The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-11-02
NOT LIES But
THE TRUTH

Under the heading of "The Real
Truth About County Taxes" the To-
cal Republican Organ (Which is repu-
ceeds to copy a few quotations of the
Republican tax laws from recent IS
sues of the Record, and then draws
conclusions that are absolutely incor-
rect and false in every particular. Let
us look at a few of them.
The Boar of County Commission
ers has directed its efforts to getting
as fair and impartial an assessment
as possible under Republican laws.
The lands close in to Roswell are nat
urally the most valuable lands, and
are valued accordingly by he Board.
The farther away from Roswell the
less are the lands worth and they
are valued accordingly.
The r. T. Man brings up the ques-
ton of the valuation of certain n
which have been placed by the Board
at $3.50 an acre and compares them
with those at $3.50 an acre, and the
says: THE Territorial Board did not
fix that price"
The agricultural lands valued at
$3.50 per acre are the highly cult
waited farms nearer to Roswell. The
lands valued at $3.50 are the highly
cultivated lands some distance from
Roswell, or south of the township line
between townships IL and II, which
runs near Orchard Park. hi lands
valued at $3.50 are the same in acre
age as those valued at $3.50, so that
the average for this class of lands is
SIS per acre. In other words the
Board of County Commissioners has
tried to give the farmers in the south
ern n Of the county as fair a deal
as the Ubiquitous Republican law will
permit. THERE IS NOT A COUNTY
IN THE TERRITORY WHOSE
LANDS OF ANY DESCRIPTION ARE
RENDERED AT A VALUE EXCEED
ING THOSE SET BY REPUBLICAN
LAW.
The lands placed at $25 by the
Board are the lands closely adjoining
Roswell, some OF them being within
the city limits. All this shows that
the Board has endeavored to place
the valuations as fairly as possible
under the conditions. The lands zeal
ly worth the larger sums are valued
the highest, and then departing from
d 0rr,o1 {L- xo1,o+S~- = ---1I l---.
Nothing could be more fair.
The Milne-Bush lands under the
management of w. NJ. Atkinson are
all the way through placed in the
HIGHEST valuation class.
The spite work Of the Register
Tribune seems to be directed not on
ly against the Democratic officials,
but against every farmer and stock
man in the county of Chaves.
There is not the slightest founda-
ton for the knocks and slurs thrown
about by the Register-Tribune.
The R. T. man accuses the owners
of cattle and sheep with rendering
and swearing to 1900 to 5000 cattle
when they really have up as high as
100000" If the R. T. man has the
proof for this why not produce it
and not rconfine himself to absurd
charges and libelous assertions.
Now about this thirty cent land.
Why was this rate fixed at thirty
cents by h Republican gang? The
members of the old Republican gang
over the mountains have gobbled up
all the timber, coal and other desira-
BILE lands in the western section of
the Territory, and then having con-
troll of the lawmaking and taxing |
machinery of the Territory proceeded
to fix things all along the line. Tim
Der lands worth hundreds of dollars
an acre were given a valuation of
from $3.50 to $500 per acre. The law
does not say mot less than" but &C
tually sets this rate and no other.
Then they cast about for any other
desirable lands that might have es-
capped their eyes and classed all other |
at a thirty-cent rate, and the
law says plainly that it must be as
sessed at thirty cents, and not higher
Or lower, but at exactly thirty cents
There are but two bodies of his land
in Chaves county, and as in duty