Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-25
DEMOCRAT coRNEREo
IN THE USUAL LIE

Give jackass plenty of rope and
ne VIII hang himself The Herald
permitted the editor OF the morning
paper TO fume untl he got himself
IN hole on purpose, ignoring his We
nom. Below we give two extracts
rom the Democrat of different dates
We want every one TO read them and
-hen what follows:
Mr. Coston. the smelter agents
target is escaping. pray why did
not the Republican board of coun-
ty commissioners force him to dis.
gorge those delinquent taxes?
They were In a position to do so
for four long years and had Mr..
Edgar Buchanan as their legal
adviser. Why did they not make
the May Day mine pay It's $4,000
delinquent taxes? Mr. Buchanan.
It is said, is one OF the attorneys
for the May Day company. and he
advised the board that there was
no relief at law for this delin.
quency.- Sunday mornings Demo.
erat
The Herald has not yet explain.
ed why the Republican board of
county commissioners who were at
the helm for four long years,
did not force collection Of those de.
llnquent taxes. Neither has 1t
explained why the $4,000 still de.
linquent taxes were not collected
from the May Day mine. Speak
up, boys.-Tuesday's Democrat.
Now as to the facts regarding III,
May Day. In the first place the com
have nothing to do witl
the collection OF taxes, this restinl
solely with the treasurer, but il I'll,
treasurer Is so inclined the commits
sioners can aid him by allowing com
pensation for extra exertion In mai
ter OF tax collections. The Democra
endeavors TO make Il appear to tn.
people. and taxpayers especially, tha
Messrs. Ritter g. Buchanan, particu
larly Mr. Buchanan, was attorney 70
the May Day and thus prevented tn
county from securing the taxes chars
ed against that property. This is don
to cover up the rotten outrage of III
commissioners the other day. An ir
vestigation of the court records shoy
that the May Day people brought sui
asking for temporary Injunction re
straining the county treasurer fror
selling the May Day mine for take
This suit was brought by the la
firm Of Russell e Reese The conteI
tions set up we're that the output wa
taxed at four times what It should bi
or something to this effect. Mr.. Bl
chanan. as counsel for the count.
fought the suit. He prepared one {
the most exhaustive briefs ever pr
sented covering the county's side I
the case, taking the ground that {
no protest had been made before Il
commissioners sitting as a board
equalization II was too late to secu
a readjustment even II one was Just
due. Mr.. Buchanan won the case 4
the county and the treasurer we
ahead and sold the May Day mine 4
taxes and the county holds the d
certificate at the present time. Th
in addition to the taxes chare'
against the property since the suit
question.
Now, under the policy of the boar
all the May Day people have got
do is TO permit the county TO hold L
tax certificate and have the enti
debt wiped out at the end of six yea
by resolution.
The Herald has no doubt the NJ
! Day was erroneously assessed --tl
the assessment was such as to dri
ont mining enterprises in La Pla
county, but as II was not protest
at the proper time there was no
dress. Had the May Day been asse
ed at any where near a reasonal
figure the taxes would have been pa
not only for the year In question. t
since that time. AS II is mining IN
say II Is the policy OF this county
keep out capital. while every 9th
county In the state Is holding {