The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-01
E.S. Mills Don't pay
his Taxes!
Fred Bloom pays $50
Some years and
Pays It.

Pays It.
Somuch has been said on the street
recently about Z. s. Mills, County
Auditor, not paying his taxes, that
we determined to look the matter up.
1t did not seem possible that coun-
ty officer who had been feeding and
fattening ont Of taxes paid by other
people, would be mean enough to
dodge his own But such is the fact.
We called on County Attorney
Wilson, who is the only officer au-
thorized to collect personal taxes af-
ter they pass into judgment, and
we were astounded to find in his
hands the following judgments for
collection:
Tax of 1875, 1876 and 1878, $43.71
Interest on same, 692
Tax of 1877, 3O97
Interest on same, l4.l6
Z, tai, $95 76
Judge Wilson informed us that the
judgment for 1871 had been in his
hands since 1881 ard the others since
April, 1882, and that no part Of e.
her had been paid to him, although
he had frequently requested Mills to
pay them.
We then had the records looked up
and found that the Judgment docket
showed that the tax Of 1877 had been
marked "satisficd' by some one. The
others showed no signs ofhaving been
satisfied.
No one is authorized to collect and
satisfy these judgments except the
County Attorney.
Both the Clerk of Court and the
County Treasurer had complained to
the County Attorney that Mills did
not pay his axes. They said he was
drawing good salary and ought at
least to pay this small amount Of per-
sonal tax.
Putting the best possible construc-
ton upon it, and it still looks exceed
ing}y bad for Mills If the one mar
ked "satisGcd' was ever paid, it was
not properly done, for it could only
be collected by the County Attorney.
The other three years undoubtedly
have never been paid to any one.
What do you think of it, farmers
OF Mobiles county? You have pinch
cd and squeezed, and worn your old
clothes, and denied even your family
comforts, in order to pay your debts
and especially your taxes? you who
have borrowed money at about 20
per cent. minute and paid your
taxes, rather than let judgments sta d
against you? All this time f. S.
Mills was drawing 81 200 to 81, 500
year from tic county. living in good
style, wearing good clothes, and lcav-
ing not only his other debts but his
tares unpaid.
Now, Mills opponent, Fred Bloom,
pays some years as high as $50 in
taxes, and he pays 1t. lie is prompt
in paying all his bills, while Mills is
notoriously one f the slowest men
in the county to pay his b lis. Sew
cral persons who are supporting Mills
have told us that the onl v reason they
were doing it was in the hope of get
ting out of him what he was owing
them.
Others charge Mills with buying
orders and bonds with his money and
leaving his debts unpaid. We'd not
charge this because we do not know
it to be so. But that f. S. Mills is
one of the heaviest loads this county
ever undertook to carry, we do know.
We helped do it for eight years and
we have unloaded. May the people
of Mobiles county do the same next
week.
This was the state of facts up to
last S turday, Oct. 9th, when the re-
cords were examined. If Mills has
paid the taxes since he has done so
simply for political effect.
MILLS as Il DEBT Pa YER.