Delta chief., 1885-09-09

OF the officials OF Delta county. the Coun-
ty Clerk receives n salary OF $500 more than
the highest amount the County Commission
. ers are by law allowed To pay, the County
Judge is receiving a salary Of 500 in the
face of tia. statute which provides that
county judge shall receive no salary what.
ever il his fee. and n:iieisl compensation
amounts to $500, the County Treasurer is re.
eelyins eight per cent for the collection OF
take. when the statutes fix his compensation
a, d!re> per cent, and the County Attorney is
receiving 1900 per annum when our Board OF
County Commissioners have no use or need
of the service. of an attorney, making a total
Illegal anil useless give away Of about $1,000
per anuum of the money Of the runchmen
und taxpayer. Of this county. The ranch
men vii" pay taxes on every dollar of their
property are the ones who will have To bear
thi. burden. II the taxes become too high,
ca,ilem.n can say TO the County Commits.
s.oner., Reduce our assessed valuation or
we will take our cattle out Of your county
aud pay taxes el.e~here," and the Comni.
,i,u.rs, thinking that .Isall slice is better
than nothing, will accept the small slice.
Thi. thing /. being done now by caiilemen
aad ,hec,,m-n who should pay taxes in Thu
county, but instead who have made arrange.
mcnu with the County Commissioner, oi
Non,rose county by which they arc to he
assessed about twenty five per oens Of their
actual valuations and now II Delta county
want. their iaIc. IL must reduce the rElua.
ton under the Montrosr assessment. Ranch
btyh Their
lands and improvements. crops. agricultural
implements and stock cannot he hid in the
mountains or removed from the county
TO .vade them. They are the ones upon
whom the burden of our taxation must fall,
they are the ones who src the most interested
IN county expenses, and in the election oi
competent aud economical county officials.
The yot. Of a single ranchman at the prim-
aries can have the effect Of nominating and
electiug county officers who will save TO the
county tens Of Thousands Of dollars, and to
himself as taxpayer enough to pay big
wage, twenty times over for the half day thu.
spent. One vote may elect delegates to
convention which will nominate some iair.
minded ntslligcn, man who will assess
property In .uch manner that III, stockmcn
Of the county will be compelled to bear their
fair proportion of the bur,;en Of taxation.
The primaries. both Republican and Dem.
ocraiic are held in the different precincts on
Saturday. September 10. Let every ranch.
man in the county make II a paint to attend
the primary OF his party and thus raise his
voice in favor of honest ani competent coun.
ty officials and low taxation. There will not
be another opportunity in two years. Two
years like the past year will ruin Delta coun-
". This increasing Of The county dobt must
be stopped h;s fan, or ii r,U be too iutc.
Euncbmen. don't fail to do your part toward
til. stopping of 1t. Attend the primaries ano
take the reins Of county government out of
the hands Of court house politicians into
your own before ii is too late, before Delta
county becomes burdeneJ m Garfield and
Gunnisou coun ties are hurdcncj, and all cap.
itnl driven from the county.