sammons
Newport
Stevens
East Side
Colville
Sammons
Pend Oreille
L. F. Ledgerwood
Harvey
Oregon
Washington
Columbia Valley
Ledgerwood
J. A. Rochford
Rochford
Springdale
W. I. Fountain
Locke
Fountain