Years 75 Ago

Items taken from weekly issues 75 years ago, from the Daniels County Leader, est. 1922 (continuation of the Scobey Sentinel, est. 1912).

August 11, 1949

County Value up 2 Million; Costs Hike Too– Property owners in Daniels County assessed themselves, with some assistance from Assessor Ken Larson, for a total of $2,100,000 more than they did in 1948, boosting the taxable value of property in the county from $3,006,500 to $3,810,466.

County and City Levies Change Little– It will cost but two mills extra to run the county government for the next fiscal year, according to the budget and the levies recently arrived at by the county commissione...