State May Value Real Property
George Lord, chairman of the state tax commission, warned the board of supervisors that unless county assessors raise property values to full cash value, the state would revalue all taxable property at the county’s expense, about 20000 over three years. He cited underassessment of bank stocks, homes, and investment properties, and said mining properties are currently assessed at full cash value. He also warned timber holders the same, detailing expected timber values and potential cruiser appraisals paid by taxpayers. The afternoon session addressed timber holdings and included a list of proposed timber values for the county.
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State Tax Commission
George Lord
Board of Supervisors
Lord
Tax Commission
Marquette Land Office to Close This Month
The federal land office at Marquette will close at month end along with twenty seven other offices. President Coolidge issued an executive order citing a decline in public land business and stating remaining tasks will be handled by the General Land Office in Washington.
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Federal Land Office
Marquette
Upper Peninsula
Coolidge
Land Department
General Land Office
Washington, D
Rummel land case to be decided by Judge Driscoll
Judge G. O. Driscoll will render an opinion on the petition to enjoin the sale of the Rummel property to the city for 17300. Attorneys for Peterson and other taxpayers and the city will file briefs. Evidence showed the property's value was near the asking price. A commissioner's fee remark was denied. If the decision goes against the plaintiffs, the case may go to the state supreme court.
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G. 0. Driscoll
W. (. Cloon
J. C. Peterson
M. Humphries
W. S. Baird
Rummel
William Panter
Ironwood
Supreme Court of the State
Evening Mail Closes Earlier Each Weekday
The Evening Mail now closes at 6 30 p m on weekdays except Sunday due to new handling. Outgoing mail is carried by the gas scoot leaving daily at 7 00 p m. No Sunday dispatch announced. Currently the last mail leaves Wakefield Saturday night with no mail until Monday afternoon. Rouge is colored from cochineal insect preparations.
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A. M. Gilbert
Wakefield
Rebuild Plan Sets 24 Miles Of M 12 Roadwork This Summer
State highway department approves county work to reconstruct about 24 miles of M 12 from Watersmeet to near Wakefield. Contracts to be let in short stretches to speed completion, with federal aid and an 18 foot gravel surface. Route diversions advised for Wakefield Iron county travelers.
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Big Spring
Watersmeet
County Road Commission
State Highway Department
State Department
Walter F. Trauettner
Lansing
Gutter
Xman & Brewer
Wakefield
Dunham
Road Commission
Iron County
Bruces Crossing
Tron River
Lake Superior
Bessemer
Lake Street
County Fair Grounds
Ramsay and
Little Black River
No Raise in Ore Prices Expected This Season
Lake Superior ore producers hedge against price drops and seek to hold or reduce costs. Large Cleveland firms plan navigation-season arrangements as prices reflect last year’s levels. Iron Age notes pressure from steel plants driving lower ore values, with April 1924 benchmarks cited for context and the market awaiting firmness.
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Lake Superior
Cleveland
Bessemer
No Fireworks For The Small Boy This Year
The Michigan Department of Public Safety bans fireworks sales to individuals for the Fourth of July. Retailers may sell only to township boards, municipalities, fair associations, or other qualified groups. State fire marshal orders inspectors to confiscate unpermitted fireworks.
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Michigan Department of Public Safety
Department
Plymouth Mine to Open Next Week for 1940 Season
The Plymouth mine will reopen probably April 1, with two steam shovels used to strip until the ore season opens around May 1. About 150 men will be employed, and track repairs are under way. Contractors report 550000 tons contracted with potential for more, as underground work continues to a depth near 400 feet and a new shaft is planned for the next year.
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Plymouth
Abe Mathews
Pickands, Mather Co
Plymouth Pit
Northern State plans upper peninsula high school music contest
High schools from the upper peninsula will enter bands choruses orchestras and instrumental ensembles in a two day music contest at Marquette May 28 and 29 under the music department of the Normal with John W Beattie directing. Enrollment fees 50 cents per contestant. classes A and B separated by size. prizes awarded across orchestras bands and choirs with judges scoring on rhythm tone and intonation.
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Upper Peninsula
Marquette
Noriat School
Music Department of
the Normal
John W. Beattie
Assistaut
Michigan
Conway
Normal School
Bessemer
Calumet
Crystal Falls
Escanaba
Hancock
Houghton
Iron Mountain
Iron River
Ishpeming
Menominee
Neamee
Painsedale
Saulre Ste. Marie
Alpha
Arcadian
Baraga
Parochial
Bergland
Champion
Channing
Chassell
Dollar Bay
Demon
Ewen
Gladstone
Grand Marais
Greenland
Gwinn
Lake Lin Cen
L’anse
Michiganme
Munising
National Mine
Normal High
Norway
Newberry
Palmer
Rapid River
Republic
Rock
Rockland
Schoolcraft
Stambaugh
Stephenson
St. Ignace
St. Joseph
Trout Creek
Vulcan
Wakefield
Legion Accepts Defense League War Chest Funds
The United States Defense League fund of Wakefield, over $6,000, was accepted by Geroux Post American Legion. An attempt to place the funds with a board of trustees failed. court decrees state trustees are legion officers and the board of directors. The fund may be used only to aid ex-service men.
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United States Defense League
Wakefield
Geroux Post
American Legion
Legion
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Marquette Land Office
Rummel Land Case
G. 0
Driscoll
Bostonians
SKUD
Goldiman
Ene
England
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First National Bank
Defense League
WAR Chest
Wakefield, Mich
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