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Why Advertisers suceecd.

Some cleverly concise writer has
said that a good ad. il, "any means
of attracting favorible attention
and widening acquaintance"
All persIstent advertisers make
representations which call forth
ali their resources TO keep faith
with their patrons; this of course
makes them hustle.
So, unconsciously an active adj
vertiser's ads. force from him his
greatest ability, and thus push bis
business az much by the effect of
hIsown ad. on himself, az ON his
customer.
NO better evidence Of this exists
On Cincinnati than the success and
popularity of the PALACE HO.
TEL Corner Vine, Sixth and Col.
lcge Streets.
1t has long been advertised bv
jts suggestive al. ask II the
Palace Hotel, Cincinnati. is The
best Hotel for $500 or $3.50 Der
day" and in order that any one
asked might give a favorable an
swcr TO inquiries, the management
has been the most liberal and
energetic in The city
The fact that it had 5O.477 rog.
istored arrivals, besides selling
l5,s38 cash meal tickets at so
cents each, in 1892, is conclusive
evidence Of its deserved popularity
The Manager Of the Palace Ho-
tcl Is Walter II Maxwell. who al.
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Lanes Medicine Moves the Bowels Each.
Day. In order 10 be healthy this is necessary.
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il was part of a Geographical
C0uestion in the examination held
Do a. week 90 tell where and what
is the Golden Gate. One Of the
teachers answered that lit was the
heay enly gate" lie should have
been given a number one without
any further eXamination.--I Wetzel
Republ'cs n.
The proprietor o. this paper
passed through the Golden Gate
go 1902 w'hcn visiting California,
and be is rs near Heaven now rs
be was at that time.
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There ie no school fu thfa section Of the
state Offering equal advantages I'D such o.
lowcost
For catalogue or further Information, adj
dress the Principal,
Tuos r. Houefs.
HuuLLmHLnu. w. Va.
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COUGHING LEADS TO COSUMPTION
hemp's B1ison stops the cough NJ once.
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Many Persons

Are broken down from oveTwork or household
cares Browns Iron Bitters
Tebuilds the system. aids digestion, removes ex-
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Free Tuition to State Students.
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The Objectionable habitof biting
tho sails is not uncommon. Those
who indulge iu 1t should take Che
following history as % warming: a
young uI died from % painful in-
torlai disease which ballad medi-
cl science. a post norton was
Ibid. and in The vital part there
was discovered q large bali, formed
endrolyof morsels Of neil, which
were quite iudieestible and which
bad been increased gradually.
The editor OF the Wayne New
used good Judgment last week. in
speaking of % new ~. 81 w station
90 Obi. place But why iu the name
of common sense does He not use
influence in having decent
way from The ~ Is 81. station
at Wayne 60 tie Court House IF
ne s so much interested BOB The
travelling pgbFcsr Webcrevc per.
mission could be gotten hom Mr.
D.ngce 20 cross his lots for thc ask
ing mod walk up tie hu would
cost lhc CORPORATION of Wayne 100
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n. II. OIcDOUGAL,

wednesday. september 13. 1898
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BUSINESS.
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abundant supply OF Modern Helpful APP
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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

TIE plan proposed by Governor
Prince for the collection of taxes
is a good one. 1t would cost the
Territory and the counties nothing
for the collection Of taxes and tax
payers who pay promptly would
have 10 pay but one per cent. col
lector's fee. Delinquents would
have to pay the greater part Of the
collectors fees which would
amount to less than the penalty
which is now imposed on delin-
duent taxpayers and which gener-
ally goes into the pockets Of the
collectors.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03
RECOMMENDATIONS.

I recommend that assessors be
paid by fixed salaries, proportion
cd TO the valuation of the respect
i've counties, and in accordance
with the amounts paid for similar
services in mercantile establish
ments.
I recommend that the Office of
collector be separated from that
of sheriff. There is no reason for
the union of these offices; they are
essentially different in themselves
and in the character of the per-
SONS best calculated to Gil them.
The county treasurer may be made
collector, or the latter may be
a separate Office. AS compensa-
ton, I recommend the system gem
eral in the east; hat the collector
receive nothing from the Terrific
ny or county, but that he collect
with all taxes paid during the
first month, a fee of l per cent; in
tho second, 2 per cent; in the third,
3 per cent; and in the fourth 4 per
cent; and on all taxes paid after
that time, 5 per cent. This will
afford ample compensation, and al
the same time will bring into the
treasury the full amount of the
tax and present a strong induce
ment TO prompt payment. This
system has been employed for gen
erations in the large eastern~states
and so satisfactorily that no
change has ever been made.
liz we can at the same time re-
lieve the Territory of many thou
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

KID was surrounded by United
States troops in the mountains near
San Carlos lust week. Yhe troops
came upon him aboutone O'Clock IN
the morning but the renegade es-
capped in the darkness. His squaw
was captured and the troops
arc in pursuit of Kid. Re will
be captured il there are man en-
ough in tho United States army to
get him.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

SHERIFF LAIRD pledged himself
before the convention which nom
mated him that he would not OPP
pose any law looking 20 a reduc-
ton Of the fees in the sheriFs Of
fee. He was in Santa Fe last
week and the New Mexican init
mates that he was not there for
the purpose Of seeing the sights
in the city, Here is what IL said:
Six out Of the sixteen BheriHs IN
the Territory had a conference In
Santa Fe last night aud resolved
to mingle among the law makers
10 the end that nothing should be
done at this session toward cut
ting down the fees Of their Office.
Those in the conference were
Sheriff Kent, Of Eddy; Sheriff
Luna. Of Valencia; Sheriff Abey-
TIA, Of Mora; Sheriff elect Loren
20. San Miguel; SheriH-elect
laird. Of Grant; and Sheriff
Conklin, o. Santa Fe.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

THE New Mexican is advising the
legislature to let the capital ques-
ton alone for the present. It viii
aforementioned that the New Mexi-
can is not entirely disinterested in
this matter.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

PRESIDENT HARRIsoN is TO be-
come a lecturer after his term Of
Office expires. His first course
will be delivered before the stu
dents Of the University of Cali
forpia.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

WONDER if j. Francisco Chavez
will appoint his friends on the
penitentiary committee? 1t has been
intimated that he is a little short
in his accounts with the Territory
and it may be that he, as presid-
ent of the council, will use his Office
to appoint a whitewnshing COM
mittee.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03


If the bills which have been
introduced in the Legislature in
reference TO sherifs become laws
the sheriT's Office in this County
will not be worth $4,000 a year
hereafter. The Governor hit the
nail on tho head when he recon-
mended a general reduction Of the
fees paid to county officers. The
salaries Of the sheriifs Of the yari-
Gus counties in New Mexico might
be divided by three or four and
then the salaries would be liberal.
There is no sense in peoniug the
taxpayers for the purpose Of pay
ing a few oiiceholders princely
salaries. Down with the fee sys-
tenn.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03
EQUALIZATION.

GHCAAANAA ACNs
That theirate Of taxation should
be equal throughout the Territory
requires no argument, for other
wise the burden of taxation falls
very unjustly upon those paying
on the higher rate. But when
this matter is controlled by the
local authorities of each county
such irregularities are sure to ex-
list and the effort is naturally to
reduce the assessed valuation in
each locality SO as to pay a small
er proportion of the general tax,
and also that the officials may be
popular with their own constituent
cies. This is according to human
nature the world over, and is be-
coming on actual condition here.
While the law requires that all
property shall be assessed at its
full value, and this is honestly
done in some counties, the sworn
testimony of witnesses has shown
that in some of our most important
counties there is no pretense of
complying with it, but that real
estate is assessed regularly at but
one third Of its market value.
This is manifestly unjust to the
localities which in their good faith
pay on their full value, for the
counties referred to are only pay
ing one third Of their proper pro-
portion of the Territorial tax. The
only way TO remedy this is by a
Territorial board of equalization
which shall fix the real estate valu-
tions in each county on an exactly
Just and equal basis. This system
has been found Of great benefit il
the older states. Twenty years
ago it was introduced in New
York, and the state board found
that the ratio of assessment to the
true value varied In different 10.
calities from 10 per cent. in one
town to full value in others; the
most customary per centage being
from 40 to so; and within tire,
years they had brought them al
to an equality, and in so doing in
, creased the total valuation over
: thousand millions of dollars.
An attempt was made to accom-
|, plish a similar reform here by
|. law passed in 1882, constituting
|. Territorial board of equalization
, which was required to "equalizI
/. the ratio Of assessment in the va
rious counties" (See Section
284l @. L.
2 No action, however, was eve
4 taken by this board to bring abou
: an equal and just assessment o
real estate; and It's efforts to &C
r complish something in the les
important field of personal prop
erty was met by a singular pro
= vision INTERCEPTED into a bill re
I, garding delinquent taxes in 1873.
(Chapter 1881 which took ava,
r from the board all right of equal
P 70 anything. Since then the boar
has remained in existence simpl,
{ as an appellate tribunal as to in
q dividual assessments, but with n
Z power to act on assessments gene
! rally.
s We need a Territorial board o
= equalization in fact as well a
s in nance which viii see l.
It that the lnd Of each county
so assessed rs 40 pay its just pro
: portion Of Yerritorinl expenditures
according to its value.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

parties but among the people.
Neither Office is of much impor-
lance OF requires any especial
talent, but they become political
prizes to be fought for in conven-
tons and At elections, aud every
thing is subordinated to them.
In the effort to obtain this enor-
nous over-payment for very mod
crate services, every kind of cor
ruption is employed and the whole
county is demoralized.
ASSESSORS.
The work Of these officers is of
the simplest possible nature. BY
requiring n written return from
each individual, the labor is re-
duced to less than half what it
would otherwise be, and becomes
almost entirely clerical. Any hon
est citizen of fair intelligence will
meet the requirements. The time
occupied is limited by law, and
can not well exceed four months
in any case, If ordinary diligence
is used. Yet for this brief service
the assessors receive n compensa-
ton which would be ludicrous, If
it were not too serious. The fig
ures reported showed that the fees
in Grant County were about So
600 a year; in Befnalillo, consid-
erably more; in San Miguel over
/ $4,000, and IN the other counties
in proportion. There is no reason
that the public should pay more
for services than an individual
would pay. If there is any differ
ence, the public officer should
receive less, because be has the
honor or the position as partial
compensation. No Que will pre-
tend that perfectly competent as
SCISSORS could not be had for 500
n month. In the w%ealthiest eastern
state, they receive SO per day, and
their compensation is limited to
100 days; $500 being the maximum
pay.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

IT costs Is cents a day TO feed
each prisoner in the county jails
in New Mexico, while it costs but
little over ten cents a day to feed
the prisoners in the Territorial
penitentiary. It is time for a
cbanoe
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

THIS Legislature will investigate
the burning of the capitol but it is
not probable that any light viii
ever be thrown on the question as
to who applied the torch to the
handsome structure. Had the
building been insured the legisla-
ture would not now be holding its
sessions in separate buildings half
a mile apart.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03
COLLECTORS.


The sheriifs, simply for the col
lection OF taxes, receive even more
compensation than the assessors.
The collector does not require any
special talent or long and expen-
sive education, any more than
does the assessor. Any honest
man who can keep accounts can
perform all the duties atisfactorily.
All the requirements are that he
shall collect the taxes and pay
them over once a month. Moth
ing could be more simple. There
are hundreds OF men in each coun-
ty who would gladly do the work
at a moderate salary. When the
enormous amount of the fees re-
ceived by sherilfs and assessors is
objected to, their friends justify
them by saying it costs so much
to be elected to these positions
that the officers must get it back
somehow. So the argument goes
around in a circle; the cost of the
election is great because the fees
are so large and the contest fol
their possession is 80 vigorous
and the fees are SO large because
the cost of the election is so great
According to this it may be better
even for the collectors, to receive
but n reasonable compensation.
for then the Office would cease t.
be a prize to be fought for and al
election would entail no expense.
But the excessive nature of the
compensation is best seen by
comparison with that of the Ter
ritorial officials. The supremI
Judges, who have had to devot,
years to study, and are employees
nearly the whole time, receive SO,
900; the governor, whose position
necessarily entails large expense
has $1,000: the surveyor genera.
$1,000; the auditor and treasurer
both with large responsibilitie
and intricate duties, $4,000 eacl
All Of these officials have to de
vote their entire time to thei
public duties. 1t is safe to sa
that no sheriff devotes one quartz
of his time, the year through, t
his work rs collector.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

sands Of dollars Of useless pay
ments, and save our counties from
all the evils which now arise from
the political contests for these
gilded prizes, we shall have ac-
complained a great work.
While reforming the collection
law a number Of leaks for the pub
lie money can be stopped. At
present the collectors are paid
their travelling expenses for bring
ing the collections to the capital
each month. some times they
send the money by mail and charge
the mileage of their fictitious trips
as il they had come personally.
In either case the expense is I'M
necessary. When the law was
made there we're no facilities for
sending money, and the only safe
method was to bring It personally
to the capital. But all that has
changed. 1t can now be sent per-
fectly easily by express, or checks
or drafts. This is a charge that is
entirely useless and from which
the Territory should be promptly
relieved.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03

THE assessors Of the Territory
will not readily fall in with the
views of Governor Prince in ref
erence to the value of their servi-
ces but the Governors views will
be accepted by nine out Of every
ten taxpayers in New Mexico.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03
MEASURES or RELIEFs.

1 wish to endorse very heartily
the recommendation of the treas
urer that the date for the payment
of taxes be made January l instead
Of October 1. They are not need
ed until March, and the money is
much more useful in the pockets
of the people than tied up in the
vaults of the treasury. There is
no justification for asking money
from our citizens until it is actu-
ally needed. If the date be made
January 1, an ample amount will
be received before March.
Another relief can be given to
the people by making the taxes
payable half ON January l, and
half on the succeeding July /.
This will meet all the require
ments of the treasury, as the pay
ments extend all through the year,
and there is no necessity for col
Letting all the money at It's COM
meucement Everything should
be done 70 accommodate and re-
lieve the taxpayer hat will not in
terfere with the requirements of
the Territory.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03
EXCELLENT CUISINE


CZ1rorD GA Shall.
Every delicacy IN the market, nc nl hours Of
The tweuty-i four. Regular Dinner (31 cent9l or
10 order. Game, Fish, steaks, LOasis, cooked
% suit Gourmet or Epicufe. Careful and res
peclnl attention % every customer 3crupu-
YONG cRN, Chef.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-03
AssEasoR ~ coLLEoron


constitute a large fraction of the
total amount received. The fees
were fixed when taxes were small,
and have been continued until
they have reached the most exor-
bitant amounts, utterly out OF
proportion TO the services per-
formed or the salaries of more i'm
portant officers. The collector is
the sheriff aud receives this enor-
nous pay for receiving taxes in
addition to his regular oiicial foes.
Two years ago / devoted much
space 10 this subject, with precise
statistics showing the amount Of
money thus worse than wasted;
and / beg to refer you to the facts
and figures then presented. l say
worse Shan wasted" because IL
would be far better II these vast
sums were thrown into the sea
than 20 be- used as hoy are. For
their bosiowal On two officials in
each county causes complete polit-
ioal decentralization not only In
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
KNOWLEDGE

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the value to health of the pure liquid
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Its excellence is due to its presenting
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It hiss given satisfaction TO millions and
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Syrup Of Figs is fer sale by all drug
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Co only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well Informed, YOU VIII not
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
CHICAGO, Ill, August IA, 1898.

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You in New York last year. have supplied great
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many of the leading specialists of the United States and
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they receive thorough and scientific treatment
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Hoping to have the pleasure of meeting you in New
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
Tides which Taken st Their Flood Lead
to Fortune.

Tides Which Taken mt Their Flood Lead
on to Fortune.
"Now or never" well expresses the
urgency of that class of opportunities
which come once. never 90 come sg in.
They steal upon us like the rising tide,
and taken at the food lead on TO for
tune. IL watched for, If waited for. IL
promptly used, these single chances
mean much of life to every one of us
To every one, mark. since 70 all
they come. Not only does fortune sa.
Lutte the great, she salutes the loygiy
The vast majority who become great
happened To be ''at home" when she
called, and from obseurity worked theis
way upward at her behesta ia fact
fortune Is only the personiacation Of
persons common sense. vigorously and
wisely used.
II have missed my chance, sir" said
an acquaintance recently. And we who
knew the speaker knew he spoke tho
truth. lie had let his one great oppor-
tunity slip.
But life has a second class OF oppor~
tunities-censolation prizes, 80 20 speak
which bob up on everyday existence.
We shall not depart to ruin in despair
because our parents did not make us
doctors aud lawyers and statesmen Our
hands MAJ be horny with houoraols
toll. our round duh. obscure cne
But Whatsoever our hands find Ali
The hand not the mag gination. which
sits castle-b building into very cloudlznd,
but only three feet ~ radius and a
nane 20 grasp the ncarestiytnz work
or duty 81 Whatever kind These are
our fnonaentary opportunities. which.
II firmly seized. wal. 10 their own good
time. bring fsch reward
Let US do them with our might. and
- bile some of as believe tha, our great
opportunity has gone by. II may hs that
bec@use we are faithful IN the Ift.ls
things we shall yet fad the lager
one&-S. i. Ledger.