Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-21

two gentleman is hardly necessary, as
they are of our best citizens, and need
no personal introduction. All who know
them know what kind of an administra.
tion to expect at their hands The OPP
position is putting forth its strongest
efforts to defeat them at the polls, not
because anything can be urged against
either of them, for their private and
public characters are above reproach.
But with true democratic principles
they are being bitterly opposed on ac
count of the patronage and supremacy
that will thus be placed in thir hands.
We think that this extraordinary
power and patronage Of the board of
supervisors is being unduly magnifed.
But even if it is as great as the demo
Gratis would have us believe, we ask the
Independent voter of ella county if
it could be placed in better or safer
hands than those of Messrs Ryan and
Woodss
X * *
AS TO THE DELINQUENT TAXES
Dan r. Williamson in recent broad
side published by himself, gives tho
following facts and figures in regard
to his handling of the delinquent taxes:
"On taking office We found open ac-
counts in the Back, Tax book running
back to 1883 and for every year since.
In order not to do any man an injustice
the supervisors and myself went over
this book name by name and cancelled
all entries therein where, by time limits,
we were unable to collect and where
il was not advisable to bring suits.
Then We mailed tax notices TO every
name remaining on the books. We col
lected several hundred dollars as far
back as 1892, fifteen years; lots of
people have paid for 1902-3-4 Sc con
tinuous, others for different years. Some
have RENTED from faraway states, tax
es due in 1902 on personal property
when they have not lived in ella county
since 1902.
"We have found great deal of con-
fusion in city lots that had changed
hands in past years, where the sellers
had not paid the taxes and moved away
and the buyers felt confident that taxes
were paid before purchase and had
paid several years taxes since in their
own names One of many eases is that
of Solomon Z; Wickersham the whole
salers. The bought their warehouse
property in 1904 and had been assessed
and paid taxes on it since. We found
the seller of this property a non.resi-
dent, had not paid for 1903. This
1903, tax Solomon & Wiekersham paid
as soon as we notified them. This is
one of many, many cases, and they have
been running for years with no pre-
vious effort to check them up and col
lect.
after mailing the third notice and
giving at least six months time to
answer or pay, suits were Instituted
in a number of cases, but in no case
where there were not at least three
years taxes on Back Tax books. These
suits brought results and hundreds of
dollars have been paid into the treas
ury. Some large suits are now pending
| and, where thousands of dollars were
found TO be uneollcctible on account
of age limits, MANY THOUSANDS
that no previous attempt had been
made to collect have been gathered in.
And the good work is still going on
! Would further say that not a tax SUIT
has been tried in ella county in over
ten years, until now; ALSO THAT IN
FILING SUIT FOR BACK TAXES
POLL TAX Is INCLUDED AND IL
! COLLECTED FOR ALL THE YEARS
THE SAME AS PROPERTY TAX
where il has not been paid. This is
/ done to make each man bear the bur
den of taxes equally.
GENTLEMEN SUCH WORK RE-
| DUCES YOUR TAXES!
ION SUCH A RECORD / RESPECT
FULLY ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOB
REELECTION, AND | PROMISE IN
RETURN TO GIVE YOU THE BEST
SERVICES IN MY POWER. "
! Joe Sabourin and Frank 7. Clark, Jr.
are the republican candidates for con
stables for Globe precinct. Both are
! we'll known Young men, and will prove