The Great Tacoma Land Sell-Off

A large batch of county land will be offered for sale at the O street door of the county court room tomorrow morning. The commissioners are offering it for sale at this time in order that it may be placed on the tax rolls before the assessment in March; otherwise it would escape taxation for two years more. In this list of property there are several excellent building sites and much competitive bidding is looked for. This is the largest amount of property offered for sale by the county at any one time. There are 1,250 lots, located in Wolford Pritchard's, Florence, McMillan's, Frace's First, Glendale, Arthur Burns', Congdon's, Paxton McMillan's, Woodlawn, Highland Park, Voight's, and Sunnyside additions. Much of this property is three miles distant from the center of the city and is valuable only for future speculation, as city improvements will not be extended to many of the plots for years to come. A great deal of the property may go for less than its real value, but it is to the interest of the county to get all the property back on the tax rolls at some value, rather than to hold it for a higher price and have it remain as non-taxable property.