The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-03-09
REDWOOD COUNTY
TAXPAYERS PLAN
TO ORGANIZE SOON
A. C. BURMEISTER MADE COUN-
TY CHAIRMAN AT DISTRICT
MEETING HELD FRIDAY; WILL
ORGANIZE SOON.

Inc OrSdnlZdClOn OF a hoQWOOO
County Taxpayers Association is i'm
minent, as the result of the district
meeting of taxpayers, held at Worth
ington last Friday. At this meeting
a tentative District Association was
made for the counties of Mobiles, Rock,
Murray, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Cot
tonwood, Pipestone and Jackson. J.
S. Tolverson of Fulda was made
president, J. B. Gislason of Mime
ota, Secretary and A. C. Burmeister
of Redwood Falls, treasurer.
Mr.. Burmeister was also made
chairman of the Redwood County
branch which will be organized under
his direction in the near future. 9th
er County chairmen are L.V. Wide
ark, Ivanhoe, Lincoln Co.; T. M.
Hicks, Pipestone, Pipestone Co.; E. H.
Garfield, Luverne, Rock Co.; S. A..
Brown of Window, Cottonwood Co.;
G.. w. Deland, Worthington, Mobiles
Co.; Aug. Friking, Heron Lake, Jack
son Co. The men from Redwood Coun-
ty who attended the meeting included
Mr.. Burmeister, A. j. White, j. B.
Philbrick, L. P. Larson and Lynn
Sheldon, all of Redwood Falls, and J.
M. Lord of Tracy.
The speakers at the meeting were
State Auditor Ray P. Chase and j.
F. Reed, president of the State Farm
Bureau. The meeting is one of
series held throughout the state as
the result of the resolution by the
State Farm Bureau to make an in
tensive study of taxes with four OBJ
jectives; to eliminate public extrava-
gance, to reduce taxes, to reduce pub
lie debt and to prevent misuse of pub
lie funds. Both Mr.. Chase and Mr..
Reed talked along the lines suggested
by these detectives.
H. K. Nygaard Of the Minnesota
Taxpayers Association explained what
taxpayers have done in Minneapolis
and other communities to effect re-
duction and to get more in value out
of their tax dollar. 1t was explained
that should the taxpayers of the var
ious counties represented take hold
of the movement that every assistance
possible would be given them in or
ganizing various local county units.
The meeting was then thrown open
for general discussion and among the
persons to speak were John Tolverson
of Fulda, j. B. Gislason7 of Minneota,
d. w. Deland of Worthington, and
others, who endorsed the program Of
the Association and spoke of local
matters that are confronting the tax
payers in their respective commune
ties.
The State Association program
plans to unity taxpayers leagues and
to bring together for
common purpose individuals and or
ganizatlons with common thoughts.
1t plans to push the organization of
local units throughout the state, to
keep the local units and their con-
stituent members advised of the Leg
islatures activities and to give all
support possible to desirable and prac-
ticable measures and movements
designed to reduce taxes, curb ex-
eliminate public extrava-
gance, decrease public debt and end
any misuses of public funds.
The officers for 1927 are: president,
]. F. Reed, Pres. MINI. Farm Bureau
Federation, st. Paul; 1st vice presi-
dent, H. z. Mitchell, Ex.-Pres. MINI.
Editorial Assn, Bemidji; End vice
president, Whitney Wall, Pres. MINI.
Realty Assn, Duluth; 3rd vice presi-
dent, C. D. Tearse, Fres. DR.. Wards
Medical Co., Winona; secretary, E.
A. Purdy, vice president Wells Dick
ey Co., Minneapolis; treasurer, G. M.
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