30-cow herds, will use an average of their own help or by contract, a Supervisor who, on the aver- — — - =r . THE BULLET WN. Mount Joy, Pa. Thursday. January 13 ? | oy, wim 3 ra | || Farmers Want Hot Water Too . . . Trained Help Needed To Re-assess | __o Ne | | by | H B LONGENECKER 1! Here Are Esti Requi County Under New State Law | . - | « | kere Are Lstimates on Requirements inty ye Le We Speciedize In . . . (Editor's note: In the third Commissioners is: wl | VENETIAN BLINDS ARMSTRONG By [RA MILLER Waler ayallatly 8} ine turn of 4 foe article of this series we discus- “Before assigned individuals AUTO PAINTING PLASTIC TILE LINOLEUM - TILE Farm Electrification Bureau oy or years. The simplest i Ye Real Fine Assertion | eo sent A Magni o WRECKS REPAIRED | | Hot water 1s something none should | and easiest way to have it is throug aw 1iself and how by a stand- | gather information an acls MENT A WHEEL BALANCING. ig- | FLOOR COVERINGS QUAKER RUGS |} | do without. It's necessary for the sake | a combination of a pressure water | ardized system of record keep- | they should be thoroughly in. WHEEL ALLIGN ND g f y { of cleanliness in the home—and it’s a | system and an electric water heater, |. alizati f wi od as t Hat to look for: FREE ESTIMATES ach SALUNGA, PA [| “must” from a money-making stand- | This type of water heater can be in- | INE equalization of assessments structed as to what to look for; ala | ’ * | stalled anywhere in homes or service | was brought about. In this ar- the improvements should be . 9 . buildings where 220-volt service i$ | ticle some methods used in in-| measured on the outside to get C P Ne B d Sh > available. squires no long pipe Mi : : y P le | PHONE LANDISVILLE 4012 pio sbie, I Sequires No a ne | stalling the new system for as-|the over-all dimensions by arriger $ aint » 0 0 -tfe close to the point of use. Automatic, | sessments are discussed.) teams of two; when they have PHONE ELIZABETHTOWN 110J12 RHEEMS, PA, seine Carpets by Mohawk - Mages - Delon ECE PES, OE 6% | In insaling the new * system | Measured two or more _proper- Ci | without any. personal attention. under the new Real Estate As- ties, then each individual can . STORE HOURS Soon hoy wich sessment Law of Pennsylvania, £0 into one property and gather wn u | Evening Monday Thru Friday 6:30 . M. To 9:00 P. M. ° eye-opening figures. A family of four | the County Commissioners the necessary information that | Saturday 8:00 A. M. To 5:00 P. M. uses over gallons per month in | should first determine whether | is. required on the inside. These the home for bathing, shaving, dish- . th | te s of two are responsible to 4 & washing and laundry. Dairymen, with or not to erect the system with | loains of tw p Comm 7 Seat nd | Hot and cold running water... plus telephone gives this southern farmer all the comforts of home in passageway between dairy barn and milk house, point on the dairy farm. But it can be a terrible nuisance when it's pro- vided by a bucket brigade which : : ’ hil ’ h starts at the stove and moves un- | suppliers serving your farm can give | ments throughout the county,” the approximate reproduction Johnson S dren S op happily from bathroom, to sink to | you all the installation and cost in- | $y Conference explains value of the improvement. To milk house, formation needed to bring you “run- i this is added the value of the 43 EAST MAIN STREET MOUNT JOY, PA. In this automatic age it is only natural that farm people want hot 900 gallons per month for washing milking utensils, and other cleaning tasks around the milk house and in the barn. Water of 130 degrees is necessary for cleaning ydders and stimulating cows for milking ma- chines. Its use also reduces chances of contamination. the mapping. Other counties : {ves the Chie ans Hee of water heater needed have utilized their own forces This procedure gives the Chie ary in the farm home according | | : County Assessor, through His to the size of the family and, on the [in the installation. This of ¥ ' one] farm, according to the type of opera- | course becomes a matter of de- Supervisors, control over cach tions conducted. It is a good rule, however, to over-estimate your needs, rather than to plan small on a “get by" basis. When you have lots of hot water available you'll use more than you think." Costs of operation are variable, too. But, in general, a usable supply of hot water for the home can be supplied for 300 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month. Dairy farmers can plan on using about 25 kilowatt- hours of electricity for each 100 gal- lons of hot water supplied. Power ning” hot water where and as you want it. Step up to the one thats Going Over Bid! the Pennsylvania Local Govern- ment Conference says. Some counties have seen fit to use an appraisal consultant to advise them and to contract for cision for the Board of County Commissioners of each County. “No matter how they ap- proach the problem, one must keep in mind the objectives of the new system; accounting for all the property and to see that it is on the tax duplicate; and effecting equalization in assess- Results to date emphasize the following steps as the most ef- ficient way to approach the re- | struction costs for any particul- | ar area. Valuations for this pur- ANOTHER PRIZE WINNER 1 2 | pose can be based on a square One prize was claimed this ! 1C er S i { foot price for residential build- week in Merchants Christmas 3 ings; the cubic foot price for promotion. ] | theatres and certain types of in- age, has from six to ten teams under his direct supervision. Cards that are finished each day are given to the supervisor who reviews them and then turns them into the office for pricing. day's production of fact find- ing.” “Once the cards reach the Assessor's office, the pricers get busy and apply the facts to the tables of construction costs, making adjustments, either up or down, as the facts on the card indicate, and the result becomes land, based on the per foot val- ue for that district, or the acre value if it happens to be a rur- The 40th prize of $5.00 was JANUARY Prices reduced on children’s dresses, coats, snowsuits, sweaters, blouses, boys’ shirts, stockings and many, many cther items to make room fcr Spring stock. Buy now and save money at these prices. oe POCHOC BO 00 a 00 0 eb a dN a dN a dh ed! bed ba ELON a de ata BROS OTe oe. YOU PHONE - WE CALL POCO ei assessment and equalization al district. The sum. of these two | boven sn a te 5 mE A AA £9 A A SA. Z| program, whether the work ig al district. HU ie ae | 1 “2 SA Z rr 8S £2 A 285 Z | let to a contractor or done with figures becomes the approxi- Me pI 2s 2 SS SESS 2 ARTZ | con OF Of Hone. With ate real value of the property. 3% 1 Z A A. ANZA 2 A Aa Z { . a acilities: ate red y. 3% He | 2 2A = AY or 2 25 Z He own These figures should all be not- : 308 2 SS SVE VE ~~. 1. Train the help under the by 30 (hat. dt dive px Y B ake 2 2A HY aN AF AAA A Z| methods prescribed in the new ©d on the card so that, at any ly our est RI i FREED an RT FRE PERE law : time in the future, anyone can 3 he ERNE A | | law. bite Were’ hud a Riba abd | 2 Gather the facts of the im- determine what factors were jy New Year Resolution at | nt it Lid 3 | provements on land. used to afrve 9 ne A v 3 . JANUARY 3-3i "3. Establish sound or This, then, is the valuation to 32 a | of public relations mo which is applied the percentage 3K ; iE | of public relations, so that thru ch J3 app ve . BS Should Be Ud a 4 oo |local media taxpayers will be that the Board of County Com- ath a J | fully informed about the aims have doped, Sm i S . a J | and methods of the program. the result is the assessed va ua. 3 To Use Our ervice PT | In all cases facts on which to tion. : 1 di lke ae | base evaluation must be avail- (The fifth article will discuss 54 7 | able. It was found that the most how to proceed with the county- Regular ly Ri | efficient way is to establish con- wide mapping.) ne 5 $ 3 = I ee EE BE WS NE ES EN SE ES EE WS A Ee we | dustrial buildings, and the claimed by Raymond Gilberi of J I | square foot for commercial town. t | buildings. An example of pro- tmnt ff te rac goa EOE 3 : . I, DOOD DOCH LILIA HLH a | cedures used by some County Patronize Bulletin Advertisers. i a a a ere as as See Se en ee eee | Heat with wize, Warm without fize! 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