The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
UNPAID TAXES.
Large Number of Topekans Neglect or
Forget to Pay.

If collections are not secured from
/ delinquent personal property taxpayers
| Shawnee county stands to lose in the
vicinity of $1,000, according to figures
tabulated by the county board from the
| annual report of County Treasurer
! Matt Weightman, now being prepared.
| The list of delinquents includes num-
Der of business and professional men
| in Topeka, and includes also the name
of the governor of the state. There
is not the least doubt but that in most
| of these cases carelessness or neglect
have been responsible for failure to pay
personal taxes. But the result is the
taxpayers who have paid their taxes.
and to Shawnee county to which the
unpaid taxes are due.
The delinquents have been notified of
their failure to pay their taxes. tax
warrants having been issued to the
sheriff January Is, last, and these
warrants were returned marked who'll
unsatisfed." Those who have paid all
or part of their personal property
taxes are not included in the list, a con-
siderable amount of money having been
collected by the sheriff on warrants
issued.
The list of delinquents, however in
cludes only those who still have failed
to pay their taxes and who the sher-
iff has given up as hopeless in return
Among the larger sums yet outstand-
ing is the tax of the Clipper Windmill
Pump company, shown by the treas
urers records to be $302.50 Delinquent
taxes on personal property are due
from the K. c. Bit & Novelty COM
pany in the aggregate of $18595. A
]. August is shown to owe a total of
$152.49. The Central Commission COM
pany is shown to owe $93.02. The King
Manufacturing company is shown to
be indebted to the county in the sum
of $151 Sc. George P Middaugh is
shown to be delinquent on $129. 81. The
Miller Wall Paper company is shown
to be owing $111.61. Fred A. Snow who
recently sold his drug store and other
property, is showed to be indebted tc
the county in the sum of $685. J.
S. Zimmerman, seed man, is shown to
owe 1861.
Governor Stubs. whose tax war
rant with the others is returned
wholly unsatisfied." is due $21 Of
this sum 1881 is tax, 90 cents is
fee for issuing warrant. The penalty
and the treasurer's fee is added in the
totals given.
A partial list of the delinquents
with the amounts of the warrants
drawn against each, is as follows
$10.31; A. j. August, $152.49; Barnes
Real Estate Co., $2.32; A. D. Bauer.
s16.s2; Bird & Lashbrook. 1898: Ar
thur ]. Bolinger, 1901; G. c. Booher,
1924; G. B. Burge, sass; Capital
Pharmacy, $11.9S; Capital Skirt Co.,
$7.99; Central Commission Co, $98.O2;
Nick Chiles, $16.82; Clipper Windmill
& Pump Co, $302.50; ]. S. Ensmin-
ger. $3.50; L. B. Clearinghouse, S4.45;
Ike S. Gilberg, $4.74; K. c. Bit and
Novelty Co, 1885; King Manufac-
turing Co, s151.56; T. c. kirkpatrick
& Co., $23.7S; H. G. Larimer, $33.55; |
NJ F. Laycock. $7.53; w. A. McCar-
ter, $12.17; J. G. McCleery. s2e.72;
R. M McENain (Kiehl laundry, |
$93.O2; Mayflower Cafe. S1O77; |
George P. Middaugh, S129.62; Miller |
Wall Paper Co, $111.61; J. E. Odelius, |
$6.23; OHnger & Eaton, $3.50: ]. NJ |
Petro, $500; A. B. Poole, $9.39: Prib- |
BILE Plumbing Co, $685.; Producers |
Creamery Co, $74.44; Pueblo Rocky |
Ford Land Co. $46.56; Queen Print
ing Co., $41.0S; C. 3. Ramsey, $6.13; |
n. NJ. Rice, $11.61; Ridgley Mercan-
tile Co, s46.62; E. Ridley, $2.04; Joe
Roe & Son, $s9.o5; Joe Roe, $9.47; ].
j. Rosen, $1.21; Fred Roundtree, |
1918; Saunders & Maggard. sS1.s7; !
Nathaniel Sawyer. s1.27; r. H. scholle /
$20.35; Schwartz Barber College,
$65.14; A C Sloan, $751;: Fred A |
Snow, $95.06; Ralph z. Squires, 81 |
cents; Stonestreet & Gaines, $29.26; /
w R. Stubs, $21; j. E. Van Laeys, /
$7.53; Vienna Bakery Co, 1880; Jo-
seph Waters, SLIPS; Waters & Wa
tiers, s7.53; Wear Motor Car Co., /
$4O.9s; Julia A. Wiley, $12.63; j. s. /
Zimmerman, Ss6-97; CEerin zumwalt,
$2.42 /