Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-10-19

The County Seat Questionable. VI.

discussion Of this question. after having Shown
that there IS no good and sufficient reason for
the removal Of the County seat from its present
location. The point TO be voted upon and de-
termined by tie citizens Of this county is Do
want and We willing to pay the taxes
necessary TO accomplish this object Are not
our burdens grieyous enough already d? Can we
afford the additional taxation without iniuring
ourselves and our families Is not the present
sum Of some $4,000 year. for county purposes,
as much as We ought to be made to pay and
do we not grumble even at this ! Is It not rue
that the people cannot pay their taxes, even as
they now are levied ? If any one is not s:ltis-
fed OF this, let him examine the sales book in
the County Treasurers office, and he will find
tofty pages Of lands and town lots. belonging
mostly TO resident owners, sold for the taxes of
the year 1357 Aud why did their owners per-
NIT them to be sold Simply for the reason
that they could nol raise the money TO prevent
the sale. There are now arrears OF taxes III the
same Office amounting to some $4,000 which
cannot be collected. and the county has been
obliged to buy in the lands Of her own citizens,
in order TO secure herself Would this be 50 if
the people were able TO pay 3? Some Of the best
farms IN the county have been sold for taxes in
the same manner, aud fer the same reason. And
are supposed 10 be such idiots as to vote to
double or thresie multiply by four. this bur
den OF taxation. which can result IN no good to
ourselves or to our children And are We called
to take the bread from tie mouths OF those chill
dren for the sole purpose of erecting a few
buildings to tickle the fancy Of the denizens Of
a neighboriDg village Why IS it that this
question is sprung just at the time when our
pockets are empty, our credit bankrupt, our
crops worthless and unsaleable - when the la
Dor of our hands viii hardly I'LL our mouths.
much less our pockets, and when only gloomy
forebodings dalken the spirits of our people >
Is it not adding insult to injury
But we are again told that bonds to the amt
f OF $4,000 have been given to secure the people
against taxation, and the fact is announced with
a shout Of eNu;ta:ion, as though the sensible tax
payers did not know that this paItry sum would
but be drop III the bucket when compared
with the actual expense. Does any sane man
believe that the people of Dodgegille would be
contented 10 have tie County Seat at that place
and remain satisfied with such buildings a. this
nigeardly appropriation would erect ? Why,
$500 dollars would not build first-class
school house. The Seminary in Mineral Point
has been built with hard cash, and it has al
ready cost over $4,000, and IS far from compile
ton. The stone building erected bv CARRIES I
+ THoMAs cost between $1,000 and $4,000, and
vet has not the accommodation Of 4 Court House
and jail. The public school houses Of Beloit.
Racine, Madison, and other places, cost more
Than 5000 each, and yet, the anxious citizens
+ Of Dodgeylie would flatter OR taxpayers that
something less would be sufficiently respeeta-
bic ior Iowa county Why, the S6,00G : only
a bait thrown ont, Ike the gilded flies on the
hook, with the expectation that a greedy and
gallible public Will nab it ou presentation. 1t
IS like The leaves that when school-bov, we
used 10 sprinkle over Tie guise at the mouth of
a " wood-chuck hole = tile leaves concealed the
trap but Tie innocent victim did hot know it
until lie was caught III its teeth vim the PEG
pie 81 tAis county initiate the folly Not even
the Dudgeviue people themselves believe ii.
But some wlscacre, duLLmg himself Ne
ehauic. attempts to palm himself OF rs a Min
eral Point man. Il j. sufficient 10 say tLat he
may oace have been SO, but, We have no more
left OF The same sort" His communication Is
dated the l2lh, and he communicates lntelli-
geuce Of facts which did not trauspire and were
not known here until the 18th Probably thi.
Is due 10 the fact Of his twenty wears expert
euce = bat he fails 70 give Us any Of his expert.
euce, and simply refers to the cost Of building
in some other countries. as lie has been IN
formed. Now, :. Mechanic " has been most ea-
regiously imposed upon, IN fact, humhagged
Somebody has taken advantage OF his simplici.
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