The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-03-31

and proprietor. The sCaptaln"
sends greeting to the Major, and
hopes, but doubts, that he'll grow
fat on the pickings that will GER
tainly result from the live paper the
Tribune, judging from the number
we have seen, promises to be. Who
would have thought it year ago?
two papers at Wadena! Now
for the New York Mills CONNER
/ cial Advertiser, the Leaf River
Hay Reporter, the Aldrich Ladies
Bazaar, and the Motley Morning
Mizzenmast.
Rev. J. B. N. Genin, Catholic
Missionary, leaves Duluth ON Mon
day for the land of Sitting Bull.
He expects to be absent two or
three months; and will visit the
Black Hills, the Rocky Mountains
and the camps OF the leading hostile
Indian tribes of that country in the
interest of peace and civilization.
Father Genin spent many years as
missionary among the Indians ofthe
West and Northwest, speaks the
language of the Sioux and other
tribes, know personally most OF
the hostile ebiefs, including Sitting
Bull, and It Is to be hoped that his
mission will be productive Of much
good.
Last year the poop ethe same
;. dear people who sit on bridge rail-
ings and by stoves finding fault with
officers, tax payers and their agents
voted the enormous sum of 3d.
500 for the support of the poor in
this little burg of 500 inhabitants!
They voted this sum on the pre-
sumption that it would be collec-
ted in orders. One fifth OF this
amount, or $500, collected in cash,
would, we are sure, go further
towards a decent support for our
deserving poor than the whole
amount In orders. TIE people
should consider this when voting
} next Tuesday.
The county treasurer yesterday
returned to the board, to be ex-
amined and destroyed, $4,000 of
county orders and juror certificates,
being the amount received by him
to date. The town treasurer has
returned for cancellation all the or
ders in his hands except about ST.
800 of county orders retained to
make up the deficiency on the town
levy, which he will exchange for
town orders. In view of these large
cancellations she price of orders
ought to advance
There appears to be quite a
sentiment here in favor of voting
a good high tax for the coming
year, on the ground that the own
ers will pay the taxes anyhow,
whether they are high or low. This
is wrong notion. Nothing but
the low taxes for 1876 accounts for
the good success in collecting them.
If taxes had been high as hereto
fore very small amount would
have been paid; low as they were,
compared with former years, the
nonresident owners INDUCED in a
good deal of grumbling, Vote low
taxes and they will be paid. Vote
high taxes and the owners will aban-
don the county to its fate.
The last Legislature passed a
law providing that in all towns con-
tanning over three government town.
ships of land the assessor may as
sess all unimproved real estate from
best information, instead of from
actual view as heretofore. This
will enable the assessor to cartail
his duties very much. No longer
need he wade through tamarac
swamps in water knee deep, swim
swift rivers booming with floating
ice and timber, dodge through thick
jungles and over snarled windfalIs,
climb every tree over four inches
thick at the butt on a 40 acre tract
80 as to estimate It's solid contents
in inches, live on spruce gum, salt
pork and black tea. spend the MO hts