The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-21

4S-5 and 1875 and the four SecGlOnS IN 49-4 COLI
sist Of better land suitable for farming purposes,
which are worth not to exceed $40 per acre I'M
improved That the said town of Washburn is
not thickly settled the population of said town
not exceeding 900 inhabitants.
That the assessed value of all property sit
uated in the said town of Washburn both real
and personal estate according to the assess
ment made in the spring and summer of 1906 was
$767, sos, as appears by the table annexed in ex-
hibit B. That the said real and personal pro-
perty in said town was assessed at it's full and
true value in accordance with law That &C
cording to the best knowledge and belief of the
sgner of this declaration the total true value OF
all the real and personal property situated in
the said town of Washburn at the time the same
was assessed according to law for the year l9Oo,
did not exceed the sum of $500, 900. That there
are no tmbered lands situated in the said town
of Washburn, except small quantity OF light
hemlock timber, that all the pine and heavy TIM
Der previously located in said town had been
cut and removed from said lands prior to the
year 1906. a
That the town of Bayfield, in the SID Ncoun-
ty of Bayfield, consists of practically six town
ships of land as appears from exhibit "A hereto
attached, that in addition thereto the said town
of BAYFIELD, contains the village of bayfield, in
which are located 2 large mills which manu-
facture large quantities of lumber a large por-
ton of which was on the lst day of May 1906
situated in said village, piled on the docks of
said mills That in addition to the said village
which has population of over $50 people, there
are large tracts of hemlock and hardwood tim
ILL., II 1 of Do al not
the assessment made in said town of Bayfield, in
the spring and summer OF 1906 by which the
real and personal property was assessed, was
assessed at ST, 1868, was an assessment OF
said property at far less than it actual and true
value both as to real and personal property so
assessed. That according to the best know
ledge and belief Of the signer of thefdeclaaation
the real and personal property situated In said
town of Bayfield, and subject to the assessment
in the year 1906 was of the value OF not less
than 50, 900, 900 and said property should have
been assessed at least at said amount That the
land situated in said town of Bayfield, were no
toriously assessed at less than the true value
thereof
That the assessed value of the property in the
town of Bell in Bayfield, county for the year 1906 was
I62, 1928, that said property was assessed at much
less than it's true value. That said property
worth at true and full valuation at least the sum Of
200 900 and should have been assessed at not less
than that amount.
That the property in the town of Barnes in said
county was assessed in 1906 at $685. That said
property was assessed at much less than it's true
value the full and value of said property being
not less than the sum of 100000, at which amount
the said property should have been assessed.
The property in the town of Gable in said coun-
ty was assessed in 1906 at 1922 $780, such assessment
being made at far less than the true value of said
property. That the full and true value Of said pro-
perty would have been at not less than the sum of
425OOO, and said property in said town should have
been at not less than the said sum.
That the real and personal property in the town
of Drummond in said county assessed in 1906 at
178, 300 That the said town Of Drummond
tains village called Drummond which contains at
least 800 inhabitants and in which is located large
saw mill which manufactures large quantities of
lumber large portion of which was on May LIST,
1906, located and piled in the yards of said mill in
said town and in addition to the said village and
mill there is large quantity of valuable timber sit
)uated and standing upon the lands of said town.
That the said lumber and timber was not assessed
at it's true value by the in 1906 but on the
contrary assessed far below it's true value That
it is reported that the Edward Hines Lumber COM
pany offered the Rust-Owen Lumber company who