The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-05-30
STAMBAUCH TWP.
TO GET ATTENTION
RUMoR is THAT BIG EXPENDITURES
y WILL BE LOOKED INTO
PROCEEDINGS TO Be PUBLISHED
Iron County Taxpay ep' Association Will
Seek to Remedy Defects in the Man
sgsmsnt OF Affairs OF the Past

1Shtlhb III NirS AiOll SouhtJ AhAPoJ
ers Association. The article deals
with the purposes of the association
and the ends that IL intends to accom-
plish. II IL adheres to the lines laid
down il will prove not only TO be a
good thing but blessing to the county
and to each and every community in
the county.
The agent for the association is Mr..
Ben Nicely, and that name carries with
II guarantee of fairness, for Mr..
Neely is recognized TO be eminently
fair in all his dealings, private and
ppblic.
tWhen seen, during the week, Mr..
Neely refused to go into any detail
account Of his work under the plea
that the matters which be will take
mp are of private nature and he wish
es no embarrassment to his employers
because of any information he might
give out. In fact, Mr.. Neely would
make but one statement for publioa-
tion and that was that the association
Is in no way political nor will it,
while he has anything TO do with IL,
countenance any monkeying" with
the taxes or the tax commission with
the idea of getting the mineral inter
ests Of the county off with less than
theirs are of.the public burden. He
disclaimed any knowledge of the
method by which $500 600 was trim
med of the assessed valuation of the
mineral property of this city or of
the reported effort being made west
side interests to get their assessments
reduced
STAMBAUG SLATED FOR IN
VESTIGATION
From other sources, we'll posted, il
is learned that the association has in
mind the investigation OF several
township expenditures among the
townships of the county and q rumor
has hung presistently about the asso-
citation atmosphere that Stambaugh
township where $50, 600 were spent on
the highways of the township last
year with, what some of the taxpayers
claim, no appreciable return being
had for the moneys expended, will be
first on the list.
The township of Stambaugh raised
in taxes last year total of $17l, l36. 90
and of this amount S63, 66G was for
scnool purposes and $50 900 for roads
The balance was for state and county
taxes and for local contingent and
poor. In addition there are ! saloons
In the township the license tax from
which goos directly into the township
treasury The statement issued by the
township board shows that there was
left in the treasury at the end of the
year just ninetyfour cents Another
rumor Is that the statement didn't in
clude some 81, 900 in outstanding orders
which, if true, would bring the town.
shin out in debt
II is claimed by some that It was
Ne fact of these expenditures in Stam-
baugh township that started the move
for the taxpayers association among
tue mining companies, but these are
only rumors with no direct hitcting
post of authority 10 tie them TO. As
tire old saying is, where there is 50
much smoke there must be some FIRE
o whether the rumors are true In de-
tail or not il is very likely that they
are founded ON WI grounded acts
CRYSTAL MALLS SCHOOL DIS
TRICT
Another urmoI has IL that CRYSTAL
Falls school district is to receive atten-
ton. The school district mas been the
recipient of LOT of tax money and II
has lot of property to show for IL.
sosts, land they ate mainly from
with9ut-clairn that we have things
roo good. That. of course Is matter
Of opinion, but when the representa-.
tivss Of these iron companies. who are
mainly Cleveland or eastern capital
ists. object they are met with the
question, How good do you have
things in cleveland and in other places
cybsse your children go 60 SCHOOL,
ard that question has suiliced 70 shnt
them up in the past How It will be
In the future is not known
THE PoYSEOR PAYMENT
During the past month payment
made by the SCHOOL board TO Rev. VIM.
poyseor for theNl9ss Of his son by ac.
cidental death ~Ale laboring for the
school board, has been noised on the