The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1912-01-12
ASSESSORS STUDY
TAX QUESTIONS
WILL MEET In OLYMPIA NEXT
WEEK TO PROPOSE CONSTI.
TUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Olympia, Jan. 10.-In accordance
with the 1911 law the assessors of
the state will meet with the members
of the state tax commission to con-
slider the various taxation questions,
on January 16, in Olympia. Serious
consideration is now being given to
taxation problems and there may be
some constitutional amendments pro-
posed at this convention of the AS
. SCISSORS Association, for submission
! to the next legislature. The asses
Sr of Whitman county, Geo. w. Wal
ter has been urged to be present at
the meeting by letter written by
the president of the association, A.
E. Parrish, assessor of ming county.
SCISSOR will be present at this conven-
tion.
Broken Leg; $50.
The state industrial insurance COM
mission has allowed the claim OF S.
S. Nelson of Tekoa for fracture of
the left leg, awarding him the sum OF
$4,000.
More Civil Service.
At a recent meeting of the state
industrial insurance commission GOV.
Hay addressed the members and en-
ployes and said that the work of the
commission was on too high plane
to be dragged into politics, and he
will no doubt advocate bill being
introduced at the next session Of the
legislature which will place the en-
ployes of the state Industrial 1nsur-
ance commission under civil service
as he says that the work of the COM
mission is of such nature that per-
manency of position of the employees
is necessary for the highest efficiency
of the commission, and that those
who show a special talent for the
work should be advanced. 1t has
been proven that the law is of great
benefit as it enables the workman in
iured in his work to secure settle
ment without recourse to the courts.
Over 5000 firms have already paid in
their assessments.
State Gets Royalty.
From the holders Of a mineral
lease at Entiat on the Columbia Riv-
er, the state treasury has been en-
riched by the first royalties ever paid
in on a mineral claim. f. B. Scheble
& Son paid in $500.00 as the states
five per cent of the gold taken from
the lands. Altho there are number
of similar mineral leases out, this is
the first time that any royalty has
ever been paid.
Commission Collects.
The collections of the state tax
commission from October, 1910, to
September 80, 1911, average S16,-
nd
collected was 194,067.6S. This
amount consists of s121,127 in inher-
itance taxes, $69,013 was derived
from liquor license fees and 1926
came from cash escheats to the state.
To Let Contract Soon.
1t is probable that the work of ac-
tual construction on the Temple OF
Justice will not now be long delayed,
as the state capitol commission will
within a week call for bids which will
be opened Jan. "a and after the con-
tract for the construction of the
building is let it is thought that the
work can be begun at once. This
building is the first unit in the
capitol group to be erected in Olym-
MIA. The capitol commission has
agreed on the final draft of the plans
for this structure which were drawn
by Wilder & White. Suits to get
title to certain lands which the capitol
Z commission want for the capitol site
have been begun in the Thurston
county superior court by the attorney
general, but it is not thought that
these suits will cause any delay.
Court Works Overtime.
A total of 161 cases are to be heard
by the supreme court at the January
term, while the number of cases as
signed for argument at the January
term of 1911 was 10. The supreme
court has tafen no recess for the hol-
idays, as the s;3ctober calendar was so
heavy and Wnen the January calen-
dar is disposed of, the supreme court
will have heard an average of six
cases a day from October until Feb
ruary 27.
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