Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-11-03
STATE DUES FROM LIQUOR TRAFFIC
An Unexpected Resource Of the State That Is
Doing Much to Replenish the Treasury.

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During the seventeen years in
which ten per cent. of liquor licenses
have been due the State, very many OF
the cities and counties having control
OF the collection of license revenue
were remiss in payment of the share
due the State. Is was not until the
present State Treasurer assumed that
Office that any special attempt was
made to enforce collection, and Mr..
Mills first suggestion was to enable
him to enforce the demand by making
his signature in acknowledgement of
payment to the State Of it's share, nee.
essary before the license should be is.
sued to the vender. The Legislature
enacted aprovision making the license
imperative till countersigned by the
State Treasurer. and that removed all
delay in ready payment. Then the
Legislature appropriated $4,000, as
suggested by him, for deputies to visit
all parts OF the State aud check up
delinquencies, and the result OF their
labors is shown by the discovery that
the State will be over 100000 richer
when back dues are collected.
Here is a complete list Except Con-
connully) of the cities that are delin-
quent:
Aberdeen $500, Almira 800, Asotin
5000, Anacortes 81 40, Auburn 81,
Bellingham $l7.3O4.75, Ballard $2,5O4,
Blaine $339.56, Burlington $500, Buckley
$40, Bremerton $500, Centralia $l.645,
Gle Elum $2.440, Chewelah $780, Cotton
$40, Charleston $3.50, Colville $174.50,
Castle Rock $3.50, Chehalis 81 ,422, Cash.
mere 800, Colfax $35G.40, Charleston
and Port Orchard s35s.s3, Cheney $685.
80, Creston 5000, Davenport 81 500, Day
Ellensburg $l,6l7, Endicott $l25, Farm
ington $500, Fairfield SIS, Garfield $50,
Georgetown $765, Hamilton $500 Har.
rington 300, Issaquah 1928. 43, Kent
$50, Lynden 800, Lakeside 500, Latah
$95, Lynn $3.50, Medical Lake $15O.1O
Mt. Vernon $40, Montesano $500, Munroe
$3.50, Marysville, 5000, North Yakima
s., 643.SO, Northport $252.9l, Orting $12O,
Oakesdale, $lO3.33. Olympia $69l67.
Ocosta $142.50, Pullman $1,642.5O, Port
Angeles $160, Puyallup $50, Palouse
$993.7S, Port Townsend $249.05, Pasco
$3.50, Pomeroy $l,005, Prescott $3.50,
Roslyn $3,545, Rockford $500, Ritzville
s., 1888, Rosalia $i32 Renton $l050
Reardon $500, Shelton $2l4.15, Spokane
81, S9S.66, Spangle SIS, Sumner 1925,
South Park $3.50, Sedro-Woolley $3.50,
Snoqualmie $50, Sprague $2l. 80, Tacoma
$2,953.10, Tekoa $402.83, Tumwater $40,
Uniontown $195. Vancouver $29S.12.
Wenatchee $3.50. Winlock $677.75,
Waterville $1,S29.SS, Wilbur $3.50 Walla
Walla $1T.l5 Waitsburg 500, West
Seattle $294.50, Yakima City $3.50,
kennewick $780, Total amount due
from cities, $104,S99.5S.
There is still due from counties, as
follows:
Asotin $40, Chelan $40, Clallam 5000,
Clarke S145, Columbia $780, so, Cowlitz
$4O6.44, Ferry $50, Franklin $44.73,
Garfield SIS, Island 1920, Jefferson
1920, King $l42, Kittitas $l67, Lincoln
$3.50, Mason $259.50, Pacific s339.25,
Pierce $1,370 San Juan $3.50, Skagit
$500. Skamania $3.50, Snohomish $50,
Spokane $52.79, Thurston $160, Walla
Walla $50, Wahkiakum 5000, Whitman
500, Yakima $500. Total amount due
from counties $6,523.l0, with the excep-
ton of Okanogan, yet to be checked.
hC tOtdt dlllOulI QuC lIOiil CiticS YlVt,-
S99.5S; total amount due $l11 ,422.6S.
The counties. outside of Okanogan
county, have received total of$I 1885,.
653.66, and the cities and towns out
side OF Conconnully have received
81, 1908 81, making a total of $S,-
945. 993.l7.
The seventeen-year period is from
April, 1888, to June 8, 1905. On the
latter date the new law went into ef-
feet requiring the payment of the 10
per cent. on each license in advance.
Mr.. Mills says the reports from the
counties and cities show that there
has been a marked increase in the
amounts charged in the various places
for licenses in the last few years. A
surprising number of small cities have
placed the full limit, $1,000, on the
cost OF liquor licenses.