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NAME OF
CITY, TOWN AND
VILLAGE
Arctander
Burbank
Colfax
Dovre
Edwards
Fahlun
-Gennessee
Green Lake
Harrison
Holland
Irving
Kandiyohi
Lake Andrew
Lake Elizabeth
Lake Lillian
East Lake Lillian ..
Mamre
Ne London
Norway Lake
ftoseland
Roseville
St. Johns
Whitefield
"Willmar
Village of Atwater
Village of Kandiyohi.
Village of New London
Village of Pennock
Village of Raymond..
Village of Spicer..
City of Willmar
I N A N I A S A E E N
(Continued from Page 3)
School District Fund
I Receipts I
Balance I from
jan..l, '09 State Ap
porton- I
Dr. Cr. I ment and
Tax Col
I lectiona
1
3
3
4
5
I Payments
I
Treasurer
TOTAL
$609.31
264.46
268.98
674.97
573.72
491.26
5.766.27
401.70
264.51
442.35
545.65
320.70
301.18
908.28
1,010.03
258.87
280.49
229.3S
636.11
304.23
232.47
658.57
465.87
779.25
466.30
1,663.52
577.60
564 81
242.88
585.63
492.49
373 67
481 82
341.00
689.74
7,771.81
521 91
651.26
501.24
539.85
310.38
425 58
642.57
537.82
1,530 17
21,240.27
241.30
4,125.38
375.95
581.72
171.02
663.16
397.04
1,738.38
549.24
700.54
450.36
681.92
347.72
306.09
385.86
1,015.68
788.93
784.81
426.66
478.91
509.98
903.28
410.45
108.64
305.36
306 48
324.65
352 09
433.16
736.22
249.19
560.52
347.79
1,485.32
2,051.12
677.70
731.08
409.62
315.44
511.56
362.04
543.91
618.13
474.50
234.93
1,148.03
232.77
262.26
577.10
205.89
464.14
772.95
203.56
370.35
468.24
'691.67
122.64
706.45
2.16
54:24
5
Payments
to State
Treasurer
Acct
School
Fund
$609.31
264.46
268.98
674.97
573.72
491.26
5,766.27
401.70
264.51
442.35
545.65
320.70
400.02
908.28
1,010.03
258.87
280.49
284.38
636 11
304.23
232.47
658 57
465.87
779.25
488.87
1,663.52
577.60
564 81
242.S8
585.63
492 49
430 38
481.82
341.00
689.74
7,771 81
521 91
651.26
501 24
539.85
310.38
626.62
642 57
537.82
1.530.17
21,240 27
241.30
4,125.38
375.95
581.72
171.02
663.16
508.47
1,738.38
629.64
700.54
450.36
681.92
347.72
306.09
385.86
1,015.68
788.93
784.81
593 49
478.91
509.98
903.28
410.45
248.50
365.49
400.95
324.65
$98.84
55.00
$609.31
264.46
268.98
674.97
573.72
347.79
5,146.27
351.27
264.51
252.12
545.65
320.70
313.38
908.28
917.43
258.87
280.49
221.62
636.11
243.38
232 47
658.57
465.87
779.25
323.73
1,663.52
577.60
460.81
175.32
585.63
209.75
306.38
481.82
341.00
646.79
7,529.20
413.60
651.26
501.24
539.85
310 38
445.02
642.57
537.85
1.526.65
19,099.14
241.3*
4,125.38
375.95
576.30
171.02
663.16
408.60
1.508.49
621.19
700.54
450 36
592.36
347.72
306.09
385.86
895.68
788.93
784.81
593.49
378.68
509.98
825.28
410.45
248.50
280.17
400.95
324 65
352.09
433.16
736 22
249.19
560.52
347.79
1,213.77
2,051.12
644.18
689.02
409.62
315.44
511.56
362.04
549.64
618.13
474.50
234.93
807.29
232.77
262.26
677.10
205.89
410.84
772.95
436.20
370.35
468.24
691.67
352.09
433.16
736.22
249.19
560 52
347.79
1,485.32
2,051.12
677.70
1,047.72
409.62
315.44
511.56
362.04
802.52
618.13
474.50
234.93
1,148.03
232.77
262.26
577.10
205.89
538.46
772.95
435.20
370.35
468.24
691.67
122.64
706.45
4.54
101.91
Balance
REFUND
Jan. 1,'10
Pr. Cr.
$139.20
520.00
30.00
$4.27
104.00
124.00
26.00
200.00
200.00
81.00
'78.66
224.00
20.66
299.20
7*06.45
90.41
$2,018,541 $93,297,211 $95,315.75] $88,205.78
$4,026.96
Town, Village and City Fund
To warrants issued as per
statement below $48,163.42
To refundment
242-s?
To balance Jan. 1, 1910 2,417.21
Total .$50,829.91
Receipts
from Tax
Collect
ions and
I BALANCE
|JAN.1,*09
OR. CR
1,918.06
455.71
1,052.77
744.00
1,483.64
1,507.21
738.93
998.22
393.57
514.64
878.39
1,116.13
650.23
526.13
559.00
1,034.27
774.46
1,444.70
523.75
2,131.11
3,121.15
401 35
810.S8
275.58
662 00
1,115 91
280.49
113.74
43.12
133.22
132 84
1,046.901 21,674.37
$1,911 60|$48.558 8l!$50,500 41|$48 163.42
Refunding Fund
To balance Jan. 1, 1909 $40.83
To warrants issued as per
statement below 605.57
Total $646.40
15042 Wm. Shields, ditch taxes
refunded $50.00
15278 D. N. Tallman, exempt
property 48.13
15309 F. H. Wellcome. 1905 R.
B. tax. paid before sale 18.16
15612 J. A. Hedin, adm. John
Nelson estate, 1908 per
sonal tax .. 441.25
15645 O. R. Hokom, 1907 per
sonal property tax 10.65
To distributions—
March settlement
November settlement
To balance Jan. 1, 1910
Current School Fund
$8(472.53
13,497.12
376.29
Total $22,345 94
$100.00
19.43
72.00
190.23
86.64
'20.60
.05
A
165.14
67.56
282*74
16.95
40.27
2.34
108.31
181.60
3.52
1,700.00
168.18
272.95
5.42
99.87
29.89
8.45
89.56
120.00
19.23
85.32
47.55
13.52
358.70
252.88
41.54
127.62
122.64
4.54
11.50
$194.23
By balance Jan. 1, 1909 $1,941.60
By collections—
March settlement 13,170.06
June settlement 23,122.98
November settlement 12,595.27
Total $50,829.91
I Pay- I
Attest:
JOHN FEIG,
Auditor,
$2,888.78
(SEAL.)
BALANCE
JAN. l.'lO
DR CR.
TOTAL I ments to RBPUND
Treasurer I En
Licenses
$124.02
39.77
27.50
$82.05
313.97
370.37
286.26
$206.07
353.74
397.87
286.26
1,918.06
455.71
1,052.77
744.00
1,483 64
1,607.21
1,019.42
998.22
393.57
514 64
878.39
1,116.13
650.23
639.87
602.12
1,034.27
907.68
1,444.70
523 75
2,131 11
3,121.15
401.35
943 72
275 58
662.00
1,115 91
22,721.27
$193.63
291.45
372.00
286.26
1,918.06
455.71
1,052.77
744.00
1,483.64
1,507.21
1,019.42
998.22
393.57
414.82
878.39
1,116.13
650.23
638.06
559.51
1,030.82
907.68
1,444 70
523.75
2,127.54
3,118.99
381.27
943.72
275.58
662.00
1,115.91
20,658.38
$1.21
$11.23
62.29
25.87
99.82
1.18
42.61
'3.45
3.57
2.16
20.08
233.80
1,829.09
$246 00
$2,090.99
By refundments distributed.. $630.65
By balance Jan. 1, 1910 15.75
Total $646.40
15646 Osmund Sonderson, 1907
real estate tax 12.18
15652 Harold Swenson, 1907
real estate tax 9.45
15877 Ida Jacobson, 1908 real
estate tax 9.92
16168 Peter Bonde, 1904 real es
tate tax 5.8"
Total -. $605.57
By balance Jan. 1. 1909 $290.J2
By March state apportionment 7,450.20
By Oct. state apportionment.. 12,978.00
By distributions—
March settlement 618.07
June settlement 432 fir
November settlement 369.04
By collection of fines 207.05
Total $22,345.94
Current Tax Collection Fund
To distributions—
March settlement $42,692.81
June settlement 89,505.44
November settlement 48,807.10
To, balance Jan. 1. 1910 9,424.17
'r
Total $190,429.52
Delinquent Tax Collection Fund
To distributions—
March settlement $2,690.90
June settlement 5,221.27
November settlement 1,094.00
To balance Jan. 1, 1910 275.28
Total $9,281.45
To warrants paid $277,016.52
tu.7i
a a a lp 1 9 1 0
60*85 standing warrants $389.00
Total $277,405.52
Dated at Willmar, Minnesota, this 7th day of January,
A. D. 1910.
THOS. H. OLSON,
On one occasion when Verdi was en
gaged on his well known opera, "II
Trovatore." he stopped short at the
passage of the "Miserere." being at a
loss to combine notes of sufficient sad
ness and pathos to express the grief
of the prisoner. Manrico.
Sitting at bis piano in the deep still
ness of the winter night, his imagina
tion wandered back to the stormy days
of his youth, endeavoring to extract
from the past a plaint, a groan, like
those which escaped from his breast
when be. saw^Jjimsglf forsaken by the
world. All in^ainl *.
One day at Milan he was unexpect
edly called to the bedside of a dying
^gLd _0£e. of the few who had re
mained faithful to him in adversity
and prosperity. Verdi at the sight of
his dying friend Jelt^ a lump rise in bis
throat, wanted to "weep, but so in
tense was bis grief that not a tear
flowed to the relief of his anguish.
In an adjoining room stood a piano
Verdi, under one of those sudden im
pulses to which men of genius are
sometimes subject sat down at the in
strument and there and then impro
vised the sublime "Miserere" of the
"Trovatore." The musician had given
utterance to bis grief.
QUEER JEWELRY,
Telegraph Wire Necklaces and Insula
tors as Earrings.
The aesthetic and decorative uses to
which barbarians" will turn objects
which to civilized races are tbinjrs of
the humblest' utility are amusingly il
lustrated by this "fashiou uote" from
West Africa taken from au Italiau
newspaper:
For -some time the officials of the
Gernmu colony in South west Africa
noticed that,the telegraph wires and
other accessories of the electrical nlant
By balance Jan. 1, 1909 $8,005.35
By collections 182,424.17
Total $190,429.52
By balance Jan. 1, 1909 $199 71
By, collections 9,081.74
Warrants Account
Assets and Liabilities.
ASSET S AN I A I I I E S
ASSETS
•Cash in County Revenue Fund $32,558.84
Cash in County Road and Bridge
Fund 697.4?
Cash in County Poor Fund 2,863.48
County Taxes of 1908 and prior.... 3,181.61
County Taxes of 1909 32,309.41
State Share of Wolf Bounty 7.50
Court House and Jail Buildings
with records, fixtures, furniture
and one Block of Land 51,000.00
LIABILITIES
Outstanding Warrants
Net Assets
Indebtedness for Ditch Bonds sold
Total $9,281.45
By balance Jan. 1, 1909 $339.35
By warrants issued 277,066.17
Total $277 405 52
N. B. JOHNSON,
J. O.JKLOSTER,
S. A. SYVERSON,
C. J. SWENSON,
$122,618.31
Board of County Commissioners,
KandiyohiCounty,[ Minnesota.
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
CAUGHT THE MOOD.
Ifhe Incident That Helped Verdi With
His "Miserere.**
Men of genius are confessedly crea
tures of mood. Grief and adversity
hare often been a real help to them
rather than a hindrance. Poe, It is
said, produced "The Raven" while sit
ting at the bedside of bis sleeping but
dying wife. .Many similar instances
might be cited.' but an anecdote of
Verdi, told by- Carlo Geccarelli. will
suffice.
389.00
$122,229.31
$152,395.63
Said indebtedness is covered by uncollected ditch as
sessments and cash in the County Ditch Fund.
The foregoing statement, prepared by the County
Auditor, is approved by this Board and respectfully submit,
ted to the tax payers of Kandiyohi County.
dlaaoDeared aa t»» m»sic aimDe*uuxe!y
after they nad been put up. Tne most
diligent inquiries remained fruitless.
From other parts of the German pos
sessions came reports of,strange pre
dilections for articles of German com
merce, as. for example, rubber heels,
garters, buckles, and so forth, things
which the natives of those countries do
not. generally use.
The governor of the colony gave an
entertainment one year in honor of
the emperor's birthday and invited the
chiefs of the different tribes to it.
What was bis surprise when be saw
these native gentlemen appear with
his stolen telegraph wires twisted
round their illustrious necks. The
higher the dignity the more rings of
the wire were round the neck.
Inquiries were soon started in the
outlying villages, and it came to light
that the white china insulators of the
telegraph poles had become earrings.
A young lady Of the highest distinc
tion in native society wore a rubber
heel hanging from her nose, and a
young man who was a well known
dandy wore dangling from his ears a
pair of beautiful pink silk garters.
A Soldier's Beginnings.
We were visiting at Sandringhain
Sir Evelyn Wood, who is very deaf,
crept up as near as be could to the
musicians, and in one of the pauses he
said to me, "Are you fond of music?"
I answered. "Yes." "Do you play
anything?" J._saWL"No?' "..Wen/* he
went "on. "I^am so fond of I at
would you believe It, I began to prac
tice scales at twenty-four. But one day
my sister came up and put her hand
on my shoulder and said. 'My dear
boy, you bad better give that up,' and
so I did." He also told me that he
began life as a sailor, then went to the
bar and finally entered thev army. The
only profession be bad not tried was
the church, and his enemies say he
would have tried that, only he did not
know -what church to choose.—"Life
of Sir William Broadhaiit." „v
The Higher Criticism.
1
'A
The Clergyman—But. my friend, why
make use of such abominable oaths?
The Motorcyclist—Abominable! Do
you know any better ones?—Harper's
Weekly.
The desire of appearing clever often
prevents one becoming so.—Rochefou
cauld. "V
ALASKA'S GREAT
COALJROBLEM.
Roosevelt's Conservation Order
Delaying Development.
LOCAL NEED SAIDTO BE ACUTE
E. C. Hawkins, Engineer In Charge of
the Copper River and Northwestern
Railroad, Throws Light Upon an Ab
surd Situation—Paying $14 a Ton
For Coal When It Can Be Mined In
the Territory For S}1.50.
Because Alaskans cannot mine any
of their owu excellent coal by reason
of the conservation order of President
Roosevelt they are being forced to
make heavy drafts on the timber re
serve, according to E. C. Hawkins,
engineer in charge of the new Copper
River and Northwestern railroad, who
has just reached New York to make
his annual report to the company.
Mr. Hawkins is the engineer who
built the remarkable White Pass and
Yukon road, an achievement second
only to the one he has now half finish
ed for the Morgan-Guggenheim syndi
cate. He has some most interesting
things to say about the conditions iu
the northland that have recently been
attracting public attention.
"The local need for our own coal is
acute." said Mr. Hawkins. "We feel
it especially in our road construction,
but every one else feels it too. Peo
ple must keep warm in Alaska, as
elsewhere, and it needs much fuel to
do it in winter. We pay $14 a ton for
British Columbia soft coal to use on
the railroad, and it certainly costs the
small consumer no less. Even this
has been unobtainable at times, and
we recently faced the necessity of
putting a large force to work cutting
timber for firewood to be used in keep
ing our five caisson and pier pumps
going and running the work-engines.
At that we found it at times almost
Impossible to keep steam in our boil
ers, though the safety of much con
struction and even of lives depended
on it. With an almost inexhaustible
store of coal within a few miles of
our tracks we should be getting It for
about $1.50 a ton instead of $14. Cer
tainly without adequate fuel supply
the opening of Alaska with railroads
is going to be very slow. It cannot be
otherwise. And transportation devel
opment is the greatest need of that
wonderfully rich territory.
The New Copper Region.
"Nevertheless, the Copper River and
Northwestern is being forced ahead as
rapidly as possible. By the 1st of
next July it will have reached the
mouth of the Chitina river, 138 miles
inland. This means that the great
Kotsina-Chitlna copper region—proba
bly the richest in the world, but so far
almost unexplored—will be easily ac
cessible to miners and prospectors next
summer, an event that Alaska is await
ing eagerly. This, practically the open
ing of a new region for ingress and
egress, has hitherto been most diffi
cult. The development of this terri
tory means a large and continuous pro
duction of wealth for generations not
iu one spot, but over a large area.
"The road is uow carried to the
mouth of the Tiekel river. 102 miles
from Cordova, our terminus at tidewa
ter. In this stretch there is only one
break—at Mile 49, where the line cross
es the Copper river between the two
active glaciers. Childs and Miles.
"It has been necessary at this point
to build a 1.000 foot bridge of un
precedented strength and, construction
to resist the ice Sows. Just above the
bridge is a lakelike widening of the
river into which the three mile front of
Childs glacier volleys great bergs all
summer long. In winter this lake is
frozen several feet deep. At the pres
ent time we are running trains over
the ice on temporary tracks, so that
track will be continuous to the end of
the line until the spring breakup. The
three bridge piers have had a severe
test this summer. The ice 'flow, as'can
be imagined, is tremendous. The river
is deep and swift and the force of the
big bergs afloat on it nothing short of
terrific. To resist this we have sunk
our piers forty to sixty feet to beF
rock, building them of solid concrete,
re-enforced by heavy steel rails set up
right a foot apart in the concrete. The
piers are further protected by the
heaviest' kind of concrete and steel
guards, also sunk to bedrock, and are
set where there are bars in the river
that deflect the biggest of the bergs.
They are ninety feet through from end
to end.
Bridge Building In Alaska.
"The steel superstructure of the
bridge we hope to have in place early
next fall, by which time the line will
be well on its way eastward up the
Chitina to the copper mines. This is
to be the first branch of the road com
pleted, and it should be open from the
eastern to the southern terminus about
one year from now.
"Another branch beginning at Mile
38 of the main liner on the Copper riv
er and running about forty-eight miles
to the Bering river coal fields is sur
veyed, and a good deal of the roadbed
is built. This branch could be built
in a short time and the Alaskan coal
made available for our Alaskan road
and the people of th^ territory without
further delay.
"Beyond the end of the present
length of track at Tiekel the line runs
through Woods canyon for twenty
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N.
nlle*. Thai forge exceedingly wife,
wltb almost perpendicular aide* Vk
considerable atretches. This neccaav
tatea almost contlnuous'rock work,
this Is about the only kind of con
struction we are' able to continue o*
the road during the winter. From 6fJo
to 1,500 men will be kept in the can
yon all this winter, and as soon as pus*
slble in the spring 2.000 more will bt
added to the force. Beyond the mouths
•f the Chitina construction is moder
ately easy for the Alaskan coast which*
presents more and worse obstacles fs
railroad construction than any part of
the world 1 know. At the Chitina^
however, the Copper river must be
bridged for the third time within a,
hundred miles."
EXPERT SEES FUTURE
FORALASKAN FARMING
Important Statement byGovern
ment Agent Just Returned.
There are many thousands of mile*
of good tillage land in the valleys of
the southern coast of Alaska, to say
nothing of the great interior, accord
ing to Levi Chubbuck. special agent
for the department of agriculture, who
has just returned trom the northland.
Mr. Chubbuck spent the entire sum
mer making a general reconuoissanee
of agricultural lands that may be sur
veyed for nouiesteadiug by the general
land office. The chief areas examined
were the Sushitna basin uorth of Sew
ard, the Copper river and the Xanana
valleys. Concerning agricultural prog
ress and possibilities in Alaska he
makes statements that may be consid
ered most conservative, but that will
be amazing to the great majority of
those "outside."
"The most obvious fact concerning
nearly all the valleys of this area 1
I have seen—from tidewater northward
150 miles—is that they are natural
grazing lands. There are certainly
thousands of square miles of a very
high quality of wild grass, the nutri
tive value of which for stock seems
well established. The grass often
stands six and seven feet high and is
of the most luxuriant growth also it
can be cured and is of good keeping
quality.
A Great Dairying Country.
"Nearly all of this land except some-^
side hill areas has more or less stand
ing and fallen timber on it. but much
is immediately available for grazing.
With adequate winter protection stock
thrives, and the market with tbe.de-.
velopment of roads would .seem as
sured. At present every pound of meat
consumed must come from Seattle, and
meat is of first importance in the diet
ary of so cold a country as this. is
many parts of the country also It costs
the consumer $1 a pound. All dairy
products, too, are brought in by steam
er at high cost, and this is certainly a
dairying country.
"There need be no speculation as to
some present possibilities. Farming
has just begun in a few localities in
this region, and local conditions are
most varied, but oats and barley are
being successfully grown, timothy
flourishes, and the root crop Is of high
excellence.
Found Many Fine Farms.
"I have been astonished at the
amount of farming under way around
Seward. 1 had expected practically
none, and instead 1 find half a dozen
flourishing ranches on a commercial ba
sis and dozens of home gardens. Pota
toes of first quality are being grown in
half a dozen neighborhoods, excellent
turnips grow freely, and there seems
no difficulty with beets, carrots, rad
ishes, beans, peas and lettuce. Cab
bage and cauliflower are a surprising
success in some localities. 1 believe
this list can be extended almost indefi
nitely with careful selection of varie
ties, a study of soil requirements and
acclimatization by selective breeding.
The possibilities are still practically
unknown, but we do know that they
are far greater than most people even
here in Alaska imagine. Some of the
most promising parts of this area
have not been tried at all, and the
most successiul tests have generally
been in the least likely locations.
"Regarding climatic conditions I
have been somewhat surprised. With
in a thousand feet of sea level in fairly
open country the growing season is not
shorter than in the mountain region of
New Hampshire. Peas are safely
planted in May, and danger from frost
is considered over after the first few
days in June.* In the fall the first
frosts are rarely before the second
week in September. It is true that the
summers are cooler than in the north
ern states and on the immediate coast
have more rain, but there is compen
sation in the fifteen to eighteen hours
of sunshine daily and the continuous
daylight for nearly three months.
"The exact area of the tillage lands
in the Sushitna group of valleys, as an
example generally applicable, is still
impossible even to estimate, as much
of the territory is uninhabited and stilt
because of Its undeveloped state- rath
er than because it is inaccessible.
There is a total area of about 2..T00
square miles along the western edge
of Ivenai peninsula bordering Cook in
let, the gre-iter part of which is prob
ably available and some small valleys
in. the interior of the peninsula. I
roughly estimate the rest, which inA
eludes the Knik Ann region and Ma
tanuska valley to the eastward, the
Yentna to the westward, the main
Sushitna valley and smaller tributaries
running northward far Into the^ in
terior ar. saj. 2.500 square miles, but
It might exceed this considerably."
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