The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-10-24

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awake? Are there any Of Sou. land
owners of this county, who estimate
your worth BY the value your town
ship assessor places upon your land!
Are there any Of you whose lands have
been assessed at from SO 10 SIS per
acre who are SO reckless - TO estimate
Il Ut $40 per acre aud to ask that price
for II? You are standing on danger.
Gus ground; for. II sou have an enemy
who wishes to injure you. all he Will
have to do is to tils his affidavit with
the Board Of Supervisors that you esti
mate your land at so per acre and
ask that the ~ s-e~rmemt be raised T..
what you estimate the value of your
land, and tie Board, true to the prec.
edents OF it's own making, raise It to
$40, and order the change on the as
sessment books, and request the Aud
itor to notify you Of the same.
Will Mr.. McfIit, y worthy member
Of the Board, deal with himself BY the
same impartial RUE, IL some one should
die an affidavit with the Board stat
ing that his seven hundred acres OF
land are worth $40 per acre instead OF
$l2 the assessed value, and that he es-
ti,nated IL at that value himself; and
that instead Of his having So, 100 Of
personal property Oh the first day Of
January, 1872. as given in BY himself
to the assessor, he had 5000 which
we are informed can be proven A. well
IS sworn to by affidavit: Will you
vote yea on the question, Shall the
prayer Of be granted 2" without
giving yourself notice or time TO he
heard In your defense. and raise your
assessment TO $40 per acre on land and
So 600 on personal property? OF course
you will. You will perform the du-
ties Of your otIice faithfully and impair
tally" &c. Don't you see, Mr.. Mof-
fit, that such q thing might occur with
you? That 1t l. about NJ easy for one
man to make an affidavit another, aud
just as easy to get Wolf 4 Landt TO
recommend the prayer Of such petit
tiou to be granted by the Board,
against you M against the men who
have suffered by such action?
There are y great many Of our. large
property owners in the county who
stand to-day In the same dangerous
predicament.
We find In running over the list of
our well to do farmers that there are .
great number whose assessed value ID
not one third rs large a. they estimate
to be worth aud 1t IL Only
\ question with all such M to whether
or not there is any one malicious
enough to file petition asking that
their assessment be- raised aud the
proper affidavit 70 support It, aud It is
done. Take for example Moses Bum
ker aud H. G. Coe, OF Fairfield, We
find them each In possession Of about
1000 acres Of land. sll under tho best
Of cultivation aud improvement and
in looking over the assessment of thst
tow wuship we find their land valued 1t
from ten to twelve dollars per acre.
10 any individus! acquainted with the
ssaA sssssssd -. aud lhs parties own.
lug said lAnd. stupid enough 10 sup
pose that Moses Bunker aud II. G. Cpe
would es:imste their worth Oh the
basis OF twelve dollars per acre for
their lands: The real estate alone ol
either Of the above mentioned parties
could not be purchased Tor $40, 900,
and that sum would be about the rea-
sonable value Of such land In the mar.
ket to day. Why not, upon the pre-
cedent Of our Board, raise the assess
ment Of NJ Bunker aud H. q. Zoe,
ON real estate to $1,000 each, aud pro-
large on personal property,
which in the case Of neither Ot these
men, aud especially NJ. Bunker. are
they assessed ut one third the actual
value, in personal property: Is a
petition and affidavit ail you want,
setting forth these facts? You cat
have them until you cant rest II th's
is To be the rule.
But our friends Bunker and Cos will
answer, we had no voice in the asscss
neut Of our real estate. The Board ol
Supervisors sent out our township
Assessors Instructed to assess the lahd
Of Fairfield township At from Ten Il
twelve dollars per acre, and We had NJ
mart nor lot In the matter. S1 tilsy
did, aud ordinarily with men having
three grains Of common sense the ar
xument would be available. But what
was true Of Fairfield township in thai
respect WAS true also Of Dayton. Ere
mont aud Pioneer. the residences o
these men WIN have suffered by til,
action Of tile Board. They sent thei
Assessor to Fremont township In
structed 10 value the land OF tha
township at $40 per acre. The vii
ktns Bros. owned ut that time 10 acre.
In said township valued Of course .
$40 Ter acre. But because Wilkin.
Bros. differing in their judgment from
the Assesso. as to the value Of sal,
land, fix its value 1T $35, instead Of 81
Ser acre in estimating their worth. y
any other honest man would do unde
similar circumstances, this very wis
Board, on thst occasion raise thei
assessment to $3s peg acre. They ha,
also q considerable aNount Of real 90
tate In town property which wa
valued At correspondingIy low rat
by the Assessor. which they estimat
at about 81. 600 and what 10 still wors
l4O acres Of the land which they esti
mated In making up the sum Of tots
.c.kot. ..c.th ~ Z, mn law In 10ne