The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-01
SONE FACTS ABOUT
GEORGE BLEER

purchase OF antoln eais estates
Before tbs yer To tax values o.
some 81 the said reai estate vas %.
small that people grinned. N For IN
stance. the house where Baker
nov lives. on Spruce street g not
returned but the lot on which II
stands and5was standing. was valued
at 5000, thsref fore ID total yaluati 41
.of aty dollars vas the value on q
#property, which We apdeFs tand, as:'
Isesssd today al 100000. This ID one
instance 81 Bakers tax lodging. A.
more complies list can be published e
Baker wants to hear the report IN
fun. The Monongaaa county assess;
ors, both Of personal property and real
estate, were talked 10 and followed By
Baker from the beginning with the.
argument as follows; Keep up the.
values on coal, oil, and gas factories
and west side property When the
assessors reached Morgan district the
argument was: Go easy. boys, tie
law did not intend that this increase
to true and actual value should be-
made ali at one time; go easy, boys,lt.
win ruin the party. Baker vas:iook.
ing out for Baker after they crossed
the river to the East side, but all Of
this had no effect on the assessors
Bakers property is valued Just like
otAer. what is the resuItl He
Jumps into the papers with all sorts
Of figures and quotes every man who.
dares even LOOK at him, as authority
for 80 and so, talks the County Court
into,trying to tax leaseholtis back for
1--WE years. made several other propO:
sitions, all Of which, have failed, has
proposition on hand now, TO "force or
talk the Board Of Public Works in To-
raise the coal values in Marion cnlla.
ty This is being done with hopes Of
Keeping the Board from reducing the
coal values in Monongalfa county. and
thereby increasing the tax levy on
Bakers city property. He doesn't ex.
peot the Board to increase the Marion
county coal values. All ne wants Is
fees enough out Of both County Courts
to pay his own tax, and q lot Of free
advertising with his picture attached,
and no is getting tisgall. The free
advertising business ls SO well q man N.
aged with the County CourtA that.
they are paying the newspapers. at
least have promised to pay some q
the Morgantown papers, for publish.
Ing the Baker letters and for sending
out extra papers. After "the great
.hgItp Is over what win be the re,
suit? Republican party damagedabx
false reports payers uhtl the cent tI9tt3
Of Newspaper advertising for b Eert
also fees paid Baker, .and nnthinqlg
whatever accomplished, not one thing
We Say nothing absolutely MOTH.
ING" for the tax payer.
MI. Baker solicited votes sagainsst
wln. M. q Dawson before election,
we will publish sworn statements hi
this fact, if Mr. Baker ,wanta them
We want to ask what right has q man
whoslay done this and more ami pah.E
liolg said, toefore tho lask elactionl|
that Frank Cos was not q candidate
for Judge Of ths Supreme couEt a
would stump tho county and State
against tie Republican party to sol
out through tho papers and pose as
the great TAX REEoRMER" mt
for Monougalla and Marion counties,
but for the entire State, and pre-
sumo, ID act ag prpmpter and director
Of tie Board Of Public Works, Of
which the governor, tho father Of the
tax laws, h membeE3
Thiswhole AFFAIR IS rdicuiousiy fun
~. II the farmers whom Baker
clalngtp be protecting. and The labor
ms man, with the little home, in whom
he alyo takes a great interest, a. will
look carefully into tho laws which
must govern these matters! and read
more than the headlines, of the. RaEer
letters, they will soon find ouE tfat
there Ii foe on an expected vote
coming or hoped for BY Baker. ne has
about ay much interst in the GARNER
ana laboring man az . Chinamaa
woutdhave in the report thar 3 grass.
hopper had dropped over Niagah
FANS The farmer and laborlng lren
Get more money. and have been help
ed more BY the ,pil, Gus, coal and otsl.
.er terrible combinations Of robbers
than Baker and his kin1 would oE
could help them in q million years.
The whole question IS With the HpaSd
Of Publlc Worss and the writer pre-
alctsthat tnsy- viii decrease TIE end.
values il the counties Of MnnonasiEa.
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