The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-09
SUN DANCE NEWS.
A Correspondent Talks County Poll
ties and makes Current
Comments.

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planned" you apologize for publishing
an extract from the Dakota Register
by saying that you did it merely to
show upon what small grounds a
"kick' can be made when people are
so disposed. The ''kick' made in the
columns of the Register was, 1 pre-
sumo, merely an editorial aiming TO
voice complaints, which had been
made by citizens of Wyoming, in con-
sequence of having been requested by
the assessor and deputy tax collector to
appear at Spearfish to be assessed and
pay taxes. OF course those officials
could only request tax payers to do so,
as there was no way of compelling
them to leave the territory in which
they lived to transact official business.
Unfortunately the people living in this
portion of what is known as Crook
county, have more substantial grounds
upon which to base ''kicks,n and | am
compelled to express serious doubts as
to the correctness of the LEADERS, as.
sertion that the assessor is not required
by law to visit tax payers either in per-
son or by deputy. The law plainly
states that the assessor shall list each
and every person in his county, and as
the law makes no provision for tax
payers to visit the assessor at his office
in Cheyenne, for that purpose, it is pre-
sumable that it requires him to visit
each tax payer at his or her place of
business, and If the law is not explicit
en- that point, long established custom
demands it. If 1t were a fact that the
assessor is not required to visit and list
the property of tax payers, 1 should
conceive that his Office was unnecess-
airy. The treasurer could issue the
blanks and notices to self-listing tax
payers and saw the money paid the as
SCISSOR for his duties.
Our citizens "kick'' against being
assessed by officials living three hun
dred miles away, as has been done in
the absence of a regular assessment.
We "kick" against the injustice of
one tax payer with one Indian pony
paying the same tax as his neigbbor
with hfty head of stock.
We "kick'' against the illegality and
~irregularity Of en- assessment that let's
the rich man, with cattle "upon q
thousand bills" pay a low tax, and
compels the poor man to pay a high
one.
We 'kick" against paying taxes to
enrich a distant portion Of our terri
tory, when we have the property
and inhabitants to support and run
a county organization of our own.
We 'kick" against having to go to
Cheyenne to dispose of our criminals;
to make homestead entries; to make
dnal proof on prescriptions; to make
necessary corrections in our tax assess
ments; to ''quarrel' with our county
officials.
We "kick" this hardest against the
man who told the LEADER that none
but office seekers were In favor of coun-
ty organization; for that man, whoever
he was. has li-misrepresented our
people without cause.
About the only argument 1 hear of
fered against county organization is
that political aspirants and dead-beats
will get into official position and ruin
our county financially. We certainly
would be compelled to face that danger,
and when would the time come that
would exempt US from that dangerp
Echo says when2
presume / have administered about
as heavy a dose of county organization
medicine as the LEADER will relish for
this time, so will branch out on to mat
tiers Of a n%on-partisan character.
Sun Dance and the surrounding
country is on a boom" with no pros
pect of a ~receding tide.
Crops we're splendid throughout.
Wheat and oats have made a heavy
yield. One man threshed the wheat
from one hundred acres that made a
yield Of seventy-two bushels, while
fields averaged as high as thirty-Gve
bushels to the acre. Oats went from
thirty to sixty bushels to the acre.
The crop Of "Pat Murphies'' "spuds''
or potatoes, as they are termed by
those inclined to be eesthetic in Their
lingo, is wonderful. Mammoth 'tatert
weighing from two to two and a hall
pounds are not infreuuent.