Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-07-02
WILD LAMBS.
,r,rr ASSESSORS HAVE BEGUN
FIXING THE vALUATA.
,.,.a 10 EouAfazs TAxAfNs o.
mcH pRopERTS-rris PuhP
AND LUMBER MILLS.

,hs value OF these woodlands Is
$500 steadily and largely to In
- This is the statement made by
- STATE assessors.
ma lands OF Msine, which cousii-
.bout g per cent. OF tho area of the
- arc the uninoorporsted lands. These
~ ,,rds are great source OF wealth to
4, STATE, and have been so recognized
- iris territory was first settled. The
.--,oxiuatr value to-day IL quoted at
,ssp,y millions OF dollars.
ala me tell you little story said
49,. ass.s.oy Postlc. .Years ago. when
..,pe was part OF Massachusetts,, and
-, .,ulor,a saved aiong the shores, the
-, who bad been given grants from
u.x..ehusesss and England. made partial
.av,.,lss,ions and explorations; lstsr. In
rspor,. Of til. SECTION Of New England.
thew gave great emphasis TO the immense
90 Of The forest, where were untold
ouapts,lss Of chip timber yet standing on
The stump.
awhsn Captain Mowatt appeared before
Portland in iT75 and gave the Inhabitants
,so hoars' time 10 remove the sick and
,hs iparn before he destroyed the city,
,h., ahlma;um was given out from the
,.e, thai vessel was partially con
a,ue,ss. and wanting naasts and spars,
vsaa The loyal settler. refused to selii"
MIA lads 10 Maine are located in eight
sosu,ies - oxford, franklin, Somerset,
ps.sasaqais, Aroostook, Penobseot, Han.
cocs and Warrington. Aroostook, the
h,es.s county In the State with an area
., the $500 square miles. has approx
=atsly thrcc million acres OF Wild iands.
me ,isnbus varies. Hardwood ridges,
tssfs are, With growths of spruce, cedar
sad Pine. Plscaisquis COUNTY has s,7s0
,qasre miles OF AREA. with two million
,erss Of Wild lands. somsrset's anineor-
Isfslsd lands include about one and
tasse-gaaFtsrs millions acres. The aver
ass Of the remaining five ceaatlss 10 bali
million acres each. Tho total IA approx
nassly aeon acres. TIE original SCR.
ssys Of these lands ~e-e very iihsrsi. In
the days when land was not worth very
ngch. this statement was true OF farms
a. sell a. town sites.
Il haze Ia mind a farm In Androscog.
gin eoaaly." said Mr. Poitle. 1T vas oae
Of the original hundred. sers lots. Sur
wysd q few years ago, u was found 10
contain isT acres, q per cent. more than
the original surrey"
Il he extremely difficult to ascertain ac-
earsis records OF tho acreage OF Wild
lands. This Is especially true Of Blng.
hsnls purchase. tho total area OF the ter
rtory Ia the Maine Register being quoted
a. hoo acres.
Riisy plantation has for long time been
given an AREA Of 2S.sDi acres. This year,
tsrOsgh Information from one Of the ex.
plcfsrs, the ngarts have been changed 10
500 acres.
-sSi OF course, IN the land Office AZ Au-
gsssa, we get reliable information Of the
aetssgs OF large portions OF Wild lands,
tecaase they are surveyed by tho State
hsgsiy and the records are keps at the
saps,ol, Regarding the growth with
rhaeh these lands are timbcrsd, pine, as
hFas u rsists, 10 ~ eour.e the most val
eahlF.
Years ago. said Nr. Pottie, - ben
shOas io~nshsp- OF land were sold. practi.
oshy The Only valuation taken into secount
sS 'he plne. In tbs days OF hand working
'0ie'y, pine entered principally into the
esi'a'"g OF ship~ a. ~tii a. every form OF
Soo>e' nnishing. while spruce sas eonsid.
s'sd Of little value. Bat in these days Of
improved machinery, as y ell a. palp mills.
'pssee has ella, esd steadily up the ladder
o. saiSs, and, being used for almost every
purpose |" Becoming OF more ~orgh than
ains'i any other wood.
Cedar, in great demand for shlngles
sAa iaslfoad lies, is in Aroosiook county
" Naeiesst grown, for that maiscr--equal
spruce In Salus. Probably q larger
sf"~ih OF esdar exits In Asoostook than
aas oinss section, slthough IL il well scat
ss'sd over the State"
isis matter OF acrrtaining the yaiae
= wa lends for the purposes OF taxation
I much more diisIcult than similar work
a. ~ANANFH AZ Aht AAAkst places
voc assessors are supposed 10 place q val.
sou on every pareei of property, land
- o1iie'ngt, Tor the purpose OF ssssss-
'ae Tax We get a synopsis OF the re-
$50 o. The valuation in that way. keep
20 pretty elvse with any decrease, in
''A's OF change in the valuation OF the
~~hs' But with the Wild lands 1t I. far
1s'sh'' These contemporaries town
p' afe largely uninhabltec. Ii Is not
20 ascertain how much timber Is In a
~'nship, or what is its value. There are
ny things to be considered. First, and
Vs' Important. OF course, being the
oaht OF timber. Close second 10 this
= appearances are the driving waters or
sAs' faculties for getting the timb Der to
u-s mills or manufactures when sold. In
.ue counties are large quantities of tim.
-noiabiy In the mort hwestern part OF
0''ook-where the expense OF cutting
- getting the lumber to the min is 80
49, Thai there is little margin left Of
=, y timber as ii stood on the stump. We
-. sna ascertain sll these facts.
IL. iae grestest difficulty is 10 findlng ae-