Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-28

OF said town for the years 1905El906 and
| 1907 and that the tax certificates out
standing be cancelled and the county
treasure aud county clerk be instruct
ed to make such adjustment of the tax
es and issue to petitioner redemption
receipts for the same.
Reference is hereby made to the tax
rolls Of the town Of Arbor Vitae, Eagle
| River and Pennington and to the aft
davits of Frank Rogers, B. f. Ham
mond and Geo. E, O'Connor and to the
letter of the town clerk Of Pennington
as part of this petition.
Dated Eagle River. Villas County.
Wisconsin, May 9th, 1909. and submit
ted
Ross LUMBER Co,
By GEO. E. G'CONNOR.
State of Wisconsin
Villas County
Geo r. O'COnnor being first duly
sworn deposes and says, that he is the
attorney for the Ross Lumber Compa-
ny, a corporation, formerly located at
ArbOr Vitae in Villas County and en-
gagged there in the business of logging
and manufacturing lumber: that said
Ross Lumber Company are now and at,
been the owners of the southwest quar-.
ter of the southeast quarter (sw1 ofse4)
and the northeast quarter Of the south
west quarter, (ne4 of sw0 section
eighteen, lI8) in township forty (40)
north of range eight ~ east in Villas
county; that said described land was
prior to the year 1905 located in the
town of Arbor Vitae and for the years
| 1902 nd Q01 at l,1a
tion of forty dollars ($40) for each des-
cription; that during the years 1905
and 1906 on account of change in the
boundaries of the towns ia Villas coun
ty the said descriptions were located
withingthe town Of Eagle River and
that in said year 1905 the said ne4 of
sw4 was assessed at a valuation of
$3.50 90 and that the said sw4 of sci was
assessed at a valuation of $4,000; that
in the year 1906 the assessed valuation
of said net Of sw4 was fixed at 100000
and that the assessed valuation of said
sw4 of SCI was fixed at 81 ,175.00: that
since the last mentioned year the said
lands have been and now are situated
within the Town of Pennington and
that for the year 1907 the assessed val
uation os the said ne4 Of sw4 was fixed
at s 80 90 and that said sw2 Of seA was
assessed at S1.17500: that thereafter
for the year 1908 the said net of sw2
was assessed at 9125.00 and that said
swt 0s sci 4 was assessed at S125.00.
DepOnant further says that the above
described lands were in fact during all
Of said years what are known as 'cut
over" lands and should have been as
sessed as such, that the assessed valua-
tions as fixed on said described lands
for the years 1905, 1906 and 1907 were
in fact grossly unjust, illegal and ineA
Quitable in that they were not assessed
on an equal basis with other similar
lands in the same location which are
Of the same value. That said assessed
valuation by the town of Pennington
i for the year 1908 is fair and equitable.
valuation and that the same was fixed
| by the assessor of said town after hav
| ing personally inspected said lands in
company with thoroughly competant
| land locker and estimator and that
said valuation is really in excess of the
marketable value Of sain lands and
that the higher valuations in the pre-
| ceed1ng years was fixed mistakenly, err
roneously and unequitably and without
any actual or real knowledge as to the
kind and character of the said lands.
Deponant further says that he makes
this affidavit for the said Ross Lumber
Company, the owner of said lands, that
he is authorizes so to dc; that the same
/ is made for the purpose of securing al
equitable adjustment and settlement OF
the taxes against said lan0s for the
years 1905, 1906 and 1907 so that the
-owner can afford to pay the same anc
again have the lands placed on taz
paying asis That he bases this aft
davit on his knowledge gained from al
examination of the tax rolls OF She
towns in which said lands have beer
located; on an affidavit of one Franz
Rogers dated on the End day of Janua
ry A. D. 1909 and on an affidavit of ont
B. F. Hammond bearing date the Att
day of May, 1909, the affidavit of Rog
ers here referred being now on file il
the Office of the county clerk and tina
reference is made to said affidavit ant
the affidavit of said Hammond fo
other and further particulars.
GEO. E. O'CoNNoR.
Subscribed and sworn to before MI
this 9Th day of May, 1909
AMOS RADCLIFFE,
Notary Public, Villas County, Wis
consin, My commission expires Feb.
18th, 1911.
(Continued)
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