Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-28
ASK MERCHANTS TO SUBMIT
 INVOICES.
(F,em Wednesdays Daily.)

 sues the policy adhered to by it during the past two days, in raising the ass cssmcnts of the several corporations, firms and individual tax payers of the county, it is reasonable to expect that the assessment roll total will reach, il not pass, the sIO,00000o mark, when the roll has been thoroughly eanvasscd.
 During the past two days the roll has been increased to the extent of taxpaying interests yet to be cqualizcd.
 A new policy has been inaugurated in reaching n valuation on the stocks of goods of merchants in the city and county. The merchants have been in. vitcd to submit their invoices with the understanding that the valuation will be placed at 90 per cent of the amount of goods in their establishments, as represented thereon. All of the large establishments of the city have agreed to submit their invoices for inspection to the board, with the exception of two firms, one being given until Thurs day to submit its invoice for inspcc. ton and the other, C. W. Moore, sub hitting to raise in assessed valuation from sI 300 to 5000. rather than ap. pear before the board, for the reason, as hc said, that the board would do as it saw ft anyway.
 The following merchants who sub mittcd their invoices for inspection were raised in the respective amounts as follows:
 ]. [. Gardner, from sl2,50O to sI3.. 900; I. Laskin X Bro. from $i,0OO to si,500; Head Lumber Company, from s7,0O0 to s7,5s0. and Ed Block, from 5000 to si5,00o. Nathan Levy, on behalf of the firm of D. Levy & Co.,, promised to submit the invoice of his firm to the board today as we'll ns R. II. Burmistcr, the leading member of R. II. Burmistcr & Sons Company.
 The board increased the valuation of the santa Fc railroad by s7O,G5I in order to make the tax against the rail. road company $l75 mile under the s2.50 rate, the said $I7j n mile being fixed by net of Congress.
 IIowcl Jones, vice-presilcnt and land agent of the santa Fc, appeared before the board and made n rather unique and fetching proposition concerning the taxation of railroad lands, the valua. tion of which was fixed by the Tcrritor. ial board of equalization at 40 cents an acre. Mir. Jones asked the board Co assess the railroad lands at 40 cents m acre for Territorial purposes with n view of collecting the 75 cent Terri. torial tax on this basis, and then assess the lands for county purposes on the basis of 20 cent an acre valuation. .I this way, he explained. the Territory would receive the amount assessed by its board against the lands, and the county, recognizing the fact, as he rep. resented, that the lands were not worth 70 cents an acre, would get q reasonable amount. No action was taken on Mir. Jones' suggestion, but it is understood that he will appear before the board again in the next few days.
 An increase of $i,O92.Is was made in the assessed valuation of railroad lands owned by F.. B. Perrin and Lilo Nj. Perrin, which were raised in valuation from 25 cents an acre to 40 cents an acre.
 The assessed valuation of the Storm Cloud mine, owned by Fred Williams and the II. ]. Beemer company, was raised from s750 to sIo,OOO. The Cleo. patra Copper Company's shelter at Jerome wns increased from s2, 300 to 5000, the improvements of the San Domingo Consolidated Mining company from s250 to $i,O0O and the machinery of the Pittsburg-Jerome Copper com. pany from $90O to &2,250.
 Almost all of the stockmen in the county who were cited to appear before the board were made to believe that they owned from 25 to 300 head of stock more than they returned to the assessor and were raised accordingly. The board adjourned at 4:3O o'clock until this afternoon at 1 o'clock to allow the members and those cited to appear before it an opportunity to attend tho funeral of the late Jake
 Marks.
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