Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-06
COPY CONTAINS
ONLY 2s1 DESCRIPTIONS, HALF
OF LAST YEAR.
INDICATES HIGH
DEGREE OF PROSPERITY
List Contains Names Of But 214 Tax
payers Who Have Neglected to Pay
Prosperity, Publicity, and Persua-
sion Three Causes for the Small Size
Of the List.

No better indication of the general
prosperity of this city and Marshall
county could be produced than the an
nual delinquent tax list to be pub
lished in the T.-R. next Saturday. 1t is
the smallest list probably in the his
tory OF the county. The original copy
which the printers now have, contains
PSI descriptions. Last years delinquent
list. which was the smallest to that
date. contained 459 descriptions, al
most twice as many as the one to be
printed soon.
And when it is printed it will not
contain 2S1 descriptions, for County
Treasurer S. NJ. Cause said today that
ten or a dozen delinquents had paid
their taxes since the copy was sent to
the paper. These will be cut out when
the proof is corrected.
Two Hundred Fourteen DeIinquents.
Out of several thousand tax payers
of the county there were only PA de-
linquents by actual count. Some of
these are unknown owners. A number
of the delinquent taxpayers, however.
own more than one property, each
separately described, which accounts
for the large number of descriptions
that are delinquents.
There are six townships out Of
eighteen and one town out of twelve in
which every taxpayer has paid his
taxes. These banner townships are
Linn, Greencastle. State Center. Ma
rion, Liberty and Vienna. st. Anthony
is the star tax paying town.
Few Deinquents in Many.
In several Of the townships there are
only one, two or three delinquents, and
the same holds good in the towns, out
side of this city. Here there are 124.
or more than one-half of all those in
the county.
The following is the list of delin-
quents by townships and towns: Town
ships, Jefferson and Iowa, l each; Tay-
lor, q Timber Creek, Minerva, Eden
and Liscomb. 8 each; Marietta and
Washington, 4 each; LeGrand, s; Ban
gor, 9, and Logan, 13.
Towns-Gilman, l; Laurel and Fer
guson. 2 each; Clemons, Melbourne
and Rhodes, 8 each; LeGrand and Lis
comb, 4 each; State Center. 5; AL
bion, 9; Marshalltown, 124.
Publicity and Prosperity Causes.
Inquiry at his Office developed that
it was the opinion of County Treasurer
S. NJ. Cause that prosperity, publicity,
and persuasion were probably the three
great causes why such a very large
percentage of the taxpayers had paid
their taxes before they were delin-
quent.
Deposits OF s4.53O,132 in the local
banks. an increase Of s125,000 since the
same time last year, indicate the de-
gree of the general prosperity in this
city, where a very large part of the
taxpayers of the county live.
Mr.. Cause gives the T.-R. credit for
much help in reminding forgetful tax
payers to pay up. LAS far back as
September he said. II remember that
the newspaper urged taxpayers not to
forget their taxes. That helped A news
story that was printed a few weeks
ago calling attention to the fact that
the delinquent list would be prepared
soon did good. Ten or a dozen came to
the Office and paid their taxes, saying
they had forgotten them until remind
ed by the newspaper. Then 1 reminded
quite good many, whom 1 knew had
merely forgotten"
Those properties on which the taxes
have not been paid up to Monday, Dec.
1, will be sold at auction for the taxes
in the treasurer's Office beginning at
10 o'clock