Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-08-29
TIMBER REDUCTIONS WERE
ORDERED IN GOOD FAITH
According TO Published Statement of County
Treasurer, the Timber Reduction was
Act of Justice
TIMBER IS THE ONLY INTEREST CONSIDERED
Disposition OF Majority of Board Throughout
Its Sessions Have Been Apparently to
Favor the TdXdOdQerS


County Treasurer W. 3. Paine is
sues statement in the Aberdeen
World, intended to explain MS action
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DiYested OF useless Nerbl3go. 1t TAX
IS the position thal three townships
were valued. not TOO hIeh. bit niSher
Than some other townships, and as
IL was TOO late to serve notice on
the owners OF an intended raise. con
seQuently they saw nothing TO do III
justice GU but to reduce the j. town
ships complained OF as being higher
than those three.
Mr.. Paine omits to say that the
board was notified in writing by Il.
B. Palmer, representing the Puget
Mill Co.. of the low valuations OF
those three townships. in ample time
to have given the required ten days
notice of the intention to raise them.
hence the excuse offered that there
was not time enough on the 23rd be-
comes the flimsiest subterfuge
To allow for sake of ars,ment that
Mr. Psine is ripbt and that tho
hoard vas nor resnonsihle for NEGLECT.
inc to ieeue the rec,,ired notices tbe
Herald submits that the action
wrought GREAT iniustice to the own.
org Of all nronertv in the county ont.
side those favored owners of timber in
the low valued townshins If the M.
sition taken hv Mr. Paine he assum-
cd correct and the reduction was b,,t
irstice then if ouicklv becomes an.
uarent that iustice should NOT have
halted at those townships. but should
have embraced all proDerty in the
county
The rolls show ahout 81 400 600
worth of nersonal propertv. of which
about $500 600 consists of live stock
on farms. $4,000 600 stocks of mer
handise. manufacturing establish.
ments and household goods. Even
handed iustica would have demanded
that this property-the most highly as.
sassed of anv nm tho rolls-should mar.
ticipate in any reductions that we're
going
II has been noted that when the
board voted on the valuation of Ho.
ouiam tidelands. Treasurer Paine ask.
ed to he excnsed from voting IN tho
ground that he did not have sufficient
information IN tha suhiact tn vote in.
telligently. and il ia a source of some
wonder as tn whether he was hotter
informed on tho timber valuations
of tho three townshins than served
as the "goat" for orr taxdodginp finn.
bor b.rons
All through tho soss;ors of tho
hoard ,of on,olizot;on ona f.ot stood
out in ho1d raliof ond tho+ was th.t
tho rosidan+ tavnovars ~ Chob.Iis,
conntv nod for voors haan dafroudod
hv mo false rat,rns givon in hv non.
resident owners of iaron hodies of
timhar ,onds ond - ;s NOT oUtramo.
", ,,Ioasant for thoso ,os;aon+s - fnd
:. now r, that no or,,isa hos oxnosad tha
,,,.t ,na,'ds thnaa a,a tawdodoor,,
pnne a,,nor oran,1v oons;donad ~, .bo hnord as
tha a,,I,, ..ios ,ti+1oa ~ nannaot
So, on,s .ie pa'. .ie se'''e' ~
Tho oot;n~s os chic hoord thro,ob
,,t ha'.o n,5 w. 80 st''diad afforts
~ aan,;,. X ao,,,tw ~ tha bonefits
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60 noo ~ oaoonnI;sb Tba cbiaf
o.u;ooy @ 80 az aaI,nd - atta,d mo
rat;,rs o ordinnr,. bvsiness nrr.
ha ihee.l"ss ,is n hua o,ua"I dio.otod IN ordor
~ Moot no o,lagod cruises of tho tav.
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