Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-10-02

NAV be redeemed by the former
owners or interested parties by pay
ing the amount for which the tract
was sold, together with interest at IL
per cent and any additional claims tor
taxes.
Mrs. David Lachance of Wahpeton,
N. D., arrived last evening for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. E. 81. Hennen.
run than it was then, and of course
Jacobson says nothing of tax refund
ments, extraordinary expenses. etc.
He is so intent on twisting figures to
bolster up a false issue that he has
little time to be fair, and If he forgot
himself long enough to be fair Fuller
wouldn't print the stuff.
Taxpayers will read with amazement
jacobson defense of his action in
helping the Thayers, Fuller's rela-
tives, on their abatement. jacobson
is getting things mixed. There was
more than one attempt to abate
Thayer taxes, and J. j. Jacobson was
always willing to abate what he calls
the West side swamp land. II the
Thayers would sell their lots at swamp
land prices, the title might be justi-
fed, but evidently Jacobson never
tried to buy lots over there, or he
would know more The Pine Grove
abatement was not objected to for the
simple reason that the property was
to become a public park and be owned
by the city of Little Falls and if the
county had not abated the taxes the
city would have been asked to pay
them, and it was also felt that this
small amount could be spared by the
county for the city which pays so
large share of county taxes. These
few hundred dollars OF abatement,
which helped the city. to acquire a
fine park, is a different proposition
from the Thayer matter. where Jacob
son voted to make a present of $1O,
933 81 to the gentlemen in whose
fortunes Fuller was deeply interested.
jacobson critlcises the assessment of
the Thayer property, but the supreme
court of Minnesota said the assessment
was Just, and the Thayers could have
been compelled to pay their taxes, OF
see their property revert to the state.
We are not surprised that Jacobson
knows more than the supreme court.
He admits it. But the people of
Little Falls, and particularly Of the
West side. who have been paying their
taxes right along, and the farmers
who do the same, will certainly
object to Jacobson's favoring tar
evaders and tax dodgers because they
are near and dear to Fuller.
Jacobson says the business men OF
Little Falls were ashamed of protest.
ing against the Thayer abatement.
That is transparent prevarlcatlon.
jacobson 8 recollection of the visit OF
the business men is as hazy as his
knowledge of fairness. He knew
what the sentiment of the business
men was-but he also knew what
Fuller wanted.
On July Is, 1901, jacobson voted fe1
a resolution approving an abatement
Of the Thayer taxes. The resolution
was strongly objected to by business
men. who appeared, and the boarc
reversed its action and struck out the
resolution, jacobson, as is frequent
custom with him, not voting at ALL
In September of the same year Jacob
son voted to accept $4,000 for SIG,
s33. 81 of taxes which the supreme
court had said We're justly levied
What business men said or didn't sa,
had nothing to do with jacobson
action. He simply pleased himself
and Fuller. And he says he will dt
it again. He thus makes an objec
for big tax dodgers to avoid paying
, their share of the burdens.
jacobson and Fuller have not toli
what officers were extravagant, or il
what that extravaganza consisted. L
the republican county treasurer ex
travagant? Was his predecessor fol
four years, also republican, ex
travagant? Did their party doctrine
save them, while other democratic
officials, also on salary, necessarily
were extravagant, because they were
democrats? Did the county attorney
for six of the last eight years, permit
or commit extravaganza? He was 6
J republican. What was he doing while
these dreadful things were going on
If there were illegal expenditures,
} why didn't he say so?
jacobson wants Friend Fuller tc
, run the county board and the county
, officials. That is the substance of his
issue, but he isn't man enough te
, admit it. He knows that Fuller, who
voted against the Anderson bill to tai
railroad lands, whose alliances in the
; senate were notorious, cares no more
for taxpayers than he does for decency
: in politics. jacobson says he viii
rebate taxes for the Thayers again.
J That must be the reason why the
, Thayers have let their taxes go again,
probably getting tip from Fuller
that jacobson would do business
) when he got the right kind of help
} 1t is up to the voters this fall to smash
J the Fuller Thayer- jacobson combina
tion,- and we have no doubt they viii
, do it.