New Ulm Review from New Ulm, Minnesota • Page 8

A A 5 1 Co f.i.iiD Comfortable FO THE WINTER Don't wait till too look after your homes now. See that your rooms are pleasantly refreshed with a coat of Kalcimine or Plat Paint Colors Window Glass See to it that all your broken windows are replaced by new ones and Tavoid the cold. THE Pionee Drag Store The flotsam and jetsam of life never were fortunate enough to have the proper advice to start a bank account. Nothing establishes permanency, and nothing means so much toward retaining it. as money in the bank.

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102 Residence Phone, No. 106 NEW ULM, MINN. 2 5 3 5 'i. UCT fichored Today Albert and F. W.

Helm were callers St. Peter Wednesday and took in the Couutj Fair. Charles Eates of Mankato was a bullous caller here a few dsys last -week. Andrew Hippert pitched ball for the Oshawa team at St. Peter last Wednesday and gave the Ottawa team a shut out and the score was too high to be mentioned.

Fred Fiene of Madison, visited here a few days last week. Herman Harmening, O. W. Block, E. D.

and Louis Precht were St. Peter callers Thursday. Frank Beinhart was a business caller at Mankato a few days last week. Judge Moll, County Treasurer John Webster and C. W.

Carpenter of St. Peter were callers here Friday. Joe EpDle of New Ulm was a business caller here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.

Otto Berbrieh and son Walter visited at Wabasso a few days this week. Franz Luepke from here and Miss Selma Rodewald of Gibbon were married Wednesday in the Lutheran Church. Rev. H. Strasen officiated.

Mr. and Mrs. Luepke are at home on their farm in town Brighton. We wish the young couple a long and prosperous life. E.

E. Miller of St. Peter was a caller here Saturday. The big crop of corn is causing an immense demand for harvesters and our implement men arescore than busy. Golden Gate.

Mrs. Prendergast of St. Paul arrived here Sunday to visit at the home of Wm. Cutting. Frank Sherman has sold his farm to Henry Wischstad of Eden.

Mr. Sherman intends to move to Montana in the near future. The dance at the Golden Gate Hall Saturday evening was well attended. Charles N. Robertson, state road engineer of Brown spent Sunday at the home of his parents.

Aif. Lee of Ridgely Township is visiting friends at Sleepy Eye. Mr, and Mrs. Ed. Moll are spending the week visiting friends and relatives in the Cities.

Alex Pickle had the misfortune of having his foot badly cut laat Saturday by a rolling colter. Dr. Welcome was called to dress the wound. Jacob Current, our old democratic war horse, and his grandchildren visited at the home of John Kuelbs. Miss Mae Werring is spending the week at Springfield visiting her brother.

Hugo Moll of Tracy is around calling on friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. S.

Cutting were at New Ulm on business last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clausen are visiting with friends at Rochester and vicinity. Wm.

Guse has moved to his farm which he recently purchased south of Sleepy Eye. College Heights. Wednesday last Rev. E. G.

Fritz and wife of Fairfax pleased their son, Edmund and their daughter, Lydia, with a visit. Saturday W. Johnson, '16, Arth. Koehler, '15 and J. Thorn, '18, visited their parents at Nicollet.

Sunday W. Hobenstein, '13 and O. Albrecht, '13, paid Rev. I. Albrecht and O.

Boerneke a visit. Prof. A. Sitz occupied the pulpit of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Sunday, Sept.

15 and Prof. E. R. Bliefernicbt preached in the Lutheran Church at Balaton. Prof.

J. Meyer went to Lewiston to preach on the occasion of the dedication of the new school house Saturday. High School Notes. The members of the sophomore class and new upper class students have been divided between the Tbalian and Athena Literary societies. The societies met Monday afternoon and elected the fallowing officers: Athena Erwin Haenze vice Clarence Gieseke Dora Edwards.

Jeanette Meile vice Harold Vogtel secretary, Leo Seifert. The first program will be given on Friday afternoon, October 25th. The Athletic Association met last Friday and chose Mitchell Russell as Manager, Leo Seifert, President, Kurt Bell, Sec'y. and Anton Gruenenfelder, Treasurer. A game of baseball was played Saturday afternoon between the High School and the College, resulting in favor of the former with a of 10 to 4.

Taiaikw la As shown In the two preceding articles the law requiring that "all property shall be assessed at Us true and full value in money" never been obeyed. Instead of assessing at true and full value it is the universal custom to assess at from 25 to 50 per cent of true value. Instead of assessing every article in a given class of property at full value, or at a given, uniform percentage of full value it is the universal custom to assess every article in certain classes of property at a fixed sum regardless of value and instead of assessing all property not exempt from taxation it is the custom in many districts to willfully and systematically omit a large amount of personal property from the rolls. All of these methods are, of course, illegal and all of them have been adopted in open and direct violation of perfectly clear and unequivocal statutes requiring that all property not exempt shall be listed and assessed, and that all of it shall be assessed at true and full value. For the willful failure to assess all property subject to taxation, and for the assessment of every article in a given class at the same figure regardless of value there is no possible excuse.

Such methods, as we have shown, are grossly unfair and work irreparable injury to individual taxpayers: but for the assessment of property at a certain uniform per cent: of full value, instead of at full value, a great deal can be said in justification. During the fifty-four years since we became a state many laws have been passed which are based upon the prevailing custom of assessing property at from 25 to 50 per cent of true and full value instead of upon the statute requiring that assessment be made at "true and full value." First: The salaries of county auditors and their clerks of county treasurers and, in part, the salaries of judges of probate, are fixed and determined by the assessed valuation of the county, and if property was assessed at true and full value as required by law the salary of every one of these officials would be increased to an amount far in excess of that intended by the legislature. Second: The indebtedness which counties, cities, villages and towns can incur is definitely limited by law. Cities of the first class being limited to 5 per cent of their assessed valuation, and the other municipalities to 10 per cent. If all property was assessed "at its true and full value" it would be possible for all these municipalities to increase their indebtedness at least threefold.

Third: The power of counties, cities, villages, towns and school districts to raise money by taxation is definitely limited by law to certain maximum rates. For example, the highest rate that can be imposed in any county for general revenue purposes is one per cent. The same thing is true at varying rates for all the other municipalities. It is plain, therefore, that the amount of money any municipality can raise by taxation is limited by the amount of its assessment, and it is equally plain that if property' in any municipality is assessed at "true and full value" it can raise three times as much as it could if the assessment was made at one-third of full value. The rate of taxation in many communities has already reached maximum, and if assessments were made at a higher per cent of true value than the prevailing custom, taxes would undoubtedly be much higher than they are at present.

Fourth: A very considerable part of the revenue obtained by direct taxation is derived from taxes levied for certain specific purposes at rates which are definitely fixed by law, such as the "one mill school tax," and the one-tenth of mill tax for the "Soldiers' relief fund" and the like. The rate of these taxes remains the same year after year regardless of the taxable valuation of the state or of the needs of the institutions for which the tax is levied, and it can only be changed by amending the law. The aggregate rate of all these so-called "special taxes" at present amounts to 2.58 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation, and the total revenue derived from them in 1911 was approximately $3,000,000. If property in that year had been assessed at its true and full value as provided by law these taxes would have been increased fully threefold, and would probably have amounted to more than $9,000,000. In short, if the law requiring that "all property shall be assessed at its true and full value" was rigidly enforced it would inevitably result in a large and needless increase in taxes in a great and uncalled for increase in salaries most likely in a great increase in municipal indebtedness, and in a general and unwarranted demoralization of our entire revenue system.

The next article will show the efforts that have been made to correct these evils. (Ooatlauad 49S for the UM of 111 puptli. In thia matter of facilities for obtaining reading material our eity has always been laggard. Sleepy Eye boasts 13500 worth of apparatus to our 91000 worth. The country and semi-graded schools report a total of 11,645 volumes in their libraries.

There were 1315 new volumes bought for the county schools during the jeer 399 being for the high and graded sohools. One lonely little tree was planted on our school grounds last year and none on any other high school grounds in the county. In the country 120 trees were set out. Our schools have not yet taken the interest in reforestation they should show. Seventy eight schoolhouses in our county have no trees about them and only six stand in natural groves and yet an average of less than two trees planted per school house is the record made the past year.

Another thing Cash on hand $17,888.29 Appropriations 8,065.00 Special tax 41,058.73 Local one-mill tax 2,136 23 Special state aid 6,600 00 Bonds and other sources 1,808.83 a I Totals $77,557.08 a Disbursements for the Fiscal High and New Depot for Marshall. Marshall has the promise of a new, up-to-date depot from the officials of the Great Northern, and it looks as tho this time the promise would, be made good. Several years ago the citizens of Marshall were promised a new depot, but nothing ever came of it. A little over a week ago a crew of carpenters and painters were sidetracked there with orders to repair the old depot. Just about that time the Commercial Club got busy and as a result of their efforts the repair work was stopped and the promise given them that Marshall is to have a new depot as soon as new plans and arrangements can be made.

The newPotatoes, building will face on Main Street and will be equipped with all modern veniences. WEST TIB FALL LOW 0HF-WAY COLONIST FAKE Daily from September 25 to October 10,1912, one-way second class Colonist tickets will be on sale to the principal points in California and the North Pacific Coast via the Chicago and North Western Ry. Also to the more important points in Montana, Idaho, Utah, etc. Choice of scenic routes. Favorable stop-over privileges.

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U. A. Smith, Bridgeton, had kidney trouble for years, and was so crippled with rheumatism he could not dress without help. He started using Foley Kidney Pills, and says: "I began to get better at once, and now all my trouble has left me and I do not feel that I ever had rheumatism. 1 rest well all night and tho' 59 years old, can now do the work of a man of 35 years.

I would like to be tbe means of others getting benefit from Foley Kidney Pills." Refuse substitutes. O. M. Olsen. Minneapolis St.

Louis R. R. NORTH BOTJNt New Ulm A St. Sun.) 6:15 a. m.

Twin Cities Passenger (ex. Sun.) 1:45 pm Local Freight (ex. Sun.) SOUTH BOUND. New Ulm St. Sun.) 8:45 p.

m. ftona Lake Paw (ex. pm Local Freight (ex. Sun.) 8:60 am Board of Public Works. Notice ia hereby given that at a meeting of the Board of Public Works of the City of New Ulm, to be held in the City Clerks office of said city, on the 25th day of September.

1912at 8 o'clock P. M. the said Board of Public Wows win mane tne Assessments of benefits and if anv. derived from the local improvements made in said city and authorized by said Board, hereinafter set out, to owners of real property fronting thereon, to wit: For constructing sewer on State Street from Second South Street to Sixth South Street. Any person interested in said assessment may appear before the Board at said time.

gated New Ulm, September 9th, ALBERT J. MEYER, 37 38 Clerk of Board of Public Works. about the matter It that this of lent than two per eohool was wompllshed Ihru the, of a few schools, Diet. No. 5 planting 17 trees.

No. 14-20, No. 20-10, No. No. 68-10 and No.

7S-17 which up 100 out of the 121 planted. The school of the eotiatr amount to $49,970, $41,000 of this being borne the high aud graded schools. The financial statement which herewith the transactions of the past year and a satisfactory condition in our school In conclusion we are pleased to add as an evidence of the thorough work done by Supt. Kennedy that he haa visited practically every school in, the county twice, many of them threetimes during the year, the only not so visited being those having very short of school. Mr.

deserves warm commendation for hispainstaking work and should be reelected without opposition. for the Fiscal Year. High and Semi-Graded Graded and Schools Rural Schools $25,903.50 10,765.11 18,834.22 6,339.34 8,708.02 3,965 26 iv Total 18,830.11 8,475.57 15,308.025,774 $74,515.54 Year. Semi-Graded and Rural Schools $30,375 25 4,681 97 3,796 24 1,653.30 852 55 434.06 4S4 63 524.79 2,634 86 29,077.89 Graded Schools wages and board Sfi Fuel and school supplies S2 Repairs and 66 New school houses and sites Bonds redeemed and interest 5,670 31 New library books 344 (j(j Text books 817.28 Apparatus 360.12 All other disbursements 7,505 58 Balance on hand 18,907.79 $77,557.08 $74,515.54 $152,072 62 Total' $67,209 9,570.70 6,024 90 1,653.30 Sli 77S72 1,301 01 884.01 10,140 MARKET REPORT. Corrected Sept.

17,1912. New Wheat No. 1 82 No.2 80 No.3 78 Flour, Compass 100 lb 2 Patent Family Bakers Graham Rye I I 2 2 80 2 402 502 1 125 140 28 I I I I I I I I I I I (1 I I 11 I I I I Shorts Bran Buckwheat per 100 lbs Oats parley a Corn go Cnickenfeed TO per Bushel 50-60 Butter, per ft Eggs, per dozen and 100 3 3 50-4 SO 6 00 "beep 50 25. 7 French Dry Gleaning Ladies' and Gentlemen's Clothing Cleaned and Pressed in latest improved fashion. Gentlemen'sclothing pressed whileyou wait.

Work called for and delivered. Phone 635 W. B. GREIG Center St. tailor who makes Superior Garments Our Baby Grand is Just Grand in its musical qualities.

You can listen to it all night and enjoy every note of its sweet rich tone. Its singing tone is unsurpassed and its splendid volume permits the proper rendering of the most classical music. We'll sell you one for as little as $800 and give you three years in which to pay for it. W. J.

Winkelmanns MUSI HALL KIESLING BLOCK NEW ULM.