Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-07-04

ana " ~ WITHIN the bounds OF prOb0-
bility that the Graham county valua.
tions will bc adopted as a standard by
almost, IL not all, the other counties.
On the vote for acceptance Of the Ora.
ham county valuation, Cochisc county's
members Of the board, one member Of
Pima countys board, and all three
members Of Yavnpai county's board
voted no, while the representatives
from Navajo, Mohavc, Maricopa,
ella, Pinsl, Graham, Santa Cruz,
Yuma and two from Pima voted In the
affirmative.
In connection with the assessment Of
the patented mines Of Graham county
the following figures will show the diff.
ference in the valuations upon which
the assessments Of 1905 were based
and the valuations returned this year
TO the board of supervisors by the
Graham county assessor. o..
The total valuation for the. ycnr 1905
Of IS patented mines belonging TO the
Arizona Copper company was Al70,oo0,
while the valuation placed upon the
same properties this year by the asses.
sor is the su,n Of &i,2ae.O0o. an in.
crease over last year Of $i,o7O,0O0.
/; The total valuation for the year 1905
Of 80 patented mines, "a Of which
were non.produccrs and valued ut 600
each. was the sum Of sli7,o0o, the va.
luation returned by the assessor this
year being the sum Of As0A 900, the 81
patented non .produccrs being vnlned NJ
$4,000 instead Of $4,000. the valua.
tion NJ which the same was returned
in 1905. This shows an Increase over
last year in the sum Of 1857 900.
Seven patented mines, the properties
Of the shannon Copper company. were
valued at the sum Of $4,000 in the
year 1905. while the valuation return
ed this year for the same property IL
ki5o,ooo. an increase Of siis,DOO.
Another important action Of the con.
vention in which this county Is par.
ticulnriy interested is that IL was
agreed that all unpa,-nied mining
claims should he assessed at their cash
value. As in the ease ~ the assess.
ment Of patented mines, this was also
carried by large majority.
One unpatentcd mine in the county
Of Santa Cruz was placed ON the assess
mcni roll Of that county M n valnn.
tion Of 100000, the mine being gen.
orally considered to be worth NJ least
100000. An unpatented mine in ella
county will be placed on the roll Of
that county ut valuation ofAi0, 00o.
and similar action will he taken in
some of the other counties.
Sheep also come in for a raise. the
basis Of valuation Of ~ per head BE-
ing considered entirely too low. and n
motion wits carried that the valuation
of sheep should he plnced at " per
head. Hogs met n similar fate by be.
ing placcd on par value with tho
sheep.
The matter of placing n valuation on
cattle was also the subject Of some
warm discussion. il being finally agreed
that the valuation of the bovine he
left 20 the boards ~ supervisors Of
the counties. except that none shonld bs
considered as worth less than tlO pei
head. In connection with the cattle
discussion IL was agreed TINT the mum
Der of cattle returned by the differ
ent stoekmen was entirely too small for
the amount owned by them, and tina,
the returns should be increased.
Before the convention proceeded "a
business II letter from Governor kib
hey was read rcgrctting his inability
to In present. aud Offering many vaiu
able and timely suggestions in the mat
ter Of taxation and the raising Of re-
venue for the expenses Of government
The letter was very cordially received
The visiting supervisors called in q
body on actinggovernor Nichols, who
delivered an able address of welcome.
II was generally conceded by all pre-
sent ut the convention that n great
deal Of good was accomplished by tho
meeting. and "A far better understand
ing of the problems and difficulties Of
uniformity of taxation was reached
than existed in the past.
The joint statehood question was ,ov
erlookcd until after adjournment, but
was then informally discussed, and tn,
sentiment Of those present against
joint statehood was unanimous. pro