La Junta tribune., 1901-10-09

III Id Juntd on august Sun, com
Tag direct from Pocatello. Idaho,
and leaving two days following
Tor Mexico. La Junta was the
only place the circus exhibited IN
the state Campbell Bros. as
sessed valuation is alleged to be
si2o, and the tax to be collected
will probably amount to two dol
lars at least. The assessor OF
O,ero county will probably be
compelled to exp-nd the full
amoun, OF the tax in postage
stamps in order to find out where
the circus aggregation is at.
In assessing the independent
car lines, Mr.. Gray neglects or
omits to state whether the cars are
operated upon the Santa Fe or the
Missouri Pacific, and fails to give
the amour, of the assessment as
to the different railroads. 1t will
OF course be impossible for the
county clerk to make a certificate
OF the assessment to the assessor
unless he knows what school dis
tricts aud municipalities the cars
ATE operated through The coun
~ clerk. therefore. demands new
certificate OF the railroad assess.
ment from the state board OF as.
SCISSORS, as the great fusion state
paper is such botched up mess
and so full OF errors that il is alb.
solutely impossible to make head
or tail out OF ii.
The assessment OF the foreign
and Independent car lines are
large ly OF so small amount that 1t
will scarcely pay the county to ex-
tend the tax thereon, as IT would
not amount to more than one cent
IN a number of the school districts
through which a large majority OF
the lines run. The assessment, OF
these car companies Is so exceed
ingly small in comparison win
previous years tha, the great tus.
ion state paper is simply ridicu-
lous to any one outside OF a tu-
sionist
The railroad assessment for the
year 1901 IN Otero county is from
three to FIVE times larger than for
the previous year, but the assess
ment of the independent, car lines.
which come under the same cate
CORY, are IN almost every instance
so ridIculously small that they
might Just as well not have been
made at all SO far as any benefit
accruing to the county is concern
ed The amount realized would
not be sufficient 10 pay the expense
OF extending the tax Las, year
the Armour car lines paid taxes
on an assessment o! St,55e, this
year they are not assessed at
all. The Canada Cattle Car Car
Company last year was assessed
for SI,o39, this yearSto5: Consoli
dated Cattle Car Company, last
year. s3,o35; this year S27o; c f.
y. fruit cars. which line the La
Junra yards. and in which canta-
loupes are shipped, assessed las,
year for i,rSS; this year $50. and
SO on down the line through the en-
tire list, the North and South Roll
ing Stock Company Gaping the
climax with an assessment of SIS,
| the tax on which valuation in some
OF the school districts would
amount to possibly one cent.
| With such an exhibition OF
fusion incompetency, with the at
torney general cited to appear be-
fore the supreme court for con-
tempt and show cause why he
should not he disbarred, with the
memory OF the state warrant deal,
and the record for bungling made
by our late, lamented legislature it
is great wonder that some iu-
sionists do not feel contained to
seek the solitude OF some vast
wilderness and bury their heads in
shame instead of exhibiting their
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