Arizona republican., 1900-11-04
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AFFAIRS OF JEROME
How the City Assessor Overlooked
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 respondenca Of the Republican.)- )-Nrar- shal Roberts has been unearthing some assessment irregularities in the make up of the list of the property in Je- the dishonesty of any official connected With the town governm= bui1 is due to oversight. A sc-re or more of the property owners are not on the assess ment list at all, and when they come in to pay their taxes no account of rhe.r indebtedness 11 the tOT-: can be dis covered on the books of the town. The The stock of George Cook is not as- sessed. There are also many more not on the tax list. Clerk Heslei. says he was told to take his list from that of Assessor J. P. Dillon, and that if there is any shortage in the list it is due to the list compiled by that official being in- complete. Quite a sum of money would have been lost to Jerome only for Lfle close attention given to his duties by Marshal Roberts.
 The song recital, by Mrs. J. W. Dean. assisted by local talent, last Wednss- day evening, in Masonic hall, was a very successful affair. There was a good attendance and every part of she programme was well rendered.
 There was meeting of the UniteS Moderns at the hall last night.
 c. H. Prahm is moving his camp out to. the Verde King property, whers' he will begin work on his contract of run ming funnel for the company. Other men will be employed making g. trial of +t, lot, nl kx The mountain is so steep a trail will have to be made to pack the car and track to the works. The Verde King company own some of the bcst min ing property in this, section of the world
 A few days more and the agony of suspense over the election will be past. The Jerome people are very patriotic and will watch tile returns as they are received in the several places in Jerome where -wirss will be placed. with the greatest interest. Considerable money will change hands on the outcome oe the contest between Murphy and Smith,, ,r.f...
 The last efforts will be made by the voters in Jerome tomorrow evening. democrats of this county to enthuse the There will be speakers here from Phoe nix, Prs and other pEaces where a candidate has been named to make the race for some office. All the county candidates will be out in all their glo- ny. Judge Baker, of Phoenix, will be the main sp:aker of the evening. The republicans will hold a meeting on Monday evening. which wli be the last l,ara he.fnY>a a1nrtfar1
 4 great deal of damaga was done by boys Halloween night. They did not confine themselves to.iharmless amuse ment, but went a-little too far by wri!- ing vulgar signs with paint on several public houses.
 Surveyor Merritt who has been sur veying this week on the claims of the Verde King Copper company, will com plete the work this afternoon and will return to Prescott tomorrow. Mir. Mer- ritt is thorough civil engineer.
 pr. Doleman went to Jerome junction Wednesday afternoon to meet his wife and son, who were returning from Cal ifornia. They got home the following day Dr. Dol5 man is building up quite practice.
 F. D. Myers, republican nominee for assessor, returned from a canvassing trip last night. Ever since he was nominated Frank has been steadily on the go. and will win out if determined effort and tireless energy will oyer- come the democratic majority in this county. Frank is one of the most p1p- ular young men in the county and should run like a house afire. Frank certainly stands a good show to carry Congress. as he has a splendid repre- sentative in that camp who will lose no opportunity to further his inter ests.
 S. l. Mayo, an old time Southern Pa cific engineer and conductor, was found dead In a chair in his room yes terday morning at Jerome Junction, where he had been in the employ of the United Verde and Pacific railroad. He was about 50 years of age. belonged to the Knight T'emplars, and carried a cross with the name of a lodge at Dal- las, Texas, engraved on it. Letters found in his effects showed that he had belonged to the order for several years In Pennsylvania. The remains were embalmed by Undertaken F. F. Nevin, who was sent for and went over on the first train. He was about to go to Los Angeles, where his wife resides, and had drawn his time the day before he was found dead. The remains were shipped to that place today.
 P. P. Hastings made a bet of $lOO to $50 yesterday that Mckinley will be elected He was offering $40 to s25 on Murphy yesterday. Paul is a straight out and out republican, without a doubt.
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