Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-10

~This utle statement In the even
fng paper very Interesting said q
seH knoan county official ar the
court house yesterday.
"It appears that he evening paper
s badIy III need II enlightenment
Fs~tInas efT tho county figures are
more easily acre-s bile 40 present than
ln former DAYS a little investigation
lr The county offices would have ~
once shown the evening paper that
buaine.s engagement instead NJ graft
lng has rather changed the financial
condition n Bernaililo county In rne
past year 0r 20
you WII remember. perhaps. that
DO the early part ~ the year II our
Lord 1903. she sum ~ tome 81 600
wss borrowed by The county 20 use IN
the flood emergency. Which put O bad
seare ga the eitY. the.loaH being made
gance and neglect 0f the Hubbeil re-
eimc. ~ which Tho evening paper. I
believe. 81 The official organ Thc7e
were the famous days ~ Monogram.
Then again 20 would have been
comparatively aay 20 ascertain that
the county had 20 borrow some $4,000
lu order 10 hold u term 81 court. also,
I believe. ammo Dpmlui, 1908. In re-
ply 90 the question naturally arising
us % WIS II WAS necessary 90 borrow
this money. or why there was no
money available ~ hold % term ~
court. tho answer may II read Do the
Fiars-the stars that Frank and
Tomaf saw for instance, at election
last fan.
Again. IL iH no particular tax on
ff. .r..a ~ fH.ns aEHHrEt f.NIluE 4lF-
rent events and read the signs ~ the
tlmes ara 1iher advertisements. no re-
cail that me rather large sum- Of
some 10000 went ~ Tomas Hubboll.
under the provisions ~ a Jaw passed
by him. making those fAtKgu' sLI
for the feeding " prisoners preferred
claims against the county This is an
u%uulcaslut subject. ana perhaps we
8hould not talk ~ a.
"But. anyhow. here We have @ total
Of some $4,000, relics Gf he rank.
raFc1lly. |ruluous and rampaRcous ad-
ministrati0u Of the House Of Hub
bell. which also visited thc c1uuty
schools in blank districts blank lines
not to exceed blank dollars to each
district Then, Of course. there were
the school desks. and the Ia BAN
dcra furniture. and there were rou-
LOSSES and other things 10 be
paid. Any how, the present county
administration has paid off The sl5.-
600 odd and some more besides. ]
ann giving sou the rough figures
Some ono really ought 10 break %
To- the evening paper, went on the Of
ncinl. that the county In Tho past
has paid Oft q burden OF some
$4,000 laid ON the people by the
gran ana r~ottenUcsse Of the HubbeI
regime. pf which, including the bril-
liant Slavic. ! understand the evening
paper % Htiil The warm supporter
"Whlle on the subject. 10 may be
wen to refer again TOO the fact that
the county this year loses about $4,000
iu gambling licenses.
Taking an the foregoing into con-
s|idcrntlou. some one should kindly in
form the evening paper that the
levy has been reduced by the
present administration three ana six
tcnths mills.
"rhe only leyies raised have been
the school levy. which was raised in
Re from the two mills Of last
year Go three mills. The school board
81 the city has raised the school levy
from ten 90 thirteen mills. Tho
county commissioners. IL Is hardly
necessary to add, made neither of
these raises.
All of which goes Co show that
after all DO iH mol 500 queer about the
taxes Figures arr easier 90 get at
than formerly.
10 would De- almost like rubbing 90
GOO to refer casually boo closing To- the
fact Mat the county has been pcrmi-
usutIy protected against floods
bridges huvo been repaired. roads
havD been worked. new school houses