The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

N0iiSH--N.i. humphrey IS our authorized agens
at Rcndel to receive subscriptions and ADVERTISING
for TEa SUN. Such business intrusted to h;. rs.s
viii receive prompt attention.
a. III. Gearoy is recovering.
Violin strings in endless quantity at Humpk.
rey Bros.'
Mrs. Ada Miller returned from q visit 10
Warner on Tuesday.
1t was old Mr.. Allen, instead Of Bernard Assel.
who was bitten by hog as reported last week.
A pleasant little party was given at Smith
Rros.' last Wednesday night. Everybody pres
ent speaks Of the affair as most happy and en-.
joyable one.
Several enjoyable parties have occurred lii
kendell during the past week, prominent among
which we mention with pleasure the surprise at
=. z, Roses last Friday evening. Ii is useless
to remark that the participants enjoyed them.
selves very highly, for everybody who knowe
anything abcut It knows that Roses is the boss
place to haves grand time.
With pleasure we chronicle the marriage of
our esteemed friend, James s.. Bryan, to Miss
Nettie Anderson, which event occurred before
Justice vonTobel last Tuesday evening. MIR.
Bryan came from Red Wing to this place about
two years ago, and during this short period has
won the reputation Of being an honest ard in.
dustrious citizen, q good social companion and i
practical farmer. Miss Anderson has been ideu-
titled in social circles as an intelligent and ac
compiished young lady. With great pleasure
we extend hearty congratulations e Ii the hhappy
twain in their new relations.
The matter Of excessive taxes has bean aritst-
ing the minds Of our taxpayers Of late. The
county treasurer inforned us at Warner on
Tuesday that this township showed the highest
tax OF any township in Brown county, and when
we, in common with Others, deposited our wealth
Tor cur taxable property we at once arrived At
the same conclusion, and Immediately set about
to sstisfy ourselves Of the cause of this bnr5en-
some .ax, and now feel confident that we can
PLAIN the whole matter. In the first place this
town has had to do considerable expensive grad
ling through the river bottoms, which othe.
towns did not. Our school privileges are second
to no other township and ws have been rnnninr
two schools all winter. All these items tend 20
materially increase our taxes, but probably one
OF the greatest burdens Of taxation is township
organization. The expenses incident to organ.
izug oIi township have been very great, and
the Dakota plan has proven itself to be utterly
worthless. We defy any man to point cut TO
us one single advantage accruing from the terri
torial plan Of township organization, aside from
the advantage which Bowen & Kingsbury derise
from the sale Of blank-books and forms which
sVe necessarily require by organization. And
another reasonable cause for our present high
taxes, 1t is claimed by certain town Official. Il
that our assessor in makipg bis assessments
skipped about thirty decided quarters. If this
is fact, and we have no cause for disputation: !:
no wonder our real estate taxes are SO uEmerci.
folly high. While we do not wish to attach the
whole blame upon our assessor or implicats him
In any uDderhanded scheme, for we believe he
did the best he was capable Of doing under ths
circumstances; yet we musteall sheattention sf
the public to this particular matter az one of ths
| principal causes of onr excessive taxes. We be-
lieve the assessed valuation OF this township
reached upwards Of $4,000. Now. had every
decided quarter been assessed, ais the people hayo
every reason to believe they were not, the
amount would have easily reached sl00,0o0,
and every sensible person can at once perceive
that this would have made vast difference III
| our tax. We, as resident and taxpayer of
kondell township, kick, and that with all eur
might, against paying taxes which non residents
should pay. We believe there is reSaedy to re.
cover the extra amount sf tax which we havc
been compelled to pay, and until this remedy ie
recorded IN the category Of township history
just SO long win we continue to kick.
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