Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 2, 1908, Page 4

into debt. hard to get out. This little each week tector against the rainy Capital $50,000.00 A Rainy Day Sometines ruins a whole life. pected happens; sickness, loss, trouble, death, you need additional ready money—you run It is as easy to go into debt as it is The unex- Start an account at this bank and begin to save a little each week, venience you, but be persistant. not enough to incon- will grow into a pro- day. Do it NOW. THE -FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEMIDJI The Largest and Strongest Bank in North Central Minnesota ments on all property Belonging to all persons, corporations and tirms, they wanted all property as- sessed alike, without any variation, List all property in your district, said Mr. McVey, ‘“put your own value on it and the assement is made” If you don’t use the full value I would suggest that you vse the straight forty per cent value. If you use this on timber, assess the fifty per cent value on 1t wherever located.” Mr. McVey said [that we had a serious situation here. The expendi- ture of the [county exceed the receipts. He was not .interested in the ‘matter of making assessments higher in this county in order to Surplus $6,000.00 tderive more revenue for running the county. That was entirely local matter. SENATOR GLAPP SECURES PASSAGE OF HIS BILL Minnesota Men See Hope of Getting Indian Land Provisions Adopted as They Wish. Washington, May 2.—A lively two hours’ session was held by the ‘eommittee on Indian affairs of the house forestry bill setting apart lands today over the Minnesota ~around Cass lake and Leech lake for a forest reserve. Senator Clapp was before the committee and delivered a vigorous argument in favor of reporting the bill substan- tidlly as it passed the senate under his direction. The points raised against the bill ; were of purely technical character, and all were met by Senator Clapp . in such a complete and persuasive way that the committee decided to report favorably the measure sub- * stantially as it passed the senate. Practically the only change of impor- tance will be in the title, whereby recognition will be made of the fact that the measure, in dealing with the | lands of the Chippewa Indians, amends to some extent former legis- lation by congress, including the Nelson act for safeguarding the right of the Chippewas in respect to their lands in the vicinity of Leech lake and Cass lake. This treatment of the subject is believed to meet the issue that was raised by the-judiciary committee of the house in holdingunconstitutional the pending bills relating to the Appalachian and White mountain forest reserves. It probably will be unnecessary to incorporate the pro- visions suggested by Representative Lindbergh of Minnesota, 2 member of the Indian committee, for utilliz- ing the forest reserve project as a means for improveing navigation in Upper Mississippi. Senator Clapp and Representative Lindbergh are well satisfied with the situation, and expect the bill to be passed in a form satisfactory to the people of Minnesota. “‘WE WANT FAIR,EQUITABLE AND JUST ASSESSMENTS” Continued from First Page to town and city lots as well as farm property. Tax Code, §3 6. TIncorporated banks in the state are to be assessed according to §48, Tax Code- Many private bank- ing concerns have been incorporated since the last assessment and will come under the assessment method described in §48, Tax Code. 7. "Shares of stock in all corpor- ations, whether domestic or foreign, when the property of the corporation is not assessed in this state, should be listed and assessed to the owner thereof. Tax Code, §§24 and 29. Professor McVey stated that his desire was 'to speak to the assessors on the matter of making an equal and fair assessment for the year 1908; he was not here for the purpose of lecturing or preaching, but rather that this was a conference in officers engaged in}hc same kind of work. The speaker called attention to several'provisions of the contained in the printed pamphlets realating to the positive duties of the assessor and impressed on their mind 'that they should not be unjust or should show - favor. Profggsor McVey refered to.the law of assessments or rather theory that had been used by the Board of Fqu- lization which had been in vogue since the beginning of the state’s history, and ‘said there had been| small modification only with the dif- ference of there being more property in the state now than formerly. According to the speaker Minne- sota now ranks as ninth in wealth of the states of the union, and the different system of assessment must be put into force in order to have fair, equitable and just. taxation. The law that fits every condition was being made to fit existing con- ditions, with very poor success. Every man should pay according to his ability to pay, according to the general law. Mr. McVey said that the most important officers are the "assessors. If they failed to list all of the prop- erty the assessment would .be un- equal. Boards of equalization in the past have but lowered or raised the aggregate. There must be a fundemental equal assessment; every man must pay an equality. Assessments made on full valuations of property would be established by following this rule. The purpose of the tax commission is to correct the defects in equalizing as followed by the Boards of equal- ization in equalizing assessments as betweencounties. “The real burden of taxation is the local tax,” said Mr. McVey, If we go into the practice of pro- tecting ourselves we will tax the man with the small property more than those who have large holdings.” What the speaker wanted .was a fair deal all around. " Every assessor was advised fo get ‘a township plat and becogile thoroughly familiar with _his parti- cular districts, so that he could make ‘an intelligent assessment. Especially should this be true. of timber which should be thoroughly gone over in order that a correct valuation could be made. According to the law “every per- son was required to make a list of his or her personal property and must sign the same before the exemp- tion of $100 to be legally allowed. The speaker had noticed from the assesement rolls that in Bemidji, a city of 6,000 inhabitants there was be 289 names on the personal tax list. This was strange, for taken at the “ratio of one person in ‘seven being taxed, there should be some- ‘| where near 800 names on the list instead of 289. This might possibly indicate ‘that all the property had not been listed. On the other hand, as there are many mill hands in this city who do not own property and could not be listed ‘as property owners, the num- ber of names might be somewhere near correct. It was probable, however, that the rule had been followed of mnot assessing property valued at $100, or less. This could not be dong, under the present law, as the assessors must positively list all property this year. The exemption of $100 was only allowed when a person signs a list of personal property and verifies the same. When the person refuses to sign the list, the assessor should sign, “n. e.”—no exemptions. Last year $27,500,000"was granted in exemptions in the state of Minne- sota. Itis very evident that this cause was used to evade just taxa- tion. The county auditor is the sole person in adjusting the merit of $100 exemption. The speaker had no doubt that “scaling” of assessments had been much used and abused. Assessors should view all property, so that no arbritrary assessments would.be made because property had not been seen. Having seen the property the assessor could put his own value in the same. Thefspeaker did not want any flat rate of assessment on" all ‘land. wanted just and equitable assess- Improveéments should be -assessed seperately. Mr. McVey again empha’zised the fact that the commission At this point C. Christenson, manager of the Evening News, got into the conversation and the follow- ing colloquy took place: Mr.} Christenson: ~ Will you let me call your' attention to three important propositions that I think you have overlooked? Mr. McVey: What are they? Mr. Christenson, Well they are three vital propositions that affects this county and the city of Bemidji, namely: the assessment of private railroads, the assessment of saw logs and {mauufactured lumber. With due respect to yourselt and the tax commission I wish to call your atten- tion to Lthe three matters that I believe that you have overlooked. Mr. McVey: In the matter of logging railroads, the assessment against the logging railroad is on the basis of its vulue at the home or place where the logging railroad is in, If the logging railroad is owned in this city or any part of this county the assessment should be made against the parties where the logging railroad-is owned, and if the logging railroad is not owned in this county then the auditor here should send to the auditor of the county in which it is owned a state- ment so that it can be taken up there properly and assessed where it should be assessed. Now in regard to logs, which ap- pears to be of course necessarily one of the problems that you have here: The assessment of logs, if the logs aré going .out of the state, if they are cut and going out of the state, then the asséssmept is against the logs wherever they are found on the part of the owner. If the logs, how- ever, are going to be manufactured inside of the state, then the assess- ment is against the owner at his principal place of business; that is the law, and the rule and the assess- ment should be made against logs or against railroads or against any other property, mill property or the like, should be on the same basis and in the same way as other pro- perty is assessed. No exception or exemption should be made on that account -and the assessment against logs should be made on the bias of the value of the logs. Now if you should ask me on what value they should be assessed I couldn’t tell you for the simple reason that logs vary as much as horses; they vary as much as houses they vary in their location, and they should be assessed wherever they may be found, so that the assessor must make the assessment against them on the bias of their value, and that is fifty per cent of their value. Mr. Christianson: Are all logs manufactured in Beltrami county assessable in Beltrami county? Mr. McVey; Yes sir, if their owners have their principal place of business here. Mr. Christianson: If their office 1s here? Mr, McVey: Yes sir. Mr. Christianson: It their office is in Minneapolis, where ars they assessed? Mr. McVey: owned here. Mr. Christianson; Mr. McVey: here, Mr. Christianson: But if they are manufactured in Minneapolis Mr. McVey Itdon’t make any difference where they are manu- factured, that is the point; the whole matter on the question of logs is simple, Mr. Christenson: That isa pro- position that has been talked over and the assessors have in times past returned their assessments to the county auditor, and the county board of equalization has stricken those assessments from the rolls, logs cut in various townships in Beltrami county. That is something I believe, And§ they are Yes Sir, They are assessed you ought to make clear to the gcntlemen here who are to bethe Mr. McVey: Well T have tried to do that—just as I'said a few minutes ago—if I might repeat that logs, if they are destined to go outside of the state, and they are to be shipped outside of the state, are assessed wherever they are found in the assessment district—wherexer they ‘are found. If logs are in this county and they are owned in this county then they are assessed in this county. They are not. however, assessed in the district where they may be, but they are "assessed in the district where the company has its offices. If logs are in this county and the; are oyned, for instance in Minne- apolis, or in Croodston, or in St. Cloud, or in Stillwater, and they are cut and ready for shipment, then those logs are assessed in Minne- apolis, St. Cloud, Stillwater, wherever the companies have their offices. It is unfortunate from many points of view but such is the case, but that is the law as it now stands. I can not alter the law; you can’t alter it that is the situation. I think that practically covers the question of the assessment of logs. If logs are shipped in here from another county, and are here on the first day of May, and the owners of them have their business in this county, then the assessment is against the company in this county; wherever the company may be located. Now that is the difficulty that was referred to a few minutes ago that the various boards of Equal- ization have wiped off assessments against lbgs because the assessment, that is they were assessed here, in your district, where you found thém and then they were assessed at the office or in the district in which the company had its offices. For instance, the C. A. Smith Lumber company, if I may men- tion names, has its offices in Min- neapolis, where they have logs found in the Mississippi river, those that are found on the various streams in this county or other counties, wherever they are, if they are destined for manufacture in _ Minneapolis, are assessed gainst the C. A. Smith Lumber company in Minneapolis, That is the rule. So on the other hand if logs that come in here are’found in Roseau county, and belong to people liv- ing in this couaty; they are assess- ed in this coud(y, that is the law and the rule of dssessment under existing conditions: I would advise you upon this point: Where you find logs in your district I should report them. I should not make an assessment against the company or individual unless they were in my district; if they were not in the district I should notify the auditor that such and such logs were held ‘in that particular town; value them according to the best estimate that I could make of so much, so many thousand feet. I should notify the auditor that these logs are supposed to belong to A-B- C Company, or whatever company, and then the auditor can spread them upon the books in the proper places in accordance with the re- quirements of the law. That avoids any difficulty of can- celling assessments or further peér- haps of increasing the assessment in the community when in reality it will cut down the tax where the assessment made gives a double as- sessment. An Assessor: logging road? Mr. McVey: the people live. Mr. Christenson: Now in this same connection, along the Wilton & Northern' Railway, which runs from Wilton where it forms a junc- tion with the Great Northern road runs north along the line of that rail- way for twenty two miles, all the logs and all the timber along that line are owned by the Crookston Lumber company, and I wish to call your attention to this matter that they are cutting logs and shipping them over this railroad to Crookston. Now [are these logs assessable in Beltrami county or Crookston? Mr. McVey: Who owns them? Supposing it is a It is assessed where Mr, Christianson: Crookston Lumber Company. Mr. McVey; Does it have its offices here? Mr. Christianson; fices are here. Mr. McVey: These are local questions:that will have tobe de- termined by the actual facts, ' Professor McVey continued his address to the ‘assessors, after interruption on the part of Mr. Christenson, and said that he de- sired to impress upon their minds thu they make a careful, conscient- Their head of- -assessors, that they read care- fully the pamphlets handed to them, and that in making their assessments they treat all fairly. The assessors should not, said Mr. McVey, consider how long they should work, or how much or- how little, they should assess property, but rather what ~would “be just, equitable and right. “If we are going to make a fifty per cent assessment, let us do that, and nothing else.” Mr. McVey went oyer 'several questions thoroughly with the asses- sors, after which the meeting ad- journed and he talked informally to several outside parties who were present in the room during the meeting. ASSESSORS AND POSTOFFICE AD- DRESSES---1908. Frank Foster . Axel Peterson . Henry W. Alsop. Gust Nesset... Jacob Christenson. Rosby ‘William Schroeder- Bemidji C. F. Cartis. Clementson C. L. Angell Blackduck W. H. Neudeck enstrike Halvor Byglum. Carmel L. R. Luce... Solway w. C. Patterson Kelliher L. D. Johnsos Solway Iver Myhre. Spaulding John Ingbert Blackduck G. L. Palmer Olaf N. Nubgaar A. F. Warne) Martin O. Ak N. C. Knudson N. G. Reynolds, ‘Wm. Austin... Nebish Prosper Albe; €. J. Carlson L. 0. Larson John Gilstad Eric Lundberg -Baudette Shotley Tumey River Frank Rohrer. H. A; Langa; John Baker. Albert Marti J. E. Oahill MINNESOTA OIL INSPECTION Further Discrepancies Alleged In Books of Department. St. Paul, May 2.—Additional dis- crepancies have been discovered in connection with the investigation of the state oil department. This time the shortage is credited up to the ad- ministration of John A. McDermott, _who retired from the service of the state Jagt year, and it is unofficially reportéd will aggregate $4,500. This will make a total of about $11,600 for McDermott alone. As to Fenton G. Warner, who was succeeded by Mr. McDermott, the dis- crepancies credited up to him have been reduced to about $9,000. The amount originally charged was about $13,000, but it has been reduced by elimination . of out. shipment rebates and expenses for deputies. THIRD ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS Man Twice Dragged From Water Finally Ends His Life. Harrispurg, Pa., May £.—After mak- Ing two pttdmpts to commit nuol although a vicious bulldog used best endeavors to prevent the reacuers from pulling the would-be suicide from the water, Henry P. Turpin, aged gbout' thirty-two years, succesded in drowning himself in the old Pennsyl- $ania canal at Steelton, near here, Turpin spent the night drinking and early in the morning, accompanied by his bull terrier, went to the canal and plunged headlong into the stream, Which is very deep at that place. Hd- ward McCord and Frank Magnellla saw Turpin in the water and made an attempt to reach him, but the dog sprang at them, biting a plece of flesh from the wrist of Magnellla. The dog was thrown aside and held by an- other man, who appeared on the scene, while McCord and Magnellia swam to the side of Turpin and dragged him to shore. Turpin ap- peared very angry bechuse the men would not permit him to commit sui- olde. Shortly afterward he returned to the canal and again jumped ip. An- other attempt to reach the man was made by the two men, byt thé dog attacked each one and bit MeCord on the neck. Once more Turpin was res- eued and the men telephoned for a policeman, Before he arrived, however, Turpin, with the assistanee of his faithful o, got away from his resouers and made a third and successful attémpt to end his life, LARGEST DAY'S RECORD. Deliveries of Grain and Provisions on Chicago Board of Trade. Ohicago, May 2.—Deliveries of ac- tual graln and provisfons on May oon- tracts were, in the #ggegate, the Jargest ever reported ln ong day on |® the Chicago board of trade. One firm, which has been heayily ong: ats and corn, took fn and ‘34 ,000,000 bushels of oats and 000,000 bushels of corn. - Ten million pounds of ribs were de- livered, There werp also dellyered 6,000,000 barrels of pork and 7,000,000 |2 tlerces of lard, Result of Wage Disput carpenters of the city are looked out and work is suspended in.the planing mills of the city and on buildings Springfield, 111, May 2.—Most of the | ¢ Our Repair IS THE FINEST EQUIPPED If your If the Sets in your If you have any jewelry to Bring them to us CARE AND PROMPTNESS ALWAYS ASSURED Wateh does Ring have become loosened; R-paired in first class shape. Department IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA not keep time;- be repaired or made over and have them ALL WORK WARRANTED Clocks Called Fo; and Delivered Located in City Drug Store. Geo. T. Baker @ Co. Near the Lake. crease of wages from 40 fo 50 cenis per hour. The contractors and mill owners offered to compromise on 45 cents, but the union refused this offer. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Secretary Taft and party have sailed for Panama on the naval transport Prairie. Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review indicate little change in the general situation, the total volume of trade during April comparing most unfavor- ably with the same month last year. L. P. Farmer, chairman of the Trunk Line association and a prominent rail- road man, died suddenly at his home in New York city. His death is be- lieved to have resulted from apoplexy. Three unknown men entered the jewelry store of Frank C. Hart at Tacoma, Wash., and while the attend- ants were in a back room stole a wal- let containing $5,000 worth of dia- monds and other precious stones and made their escape. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Mlnnpnpolis Wheat. Minneapolis, May 1.—Wheat—May, $1.06%; July, $1.05%; Sept, 89%o, On track—No. 1'hard, $1.10; No. 1 Northern, $1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.06; No. 8 Northern, 98¢@8$1,08, St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, May 1.—Cattle—Good to ohoice steers, $6.00@6.75; fair to good, $6.00@5.75; good to choice eows and heifers, $5.00; veals, $3.76@5.25. Hogs —$B6.45@5.60. Sheep—Wethers, $5.25 @56.50; good to choice lambs, $6.26@ 6.50. Duluth Wheat and Flax. WANIS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY: Able. bodied unmarried men, betweern ages of 18 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write English For information apply to Recruit ing Offic r. Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. WANTED:—Two solicitors to travel. Experience unnecessary. All ex- penses advanced; Inquire after 6p. m. Jno. P..Otto, City Hotel, WANTED—Competent girl for gen- eral housework, Good wages. Apply to sheriff’s residence. WAETED-—TWO girls for laundry work. Apply at Markham Hotel, WANTED—Dishwasher; apply at once to Hotel Markham, _— == FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE:—Eight room house, modern convenience; Inquire 718 Beltrami Ave. Duluth, May 1.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.08%; No. 1 Northern, $1.06%; No. 2 Northern, $1.02%; May, $1.03%; July, $1.04%; Bept., 90%c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.20; May, $1.19%; July, $1.- 21%; Sept., $1.22%; Oct., $1.21%. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, May 1—Cattle—Beeves, $4.60@7.20; Texans, $4.50@5.50; West- ern cattle, $4.60@5.90; stockers and feeders, $3.50@5.70; cows and heifers, $2.40@6.40; calves, $4.50@6.25. Hogs —Light, $5.35@5.80; mixed, $5.35@ 5.85; heavy, $5.30@5.80; rough, $5.30 @5.60; good to choice heavy, $5.50@ 5.80; pigs, $4.40@5.20. Sheep, $4.70@ 6.15; yearlings, $6.25@6.80; lambs, $6.76@7.40. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, May 1.—Wheat—May, $1 02; July, 881 @88%c; Sept., 8414( 843%c. Corn—May, 67% @67%¢; July, 63% @64c; Sept., 62¢c. Oats—May, old, 683c; May, 53c; July, old, 46%c; July, 44%c; Sept, 87c. Pork—May, $18.02%%; July, $18.85; Sept., $13.65. Butter—Creameries, 19@25c; dalries, 18@240. Eggs—160. Poultry—Tur- keys, 14c; chickens, 1234c; broflers, per dozen, §3.50@5.50. Sheriff's Sale, State of M'fnnmtl.% ss. County of Beltrami, Byron Carter, Plaintiff, V8. A. A, Carter, Defendant. Notice Is Hereby leen, That by virtue of an execution to me directed and delivered, and now in my hands, issued out of the Dis- trict Court, Fifteenth Judiclal District, suw of Minnesota, in and for the County of Bel- trami, upon a judgment rendered in said court in favor of Byron Carter, and against . Carter, I have levied upon the follow- lng described real property of said defend- 6, to-wit: The SE)( of the NEX{ of Sec. 5, and Lot 5 of Sec. 4, all in Township 146 Nonh of Range 34 West, containing 55 _acres. d the un, lntud portion of Lot 1, tnd the NW}‘ of the District CD}II‘I Bi ot Sec. TOWI!B 147 North, of R e 33 West, o B TorRsnip TN - Blogic one o (D, JnBar: !ltfi' Subdlvis(on of Lot Thre: in Block ) of Ridgeways Su%ilvhlon of Sect! Fmeen (15) and Twenty 148 North of Range 33 W. And that T shu.lL on Mondly the 15th dl,v of June, A. D. 1908, at the honr of 10 o'clock 8. m. of said day. at the east t doorof the ©ourt House, in the City of Bsmldfl lnsald county gnd state, proceed to sell all the 2ight, title and interest of the sbove named - A. Carter, defendant herel; ribed D Where carpenters are at work owing |forcash of 6 Dt &% public ARCtoR. 10: the hishert bidaer THOS, BATLRY. S o 8 in Townsis | LOST and FOUND LOST:—A pocket bogk, between, the cash Shoe Store and E. H Winter’s store, containing watch chainand sum of money. Finder leave at Pioneer office, LOST;—On Sunday " afternoon a solid gold bar waist pin with old English “F.” ' . Finder please return to Miss Fisk FOUND:—Pair of glasses. Pioneer Office. MISCELLANEOUS. B U PSS Ut U WANTED:—A partner with $3,000 cash in a well established clothing business. Or will sell. Located in Bemld]l, Minn. Best location in cxty Write 212, 3rd St., Be- Minn. e B O TN PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p.' m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell librarian, WANTED: Ppsmon by stgnog. rapher and typewriter. Can oper- ate Remington or Ohver. No objection to leaving city. ~ Mrs, Forrest, Bemidji, Minn. WANTED TO RENT.—5 or 6 room house for small family; water and sewer desired.. Apply te Pioneer office. Shees P N o WANTED TO RENT:—Five room house moderate pn } Address Box 501 City. . i Wash;ng ;n;i upn;ng. O. box 773, Bemidji. A BEAUTI’FU L FA%@ I‘Elll PR cleare nélrlnnd el Wyda e ':_';'; beneki d.EeEImHumnMuK 'Nupu. CHICHESTER GHEMIOALP:Q Madison Place. to the refusal of the contractors and mill owners to accede to the demand | of the Carpenters’ unionfor an in-| eriff, J. N B-lle!. Dmty. DH tg pmnungs Atiom