The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-04-24
Replies to TOmkins
April %, 1919
10 Mr.. Tomkins,
Income Assessor

Income Assessor
In reply to your article IN th'
Times of last week [ feel sorry
that [ have to correct you some,
First | am very much obliged
to you for your advice not tt
wear the shoe unless it fits
What do you mean by the ex
ception proves the rulel cannot
make out but I suppose you will
excuse me for that considering
my very poor education. You
say | had no cause for getting
sore about your accusation OF
the assessors. Well, maybe not,
but l say this much if your
charges are true that nearly all
of the assessors in your district
are dishonest and no good what
ever then it is high time for you
to do something else besides
writing articles in the paper.
You are publishing tables with
a lot of figures which you say
are for the purpose of convinc
ing the public of the fact that l
l did not pay a particle of at
tention to the sales lists as fur
nished me by Mr.. Landraint.
You say the 1917 assessment is
the most rotten and the 1918 you
admit shows some improvement.
Now if you are a gentleman you
will come forward with The ex-
planation that the assessment of
1917 was made by Nick Sorren-
son and not by me as you would
have the public believe. 1t is
not fair at all that l should be
made responsible for The other
assessors action.
The assessment of 1914, 1916
and 1918 were made by me, and
if you Mr.. Tomkins will take the
trouble and look them up you
will find just as | stated, that |
raised the valuation Of my pre-
decessor in every instant e.
Now that being the case whel
does your statement stand that
l did not pay any attention to
the sales list furnished by Mr..
Landraint? Tell me if you
please another thing. If you
have any more occasions stick
ing tables up in my face have
them at least correct.
NJ NE 16 48 6 W sale price
$240O.00. If this should be cor
correct and [ want to assess ac-
cording to your teaching / would
have to raise the valuation IT'S 90
or more. What will those poor
settlers out there do whom /
have been discriminating against
already according to your state
ment, please tell me that.
By examining your tables
closer ] find further that you
shifted some of your sales from
the wild column to the improved
column but I hardly believe that
you did that for the purpose of
making them look so favorable
for your purpose.
Now you say further that l
was not dishonest in ommitting
all these criminal actions, that |
was sim ply doing what my con.
stituents demanded. This is an
insult on the electors of my dis
trict and should be resented in
the strongest terms possible.
l am elected assessor for this
year also but so far I have not
qualified and under these condi-
tlons | dor. It lSNcw vet whether
[ will or not l,n tie sim ne rea-
son thal * al nDst Les onu hu.
man ability to make u satisfact-
ory assessment The laws on
assessment, the instructions We
get and all the other circum-
stances an assessor has to take
Ilnto consideration are so COM
plicated and co q citing that l
am almost afraid to try again.
Respectfully,
Jacob Strecker,
Assessor Town of Washburn
d. d. Mac Pherson, who has be n
m kintr his home IN, This citv wit h