Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-17

hauch the morals of mon. !, sowS thu
seeds Of ii rotteninA cancer. If no re-
men who receive aud dishurss it, they may
collect IL tor one purpose and spend it "a
another: they may "mb'zzl" ii with iin
punity. or use it against the very mon Wilu
paid H. To assert that no legal checks :"
restraints should be placed upon the us
OF money IN political campaigns and c Lee
tiors, is to take II position that = lit,l, L.
tnan mons;rous.
Connecting Tracks.
~ The law stands [ is imlossihl" l."
c"np,i int"rsocG.ne iailMaNs IL put in con
n"ciins tracks. =. ear load OF lumber ca
he hauled from III. Pacific coast to Mater
town ur Huron n,,r the irca, Northoii
for ~ cents per hundred. T" get il from
Huron 10 iiish,norc. it must BE- unloads.i
and transferred by draN asld reloaded .,ii"
II Chicago and Northwestern car or a..
additional local rate % Il cents per hun
dr.d must be paid tor hauling from Wa
iertown I. tiighmcr' a car load Of 20
tatoes loaded II a Great Northern car al
Ft;tilcE or clarcinont. II few miles north ~
Aberdeen. and destined to any pom, in Tn
state south of us. must be ,nloadcd al
Nntrd"nn. transferred hN iraN and re
loaded. TIL. ate for a ear Load of i'oui
from tlur"n 70 Chicago IS y rsnJs Iri
Ori"ns over in l'aulk county Is 2il4 cent.
per hundred. because the Milwaukee and
Norihwestcrn roads hnv. "a" connecting
track mt f'auikton. This IL an obstruction
=" culniherco that the public omand shall
be removed by an adequate amendment To-
the law which W II enable the commission
TO compel tn .ntcrsec;ing roads To 50
unite their tracks as to permit the trans
fer from one 10 HE other of loaded cars.
and making N. haul over both u continue
Gus naLl. ana tn. rate a continuous
through rate.
Assessments Laws.
Ev-:y one ooaccdes that our feNeiu,
laws are crp9' and Inadequate The re
tir.ng Govcino: two years ago at the close
of an administration o. four years. de
voted a large portion OF Ms address to the
legislature" 20 mis- one subject I'm rs
predecessor referred to it 1t Seems 80 me
that the tim. to- action has conn.
The franchiss Of public service corpora =
tons organized ii this state and the. priv
leges to do business and hold roperty II
this state granted by it's laws 10 non-rcsi-
dent public sersice corporations are of
very great value. and the law prescribing
- rule for assessing the property OF these
corporations whose property Is "a kind
possessed of marvellous earning power,
omits, All reference. to the value of III"
franchises, and ~ fixing values. no refer
ence is made TO Increased value OF that
part Of the property Of these companies ly-
ing within towns and c.ties. where they
have depo;s. machine shops. enlarged
grounds, sidet'acks. general Offices ana
personal property OF great value. The ter
minal grounds and depot buildings of the
burlington and Missouri River Railroad
mpa and OF the Chicago and North
western Ra .road company with rights Of
way III the city of peadwod and Lead.
" tstDISi ~ VI w. NV VIZ
der the law at ne same rate per mile a.
one milo oC 81 sic track over the opeI
spaces OF land III Custer or Fall River o'
pennington counties.
With 2,13l mills of Western Union tcle-
graph lines in the stale assessed by the
state board at S2io."v. and M.723 miles ~
% tss aams S MlTr5 an shs 81 sta's sn as5 , + sro BY
erty of the express companies assessed Al
sl39. 29S, and the Pullman company as
sessed at 81 .e,. We find all this property
going entirely free OF road tax. because tho
tax levy Is made upon It by the state
the road tax Is levied at all.
1t should be made the duty OF the boar1
Of railroad commissioners to employ ex-
perts for tho purpose and to collect an
tnentic and reliable Information concern
ing the actual value of the railway prop
critics in the state. not only for the pur
schedules. but for the purpos" also Of Civ
ng the state board of assessment SOM
independent and reliable information q
the r-e' value ot these properties. Th'
, law enacted t"c years ago. giving the
state board ~ assessment authority e
take such meas and measures IA may t'
necessary to ascertain. discover ana place
, upon the assessment rolls taxable prop
, should be made effective by making al
t appropriation which would enable thu
! board to emplo. an agent to - out owe
the state and make Il personal inVestiga
ton OF such eases and report the sam" t
the board. | earnestly recommend III!
g subject to YOU As one of the greatest i'm
. portance- demanding effective Legislation
= at your hands.
IT is my wish that You may have a rleas
r ant and profitable session and that yc'
: will make q record for yourselves and 70
hereafter bring TO you that solace an
n qualification wnich comes from M foill,
ful perfoTman.c. CT duty.