Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-01-24

James +. Haley, State License an,
Bullion Tax Collector has filed his re
port with Governor Dickerson, cover
Ing three-fourths of the year 1909
The report shows clearly that Hale!
has been attending to his duties a
all times and is, as we phophesied
one of the best appointments made by
Governor Dickerson.
The report shows many things
among which are that $16S, 00O of rev.
enue in excess of that collected in
1908 has been added during the nine
months of 1909, an increase of 100
per cent; that the total output of the
mines of the state has been increased
from 753,S50 tons in the nine months
of 1908 to 2,157,915 tons in 1909. a
difference in values from $1O,013, $50
2S to $1s,155,529.sO.
The immense copper properties of
Waite Pine County have brought that
county to the front in tonnage, in
the entire state combined. The value
of the ores Is second and the tax col
lected Is also second. The ore produc-
tion In that county for the last nine
months reached total of $1,192,221
tons.
Esmerada County leads all in val
ues. The values were $7,121 ,S99 and
the tax paid $127,312.
There are many features in the re-
port that are of interest to the stu
dent of affairs of Nevada. The tabu-
lated statement showing the money
collected from license sources on Ne
va1a for the past IL months place
the figures at 1851, ,279sO. This Is
considered an excellent showing. In
the list of counties White Pine made
the greatest gain. Lander made a
big jump over 1905 Ormsby, Lyon,
Eureka and Douglas counties also ad-
vanced. There was failing off in
Esmeralda. Nye. Humboldt, Lincoln
and Washoe Counties. The total
amount collected from license sources
last year was s429,769,03. OF this
sum $4,000 was collected from
gambling and slot machine licenses,
leaving $21O.96.76O, which was collect
ed from all other county license
sources.
From 1909 the figures show that out
of 1861 ,279.S0 the sum of $217,SOO
was collected from the gambling and
slot machine licenses, leaving s143,-
479.sO, which was derived from other
county license sources. This would
indicate that gambling was more
prevalent in Nevada during the past
~ months or else more attention was
given to collecting from this import
ant revenue source.
The state liquor licenses also pre-
sent an interesting story. The state
collects a license from each retail liq-
uor dealed, each wholesaler and each
druggist in Nevada. Last year the
revenue derived by the state from this
source totaled $66,633. For 1909 in
face of conditions which prevailed, the
total amount collected from these
sources figured $62,S42.50.
The report contains detailed tabu-
lated statements showing just where
tais money was collected during 1909
with comparative statements covering
the same period in 1908. In retail liq-
uor licenses the total number was
practically the same as in 1908
namely, 765. The report shows II
cense Of cents per head was collect
cd on 261,450 head Of sheep brought
aere form neighboring states fol
grazing. The total amounted to $1S2,
$50 for 1909.
There Is table showing that dur
Ing the year approximately 264'
monthly gambling licenses were is.
sued. as against 2444 for the same
period In 1908. There were 24O sio
machines during 1909 and 254 in 1908
The comparative tables show jus
where each Of these gambling game.
were located and the kind of game
for which license was issued.