The Dolores star., 1910-05-20

Friday. May 40. 1910.
A exalaaslioa.

Our esteemed fellow citizen, H. v.
Pyle. In commenting on the TAX list"
publlshed In last weeks Issue Of the
Costes Herald, takes fling at the edi-
tns 81 The Star. Everybody In Doloret
= acquainted with Harry and know
nh characteristics and The Star had
no Intention Of referring to the matter
until We began receiving Items con,
eesnine u for publication. Some Of
thess iten,s were not very complt
msentary to the Herald or its Dolores
correspondent and, while we thank
our friends for their go0d Intentions,
We refused to publish any u the Items
We nnd from reading these Item
and from the talk Of thOse who saw
the Herald, that the motive Of the
Gentlensen who paid for the publication
b misuadentood. II seems 10 Ire the
general belief. especially an,ong thm+
who rsside out Of town. that this "tax
llss" was published ior the purpose Of
opposing the water works proposition
which b 10 come before the cltlaens Of
Do,oses In special election on June 9Th
Ons gentlenan who lives In the country
but Owms property In town was very
indignant that real estate man should
use such strenuous efforts 10 retard III.
growth n his own town and surround
Ing country. We feel quite certain
that such IN object was far from the
mind Of the gentleman who financed
The publication Of this lIst, and u 10 In
hh deSeuse and 10 correct this mistaken
idsa that sg,ece b given To this item,
No doubt the publication Of this "tax
III" sill b used by The enemies II ths
waess propnsltton Sos the purposs u
haapsstsg ths sals u l,onds, and !,
may sdleot % : gssatss o. Iess degree
ths compssitivs bidding sor the houds.
% sccount 81 property In Dolores and
I'll other Colombo town not being ~
sasrd for taxation st anything like It,
real value. Residents II Colorado arr
acquainted With this condition, but
boad buyers In Chicago. New York
and oe1ner eastern cltiss are not, aud u |
. copy 0f tho Henld's tag Hat" h
p,aced t,elore prospective bond buyer |
the valuation may appear 70 low thai |
10 Will not investigate conditions nor
present . bid.
The facts are that Harry , . pretty
gnod lell0w, aud we believe he Stands |
fus pahlic entssprise aud advancement,
but Be , extremely faulty In his judy
snsnt. He can always be relied upon |
to do the wrong thing ct the wrong
time. However, the reader cannot BE-
blamed for wrongly interpreting the
naOllve that led To the publishtng of the |
llsl II the letter that accompanied Il |
- intended for IN explanation Il |
certainly fell short of liz Missi0n. Just
In what way u might be Of any use 10 |
votesn In regard 10 the coming water
ebectb0n We cannot sse. The water
rsvenus will be fixed by ordinance
passed BY the town trustees aud will !
ssot b. affected by the ssssssed valuation |
0sed BY the county. Ifit was To show
unequal valuations for taxing purposes
u wss again faulty, for how h one 10
knOw h0w the valuations In Dolores
compare With other towns In the
county. To accomplish anything along |
this line the a~sesssd valuation Of the
entire county should have been given. |
Marry y not known Ia spend money |
SOs nothing, he also hes some slight
po,itioal ambitions and there h an
slsctiou coming this fall, th~se facts
taken IN connection With that pathetic
paragraph, ~ do mot want To u under.
stood = csiticlsing any 81 the county
olloials o. any individual - being ~
sponslble Tor these condltlons,n might
sxplslm the whole transaclion.
Asnessed valuations In the county
shsSld ~ equal aud u h the duty Of
~ eo9nty assessos and hoard ~ county
eomustasiossen 70 - adjust then, that
lhsy will ~ ROYAL; but ws cannot ~.
psct IN anssssos 10 cosrect I'll the~e
AsGDels The nsst year no y In osIsce, for
u taller him that hing " 81 acquaint~d
Win sxlstlng conditions. The con-.
nslsu1oasn " buasd n equalization an
esI1ed largely In this matter By the
}o1oment q The asssssos. We bslievs
No. sus pssssss eassssos b . capable
1noa go " givss tisns wlll adjust
nnntoess h Nh eGles satisfactory 70
psesyeo4y. Ab ~ b ~ . pleasant
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