Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

G333 6D4.

Personal property, 5.4771.
vo4al valuation, G3:,33 GD4.
Il win be seen that Eagle Rivers
valuation is over twice that Of Ainoc-
qua, according 10 these figures, ana
which forces her to pay over tWo-th!rd5
i Of the county and state tax, or abou'
twenty three thousand dollars TO
Minocuua's eleven thousand dollars.
Last wear when the coanty board OF
! Oneida county was ap2ortionlng the
county and state tax lMinccqua hande d
in her total valuation a 1851 ,3SI. Eagle
| Rivers was handed in as $933,O6o. The
members of the county board were
unanimous in thinking A'inocqua's val
uation to low and Eagle Rivers to nigh
| MIR. DOYLE, the chairman from Mlnoc
qua. made the motion that fixed Nlnoc-
oua's valuation at $3.50, coo and Eagle
Rivers at $S10,G COO Giving Eagle
River y per cent and Minocqua Is per
cent of the county tax to pay.
When the county of Villas was organ
lied six townships were taken 5ron
Minocqua valued at $iS1,74o which
/ taken from the valuation as fixed by the
county board last year, would leave
/ Minocvua q valuation Of $0J3,0o0 IN
/ round numbers. Minocqua also lost
about seventy thousand dollars worth
OF personal property III logs WllcA were
assessed last year, but could not be th5i
which would still reduce her valuation
to 1923 ,O0O, still leaving it nearly double
| that fixed by the present county board
The three towns taken FROM Eagle
! River We're valued a5 351,, rs, and we
/ lost $50 900 worth OF personal property
/ in logs that were assessed last year,
and could not be this, which taken from
/ the $4,000 valuation fixed by the
county board last year would leave
1861, $50 in round numbers or about q
thousand dollars less than that fixed by
the present county board.
Minocoua has never claimed that she
was given to high q valuation last year
in comparision with 9th er towns. Men
i who are thoroughly acquainted with
/ the timber in the county assert, anu lE
! is not denied, that the real estate III the
town of MinCcqua, out Size or village
! lots. is OF greater value than the real
estate. out side of Village lots, in the
town of Eagle River. And that IN
Guiding every thing there is but little
! if any difference in the actual valuation
OF the two towns Mr.. Rodgers, the
chairman of the town of Minocqua, in q
Conversation with Mr.. Walsh few days
AGO. admitted that the actual value Vt
real estate in the Gown OF Minocqua X
ceeded that in Eagle River, not taking
into account village property.
We understand that the meeting was
lively and interesting one. /. 8.
Walsh appeared before the board and
showed the rank injustice of the waltz
alton and cid all in his power to aid
/ Mr.. Cook in getting a more equitable
apportioment, but the majority was
AGAINST us and ali that Mr.. Cook could
do was to record his vote In opposition.
Although the apportionment OF the
i tax was outrageously unjust there IS
nothing left for u to do bat take our
medicine with as good grace as pos
/ sible. We have 10 one to blame but
i ourselves. We allowed them two
members of the county board to our one
as a compensation for all of the other
/ Offices. We gave them the chance to
! Give us the worst of it and now that
! they have done SO we have no kick
coming.
The tax payers can find no fault with
the amount OF the levy. 1t seems to US
i that several of the items are too small
and that that the board will find great
difficulty in keeping within the levy