Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-03

that | had so little influence with
the men who were co-workers with
me in placing a true valuation on
the assessment rolls of our county.
| cannot think of any good reason,
for such poor service, in the assess
ors office Is it possible that it is
because there is no penalty for in
ferior work? Is it possible that men
will not do their duty to the state,
unless a club is held over their heads
at all times?
Let us renew our allegiance to the
state from this time on, and show
to the world that we can, and will,
do as we agreed to do, and give the
state honest service and honest fig
ures on our respective rolls.
Let us be loyal; for disloyalty is
the worst sin there is. Everything
can be forgiven, in time, except dis
loyalty We talk about Judas Iscar-
lot and Benedict Arnold, and we say
they were traitors. They were not
committing any more crime, except
in degree, than you and | are, when
we are disloyal to the people who
are paying us for our service, and
giving us an opportunity to make
good in life Disloyalty is the thing
you want to avoid more than any
thing else, as it destroys the very in
tegrity of the individual. Don't be
timid Never mind what the other
assessor is doing in the next town.
Never mind what the .big-tax-payer
thinks about you work, do it well,
do it honestly, do it to the best Of
your ability.
Never mind the man who criticizes
your judgment. Criticism is all right
in it's place, and We should welcome
it at the right time and place, but
it is not the critic that counts; not
the man who points, to how the
strong man stumbles, or where the
doer of deeds could have done them
better. The credit belongs to the
man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is married with the sweat
and dust; who strives valiently; who
errs, and comes short again and
again, for there is no effort without
error and shortcoming; but who &C
tually strives to do deeds; who
KNOWS the great enthusiasms, the
great devotions; who at the best
knows in the end the triumph of high
achievement, and who at the worst
if he fails, at least fails while doing
something, so that his place shall
never be with those cold and timid
souls who neither know victory nor
defeat.
Now there are a few classes of
personal property added to the ex-
amption list by the last legislature.
The Income Tax intends to do away
gradually, with the personal property
tax The state evidently realizes
that it is but an experiment, and if
it should exceed their expectations
no doubt more personality will be eX-
empted You will notice there is
added
1. Money and credits.
2 Personal ornaments and jewelry
habitually worn.
8. Household furnishings.
A. Tools of a mechanic or farmer,
used in his profession.
5. One watch worn by the owner.
g. One Piano or Organ and other
musical instruments.
These are the only changes made
in our assessment laws
You no doubt are familiar with the
assessment laws of former years.
Wagons, buggies and sleighs are not
20 be considered as farm machinery.
See that your real estate is all listed,
with legal descriptions, the acreage,
with the owners name, if possible
Spend a little time in looking over
the buildings and improvements and
get their actual value as we'll as the