El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-16
TAX VALUES IN
ARIZONA RAISED
Increase Of 56 Percent Made
in Yavapai; Mines
Contribute Most.

Phoenix, Ariz., July &c. n AanoeE'
Chas. r. Howe and P J. Miller, men, EN-
hers of the tax commission, have Just
returned from a trip through the couh-
ties of Mohave and HaVapal, durlhS
which several hearings were hela anu
there were also conferences Win -IS
boards of equalization. As result OF
the work done by the board on TINS
trip. the valuation of property IN 4aFa-
nal county is raised Tor taAalloh pu-
noses Sc percent, the total oelns nov
somewhat in excess OF sio'OUO,vOg' ~
greatest raise was in mines ana Ea4A-
road property. -. - =,
distinct raise, the properties aIIecteu
the Gold Road Mining company ana
the Tom Reed Mining company me
last named property IS owned IaFseIy
nv Phoenix and Pasadena people ana
is said to be one Of the conllns lli4Iies
of the state Its annual proouc-
ton of gold is now S5e1,UUV ana - y -
worked only on a small scale W ME
the commission was al rims man, q
bar Of bullion representing the pIIoL
three weeks run was brought 70 Ih So
town The bar was valued at StS'uuo.
In that county the santa pIOPStty
IS This year valued at $224,OOO, when
is almost equal to the enllre @SsSSs
ment for 1911.
Keeps Secretary Busy.
The secretary Of state is bearing the
brunt of the work imposed by the no
one of the duties in connection win
this matter is the preparation OF pam
phIets designed to instruct the voters
on the constitutional amendments ana
the initiative petitions TO be Voteo on
at the coming election.
There are $4,000 of these pamphlets
to be printed within the next few days
and a copy will be mailed TO each OF
the voters in the state as their names
appear on the register. 1t is not
presumed that this method of reachlng
the electorate will be al all satlstac-
tory as the register IS four years o4o
and is therefore extremely inaccurate
When the constitution was mailed out
70 the voters last year thousands OF
copies were never delivered and II is
certain that that experience VIII De
repeated in regard to these pamphlets
More than 10000 OF them viii be malIeo,
however, and there will be many
thousands in addition, for others VINO
may desire them.
These pamphlets will contain the
three amendments proposed by the
legislature. These amendments relate
to the recall of the judiciary, the prop
osition TO permit cities TO increase their
indebtedness, and the proposition that
the state and cities shall be allowed
TO engage in industrial pursuits me
volume viii be quite bulky and the
mailing Of thousands of copies will en-
tail quite an amount Of labor.
The secretary will also shortly have
several thousand copies of the United
States constitution printed for the use
of the election officials. These VIII
be printed on cards, each card contain
ing one section. They will be used to
comply with that provision Of the pri-
mary law which requires that each
voter shall be able to read the consti-
tuition in English in order to entitle
him to the privileges Of the ballot.
Woods Efforts in Vain.
An amusing condition has arisen with
respect to the militia appropriations.
It will be recalled by those who fol-
lowed the course OF legislative action
on this matter that a bill carrying
$1,000 appropriation was defeated at
the special session, and largely through
the efforts Of II. r Wood, of YaVapai
county. Mr.. Wood made his fight in
the professed interests of economy, but
in so doing he naturally gained the i'll
will OF many of the national guard and
also Of many of the people of his own
county who have prolific largely
through the holding of the annual en-
campment at Fl Whipple, near Pres
colt But now il develops that Mr..
Woods fight was all in vain The mi
Iitia code bill did not carry an emer-
gency clause and therefore does not
become effective until three months
following the date of its approval. This
under the old law will be available this
year, and this appropriation is sub
stantially the same as that which was
provided in the special appropriation
bill. But because no special appropri-
alton was made, the guard this year
will hold its encampment at Fort Hua-
chuca, and thus Yavapai county and
the city of Prescott will lose consider
able in a financial sense.