Little Falls herald., 1903-07-24
ASSESSORS RETURNS.
WHAT THEY FOUND AND WHAT.
THEY DIDN'T FIND. =.

The statistical abstract of personal
property in Morrison county, made by
County Auditor Butler from the as
SCISSORS returns. rev eals some oueer
things and further confirms the
opinion held:by many, that the pre-
lsent taxing system needs to be changed.
There is hurnor in the abstract,
too The board Of equalization ripped
values up, but of course couldn't
change quantities. =
The county keeps time with 2215
watches and clocks, Of which 4Os are
in the city, 80 in Royalton, 73 in
Plerz .aThe farmers in Culdrnm don't
! rely on The sun as much as other
people, fsF they head the. list with
2o7, :, Elndals being pex5 with 1919.
Yet Elmdale has no piano: which is
strange, although melody is provided
for by "a organs. Pierz has one biano,
and must be more musical than Elm
dale, as it shows up SO organs. Little
Falls has so of the 147 pianos in the
county, and Royalton 21: There are
1928 sewing machines in the county.
of which Little Falls has S13, Elmdals
9S and Pierz 64.
Morrison is rich and PROSPEROUS
county, and yet many people must
be using plain steel knives and forks
and pewter ware. How else can the
total of 1915 for gold and silver plated
ware be explained? Surely no one
has been fibbing. And of this $700 fs
in the city, s155- in Pike Creek, $40 in
Motley, $40 in Swanyille village. and
none elsewhere. Such prosperous
towns as Pierz and Elmdale are with
out gold and silver plated ware. How
unfortunate OF diamonds, the city
has $2s2, Richardson and Pike Creek
each 1916. That's all. And yet there
must be lot more. Isn't this q rich
county? fl
The agricultural machinery totals
$S2' s91, and the household goods and
apparel $51, 1855. '
The mysterious itenl-s'All other
property not inclnded in preceding
amounts to s3654S, nearly all in the
city. HsEe is where a man can list
any old thing, without specifying
what tbs - @ 5z ,sa- ~
Royalton and Little Falls have all
the bank stocks-$642O7 and &4550.
The dogs of the county number 1885
worth $8461. Lakin has but 8 of
mans most faithful friend, while
Elmdale is the Constantinople of the
county, having 14o. Pierz reports
So and values them at 1926 each. The
equalization raised the valuation to
SIS. Ripley is next to Elmdale, but
far behind, with 90 CANNES. Frank
Jsrboe's famous pup is in the city
list, but he's worth at least $1,000, and
ought to be listed with the diamonds
and other precious things. There are
43l horses, mules and assess one year
old. 459 two years old, 6161 three
years and over.
There are 5739 cattle one year old,
1856 two years, 10972 COWS, 473 other
cattle over 9 years, 1878 hogs, 1921
sheep.
Only % working oxen left in the
county. Could the butcher shops tell
where the rest are? Ho1rid suspicion.
Say no more, and don't think of it
when you meet your next sausage.
The totals will be unrecognizable
by the assessors when the auditor gets
through making the changes directed
by the board Of equalization.
The following table shows the total
value of the personal property in the
county as returned by the assessors
Agram ..................::.:....... IA, O2S
! Dun 90, O1O
Belle Prairie. rie.......,.............. 81, 259
Village Royalton................. 81, 3S5