New Ulm review., 1900-10-03

Swan Lake. wer emarried in this city yes-
terdsy morning at the Catholic church.
The wedding was attended by large
number of friends from that locality and
in this city. The Review wishes them
q long and happy married life.
A rear end collision occurred on the
Northwestern Wednesday evening at the
passing track near Milford in which the
west-bound passenger, due to leave here
at 8:35, bumped into the, rear end of a
long freight which had made An unsuc-
cesstul attempt 10 get on the siding.
The damage was slight, consisting main
ly OF broken pilot on the passenger.
engine aud the derailing of couple of
box cars in the freight tram. The pas
senger train was delayed until about
o'clock Thursday morning.
The G. & N. W. :upply headquarters
have been removed to- Tyler. The old
sheds used for storing the material have
been torn down and shipped away. The
| removal of these sheds has added much
to the beauty of the yards, as they were
but temporary affairs and not built with
any idea; of pleasing the eye. New and
larger telegraph poles have been put in
by large crew of worklnen, an6 other
extensive improvements made in this
line. Several car loads of lumber have
been shipped in and placed upon the
grounds preparatory to building large
addition to. the depot. and lengthening
| the platform. Some predict new de-
pot but the preparations already begun
do not point that way--Sanb,rn Sent;-
mel.
The special train over the Northwest
ern to Mankato yesterday took three
coach loads of people to hear VIM. J.
Bryan and Gov. Lind who made short
stop there on their tour to the south
west. The Second Regiment band &C.
companled the excursion and upon ar
rival at Mankato was given the post of
honor, greeting the speakers at the train
and accompanying them to the place of
meeting on market square. For blocks
upon either side the streets were lined
with an enthusiastic gathering lntert up
on doing honor to both Mr. Bryan and
Gov. Lind and the addresses of both gen
tlemen, necessarily short on account of
the limited time given them, were en-
Enthusiastically received. Gov. Lind was
evidently suffering from severe cold
but Mr.. Bryan was IN fine form and his
speech was received with the most hearty
approval. If anyone tells you that the
democratic party is dead in the second
district you will be safe in calling their
attention to the magnificent demonstra-
ton accorded its two most prominen,
| lC pI uliGlVcS at .laQkdtO.
On Thursday of last week G. A. Otto.
meyer, as the representative of the New
Ulm Commercial Union met with the
State Board of Equalization in a confer
ence relative to the increase in the as
sessed valuation of the city made by the
board. Mr.. Ottomeyer was Informed hy
Mr.. Diepolder, the member of the board
from this section, that there had at first
been raise of so per cent, but this he
had been able to have reduced to 334
per cent. While, at first glance it would
appear that an increase of this amount
is too great, an analysis of the figures
for other nelghborlng cities indicates
that New Ulm has been treated with the
utmost fairness. If comparison is to be
made with Maukato whose assessment
was decreased from $236 ,6O3 to 1924, 900,
or five per cent, basing the probable val
uation of goods assessed upon the popu-
lation, it will be seen that, Mankato be-
ing more than twice as large as New
Ulm, the valuation of the taxable goods
and merchandise of the latter city might
reasonably be placed at $l12,OOO instead
of $4,000, the figure placed by the
state board. If we take the city of St.
Peter, raised from s7,3OO to $109, 900
or 25 per cent, where is the injustice in.
raising New Ulm, with 25 per cent great
er population, from $57,575 to &s6, 1000.
So far as the business men of New Ulm
are conce1 ned, irrespective Of party, we
do not believe there is a single one who
honestly believes, when population and
actual values as compared with other
cities are taken into consideration, that
wrong has been done. It is. we'll to be
fair even in the matter Of taxation.