Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-10-31
COUNTY BUYS
SNOW FENCE
Ten Miles of Fence; Each
Commissioner District
Gets Two Miles.
Board Approves Federal
Forest Reserve in 8 Town
ships, 6 Sections.

The board of county commissioners
at their session Monday purchased 10
miles of snow fence and posts to be
erected in various sections of the
county this fall 1t was purchased
from the Interstate Lumber Com
pany of Pine City, at cost of ap-
proximately $4,000. Two miles of the
snow fence will be erected in each
of the five commissioner districts un-
der the direction of the highway en-
gineer and with the approval of the
commissioners.
L. F. Appleby, secretary of the Pine
County Poultry association, appeared
before the board and asked for an ap-
preparation for the annual poultry
show. The request was turned down.
Several requests of changes from
one school district to another were
disposed Of
Forest Reserve Up.
A committee from eastern Pine
county consisting of Roy A. Nation
Keene; r j. Shute, Wilma; Geo. w.
Rash, Belden; and F. F. Vaughn, Do
sey, asked the board to pass a reso-
luton approving of a federal forest
reserve in the townships they repre-
scented, the area to include all of the
townships of Belden, Keene, Dosey,
and the upper six sections in each of
the townships of Wilma and Arna.
The board decided to lay the matter
meantime have the county attorney
look into the legality of the proposed
resolution.
Tax Delinquency Proposition.
At the meeting Tuesday forenoon
Geo. w. Empey of Hinckley, who has
been before the board several times
the last few months appeared again
to stress the Importance of getting de-
linquent taxes collected and getting
more lands back on the tax rolls of
the county, and asked to be appointed
to that position. He advanced prac-
tically the same arguments as those
he presented at the Wilma town hall
three weeks ago, and a report of
which was published in the American.
Mr.. Empey said that land values
should differ, the choice lands near
to good roads and schools should be
assessed higher than the lands that
are swampy and farther removed.
The taxes are slipping he argued, and
we should get them back at some rate.
The general taxable valuation of wild
lands should be scaled down.
Harry Gebhardt and H. o. Hanstad
of Wilma township, and E. T. Hogan
Mr.. Empey and asked the board to APP
point him to this position of tax col
lectOr or supervisor of assessments.
Mr.. Hogan was very emphatic and
said to the board that they should APP
point some one to this position and
eff you don't want Mr.. Empey then APP
point some other bonehead"
Editor Hjalmar Petersen of AskOv,
spoke in opposition to the creating of
any more jobs in the county at this
time, suggesting that if necessary the
county board could meet an extra day
or two each month for a. while and
thresh out these matters, they being
cOnversant with the tax situation in
their localities and are the duly
elected representative of the county to
look after such matters. That if there
is to be settlement of any large
tracts of delinquent taxes it will nee
essarily have to come before them
anyway and then later to be approved
by the State Tax Commission. Mr.
Petersen also suggested that if the
board deemed it advisable they might
make allowance for the hiring of a
stenographer for few weeks or few
months in the auditors office and the
auditor could then dictate letters for
her to send to- owners of delinquent
tax lands and try to get them back
on the tax rolls of the county, but
strongly opposed the creating of an
other job.
The argument that ensued got a
little heated and there were a few
words forth and back The board
recessed for lunch and at 1 o'clock
took up work again.
The other members of the forestry
committee from eastern Pine county
having returned home the first day of
the boards session, F. F. Vaughn of
Dosey, was alone in pleading for the
board to approve the proposed reserve.
He said that as it stands now the sett-
lers in Dosey township especially, are.
losing hope. The bonded indebted
ness in the township and school dis,
trict No. 100 together is over $100, 000.
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