Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-29

VI HI'at pFme tD us. Tne pubttc schools | ot Prescott compare favorabiy with similar schools anywhere. and constitute | one of the greatest attractions to home ! seekers uat we have to offer. Tho ad- | r.markabiy painstaking and competent, | The schools have been kept clear of 1, partisan politics the people having for school purposes proper value was re- ceived. As our wealth increases we VII De able to make still more liberal .S- Tn many other desirable directions.
 CITY AFFAIRS.
 Turning ,o our city affairs. we find that creased from ii.is'M@ in 1888 to Increase for that period of itO per cent. Our population has doubled In the same period. Signs of improvement arc Co be provem.nts are directly traceabIe to the movement lately started In this club. an ams s, m ,ruc ,, of .h. proposed 'mproyem.nt % ,Se sS,n sSus .asan, Pleasant .1rs TS,sw"f club. an organization has been effected
 ior making similar improvements on
 Mount Vernon avenue. When these two important. streets have been pro. periy graded and improved. we will Ind that Improvements In other sections will be rapid. lt Is reasonable to expect
 "'h ,h. "s ,o%n "s viii 'nr Ss ss"fs sss@ ,Ss @ it VIII bc improved in all respects. Few
 persons tsealiS~ the amount of money
 Una, has been spent In new buildings and
 municipal improvements within the last
 three y-ats Careful and conservative estimates by persons In position to know
 place the value of new buildings and c,y Improvements within that period THAT NEW DEPOT.
 whi. on the subject of improvements
 In and about the city. your committee
 l.men,s the fact that one of the most 1 n s. .Is .1k2 1 siderable list of nne buildings, and one
 In which the community will share more
 benentr thap In almost any other, ws
 nss nr of 1 .am. s dsprSsa ass en. Gi nr0sns s. | railroad company to reach an under.
 standing and asrce upon terms that wili ! enable the company to acquire land upon
 depot. We are advised that it was with | considerable difficulty. and at the eH.
 pcnse of great personal effort. that Mr.
 railroad company ,o the plans and appro-
 priation for . building that was con-ld-
 cred better than present conditions here
 warranted. The d.sirabiliiy of such n | building cannot well be over-estimated
 Strangers coming Into the city are apt
 to sain thcir first and most lasting I'm: precision of u from the character of
 passenger depot that is found here. Ev-
 cry enort should he put forth 'o en-
 able the railroad company to carry out
 the proposed improvement. Lately some | h
 chanc. of losing this opportunity fo! "A
 new passenger depot. are interesting
 themselves in an efYor, that we trust
 will bring about a consumption most
 io S@ forever depiorsd if the seiishnss.
 of Q few indiv ,duals is allowed to pre-
 vent the city from obtaining this dssir-
 SHOULD ABOLISH sHERIFF's FEEs Having surveyed the hopeful fcaturvs
 of our county and city governments. the
 committee fe.,- itseif obiig~d to cNtl
 the clubs attention. 'c some some po..ibi,,,'c,, 2,
 your committee that the sherihs office
 should be put upon a salaried basis a.
 quickly as possible. and that the present
 system of exorbitant fees should bs
 abolished. or should at least h. so amend.
 cd as to give the county the benefit oI
 these fees. Tn. sherir's office for n.
 Is the highest point that has ever be.s
 rcached This amount includes onl,
 those charges which are connected will
 the prosecution and custody of crim
 iaais, and the execution of criminal pro
 cesr. It is impossible to accurately esu
 mate th. amount of civil fees which arr annually paid to the sherin. but it |
 probably safe to say that four or ny ih. amount paid by the county ueasnr , er. is yearly received by the shsrinr other words, the sherin's oince cos, should Thos, who defend the existini { condition claim that tf the ofnce wcr lose In efficiency; that there would .. [ no incentive to the performanc. of hi duty on the part of the sherir. Thi [ p,bIic oinciais are not irnbued with \ vcry high sense of duty. We do not hs , iieve that the efficiency of n. ofnc would .nfi.r in any degree re-, @ m ,hs ,hs shs sss ma., m" .,aiss. n I notably in %siifornia' ~n., | tn. change from the lee system to ss !. ormous saving Moreover. it has v' n suited In many other improvement i The sherin'r office Is now the principi
 bone of contention in politics. The lars
 .moIuments connected with it encou' , ages the expenditure of large sums i. candidates for the office. TN" result :. d.moralixtng.
 a It has always been ,rue that such l. condition builds up a system of lchb, {. Ing In It's defense. \ threat "a rhnns 't the sherin's office to a saisried bas ]. brings the shsriffs from all oyer Ar,sor s5 to Phoenix. and ngninsi their combins !, influence it is difficult to secure iegt !. iaiive action. Hut. the change Is bonr :, ,o come sooner ,. or later ,o , Tn. .,,,o s., s- of such candidates for the l.sisiatu Il, as Will pledge themselves to bring abo ,c the suggested change and should @ ir or election of any candidate who r.fu- n- DELINQrENT TAX LAW WRONG. ar Another suggestion which your cci D. mitiee makes is that the present dell ,t uuent tax iaw should be amended 'u h, rIous particulars. This law vas pass nt by the legislature of ieD3 It was Dc
 rowed from the Missouri statute. IT ,n original Missouri statute graduated q y, penalties in such mspn-r shat th n- encouraged the carly payment of taN' sd and adjusted the heavier penalties so ,l- 10 make them compensate the tnx of Ut cisls for efforts made in collecting
 taxes. For instance. the man.mun,
 iornsy's fee permitted was 10 psr cs rp of the amount collected. This was p of only where suit had been brought q Di carried to Judgment. Where the coil' In tIon was affected at the expense
 ut less trouble to the tax collector and ng tax attorney. the attorneys fee Sas ~ ty | respopdingly reduced. our own stat, ll as rnarted by the legislature prrfnifs n- attornry's fee of :s per cent of .ss 1 amount collected, It permits the "tnpi. on ment of special tax attorney by is tax collector. with the adyic. uud c. ,iy l sent of the board of super,isors of kas- no quarrel with the attorney n. | ,h. tns collector. The law creates