Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-02-10

ISss ee11iL'ill .0U Ol9 nd
of 1885 .......'. 6dl '955 .08f .Oi0 10 I
to 1885 1885 ....,.... COS eos, qS5 .o52 i5& SO
he $50 ......... z9;'ig9 z65 is9 OO5 q Is O
On iSoy 90 '.t.'-..-. 76OiGO z 59it ~ ~ "
No. iSSS3 ..'-'....' i5,il2t7G2 Z ~ 81 81 ny w
ie 1880 - 3.9i7'I 1i7'IIsg 10 D M I5 W
n lS9l. ...... iS iS5i.'s23 S65is.'ss,2r3 . .l3S-lO 0W
no We find, therefore, that a f,rn, ,,,,,.,,.
S5,oOO has cost its owner a total af Si Si-a W.
Ir uuIlhg the past twelve wears and bo
need not he reminded that Ln ~
u naruIy had an equivalent for thaf
,t ,'.a2l i,igunt III the miserable apologies far
y lohuS winch surround him. If an H.
I 'noI mana, bonds are voted. what viii
p, ~ actually cost "A farmer with a c,r,'i
= VALUED at $1,000, supposing that thn
NalllaIon of the county were to r,,,,',t' 't,o
as u now Is? According 10 fhe coli ILL c'II
, the election two Of the four bundrad
= Jdo,I Siousl'iiu dollars proposed are 10 be re-
GeId uGeeIlied IN ten years. We will pres,pno
tii, Iiiat I'M nothing more than the In.
GvieSt, ezf,OOO, be paid each wear for tbo
W5onlI years. 10 raise that amount |
81 ' Sof IcduIIe tax levy Of II mills |
f,r,,' III ~, lnc thousand, or 81 on the
friend would be for the first fi,,o '',iiiieI I'M,
SSzO, as against S4O.5O during tbo 0GG"i99
! !! I'VE years given in the table Durira.
'lie second i've years we wouId Lo
iuIIel .i 70 raise $4,000 "A year Interest
anu create sinking fund for tLo A.,
lhstallment of the bonds ''' "IS'
county commissioner. wouId ,
probably divide the sums Ia Lo rai.,J /,
aS % follows: $50, 900 the first veor san noa
the second, $4,000 the third s5o'DDDDo ,
tu tne Iourth and 100000 the fnR ycgr ~ :. ,
PlaI OF s2OO,OOO for the second HE arI 4
@ eilis ue'ade. We will now figure tI,n !,
~ ~ v OFT farmer each year Of Inc Gv. =,
u younly valuation remaining st q, a.,
..,, in some OF my readers will X,
roS;,, S ,Il"I nave made no allowance for
I,,,'i i' ioI ule roads 10 be built if fine
that III, "Is N"ied. In reply let me snv tl
y Iih4tler at all, as even if The bopd. ..,
J licIealeu we must continue to lac t,,,J
ol repairs. But 10 be perfectly c,ir IN
VIII allow for the repairs tbs giyp' r,
ear lhe sum Of $4,000. MAKING a." =.
o,al - required 10 be raised tb.f ,,,a, "a
't,"Oo This would require a ta, "'
w "I mills-threc dollars nr a. "
~ iiiiou-ahd, or nine dollars ON our C,rr, im'o m
ne seventh year we wouId noni -, ~. l,aa
NY interest and sinking fund s5I Gno DI!'
. nu Il Tor ease i'm figuring we viii 'aJ3 l'Iii
=, ,UW WV Tor repairs, making the total nC ,,,l vi
'''gyo Iof roads and bridges. Tbis r.J
~ "uih uo require tax levy Of 81 mills ar aI,i
,v,'' Oh our iarm, the county vaIua-
Du remaining fixed. The cigbtb "a
= pay interest ana sinking fund he'll
No'iu "a heed $4,000. We will add viii
ulls elO,OOO for repairs maxim, Gro
Ia Of 1900, which would ,s re%misEo a On
\ levy Of 4 10 mills. or abnrt "a "a Al
the thousand, or $l2.35 ON orr G,r,,
10 less than it was i'm 1891 M I"7'
, ,lIl od year we would have 10 rajso BAY
i,yu0 TO pay interest and sinlting derC
lu. 10 this we will add so OO0 Gar ] "
DalIs, total Of $S1 900. or Il mill or he
ooa on uhe thousand, or Sl4 on tbo ness
IN seven dollars less than IL vvas In by \
her 's6, ~ or 49, The tenth voar OF 4
Would DE required 10 raise Sgi 0oo lent
pay interest and sinking fund ~ will
zen we will add $4,000 for renairs this
Dtal OF S5i,OD or 5 20 mills, or S. ~ ing
a thousand, or $l5.G6 on his farm mad,
y-siN cents more than he paid IN will
y through the mud Of 'S9. There chan
t1e Irst ten years he would have
'Io oIaI sum OF SSL50-Fiftv- ron. "a -.
en- dollars and fifty cents loss thcy Jap
has paid during the past ten yaarl Sl,,' NO
lroken wagons, wet feet riJinad
lul, doctors bills and tombstones A r
at he nresent vSira "Im please observe, Cany
at the end of ten vaars ~, Vr2,ygyo,, that {
county with "A debt Of 5000 600 and was a
stem OF good roads. LET ua no,,, terda,
,ose that the commissioners divide origin
ozlp,OOO into ten yearly asse .snents duced
p'WO each. The constitutional in montl
y would be $4,000 a year, making The q
au va VI o5Z,VO year. Let us add lorce I
W. year for the next ten years for compl
Irs. This would make the vearI,, Is no v
ant to be raised $4,000. which was tl
a cost our friend with the S3 0oo says Il
, y mills, S2.835 on the tbousond ahd Is
year on his farm. a total of s7d west
ne ten years, or "A grand total of fifteen
Do or less than has been paid on has ia
iame valuation during the noet dump
'e years. Now will anv gnhflo, run a /
contend that the sums named are portati
'ltant and 50 oppressive that enni- T.. Doy
'h VIII be preferable 10 endur- states {
before
VIII any one claim that What is being
the most fertile. the mot
,ceiul county Of the best state I'm
Jnion, will be no richer In the A m,
.,iat our present valuation will held In
- not tavod a. .,idt aiI si tne thousands Februa
Ar anv ~ a. VIZ never nave purpose
.be tide lands Iii JiyIiplty purdensi the ReT
from taxation; that orr cities P"'''ca
hat our "a r,, oe oonIIilue i,i 10 grow, Membe
valuabe9 Ro,,,ar.,t , nVV oecoine mite
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