The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-03

From the above number 1t will be seer that cattle are valued from $9 40 to IS 5( per head, mules and horses from $20 to S60 sheep at from Sl to g. per head, and hog. . at g 50 to s in the different counties, and , besides, in many of the counties not more , than half the live stock is listed for tax ation. It is said that Apache county has nearly million of sheep, yet she was ass.
 essed last year for 63, 1875 head There was
 assessed in nine counties outside of Cochise
 (which is said to have 75,0O head) 26l, ,99S
 head of cattle. A close assessment would
 no doubt swell this number fully 50 per
 cent
 The levy made for territorial purposes
 ranged from 55 per cent to 73 per cent,
 hardly any two counties being the same
 The entire valuation Tn the different
 counties was as follows:
 Apache, sl,422, ,45O; Gila, 69l, ,65s; Gra-
 ham. l,l39,267; Mohave, l,54,O79; Mari
 copa, 2,266, ,773; Pima, 4,2s2, ,lI1; Cochise,
 exclusive of R. R. mortgage 3,3O9, 4O7:
 Pinal, l,69377l; Yavapai 3,sO6, ,9SO; Yuma 765, 5,s45;
 Total s2l. .332. .37O.
 The assessments of railroads range from four to seven thousand five hundred dollars per mile, which was absurb, as mile of railroad is certainly worth as much in one county as another. The total valuation of railroad property is $6,OS5, PIP.
 From the above figures, which are official. 1t will be seen that there is an urgent ne. cessity for territorial board of equalization and stringent law governing the listing of property for assessment. If all the property Tn the territory could be assessed at it's &C., tual cash value there is no doubt but that the total valuation would reach considerably above fifty millions. Much of the improved lands which are valued at from three to five dollars are worth two or three times that much What is needed is uniformity of valuation and general listing of all the property. A board of equalization, compos- ed Of territorial officers, could control. and by making the taxpayer furnish, under oath subscribed by himself, a list of all his pro. perty to the assessor, much of the property | which now escapes taxation would be made to bear its share of the burthern. By euua- lzlng taxation and listing all the property the public credit of the countries and terri. | tories would be much improved and the rate would be much less in all the counties.
 "Ye editor" was the recipient of basket ot very delicious figs from Mrs. Dr. Tageart last week. The figs were as fine as we ever eat, and demonstrates that the figs grown in Yuma are far superior to those grown in California. The figs also demonstrated that Mrs. Taggart appreciates the labors of the SENTINEL in its endeavors to promote the fruit interest of Yuma-Co
 Mr. Geo. W. Norton, Superintendent of the Mohawk Valley Canal, was in town the fore part of this week. He reports work on the canal progressing finely, that he would move his camp down to the end of the three mile cut this week.
 We had the pleasure this week of making the acquaintance of Mr. Jack O'Brien. 4 popular and efficient engineer on the S. P. road. Col. Jack pulls the throttle on the express between Yuma and Fl Paso, and is m old timer on the line