The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20
wAERE ART The DOC TAX BooKs2

II will be observed that the Times was minus its regular double column
happenedsb but about ten o'clock a Democratic friend of ours came rushing
into our Office saying he had. found one otthe coloneIs broad side editorial
which he must have lost on his way to- tn Times once. As us very ms t @s
feryescent we fear it wouldn't keep till tomorrow mornings Issue OF the
Times, SO we give it in the West virgEian today on the double. tsae OK
system for which it was written a it would seem to- muc nampereea IN
the usual single column style The. editorial in all y enaretS Is as
follows, 1T ought to be read with head erect and right hand raised)
MY distinguished 1elow clhNehs' we aeHannl ~ III me "a M r. = $50. 80 ~
eminent to know where "art" the dog Tax Books? Why in the nam OF all
that is good and commendable- are they withheld iron the anxious Se I
us poor devils who are too poor to own a dog?
Now. Mr.. Vtrgtnian, car you answer us his n burning ques u M
teen minutes we will mandamus tho keeper of5records and seals to com
pei his immediate production of the aforesaid Dog Tx BoOkS AGAIN
Il is a miserable shame that dogs are running al. large without collars
with their ownership shrouded in deep mystery. What protection OBJECTION can 9
honest dog have that sports a silver collar and Is recognized. in the best
society when he is permitted to be pushed on the side walk by me of these
time for this. actor. to be completed and we want you to nderstand that
dog days have passed and still W have 10 recelved a aheape e@p"s
nation to this Burning question.
We expect to run broad gauge editorials over a broad gauged track at
a speed that will generate heat sufficient to melt the rails into running'
molten masses if this question is not answered before the SUI goes down.
Why is it that under the new law some dogs ae permitted u weaf sou.
ed collars with the number of the tag faded by ~ erosion Of ume m "A
we have been insisting that not later than July goth is the PROVISION OF tne
new law? ~
Where are the sheckels nf the exche"uer Of the Dog Tax Law low many
kopecks have been received and how many are outstanding that have not
expect to invoke the strong arm of the law in our behalf N we ave- eEn
threatened to appeal to the Great now II te YMsmah ~o" 9'S 70
immediate and comfortable relief
We viii not stand TO any comparisons to be made in the dog tax of
1904 and the present time If a mans dog dies of course his log tai VIII
the eastern district, likewise for the western district The Times is ax-
iouAy waiting your action. ~
inythe county OF Marion for the fiscal year? Where is this registration list:
How manyspecies of dogs now exist within the confines y ~ great am
pared with previous years? How are the poodless thriving? is their diet
Shofasome md are any changes recommended by the Assessor July goth
a the time this information should be handed out to the voters, as the
new law is what we are operating under at the present time. 4
1t is feared and depored that If this information can not DO obtained
that many sovereign voters will have to go to the polls in November and
cast their vote in ignorance of this great local. condition
II the vranian don't speak out on this question, the whole Republican
outfit is guilty of trying to keep this information from the people. The
temporary editor of the Times is a lawyer and knows what he is talking
about, SO out with your information about the Dog Tax BOOKS v are In
earnest and won't be fooled with.