The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-11


M Thoreson g 8. i" . 4 so
John Bergouist IS Cts
Thoreson & Stock, blacksmithing.. l6 So
Louis Schelvan .....,. 65
IFS Colquhoun hardware, .....,..... 40 %
Fred Rickhoff board taken off wages
of F Hinkins and G.. Gastrow.... 3 30
o Olson sprinkling street. crossings % 90
C L WILEY rigs to long tsessel so
Totol ... 1928 SO
The bill of Ole Hangberg for $99
for the funeral expenses etc. of Miss
Veda Hangberg, was upon motion
disallowed.
The following report of Fred I.
Yates and George F. Morgan was
read and upon motion adopted:
The undersigned to whom was re-
ferred the tax matter and suit of the
town of Washburn against the A. A.
Bigelow Co. begs leave to report as
follows.
| find that last winter there was
an attachment made of a large
amount of logs to collect this tax
by the town treasurer and that said
logs were sold for $4,000 dollars.
That the sale was afterwards aban-
doned and the logs have since that
time been allowed to 90 out of the
ban of the attachment That latter
on all the lumber on the docks and
all the logs in the boom of the Hines
Lumber Company was attached for
| this same tax and the sale is to be
held on the first day Of June. No
| bond has been furnished for the re-
lease of the attachment yet the lum-
Der so attached has been shipped
and the logs are being sawed into
lumber and shipped away from this
town 1t is quite evident from the
fact that no bond has been furnished
that this second attachment is to be
allowed to go the same as the first
and that no attempt is to be made to
hold the property attached.
further find that the Bigelow
company prior to the assessment in
May Of last year sold some of the
lumber and that the case Of the town
will depend largely upon the con-
struction the court may place upon
the contracts for the sale of the lum-
Der. The contracts are with cas- t.
ern parties and if the town loses it
will be ON account of failure TO
assess the lumber to the proper
parties.
Acting under instructions from the.
town board / have in company with
the supervisor of assessors nterview
ed the attorneys for The Bigelow
people and ascertain that we can
effect a settlement Of the matter at
80 per cent. Our attorney tells me
that we are sure Of collecting so per
cent Of the tax and says we have a
good show in his Judgment to get
the balance. The opposing counsel
says he is sure his clients will never
have to pay over so per cent and
thinks they have good show to |
evade the payment of over IS per |
cent.
In my judgment, taking into con-
sideration the. cost Of law suit and |
its uncertainties a settlement of 80
per cent would be advisable provid-
ing we can get the money at once.
pectfully submitted,
Fred I. Yates.
| concur the above
George F. Morgan,
Supervisor of Assessors.
The following resolution was read
and upon motion adopted:
Whereas, there has been consider
able dissatisfaction expressed .byl
some of our business men in so far as
they claim that the towr patronage
has not been divided equally, there.
fore be it s.,.s-s,s- q tsaa s'ss,s s-s,a -
Resolved, that thecterk be instruct
ed to notify the different heads Of
departments in town affairs when in
need of supplies OF any description
to leave their orders at the town
clerks Office, there to be divided
equally among the business men,
(Signed) r ]. Yates 81
1879 M. Jerome
sAs' M. Thoresen.s
The following resolution signed by
Supervisor Thoreson, was, upon mo. /
ton adopted: = 49, .ss..g,,s ~
Resolved, that permission is here
by granted under Chapter 319. laws
1901, to the Ashland Home Telephone
Co., to construct and maintain a
telephone line and lines with neces-
sary appurtenances from point TO
point upon, along or across any
public highway, street, bridge,
stream, body of water or alley. with