The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-12-01
COLLECTION COST
WAS TOO HIGH
EXPENSE OF COUNTY TREASURER
INCREASED DURING PREVIOUS
TERM OF OFFICE.

Olympia, Nov. 29.-It is shown by
statistics compiled by the bureau of
inspection which is keeping track of
the cost OF running the office of treas
urer IN the various counties that a
better showing was made i'm this re-
Spect in 1910 than in the year 1903.
as the result OF the check being kent
by the bureau OF the cost of tax col
lection Eighteen of the counties run
their treasurer's office at a less ex-
pense than in 1909. The figures show
! the cost in each county for collecting
each one hundred dollars of taxes
ana IN Whitman county the cost was
| higher In 1910 than in 1909. The
amount OF taxes collected was 1884.
SZ9 ana the expenses Of maintain
ing the treasurer office was ST.
6S'.o4 in 1910, which shows that the
cost per hundred dollars of collect
ing the taxes was $979. The cost
IN 1909 was $3.50. The highest cost
OF collecting taxes was in island
county where in 1909 it cost $3.25
for each 500 collected, while in 1919
the cost was $2.74. In 1910 the low
| SEoI NOoA W do III LEV Is COUNTY W0lle In
! 1903 the lowest cost was in Yakima
county. In the smaller counties the
cost of collection was higher than in
the larger counties.
Indians i'll National Guard.
In ruling made for the benefit of
the adjutant general of the national
guard the attorney general holds
| that Indians who have the right To
become citizens and who have severed
tribal relations may become members
of the national guard. This point
was raised as the result Of an enort
to organize a company of naval mil
itia at the Puyallup Indian school.
Booster Days Help.
! Gov. Hay is a believer in boost y
| days" and calling attention to Wash
/ ington made goods, and owing TO the
| success Of the booster day which lie
proclaimed some. months ago it is
/ likely that he Will call another one
some time in January or February,
and it may become a semi-annual af-
| fair
Relatives Get Industrial Insurance.
The action of the state industrial
/ insurance commission upon the
claims of the eight girls burned to
death in the powder explosion at Che
halls, on November l, has establish
cd several precedents. They show
that the parents Of minors who are
| injured can collect only for the time
which would have elapsed until the
majority of the minor and that the
| limit for a pension to be paid to the
| 11nt <,E
month. The Powder company has
! beer penalized in the sum of $1,297
! because it had employed two minors
without having the written consent
| of superior court judge. In addit-
| ion to the pensions the sum of $500
was allowed in each case for fun aral
! expenses. All members of the lass
were directed to pay up Immediately
the necessary money to take care Of
these claims. The husband of one OF
the victims received no allowance as
she has been living in a state of
abandonment for one year prior to
the accident. Her infant child how
ever is 10 receive a pension of ten
| dollars a month until 16 years Of age,
unless the father assumes custody
when five dollars a month is allowed.
Shrinkage Too Much.
Much interest is being shown in
question which has come up before
the state industrial insurance COM
mission but upon which it has no
jurisdiction. complaint has been
received from the Star Poultry Farm
at Waitsburg, WaIia Walla county,
which says that it has shipped 90
pounds of poultry from Waitsburg to
Seattle by express but that they got
credit for only 81 pounds showing a
shrinkage of 81 pounds, and the ship
per protests against the amount Of
shrinkage. II was stated that this
was not unusual as in order TO test
the case he shipped 100 pounds Of
poultry TO Seattle and at the same
time put 100 pounds of live chickens
in the sun at Waitsburg and left them
there until the first consignment
reached Seattle. He found tnat the
shrinkage was only 4 pounds while
the shipment to Seattle had shrunk
"a pounds The public service COM
mission will ask the express com
panies to assist the shipper and asks
that the agent at Seattle shall weigh
the goods when they reach Seattle,
and return the weight to the shipper
and altho this will entail extra work
on the express company it is thought
that it will be done as the complaints
are inJuring the business of the ex-
press companies. The commission
has also written to the shipper to
weigh its poultry and crates separate
ly before loading and TO have the
weight marked at Waitsburg.
Measles and Pneumonia Fatal.