The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-02-25
The WEISER SIGNAL.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY rs, 1882.

The Citizen of the 18th, again
goes off into meteoric display of
profound wisdom and asks if this
monument of intelligence don't know
that weeks, months and years often
elapse after final proof is made before
a complete title to it is obtained.
We know that sometimes a long
time elapses before patent is forth
coming, but in effect the title is in
force Immediately upon making final
proof, and as rule the first thing
settler does after making proof,
is to sock a mortgage onto his
piece of land, which the Citizen will
admit he could not do unless his title
was recognized. 1t is true that
sometimes re-proof may by re-
quired, but nothing the owner may
do subsequent to his proving up can
jcopardize his title. If the Citizen
will cease "talking through its hat
long enough to make the slightest
investigation into the subject, it can
easily learn that land is subject to
taxation Immediately after final proof,
if such proof is made before being
called upon by the assessor, if this
is previous to the second Monday in
August, the limit OF time allowed
for assessment. Parties in other
counties of Idaho have tried to escape
assessment on the same proposition
that the Citizen sets forth, but invar-
iably fail to make it work The list
published by the SIGNAL which, for
some inexplicable reason, has called
forth several harangues from the
Citizen, was proved on prior to the
second Monday in April, the date
upon which assessment shall be
commenced. There were probably
several hundred acres proved on after
this date but prior to the second
Monday in August that were not on
the list, for the reason that the owner
may have been assessed before proof
was made. The Statute plainly states
what property shall be exempt from
taxation. Itplainly, and as a matter
OF course, exempts possessory rights
or land upon which final proof has
not been made. Section l405 de-
fines the term ''real estate in a
manner to leave no doubt as to its
intent to include proved up land,
whether q patent has been issued or
not. In conclusion, the only reason
we can deduct for the Citizens
illusions, is that it is seeking to arouse
feeling against the SIGNAL by giving
the impression that we have been
indulging in a spiteful, senselcss and
abusive attack on Mr. Denney, more
h.,osncc account of his being resSbj5ut the
on '~-Stfu. cifmate: tho '-''e''' Vi
the uppo.. ...ntry than anything else.
The fact is, we have done nothing of
the kind, and have only exercised
right to criticise in straightforward
and open manner u public officer.
Mr.. Denney may feel aggrieved, but
we hope not. Others before him
should have received greater haul
ing over as there has been, since the
organization of the county, course
pursued by one assessor after another
that has resulted in a great and use
less loss to the county, which is re-
sponsible for much of our
indebtedness to-day; and if what has
been uselessly lost in all these years
could be placed in the county
treasury to-day, we could no doubt
pay Off onc-half of our Indebtedness.
1t was the system, not the person, that
we wished to criticise, and Of which
at some future time VIC may have
more to say.