The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-21
The APPEAL TO SLATE BOARD OF ASSESSMENTS

sessment in the year 1906 was not less than the
of So, OOO 900, snd that said property should have
been assessed in the said year at not less than said
sum.
That the property both real and personal
in the town of Eileen, was assessed by the
SCISSORS in the year 1906 at the sum of 1855 343
which assessment was considerably below the
true and full value of the said property located
in the said town. The said town of Eileen con-
tains three townships of good land, all of which
is of fine quality except narrow strip along the
northern part of township 48-7 and 1876, that
the average of the said land in the town of
Eileen is as gooI as the best land in the town
of Washburn. That said town of Eileen also
contains the village of Benoit and has several
sections of we'll timbered lands upon which the
timber is standing. That the assessor of said
town of Eileen purposy assessed said lands up
on which the timber was standing below it's
real value in orded to induce the owners of said
lands not to cut the timber therefrom. That in
spite of the fact that the property in the said
town of Eileen was assessed at S355,OOO the
county board by it's said equalization reduced
said assessment to $27O, 900.
That the property in the town of Iron
River was assessed in 1906 at $629, 9O7 That
the said town of Iron River contains three and
one half townships of land and contains the
village of Iron River which has at least fifteen
hundred inhabitants large number of good
buildings, including large brick buildings, q
large saw mill and lumber yard and a smaller
saw mill and lumber yard and is the junction of
two large railways namely, the Duluth South
Shoreand Atlantic and the Northern Pacific
no n IF in
Iron River far exceeds that of the town of
Washburn, yet the assessor assessed the said
property of the town of Iron River at far less
than it's true value. that according to the best
knowledge and information of the signer Of this
declaration, the property situated in the town
of Iron River in 1906 and subject to assessment
was at least 81 100000, and should have beer
assessed at not less than said amount.
That the assessed property of the town of
Mason in said county in the year 1906 was ST.
IO01, 761. That the said assessment made at
far less than the true value of the property con-
tanned in said town. That the said town of
Mason contains four townships of land which
consist of good lands and many rich farms and
good roads and contains two villages, namely
the village of Mason, which contains about
1000 inhabitants, and the village of Bibon which
contains about 300 inhabitants, and also con
tains two large saw mills and large piles and
amounts of manufactured lumber. In addition
to the foregoing said towns contains a large
quantity of standing timber which is at least
equal in value to all of the other property of
the town. That according to the best know
ledge and information of the signer of this de-
claratiOn the real and personal property situat-
ed in the said town of Mason in the year 1906
and subject to assessment of at least the
value of So, 600 900 and the same was assessed
at about one third of it's true value, whereas 1t
should have been assessed to fully the aggre-
gate the value of So, 100000
That the assessed value of the
property in the town of Orenta
in said county in the year 'O6 was
$154269 which assessment
considerable less than the true
value Of the said property.
That according to the best know
ledge and information Of the pc
titoner, said property should
have been assessed at not less
than $4,000
The property in the said town
of Oulu was assessed in 1906
$126. 789 which according to pc
titoners best knowledge and be-
lief substantially correct
assessment. said property being