Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-29
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
TAXES DELINQUENT
Suit viii Be Filed In Tombstone
Soon For $4,000
Overdue.
Especial to the Review

TOMBSTONE, Feb. 2S.-From all
appearances another back tax case
will be filed in a few days that will
involve several thousand dollars. At
the time that the taxes became de-
iinQuent last December it was dis
covered that the Southern Pacific
company had allowed their taxes to
go delinquent and since that time
have not made any effort to pay the
taxes or the penalties, but did send
in the amount of the original taxes
few days after they were due, but
which were not accepted by Treas
urer Gaines. The amount of the
original taxes was $4,000, which
with interest and penalties now
amounts to nearly $4,000. The
Southern Pacific company allowed
the taxes to go delinquent in Yuma
county as well as Cochise county and
suit has already been started there to
collect the sum of $3S,610. Tax At
torney Gilmore will begin the work OF
making up the complaint and. filing
the case against, the railroad COM
pany during the next few days.
Making Entries.
During the past few days number
of entries of land on the Babocomari
Greek, in the vicinity of Huachuca
Siding, have been filed in the county
recorders office Most of them are
homestead entries. There promises
to be some interesting law suits
arise out of the filings, as several
parties have flied on the same
ground For a number of years it
was understood that there had been
no government survey CT the land in
that section and that If 1t was not
open to settlemen, but there were
number of squatters who had settled
and taken up ground and had MADE
extensive improvements thereon with
a view of fling on it when the land
was surveyed as they thought.
Through some oversight OF the part
of the clerks in the land office they
were notified that the land was not
surveyed, when in reality it had been.
One or two parties became aware of
the fact that the land had been sur
veyed and began filing entries on
the land that had been taken up by
the squatters, and now the latter are
making their filings and several con-
tests have already been filed in the
land Office at Phoenix, while suits
are also being filed in the district
court here.
Pays to Advertise.
When the consignment of vegetable
seeds were received from the gov
eminent by Clerk BeTner, of the
board of supervisors, ne placed
notices in the various papers OF the
county OF the fact that che seeds had
been received so that parties resid1
ing in the county that wanted them
could have them by applying at the
Office of the board of supervisors. It
was not long before the supply had
been exhausted, but he is still re-
ceiving letters from all parts Of the
country for them. Some of the re-
quests have come from adjoining
counties in the territory, others from
New Mexico, Sonora, annd even as
far as Texas From this fact it is
evident that the county papers are
good advertising mediums and are
read in all sections of the country.
Jail Filling Up.
The county Jail is rapidly filling up
again with prisoners and when the
ApriI term of court arrives the usual
number will be on hand to await the
action Of the grand jury. At the
present time there are over fifty held
in that institution, over half OF whom
are held to await the action OF the
April grand jury.
Brevities-
w. K. Flore, the Bistee attorney
was in the city, being called here on
legal business. He returned nome
this afternoon.
III. Talbot and wife were in the
citv on their way from Leadville to
T3isbea, where they will remain 1or
a few days.
e. G. r. Manwarring, the wen
known mining man was in the CIV
ON his way to Patagonia, where ne