The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-03-10


II NOT pufc mockefy "a cali on the taxpayers
81 assist you ina reform lnussmelit no You
thIuk because you publish the only paper ~
the community that people can not discover
the traths And. Patrick. az resards the John,
son bin could yon not IT least have told the
truth or l. II impossible ior yoh TO state things
i,iriyl Mr.. Johnson never put In any bin Tor
my iani or damages 81 any Sind on the
Walker HOMESTEAD nor any one else SO far as
know. Nor for amy land or tinbeF on even
that section.
AIR. Johnson. however, did put ia "A bill which
Is as follows Tao township ran road
through his land not on any line. thls road
rams IN xigxag manner 80 a. to be about 100
tods long. u cuts a strip OF land oli the North
line ol his properly 80 ~ TO leavslt varying In
width lrom six rods upwards. this road was
eat iour rods N.A andfrom the way he roaa
runs L viii max necessary the building OF two
fences when nne would do Il IL were lali ont on
tins line. Sow Il was estimated that there was
taken from this land IA elm and Eastwood
timhers IA making ths road ten thousand
As other people We're selling this Kind 81 timber
for S2.5p and Si.oo per Thousand cash on the
stump Il was Thought that 81 90 per Mwas not
too high. This Amounted 10 $4,000. As the
land l. goo an ~ the township hal allowed
$1,000 per acre flr llnd u other persons
aud there WAS NO objection raised IL was
thought that SG.pD per acre wnl not o. ton
nigh There being 2. acres "a 5 amounted To
$500 and the costs al N.f,. - ,i,.,s ANA ports
AMI labor to bulid 10. rpi. -, q fence was
estimated at $1,000.
This make the wha'e bin AnN, MIR. John
.ou own~ this had, his dcsl j.. recorded IN the
o;lco OF register Of d',.,i~ AMI A' p1ys taxes ON
IFS lind. rne question w,s h',.npt catitled
to pay for bis property q. ss,l a., other people
who are paid by the toAu,uip. This road
through his land Is OF n, p.rs mi benefit To
him ana be Is certainly cu it',l 60 either his
own property or pay brt. u It is 10 he
wrong 20 pay him for his property Why Is IL
not also wrons 20 pay Others for their prop
,rty. II II g. rigat - ply .o,hirs for their
property why IS q not rg4t 20 pay him;
There were some other bills bat as they were
very Swaziland for tie s4lcOf space wiil. omit
tleni at present Now pstr.cS fgr the benefit
of yonr neighbor who, au tod islnlustronsly
engaged in crying fraud on the taxpayers and
whom hear Is your core ,pondeut" Fair Play
I will call your attention. once more To
The records His tins tn the asscss
nelt roll This person Was supeiv isor
I Iron RIVER iOwn~hip turing the year
SoJ. viii nnv cal your attention
10 scciiun II ,t5.37 fpi the rclsun ;lHt
hal this WAS the oni, tract ui pine
lud lrlt In tie township iur me to
KS - this year. the year 1870 this
section was assessed nt = 10000 this
year at S.i3, 10000 nabma ,lifi, renee
~ SD, ! 10 90 ia ily assceSmtnt al the
Two different wears. l'nc taxes 10 1870
| we're 81 Is 90 he ttNrs ih, year were
| upwards OF $1,000 CD making u differ
nee IN the Two Years OF SllJ2 90 in
| the tnxpayei'a favor The Metropolitan
| Lumber Company paul their taXrs Tor
| his year and II The assessment ar taxes
were excessive they wnu Il not have
| lone 50. Assuming that the Metro
| )Oltan Company cat u section carh
wear there would have been standing
| Jour Other sections al pinc land and If
| he loss To the township were tie Same
| pn cncli section IL wnuii mean a total
loss ~ frmr time s l52 90 or S1SON %
| Suppusibg That the same loss occur eel
| 70 the township on the lnuds cat bA the
| X. &. COMPANY this wtul be- ltss OF
| II lGl6.OO. Haze Nas an opportunity
| tn lifl this much 81 u burden OH the
,houllrrs oI lhe people. Was it done
Npw Pattirk ym are a uNn 81
,ccultar pONcrs 81 lngc and VII ask
Won To exlilin which was Tor tie best
| interest al the reoplc-tp make an
assessment roll ~ made il aud
ave an that WAS lett to saw aud when
ny work waS done 10 ask Tnl my pny
II 10 make il as il wis InaGrin 1895 aud
| tell The taxpayer ! Wis working for
nothing ana the laNc bnrc him.
Rrspt Yours,
j. j. LYONS,
Supervisor.