From The Sentinel -- Sept. 6, 1900

Showing the aggregate number and value of the several items of Personal and Real Property, appearing upon the Assessor's Rolls of the Village of Grantsburg in the County of Burnett, State of Wisconsin, 1900:

Description Number Value
Horses of all ages 106 $3,070
Neat cattle of all ages 108 $1,130
Sheep and lambs 3 $5
Swine 9 $38
Wagons, carriages and sleighs 74 $1,165
Gold and silver watches 61 $625
Pianos, organs and melodeons 45 $1,640
Value of bank stock $5,000
Value of merchants' and manufacturers' stock $30,748
Amount of moneys, accounts, bonds, credits, notes and mortgages $13,475
Value of logs, timber, lumber, ties poles and posts not in mfr's stock $2,350
Number and value of bicycles 24 $285
Value of all other personal prop. $2,230
Total value of all personal prop. $61,781
No. acres of land and value 927 $7,495
Aggregate val. village lots $66,055
Total value of real estate $73,550
Total value of property $135,331

We are indebted to A.A. Anderson, village clerk for the above interesting statement...

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