Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-17

raj conditions generally ne tiie natn,
| naturally give the iS1 a. say, would
| Rogue bluffs. ''s 10 the town OF
IN reference to the owner If po,., r
E 5 petItloninS the Legislature. ~, -
Gerstand in this previous Iegis,, ,io ! w Ia
forn ,.aTd th, ied the petitions, but am in
| $500 .idt tle reason why he haS -,
turned down by previous J.epis, n,,S Den
| tileS nave always used the arei,ma,t
| therefore had no rights before III r allc
stature in a petition to set off ie1,nti
r .otl one Town to another. And for thai
inc present petition. and has 5Iiowadi IN
| themselves e lining out
With regard to the ,weirs located in the
| town Of Rogue Island. owned bv citiz,ns
Oh Jonesport. as to its being any eraa+
iiin ii,d 1il to them they have license to
nn, T. those Wslrs and hold them and it
II was claimed yesterday that th"re. arc
%%,hoD in w"irs in Washn ston COUNT
| not assessed in any town As far NJ that
goes 1t would make no difference Wheth
| e the Island goes to Rogue Bluffs or
| JoneSport- ! would simply say that /
vail ''' p'c-
Mr., sHACKFoRD: Mr. President. 7
neb"c q question. Was it two weeks ago
| Yesterday he WAS at the telephone 'rh1t
| would be the first day of March.
Mr. Af Eli: 1t was the day We held our
record.
Mr. ,SHACKFORD: Two weeks ago
yesterday vHs the first day of March.
Mr.. AVER: 1t might have been the
ur. sITACKFoRD: Mr. President 7
wish to read I" YOU 4 sworn settlement
from Il gentleman who has interviewed
MI. Gardnc" IN the third DAY of March
That would b" Friday. think. after tho
gentleman states that he had tclephonod
Ny Gardner, and heard him through the
Mr.. AVER: Mr.. Gardner tclephoned to
me: lid not tclenhone to Mr.. Gardner
Mr., SHACkFORD: | stand corrected
| viii read the statement as follows:
March 3. 1905. at II A. NJ. / called at
| the office of Geo. a. Gardner. No. 80 Con-
sr"ss St Room l. ana had IL talk with
him relating to the setting off of Rogue
Island. He stated that he had repeatedly
been requested to ask the Legislature to
set off the islands, but that he had fatty
refused and that he had ais" been asked
refused; that he had never gwen one cent.
and that he would not. I told him that
Air. Thompson of Roque Bluffs a mem
Der of the town committcc), after the
hearing was over. at the time they voted
! on this question. made the statement that
Mir. Gardner wished to be set off but that
II" dill not dare to 50 declare for in years
past when he had. that Jonesport advanc-
Cd his taxes in proportion to the active
part that he had taken.
Mr. Gardner said. That statement is
not 50, | do not even know this Mr..
fh"mnsOn.' He also stated that ne never
had anything to do with paving the tax
CS. except on his cottage. until 1893. that
he paid them since. MIR. Long. who used
to I've on the island. paid me so per year
rent so he would not be considered n
sauatter and also plid the taxes and
when Christmas came | always made him
IL present of So
''He stated that he wrote Mr.. Sawyer
Of Joncsport, last January. stating that
lie remained neutral and that he would
not take any part for or against the set
off that he still remained the same. He
said the chairman Of the committee called
set off, that he answered his question but
that it was not to be used to influences
the LEGISLATURE in their decision, that
they could settle the matter to salt them
selves.
II told Mr. Gardner that had brought
the town books from 1890. that bcin" on
wear before Rogue Bluffs was set off from
Juncsboro. to him for examination 50 \"
could see that the valuation OF o'n whole
town dc no1 change until 1854 that was
prepare to prove to him by our records,
which I then hid in his office. that ""
hpG advanced the valuation of orr citi-
zens from - to Il" per cent. ard all non
resident tax PAYERS 80 to Gh % per cent,
except him, and his valuation had only
been advanced 30 per cent: that in til"
year 1898 had advanced the valuation
of our resident tax payers from > to y
per cent. and had not changed that Of
Geo. a. Gardner. There WIS no advance
again or any change until 1901, then Jones
,,rc $Ioc5 or II ~ ncr cent while We ha
~ incra,snd Tho valuation Of orr ow,,
rs,.idnnt tnx nawrrs ono cent.
..Vr carIIn"r tEru stated that he had
NO r3;ovan:..s that he. was and always
itod irnn satisfied with the way ,Toncsport
Ind ,,snd him md thrt no one had eyer
1,'.'rd hi,, go otherwise
'',I s;, t,,it f.Iro y NA\SFIf-Ip
,iTir,,.,, c,Irct,onn 1rown IF Jonesnort
Statc Of Maine
Washington. s..
Subscribed ana sworn to by tho said
George f Mansfield this 18th day OF
March. 1909. -
(Si%nCtD f. +. SAN |R.
Notary Public.
tSoaD
\nu. rant1.n,n i'm REGARD 10 This town
II is - sn,,IJ town pGrY towns give to
In. J,r.,r ones There is Il Debt in jones'
mort | Understand there is none ut Rogue
HluTs .jnucSport has four in tlr insane
rtvIum md one that is taken care of at
nom The drht of .IoncSport i'll .9nl WAS
sG.:. = They had IN epidemic there of
S,n.,IInnx l,et wear which | think VIII. in
thr town several months. and they paid
out on account of it SllO0, making Il tota!
nf <,tI: -
1 I,,Vr the rnatter in yO,lr hands. gen
tIrmrn FOR vou to decide
The oilcstion being put upon Thu motion
of The senator from Washington to sub
Stitl!tc the. minority report for TIL" ma iOr-
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