Arizona republican., 1890-10-20
FALSE STATEMENTS EXPOSED.

At last "them figgers" have been pro duced by the Gazette and the statements set forth with them are as fine s tumble of misrepresentation and falsehoods as ever gang defenders attempted to set forth to try to gull an intelligent public. Let us take the statement" seriatim and show up it's inconsistencies.
 First it says: "A county with popu- lation of 1S,OOO cannot be governed as cheaply as one of 6OOO." We grant this. But Maricopa county has not lS,OOO population. The recent census taken in June last showed population of a little over II ,000, and even granting that some residents were missed the population of the county cannot possibly exceed 12,5O0. So much for that.
 "The construction of new canals re- quire more bridges and additional roads," says this tissue of falsehoods. Every rancher, every stockholder in canals, and every taxpayer knows that if he cuts across road or tears it up in any way the law expressly provides that he shall put the road in as like good condition as he found it. If water company crosses a public highway with its canals the law expressly states that such company shall bridge it's canals and leave the highway in good condition for public travel. The Supervisors are not required to pay one penny for the construction of bridges or repair of roads in such cases, nor has anything of the kind been done by the present Board
 The county paid in the year 1889, in support of our public schools, the sum of sil,0OO or an increase over the year 1888 of sl9,OOo The apportionment of school moneys in the year above mentioned was s3OOOO, but sl4,OOO ad. ditional was required to meet the growing ex- penses oi the schools, and of course, there being no appropriations to meet this large deficiency, it had to be provided for by special levy.
 This is one of the worst of all the fiimsy statements. In 1889 a special school tax was levied in Phoenix District for the purpose of providing money for building the two new school houses last year. This money was paid into the hands of the School Board of this city and ex- pended by them and the Supervisors, had no more to do with it than any of the schoo, children. No one knows this better than Mir. Parish, who prepared the statement for Zulick's personal organ. The tax to provide this $l4, ,00O was special tax for District No. l only, and never went onto the general tax levy Every new school house in the countyihas been built on money provided by special tax upon levy made in the district to be benefited only. The rest of the county has nothing to do with it..
 Again this tumble of mistatements says the tax levy for 1887 was $3.00 on the one hundred, the amount for Terri torial purposes being 601a cents on the hundred dollars and that in 1888 the assessed valuation had increased to S4,O6O,9 1922 from s3,276, ,2O9 in 1887 and the levy dropped to .$2.50 on the one hundred dollars, 63 cents on the hundred dollars being the amount for Territorial purposes the county ibeing compelled to pay $5,660.95 more to the Territory ir 1888 than in 1887. The total levy in 1888 was s2.55 on the hundred dollars in. stead of s2.50 which is lie No. in this Sixty and one-half cents on the hundred dollars on S3,276,2 ,2O9 would be $2l, 295,35 85 and 63 cents on the hundred dollars on $4, ,O8O,9 1922 would be $25, ,5s3.S0 S6, which shows an increase ir the Territorial tax of $4, ,28S.45 and mol