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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-10-28
How Mills Beats Wor.
thington out Of $500.
All to Increase His Own
Salary and Speculate i'm
ILLEGAL Tax Titles.

In the case of the old Methodist
Church property in Worthington, tax
ed illegally $5O6. because church prop
erty. Judge Severance decided the tax
was illegal and directed Auditor Mills
to refund the amount.
Mills refused to obey this order of
Judge Severance and secured reopen
ing of the case.
Judge Severance again decided it
was illegal and directed Auditor Mills
to cancel the tax and refund the
money.
Mills refused to obey the order
again.
Then the legislature passed an act
directing Auditor Mills to cancel the
tax and accept $500, which was tho
part belonging to the State, or the
State tax.
Mills refused to obey the legislature.
Then the owners of the tax title sued
the county before Judge Perkins and
he declared the tax illegal, gave jndg-
ment for 81 ,OS5 and directed Auditor
Mills to pay it.
Mills refused again, and in the name
of the county carried it to the Supreme
Court.
BY the statute this S5O6 tax bears 12
per cent. interest a year. The differ
ence between ST .O85 and the original
amount of $500, is accumulation of in
terest. by the time this gets back
from the Supreme Court, the interest
and costs will increase it to $1,000.
Being in the village of Worthlngton,
three. fourths of the tax belongs to the
village and school district. and the
amount originally received by them
must be by them refunded.
Had Mills obeyed the order of the
legislature and received the 5000 State
tax, the village and school district of
Worthington would have escaped re-
funding anything, and would have re-
tained the $500 originally received by
them out of the $5O6.
BY refusing this. and disobeyine
three judgments of two different
judges, the interest has accumulated
until the amount to be refunded
reaches $1,000.
The village and school district s
share of this is $500, and they must
refund this, although they only receiv-
cd $500 originally. The balance, $500,
is interest which Mills has piled on the
village and school district.
To recapitulate: Had Mills obeyed
the act of the legislature, the village
and school district wonld have retain
ed the $500 IN hand and had to refrnd
nothing, and would have saved the
$500 interest.
Had he even obeYed the first judg-
ment of Judge Severance, the amount
then which the village would have had
to refund would have been only $500.
Further: When the last suit was
commenced before Judge Perkins,
Auditor Mills attorney addressed a
letter to the attorney of the other side,
saying:
II understand you have commenced
a snit against Mobiles county on that
tax certificate. In or.
der to settle it at once. and secure the
goose before it is out Of reach, l Will
advise my client to assign to you fol
one-half of the amount recovered"
Who is "my client2' Answer. E.
$. Mills. Why is my client" entitled
to half it is illegal to pay it? Simply
because Auditor Mills is specializing
in illegal tax titles.
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THE VERDICT UNANIMOUS.


w. D. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind,
testifies: II can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Ev-
cry bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles and
cured rheumatism of 10 years. stand
ing" Abraham Hare, druggist, Bell
vile, Ohio, at1irms: ''The best selling
medicine I have handled in my 20
years experience, is Electric Bitters."
Thousands Of others have added their
testimony, so that the verdict is unan-
imous that Electric Bitters do cure all
diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or
Blood. Only half dollar a bottle at
G. w. Smiths Drug Store. 2
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Personally Speaking.

e. 5. Mills answers the ADVANCE
charges that he has been putting prop
erty on the tax list illegally in order to
increase his own salary, by referring to
us as an ''insane editor" We had sup
posed that our reputation for "lnsani-
ty" was SO we'll established that
E. 8. Mills could not affect it.
We are not, however, insane"
enough to be crazy after Office as Mills
is. We are not insane enough to ask
the people of this county to make US
Auditor for life, as E. s. Mills does.
We are not ''insane" enough to think
that we can speculate out of illegal
taxes and put the farmers to much ex-
pense and trouble, and still think they
are too obtuse to see the point, as Mills
does.
We had not referred to anything but
Mills public acts heretofore, not car
ing to make personal attacks upon his
character or his meDtal condition. But
it Mills wants that kind Of controversy
we can strip the mask from his hypO.
critical person and show this people
that he is one of the yilest buzzarils
that ever thrust his dirty beak into
private scandal and slander.
For once there is good chance OF
electing the regular nominee for com
missioner in tho 4th district. With
three independents running in the
west part of the district, DeBoos
ought to be elected by handsome ma.
iority. Stick to the ticket this time
and do what all fairness and justice
demands, give the commissioner to
Bigelow and Ransom.
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Mr., DOW NOT RUNNING.

EDITOR ADvANCE:-Report being
in circulation that am running an
independent race for the Office of Clerk
Ut the District Court, please say that
since the late Republican convention,
I have not been, am not now, and will
not be q candidate for said office.
CIV. W. Dow.
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ELLSWORTH.

FIOn the News:
Sheriff r. II. Mlier, W2sh town 3 few MIN.
utes yesterday.
II. f. Torrance came over from worthington
yesterday
O. G. Gruntlsten. Of Worthington. was In tho
city yesterday. getting acquainted with the pesh>
people in 1.-The south west Corner" We were
favored with a pleasant CALL
II. 4. Torrance, will commence next Monday
to close out his stock OF general merchandise u
cost, for ctsl only.
On his way home from this place., lat Mor-
day. J. j. Lenz was thrown from his buggy an6
received a severe scalp wound. Although nos
dangerous, It will lay him up for some time.
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COUNTY LEGISLATURE.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFNOBLES
COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
State of Minnesota. County Of Mobiles.
AUDITORS OFFICE,

State Of Minnesota. County of Mobiles.
AUDITORS OFFICE.
WOrthingtOn, Minn., Oct. p, 1886. "
The board o: county commissioners met pur-
suant to CALL
Members present-Patrick Blaine, Emil RAT,
JAS. Gown, WIN. Parry and Daniel Shell,
chairman.
Petition for road to Hersey was taken up
and considered, legal notices having been post
ed. On motion the chairman appointed com.
mittee OF Patrick Blaine, Jas. Gown, and Emil
Graf. county commissioners, TO examine the
route OF the proposed road, said committee to
meet on the south line Of section 13, town 102,
range ~, at the west line of the right-of-way of
the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
railroad company's right of.way, at . clock a.
m the I'D inst, to report to the board of county
commissioners at their next meeting.
The supervisors OF Ransom township petit
toned for material for a bridge on the south
line OF the southwest quarter section 81 In said
town; not to exceed $15; town to furnish or pay
for the work and make approaches. CommiS-
si0ner Parry to inspect the work and certify
expenses for payment.
On motion it was ordered that $3.50 claimed
for right of way on county road No. 4, around a
slough on section II in Seward township. be al
lowed and paid on execution of proper release
or conveyance to the county. The auditor to
draw an order for payment, also for expense Of
survey, when said papers are properly executed
and delivered.
On mo ion The auditor was directed to draw
an order in payment for right Of way on the
diagonal road across section Is in Worthing gton
| township, OH change of route, estimated at 90
to 4l2.
Application OF Chas. Hallss for abatement of
costs on personal tax Of 1883 in Westside town.
! ship, laid over.
District No. I'm Bloom township, not being
organized. was ordered attached to district No.
II for taxation. Also in district u, sections 16,
II and 1S, ordered attached to district 66, and
sections 4, 5, s, and attached to district 65
| for the same reasons.
On motion $l5 was ordered paid as IN extra
allowance to Stephen Muck.
Also rents ordered paid for Mrs. Nygren, OF
Adrian, II per month from Oct lst, 1886.
| I nurflo r d cd Ten, no
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The Adrian Ticket.

The Adrian Guardian, speaking OF
the Adrian ticket. nominated last
Thursday says:
Gentlemen of the west end, your del.
egates have met and performed their
duty. 1t now remains for you to Say
whether or no their work shall he en-
dorsed, or whether we are longer tame
ly to submit to he dictated to and bull
dozed by the ring ut WorthingtOn.
While there is some dissatisfaction, rs
a whole there is generally satisfaction,
and it behooves US to lay aside person
al prejudices and personal aspirations
and work as one man for the success of
the peoples ticket. Look at the venom
of this weeks Worthington papers and
you will sec what the feeling really is
against US. Smooth talk and fair
promises have pulled the wool over the
eyes of the people of the west end long
enough, and now that we demand our
rights, they show US their claws. Up
and at work, boys, and the day is ours.
In this the Guardian virtually ad-
mits all that the ADVANCE claimed,
and yet it calls it "venom" for US to
publish the facts and let the people
know just what is going on. 1t says,
''gentlemen of the west end, your dele
gates have met and performed their
duty" The ADVANCE pointed out the
fact and proved it, that 1t was q west
end convention to put up west end
ticket. But we went further and show
ed that it was an Adrian movement to
put up an Adrian ticket, that is. a ticket
in favor of Adrian's re-districting and
county seat schemes.
For weeks and even months this had
been brewing. We heard of it con-
tinually, hoped it would not be, said
nothing about it in the ADVANCE for
fear of giving the Adrian schemers an
excuse, and did not speak out until the
convention was actually called and the
whole East end and middle district was
insulted by being allowed only % dele
gates to 80 for the eight west end
towns.
Adrian has brought this all on her.
self, has talked of nothing else for
weeks, has inflamed the farmers of the
wsst end against the east end. has call.
ed a west end convention and nomin-
ated west end ticket, while the east
end has dealt fairly and honorably in
all the representation allowed in con-
ventions, has conceded a just share of
Cne OfnceS 10 the west enc, ana mas never
shown any venom" or "bull-dozed"
anybody. Yet the Adrian paper coolly
asks whether the west end will ''long.
or tamely submit to be dictated to and
bull -dozed by the ring at WorthiDg-
ton.'
The old fable of the wolf muddying
the stream is applicable. The wolf.
you will remember, stood above and
made the stream muddy, and then
pounced upon the lamb which stood
down stream and blamed him for it,
Anything for an excuse. But why
didn't they come out squarely and call
it ''west end" that is, an Adrian
convention.
We are glad to know that there are
numbers of Republicans in Grand Prat-
rie, Little Rock, Olney, and Willmont,
who do not take stock in this Adrian
scheme.
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ELK.


A good rain last Friiay, vet the ground I'M
good shape for plowing once moro.
Water 10 rising In the wells
"Squaw Winter" last Monday morning
A good many are busy picking corn.
The farmers OF this town are mostly getting
ready for winter.
Corn yields even better than we expected and
weighs like sand.
Mr.. Ward has moved into his new house and
says we may now bring on our billiards. AlN
right. give rs time and we'll give you hts, thaS
Is, fits Billiards.
prairie lire broke out xest Of 10 last ThW1y.,
day and about the same time one started In the
eastern part OF the town; running north they
jOined forces, sweeping everything In the shape
Ut grass before them until the rain OF Friday pus
'em out. Some damage was done but we have
net the particulars at this writing. Some are ne
the opinion that the heated state Of fred
the grass and politicians: especially candidates
cOrdfngly next week.
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ELLSWORTH BRANCH THKoU0H
A dispatch from Sioux Falls, dated


18th, says:
The Cedar Rapids, Iowa TAl}s i
Northwestern track was completed t.
this city to-day, and regular trains wilt
BE- put on Immediately. On the new
track from Ellsworth to Sioux Falls al
heavy grades and short curves have
been avoided, and very heavy steel
rails used. The regular trains will run
right through from this city to- Cedar
Rapids, the passenger leaving here 1T
4 p. m. and arriving about ten .. ~
The telegraph 1iae has been put up
aud vail be connected with the eeasssl
oafco here tomorrow. The city votsd
. bonus OF $4,000 to thb 1ood. and
will get in return q great reduction In
freight rates. A reduction on zeal of
over 500 per ton il shesdy being
made.
Hurrah for the Ellsworth hsanche
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HOMES IN TIE WEs1

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eaa proeuUe 1Gn;informAAioa eoaooGi.-
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Worthlngtea. Noblss ca, lHaas1DeR
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RUSHMORE.

KUSHMOl4E.
Mrs. G.. Stuart and Mrs. Df. Wemple have ro-'
turned to New York City.
Ill., Mylius passed through here ON his return
home after seeing his brother safely OF for Old
England.
A. Schaeier went to st. Paul Wednesday.
Hon. l.. NJ. IAnge and Rev. Z. r. IIathTnP
made things clear and lively for the voters lass
night,
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Make me Auditor for Life and I'll
never do so again.-E. S. Mills.
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These Two. Remember
These Two.

Auditor Mills persists in putting
property on the tax rolls which is not
taxable, and endeavoring to collect H.
legal taxes. lie does this in defiance
of decision after decision, and after or
ders from courts and state auditor. and
ruling after ruling from attorney gener.
ais.
He has two motives for this:
First. He increases his own income,
as it is regulated by the amount on the
tax rolls, and not by legal tax collected.
Second. He helps his principals. Mil
Ter & Thompson, the Rock Rapids
bankers, to get IL per cent out of the
county. when if they loaned money to
the county in direct way they could
get only 6 to per cent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-10-28

II you'll forgive me this time by
making me Auditor for Life, III never
offend again.-E. s. Mills,
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GOOD AAENDNcNE.

County committees nsvspa9eSs, ao8
voters generally, should not lose sight
of the fact that An amendment to Ar
ticle of the Constitution will DO sub
mitted ut the general election for re-
lection or approval. This amendment
il adopted, allows the loaning Of the
permanent school fund TO the State to-
the several counties and school dis
tricts of the State, to b used in the.
erection Of county and school build
ings, when sucl, loan is approved by T.
board consisting of tho Governor, State
Auditor and State Treasurer, the loan
to bear interest at five per cent and not
to exceed three per cent Of the assessed
valuation of the county or district.
Tho ballots used must reads Amend
ment of Article Eight (6 Of the Gen.
stitution. (Yee( or (Not
This a . good ameadment. Voe0
yes.
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The Ftshnick Case.

Auditor E. 8. Mills is acting as agent
for Miller & Thompson, bankers, Of
Rock Rapids. They buy most Of the
tax titles, and before the recent dect-
sion requiring publication Of nOtico
again, they were in the habit of charg-
ing q bonus of $2O or 30 to farmers and
others to allow them TO redeem or to,
"settle"
Mills acts as their agent and w',rp
parties apply to redeem. Mills tells
them he will write to Miller s. Thomp-
son. Attorneys have several times.
been compelled to force redemption un-
der threats of legal proceedings, Mills
standing in the way and acting for tho
bankers instead Of for the right and
tho people.
Take the Fislnick case as an exam
pie: Mr.. Fishnick, OF Dewsld, applied
through his attorney to redeem and
asked for a statement. Mills refused
and advised writing to Miller &
Thompson. He then promised to issue
the statement if Fishnick's attorney
would produce the opinion of the
County Attorney that F. was entitled
to redeem. The opinion was % OBJ
tanned and Mills refused to issue tho
statement. F.'s attorney then thseat-
ened legal proceedings. Several days
after, Mills, in order to aviod the expo
sure of legal proceedings, went to F.T
attorney and offered to give the state
ment.
The amount due in this case was $aS
and some cents. Miller 4 ThoDpson
demanded 500 for = release Of their
claim.
County Auditor E. S. Mills, ~ their
agent, did all in his power tn force
Fishpick to Day this 500 to rich bank
erS.
Query: How much do these bankers
pay Mills? Do they divide? Why
should the county auditor attend ~
closely to the interests Of outside bank
ers, and care 20 little fOI the 1aBuos&
and the interests of the people7
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That House Rent.

Ihe point Whlch Mills IS using, more
effectively than any other, against Sher-
i'll Miller is that lie applied to the
county to furnish him Il house to live
in as is done in all the older counties.
Tie board consented to furnish the
sheriff il house, but Mills secured the
opinion of the attorney general that
such action was not authorized by l0,v.
There was no specific arrangement to
furnish sheriff with a house where it
WAS not connected with the Jail. This
was all there was to the attorney gen
erals ruling. Simply it is not special
ly mentioned and authorized by law.
There should be no reasonable doubt
the sheriff i house in counties like ours
where the Jail is small and does not in
clude living rooms for the sheriff, In
all older counties, where ample jails
are built, this is all provided for, and
no one ever questions the right of the
sheriff to such house room or the duty
of the county TO furnish it.
In our own county the case is one of
special hardship. Four other counties,
and formerly five, send their prisoners
here to be taken care of. The sheriff
must live away from the Jail and carry
meals back and forth, sometimes for
as many as 8 or 10 prisoners at one
time. Then he must present his bill
to Jackson and other counties, and Of
ten wait six months or year for his
pay over some quibble of the board
This has occurred several times with
sheriff Miller.
The sheriff's Office is the most diff
cult, the most unpleasant, the most
thankless, the smallest pay in the lot,
and no wonder sheriff Miller wishes to
to drop it after three terms of faithful
service.
The man who would vote against
sheriff Miller on this house rent point
alone. is just no man at all. a thank
less, ungrateful, unappreciative, un-
just citizen. But of course Mills will
make the most of it.
In many of the newer counties of the
west the county furnishes the sheriff
house to live in, or IN other words
pays his rent.
After ascertaining this at a sheriff's
convention, Sheriff Miller thought he
would suggest it for this county, and
did 30 with the above result.
1t failed and that is the end of it ex-
cept ''for campaign purposes"
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Every vote against DeBoos, as coun-
ty commissioner in the 4th district is
vote to re-district the county in the
interest of Adrian and to help on a
county seat contest,
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COUNTY NEWS.
ROUND LAkE..

nVUN0 xdhE.
T.. ". PayS0ns took In one ear Of cattle and T.
OF hogs. Saturday. Chas- Ss1son brought tAe
John Hactor uHloaded the quickest. AolR sing
out ct both ends III the wagon 1t the al1W0 t1osg.
with horses on the run. Luckily John eeense0
one line In time to prevent serious acei1e9G
A. O. Campbell Is quite sick. Il reposte4 sas.
Ter.
N. H. Elliot sold two year old colt 20 q Fen
stermaker for slo0 cash. It pays - Eal9e gooS
stock.
Tripp& Elliot sold 80 tons q hay in ths sese3S
at &l per ton.
man still holds the helm at the ''Ra,oet" 0u6 ~
0ay 80 mote Il De."
Election one week hence and not . candidate
1as appeared ~ yet, and this township reoe:eers
Is voters. H..
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USE ST. PATR1CK's PILLS
for all bilious disorders.
st. Patr,ck's Pills are a splendid
family medicine.
St. Pat,ick's Pills are the best physic
one can take.
Get well and keep well by using st.
Patrick's Pills. Sold by e. w. Smith,
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Coed horses for sale ea time oe
cheap for cash. Address OF call On
soft B. *. BELKNAP.
Bieelox. Nobles Co.. MhH>
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S084 NJ O660 Y64
0uAn'@ p090go, and re-
A 0eexe freo q costly
IA 1A~>0 00Xof goods Whiek
wili help you e. more 1.esey dshf a1ay ths5
anything else - this world, An. o. eith1r 1e1,
suceeed11oA Arst hour. Tho brood road 70 Dos?
Al o.ss aAaEsse True 4 Co. Augusta Maine
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W. II: DeWolf, of Btgelow, was in
S'b!ey last Friday. Mr.. DeWolf re-
ports the sale Of over 500 tons of press
ed hay during his recent trip through
Minnesota.-Sibley Gazette.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-01-19
The OPIUM, Habit.
Edinbrsrrh Reyiew.

In 1873 Coleridge's iaGe wa5 sallow
bis eye wild. and his step tottering -
The cause OF his condition wss no lon
ger secret. CottIe, his oldest friend
expostulated with him. Cnleridge in bis
answer discloses his dreary history. HI
wishes to Place himst II in private mad!
Eouse, and concludes: ''You bid me
house myself; GO, bid a man paralytic
in both arms 10 rub them btisklv tooeth.
er and that will cure hiu. Alas!' he
would reply, "tbat can not move nv
arms is nv complaint and misery" His
sense of bis DEGRADATION was keen.-
aCohc, lve.' . be Whites. ia spri. in hell
Employed ii tracing oft for others the
rosds 10 that heasen fIbm which bis
crimes exclude him. In short, conceive
whatever is most wietched, helpless,
hopeless, and voa will form q notion oi
nv s'ate" The sums which he spent in
opium were large. Meanwhile be left
his wife and children to he supported by
friends. and bis son Hartley xss seRt TO
college on alE1s c6leGied Fly Soathev =
He "never." wrote Sou,hey in 1881,
"wri,es to bis vile or children, or opens
letter lrbh them;" he did not even
answer the letter 10 which Southey told
him OF the scheme for Hartley's edaca-
ton He might have made money by
his pen, Re preferred 10 accept the char
it1 of q Coltle.