Bisbee daily review., 1905-11-26
TAX STATISTICS IN NEW MEXICO
Gathered From Official Sources With
 interesting Arrangement.

The assessment of the territory for -905 totals $42,57s,792, an increase of over half a million dollars over that of the year previous. brought about by the fact that the Fl Paso & North eastern railway is taxed for the first time in Otero county. The eXcep- tiOns amount to S2,52S ,16475, an in. crease of over s10O0,000 over last year, leaving the assessment for taxa tion purposes almostS400 900 greater than in the year previous. Had it not been for heavy losses in cattle and sheep on the range during the winter and spring of 1904-l905, due to inadequate shelter and lack of pro- vision for feeding, the assessment would show a much greater increase. San Miguel county takes the lead in assessments, it's total for 1905 beins S4,03O7S2. Bernalillo county is sec end with a total of S3,572. .454. and Chayes county third with s3,222 1885. Other counties having an assessment over s2,000000, are: Colfax, S2,960.- SIS; Grant, $2.S1O,95O; Sooorro, $2.- 33S ,36O; Dona Ana, $2,309, ,4l5.50; Ed hs P-sNuD-oDts anu OAElOs p-rN-t fH- e The counties having an assessment of between S1000.00 and S2,000, 900, are Santa Fe, s1,796,572; Union, ST. 714.627; Luna. S1 ,559 .54S; Valencia. $1,315O74; Mora, S1,311, ,225; Sierra, ST ,297 S65; Rio Arriba, S1045,56 Lincoln, S1,044.535; Roosevelt, S1.014,- S26. The counties with an assess ment roll of less than S1 900 900, are: Mckinley. s992.473: San Juan, 917.719; Guadalupe, $S23. .319: Sandoval. sS10, S39; Taos. S720.661; Quay, $5S9,72S; and Torrance, $319.9S1.
 In comparison, it will be interesting to note the amount of territorial tax es paid by each equity for the year ending June 90, 1905: The following counties contributed over S30.0O0: Chaves. s43. 3.627; Bernalillo. $39,091; Grant. S39,177; Colfax, S36,347; and Union, s30,422. Those that contri- buted between S20.OOO and S30,O00 were: Eddy, 26.30S; Socorro, S23.- 970; Dona Ana, S23 ,406; while the following paid into the territorial treasury between S1O,OOO and S20,OO0: Luna. s19,662: Otero, 19,397: Sierra s1S,O26; Santa Fe. $17.216; Valencia S16,601; Lincoln. S16170; Mckinley S13 ,526; Mora, S10.597: Guadalupe O.,21O. The showing of several counties would be much poorer were it not for taxes paid by railroads. in some counties the railroads having contributed over one-half of the taxes collected. The counties in which less than s10,000 territorial taxes were collected, were: Rio Arriba, sS.- S43; San Juan, SS.41S; Roosevelt. ST 967; Quay. s7,697; Taos, S6,S16; and Sandoval, s6,731.
 The most interesting comparison is. however, the per capita assessment of each county less the railroad as sessment and exemptions, and the per capita taxes paid. Taking the school census of 1905 for the basis. the per capita assessment of the counties ranges as follows: Chaves, $40S.14 The only other counties having a per capita assessment exceeding S200 are: Eddy. s234,09; Quay, S2t7,41, and Luna. s204.S3, in all four the princi- pal wealth being in stock, especially cattle
 Counties having a per capita assess ment of between $1O0 and s20O, are: Sierra, s195,73; Colfax, s193.7S; Me Kinley, s117.9S; Otero. S156.4S: San Juan, S152,53; Lincoln, s1414T: Roose- welt, s140.69; San Miguel, s11S.23. and BernailIo, $113.92. The counties in which the per capita assessment is less than S100 are: Torrance, S99.S9: Dona Ana, $9S,23; Socorro. 97.20; Guadalupe, S9700; Santa Fe, $73.54; Valencia, $72.29; Sandoval, s69.5 .52: Mora, s69.44; Rio Arriba, s39.3S. and Taos. s36.76. In other words. Chaves couaty is eleven times as rich per cap