The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-19

Board Of Supervisors OF Iron County Levies
= Taxes for the Ensuing Year.


= Taxes for the Ensuing Year.
The annual meeting Of the board Of
supervisors oi Iron county convened on
Monday nnd continued three days.
Every member of the board was present
NJ follows; Goo. d. Crippcn. chairman,
Stambaugh; Edward Sweeney, Crystal
Falls; s. e. Bennett. Mastodon; Tho
burn Gibson. Hematite: Frank Erick-
son. Bates; Geo. J. Maas, Mansfield; y.
u. Henley. Atkinson and Alex Quirt.
Iron River.
Tie meeting was not attended with
the same interest usually attaching To
similar events la Iron county, owing TO
the extreme delibcrs,tion. amounting to
dilly-dally methods. which characterized
the transaction Of business. Neither
was there, all things considered. the
same amount OF important businesses
transacted which has occupied the at-
tention Of former boards on this oc-
cusion.
The matter OF llrst Importance to the
public which claimed the attention OF
the board, was the levy Of the county
tax for the ensuing year. The amount
OF county tnx finally agreed upon was
$50, 800. This amount shows a marked
decrease. M compared with the tax levy
of preceding years. IL demonstrates In
an unmiStakable way the economical
intentions Of the present board, and will
undoubtedly add not little TO the
record Of that body, which a small ma
jority OF it's members is bent upon making.
IL will send the present board down into
the annals OF this county ms the most
economical board OF supervisors the
county ever had, and will constitute
another ot the stepping stones TO a
policy, which. II continued, viii sooner
or later reduce our county institutions
10 the level Of abiect beggary. At the
present moment, the county of Iron is
indebted TO the state OF Michigan 10 the
amount of $S. 900. Mr.. Harry o. Tur-
ner. representing the state WAS pres
ent at the meeting on Tuesday
TO urge the levy oI this amount
ia additional county tax this year.
This proposition was, however, rejected,
and the Taxpayers will continue to pay
interest on its indebtedness to the state,
while the Woodworking supervisors pose
as record-makers 10y Ievying an amount
Of tux inadequate for the current ex-
penses OF the county, LET the administra-
ton Of its affairs bc even as dishonest
toward those who supply the county az
il has been ia the recent past.
II Is argued by one member of the
board, who, by the way, THE DIAMOND
DRII.l. believes To he conscientious ia the
matter, he not being given 10 ilimsy
ostentatiousness. that the Taxpayers
Of the county have a sufficient burden
this year. without the additional levy OF
the amount Ia which the county is in.
dehted to the state. On this point, the
supervisor mentioned encounters
marked difference OF opinion on many
sides. The debt exists and must he paid
and that Ia the Immediate future. The
resident Taxpayers will then bc com.
PEELED 90 pay their share, pro rata, while
the nonresident taK-payers, whose hold
ings are being constantly den,lRd 81 their
valve la the removal of the timber will
he given additional opportunity to es-
cape the payment oi their share OF the
debt now incurred. Tho staying off
policy is convenient in many lines al
business. but it amounts to nothing but
loss in the end.
During the meeting, the bill Of Hon. A.
e.. Cook for services rendered in the pros
ecntion of the case Of the people versus
Wm. Doucet. WIS allowed.
Another action was the resembling Of
the resolution, cutting ~ the allowance
Of 81 900 per anpnm to Hon. John w.
Stone. eiseuit judge. This action iess0s
Jndge stones SALARY unchanged.