The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-05-19
BIG FIGHT TO CLEAN
UP H|BD|NG, MINI,
Under Saloon Ruie Taxes
Have Jumped to S211
Per Capita.

NIttOE L.. ROVER HA LuHNQF. lie 0FSt
step Of the saloon administration was
To put about NN Of the 1900 voters on
the village payroll. These voters. to
se,iler with the saloon element. who
were given a free hand, could vote for
amy old thing needed by The gang The
saloons were and are now permitted
10 run wide open, night, day and sun
days.
Taxes roee by leaps aud bounds
until The levy for 1916 amounts 10 The
appalling sum Of $21l per capita. The
average per capita rates of al Of the
towns and villages Of Minnesota abnve
40 population. outside the Range min
lug districts. is only S5.35 per capita.
Forty Cops Fer 1000 People.
While the village has a population Of
less than 5000 people. 1t requires more
th-n forty policemen to Keep order
smonY the half Il hundred M loo aud
gambling holes. which never close their
doors. The police and FIRE iepartmen
Of the village alone cost nearly $1tks.tsN
per year under the ~ . rule.
Three years ago the outstanding vii
lage warrants drawing interest amount
ed 10 x..S4 49,.
Under saloon rule they very soon
jumped NJ /" xl...2...1. an increase "
q .&G and in spite III the enormous
TAX levy Of xl?1 per capita.
Now. in the face Of a tax levy for
1910. the unpaid outstanding village
warrants amount 10 more than one and
IL half million dollars.
The interest charged against the vii
lage lone amounts - about S!p.tA,
per wear. more than the entire operat-
ing expenses Of amy other village in
Minnesota of similar size.
The city boasts of more street lights
than Cincinnati. Il city uf nearly i,u,
oOU Inhabitants. II costs more than
Sl..Ouu 10 light I: single street for 4
year. The street has forty lights OH ev-
cry corner. which burn all night - that
the people can find their Nay II the
saloons and gambling bells at all hours
Of the night.
Here are II few II The items required
to run the city for the year ending Jan.
81. 1913:
Streets and ALLEYS. payroll onl, ..... .t1st, -
Cemetery h.3H
Police department. salaries oflN..... 4Sl71
Fire department 53.asl
: Resides paying for labor on the
streets and alleys the sum Of xo-:,f. .4.
the materials used in the same for he
year cost xlO..9l more.
Nearly xl1.HH MAS expended in sup
plies for the fire department.. Although,
the village has tw" fine brick fire halls.
another one wa> wanted. and it cost
the village just x2n.,>4.
Charity and Rats.
They spent 81 so FOR charity and
So. for bollntie> 81 rats.
1t cost N.,.!>> to operate the village
detention hospital and $50, FOR mate
rial To Keep III, The municipal ice rink.
N4?o to maintain the ball park. Resides
the $780, expended on material for the
ice rink. ii cost the village 81 ..61 in sal
aries to operate it.
Taxpayers In Revolt.
Recently the largest taxpayers Of the
Nili;ige formed Il combination and Hat
|! refused to pay any further taxes.
alll the village is now broke The
= I'll III ioIISti ldht AIlldsC
warrants in payment Of beer bills. and
there are no funds in sight to meet the
enormous payrolls OF the greedy vot.
ers.
The Indian bureau has been appealed
to by the citizens TO come to their re-
lief and end the situation. iIibbing is
Il village within the boundaries OF the
I,l;.,. t,.,t.. 80 Js.l.- - 49, - -
the PROVISIONS If which Was to TX
clu.le the Introduction of liquor into
she territory until otherwise decided
by congress. Congress has never re-
vokel the treaty. ami last winter the
United States supreme court decided
that this anli-liuuur clause was still
IN full force and effect.
ThereulDn the Indian bureau began
closin. the saloons III the district. a
few towns at IA time, until now prac
tically all are closed. Saloons remain
in only eight 81 ten villages, among
them being lIibhiilg.
For some reason the saloons of Iil,-
bling have been permitted I . run open
" and freely in defiance OF AL federal
and state law. like 4 western mining
camp. The taxpayers have been hun,-
| harding the. Indian bureau at Washing
ton with letters aud kilograms asking
that the law he enforced in Hihbinx.
1t Is currently reported that a Slush
fund IT x4,.taW has been raised by the
Hibhing saloon Keepers to purchase
further protection.
In the meantime the half Il hundred
saloons are running wide open day
Snd night ami Sundays. AMI nearly
every one Of them Is said to operate in
connection with gambling lMyonts and
| OF her v~icinnS establishments.