Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-09
ASSESSOR WANTS
 HELP OF OWNERS
Douglas International)

Every citizen who is the owner of property should make it his bus. mess 10 look after his assessment with the greatest care, as the only means of avoiding much trouble about mistakes in his listed property and saving trouble both for himself, the board of supervisors and the tax collector. Sometimes it is not pos sible for the assessor to meet every individual property owner and even when he does it is often the case that important facts regarding his property are overlooked.
 One of the most important things which causes the most trouble Is the failure of the property owner to re port specifically about the disposal of any property of his at the last assessment and to whom, so that it may be transferred or the books to the property owner"
 Thus spoke c. J. McCabe yesterday evening at the Gadsden hotel. in a conversation with a representative of the International. Continuing, he said: We have numbers of cases where property has been assessed to individuals. who have sold to others previous to the time for the assess ment If such sales were reported to the assessor it would save a vast amount of trouble in correcting these assessments. It is not possible for she assesssr to abstract every piece of property in the county and he must rely on the owners to give a correct list of their property. either in person or by filling out the list and mailing to the office. If the assessor fails to get a list from the individual then he must take the old list of the previous year, and in this way property is often assessed to individuals who have sold to an other. Such errors are unavoidable Hniess the oroperty owners give prompt attention to its assessment al the proper time.
 '"rhe board of supervisors meet an, nually on the first Monday iL July as a board of equalization, for the purpose of correcting assessments and equalzing valuations, but as rule there are few who appear to look after the correctness of the as sessmeut unless they are called be tore the board on an allegation of under valuation. The time for every one to look after his assessment is now. and much trouble could be avoided if property owners would dc this"
 Mir McCabe stated that in Ash canyon. where he has his home in the foothills of the Huachuca noun tains there are a number of placer gold seekers at work and finding considerable gold. One nugget was secured which was worth $S5, and many lesser ones have been secured In the dirt considerable fine gold is found, but this can only be secured by banning and the scarcity of water is a drawback. NcCabe has located ledge on which some prospecting is being done, and should it prove to be the source of the placer gold en- countered in the canyon it should prove 10 be a bonanza.
 On the McCabe ranch twenty acres are being cultivated without any ir- rigation. Last year he planted ten acres to sorghum cane and claims that he harvested the best crop in the county, the yield being more than two tons to the acre, which solt at ST per ton, delivered to the railroad at Hereford He declares that his crops will be much better this year because of the abundant rains during the winter
 MT. and Mrs. McCabe went to Bis bee this morning and will go on to their home this afternoon.