The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28
T1Y THEM:

THURSDAY. JUNE g. 1883.
TAX THEM
The business men of the Sioux City
land grant counties are going to call \
c,nvention to take steps to put the
railroad landon the tax roll.-St. Peter
Tribune.
This is the first we have heard of it.
hut if it is not true We move to make it
fact. These untaxed lands are an
outrage and a curse upon every county
wherein they lie. Let the business men
Of jackson county step forward and
lead in Il move to secure their taxation.
jackson, Republic.
The Fairmont Sentinel says:
A move III the right direction. The
Sentinel will appoint itself delegate
to the pl opposed convention and will use
its best endeavors to accomplish the
reform suggested. Let the convention
lie called to meet at WorthingtOn some
time il August. What say you, Bro.
Miller? Talk it up with your citizens
and have them issue the call 1T once.
We say, give us a convention. We
believe the ADVANCE Was the first to
talk up''.tlle matter of getting these
railroad lNuds i:,to the market, in all
article, which has been vigorously re-:
sponded to by our brethren of the press,
and Il convention, if stoutly backed by
the newspapers, would create pressure
which could not be resisted. AS to
putting the lands on the tux roll, the
co nmissioners Of this county ordered Il
tract in this county put Oh for taXation
over year ago in order to secure a
decision from the courts, and we be-
lieve the same was done in other
counties. These cases are now pend
ing But the people should wake up
and raise such /. storm Of public opin-
ion as will force the sale Of the lands,
whether taxable or not. We believe
that Wien re land company ceased to
be u railroad company, the lands ceased
to be railroad lands, and should be
taxed. Bat this is Of course Il question
for the courts.
The deuaand we have been making is
for the sale and development OF the
lands. They must he sold and worked
if We are to get rid OF the greatest i'll
cubus low resting upon the counties OF
Southwestern Minnesota.
THE RAILROAD LANDS.
Tie st. Paul Dispatch, speaking Of
the railroad lands in this section, Says ::
II few years after the road was COM
pltteu. the Stockholders or managers
Ut the ''Oualla. us it is called. retain
lHg, however, the unsolu lands and
town sites; land script having been is
sued Ivy the old company TO certain par.
ties, Instead ut deeds to the lands. The
holders uf this script or the nnanagels
of this land are ana have been holding
ii from salt because they ;slIege The TILE
Is in doubt owing 10 IL suit with the
owners oi the Southern Minnesota
grant. which latter inters. cts the Sioux
City Il st. Paul grant. The suit has
been once decided IN favor of tie latter
corporation, but ll:ey claim IT, he wait
ing an appeal, although it is shrewdly
suspected tbs latter is a rrett Nt I" hold
the lands f,0m settlement, rs they are
constantly approaching in value, and
as th. holders .. the lard script do not
\ natural sequence ,e,!,.ribie frnM
sn II obstacles IS that il,.ni grafton int o
the counties named is retarded and IL
great DIT; i;nei,t worked to that portion
Ut the state. Ii the people of South
western Minnesota will take held ni
this matter a'd vigorously agitate il.
they may he sure thai their own inter
~StS will be finally enhanced. 1t is
worthy of their Sturairst effn,ts.
Well, the ADVANCE led off in the
"ayitatio, Of that QUESTION tlis
spring and we hope it will be kept up
until the lands are sold. We hear, as
stated heretofore, that after July 1st
the land company intends to "push
things and sell the l.ds off as rapid
~ us possible. II not, the people must
combine and devise some method Of re-
lief.
The st. James Journal concludes All
able article on this subject as follows :
We learn from good authority that
the Sioux City lands in this section will
lie placed on the market July lst. But
what does that signify? They are non
t'xable. 1t costs nothing to hold them.
4 leir increasing value makes them de-
sIrable for holding. They will not he
sold except 1T good round figures
This will cause land-seekers to go else
where, and few sales will be made.
They will be ION the market - merely,
the prices preventing sales, which is
just What is desired by the owners. II
it can be done, tax them. Prices will
then take tumble and the sale of the
lands will he pushed. Tax them, and
they will be soon sold and settled.
Leave them ss at present, and our
clildre,l's children will he paying $40
per acre for 'haying privileges - on
railroad lands.''
CORPSE SHOWS
For once the Luverne Herald has
mustered up independence enough to
condemn a practice which the AD-
VANCE has condemned scores of times,
viz: the public exhibition of corpses.-
The practice prevails largely in the
west in villages and country districts,
but it is barbarous and disgusting, and
those who are responsible for it, whetl,.
er officiating minister, undertaken or
manager for the bereaved family, are
utterly without sense or taste enough
to Officiare on such occasions. The
practice ought to be denounced and
ridiculed by the lress until it is aban-
loned. We should like to see some
good lively corpse get out Of the coffin
and clean out the funeral sometime,
just to teach the fools not to take 4
mean advantage of fellow that $
down.
In a recent interview Coy. Foster. of
Ohio, said: LAS to the liquor question
have regretfulIy arrived at the con.
clusion that prohibition is impract Ca
ble. The liquor should be taxed and
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