The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-03
A reporter of THE CITIZEN spent

OllC dlIGIuOOu IulS MG6h dI Tie NJOuu-
ty Commissioners office, where gem
eral appeals from the assessment of
1911 are being heard. Some of the
pleas offered for reduced rating
ran like this
I'm way up high on that. Mr.. AS,
my neXt-door neighbor's house was
bought for $1,000 / don't see why
should be put down for $500. I'm
willing to do what's a square deal
His house was bought for $1,000. I'd
sell mine for that too. The houses
compare pretty well. They're only
half-lots too. Well, yes, it is a 25-
foot lot, But it's altogether too
much for that lot They're all 25-
foot lots down there
A second man came in to appeal
from his occupation" assessment.
There" he exclaimed, you got
me assessed at 500! l amt "retir-
ed I'm retired because I'm sick"
Retired men," broke in Commits
sioner's Clerk George p. Ross, "are
those that have thousands of dollars
to live on, you know"
The reporter laughingly inquired
what his taxes would be for 1912"
They ought to assess Editors ST.
OOO," answered one of the Commits
sioners. Well give you all we
can!"
Enter another "appealer." $50?
This is pretty high too. / think
mines a little overreached."
Mr., Ross reads the law on reduc-
tion of property assessments which is
substantially as follows: THE Com
missioners have no right to reduce
property valuations this year or next,
if the property remains intact"
Next year we won't be here" re-
gretfully remarked one of the Com
missioners.
And still the appealers came! "I
am assessed more on the house. than
l paid for the house." said the next
citizen. 81 am assessed more in pro-
portion than the rest of my neigh
bors are assessed"
We'll look into that" obligingly
spoke up one of the Commissioners,
and see if we can do anything for
you"
Anyway" continued the irate cit
izen, this is assessed more than it's
worth. don't want to kick. | want
to do what's right"
Well see what we can do with
that, smilingly answered Commits
sioner, as the citizen hopefully left
the office.
Having a moments rest between
appeals" the reporter again wanted
to know how much his taxes would
be this year. They would be S5, if
you lived in Bethany" was the con-
ISOLATION given him. One of the Com
m1ssioners finally relented, and told
the inquisitive newspaper man. that
as he lived in Honesdale, they would
only be SO this year.
Advertised Letters Remaining In
Honesdale Postoffice, Week End
ing January 30:
Mrs. Charles Bullard, Francis l..
Jones, Katie Scott.
First Baptist church, corner
Twelfth and Church streets, Geo. S.
Wendell, Minister. Public services
at 1880 a. m. and 1880 p. M, with
sermons by the pastor. The Lords
Supper will be celebrated at the
morning service. The sessions of the
Bible school will be held at 11:45I
O'Clock. Young Peoples Meeting at
$3.50 p. m, subject, "Why do you be-
lieve in Christian Endeavor?" The
leader will be Earl Mitchell. A cor
dial welcome to all these services.
All regular services will be re-
sumed in the First Presbyterian
church next Sunday. In the morn
ing, the pastor, Rev. W. H. Swift,
D. D., will speak upon Thirst" and
in the evening on "Cramped Lives"
In st. Johns Evangelical Luther
an church, the pastor, Rev. G. G.
Miller, will preach Sunday morning
on ''Das Unkraut Inter Den Weiz-
en-" and in the evening, his subject
will be LAS A Man Thinketh."
The Reverend C. C. Miller, A. NJ,
will deliver pre-lenten lecture,
Thursday evening, February IS, at
o'clock, in the parlors of st. Johns
Lutheran church entitled, "The Suf-
fering One OF Isaiah So, Who Is
He?"
State Commissioner of Fisheries
William e. Meehan has announced
number of proposed changes in
the 1903 fish code, which will be
presented to the present legislature.
The minimum size of black bass is
to be increased from to 10 in
ches, and hooks used in fishing for
trout with bait must be seven-six-
teenths of an inch from the shank to
the point of the barb. Sun fish, riv-
er club and fallfish are to be made
game fishes and license of $40 per
capita per annum is to be imposed
on all unnaturalized foreigners be-
fore they can fish legally.
The judicial contest in Wayne
county is assuming a strenuous as
pect, according to the Peoples Daily
Advocate, (Towanda). There are at
present four candidates in the field:
Hon. A. T. Searle, the present in
cumbent, e. G. Mumford, Hon. F. p.
Kimble, and c. A. McCarty. Judge
Searle is Republican and holds the
office by appointment, having been
appointed to succeed the late Judge
Purdy, deceased. e. G. Mumford is
the other Republican candidate.
Both are making an active canvass,
and the friends of each are confident
of success. On the Democratic side,
Hon. F. P. Kimble seems at present