Graham guardian., 1906-05-25

raised the Shannon last year
along with the ARIZONA Cope
company and the Detroit Cope
company, but the loard of equal
izers, who reduced the raises 0
the last two companies, failed t
reduce the Shannon, and it there
fore had to stand the raise.
Mr.. Birdno is now waiting tn
return of Manager Mills Of tn
Detroit Copper company, and afte
having these two returns in hant
he expects to have no trouble il
securing a return from that com
pany In proportion with the otber
two companies. This, the assess
or estimates, will be about 1881,
730, which will swell the grand
total returns for the county to
more than s7,000,000, and will re
duce the tax rate of the county
from about four to two per cent
Mr.. BIrdno lost no time in ad
vising other assessors Of the terri
tory of the results he had achieved
in this county, and it is therefore
to be expected that the returns OF
all other big companies will be re.
turned to correspond with these
figures, which will increase the
taxable wealth of the territory
from mining companies alone more
than twenty millions. Now, if
the territorial board of equali2a'
tion will put a fair value on rail.
road property, there will be q still
further increase of a like amount,
making the total values for the
territory close to Sl00,000,000.
This of course would greatly re-
duce the territorial tax rate,
Mr.. Birdno has also been instru.
mental in having the county pro.
vide maps of the various town.
ships, from which he has been a.
to discover a vast amount =" .0
erty that was not be- PIP,
soe 'aN rolls, "p''|yn, with the ad.
Vai"es which should be
auueu 70 me railroads will doubt.
less Tring the total value of tax.
NS'e property in this county up to
about sS,OO0,0O0, which is almost
double what it was hst year,
Copper Era.
A special telephone message to
me ReSisfer gives the gratifying
that the great Mining
corporations operating at Clifton,
Norenci and Metcalfe, in Graham
county, have concluded TO accent
he increase Of assessment placed
Ipon their properties by Assessor
Ohm J. Blrdno of that county p +,
vii pay their taxes Accord ma
As this increase in tho 'ng'y'
'ents OF those eompanie, assess
D something more tho, 50 . aInoonSS nno ol,o
no rate Of taxation ! Sz'oUO'OOO' =;
! Soea rom one " ird ~,,' ~ oUe.baIt ne
hep y nay been heretofore
"E' ,4e con- panies, through the
-nlality or incapacity of the as
,essors Of tIat county, were escap-
ng without paying taxes upon
more tha three or FIVE per cent of
the actui.l value of their property.
Assessor Birdno has pUrsu ed the
proper course. He has assessed
their property at fair valuations,
and when they refused to pay it tand
sought exemption in the courts, he
met them their and defeated them.
He has been firm and consistent in
all his acts, and now having
achieved victory that is of untold
benefit to the people of his county,
deserves the greatest credit for it,
Now let the assessor of Gila
county, and OF all the counties, do
as Graham county's assessor has
done, and there will be such an
equalization of taxation in the
territory that the burden will be
bone Justly by all classes of prop
erty.--Arlzona Register.
Notice OF hearing final account
and petition for distribution.
In the probate court of thu
county of Graham, territory o.
Arizona.
In the matter Of the estate o
Nellie A. Sullivan, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that thu
final account of Wilbur d. French
and Leonard w. French, execution
of the last will and testament o
Nellie A. Sullivan, deceased, ha
been rendered to said court fo
settlement, and that petition TO
the final distribution of the estat
of said deceased has been tilet
with said account, and that Wed
nesday, the 9th day of June, 1906
at ten o'clock a. M, has been dul.
appointed by said court for th
settlement OF said account and TO
hearing sald petition, at whic
time any person interested In sal
estate may appear and file bis ex
ceptions, in writing, to said ac
count and petition, and contest tn
same.
Dated May II, 1906.
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