Weekly journal-miner., 1913-03-05
INTEREST BRINGS QUARTER
 MILLION, TAXED FOR $65,OOO
VALUATION
 TAX VERY UNPOPULAR


 ed by that organization protesting against the action of the State Tax Commission in fixing an arbitrary valuation on live stock, for purpose of assessment for taxes. Similar communications, it was intimated when the document was read in the House, will come from other parts of the State( and the subject was called to the attention of the Ways and Means Committee of the House, and the Finance Committee of the Senate by referring the communi- cation to that committee
 In this connection, a number of cattle men of the Salt River Valley appeared before the tax commission today, complaining of what they de clared to be burden in being forced to pay taxes on the feeders, they have on their ranches during tax assessment periods. This class of live stock is in their possession, but little over one-fourth of the year, and they anticipated an inability to pay a tax on such stock at the valuation which the Tax Commission had by orders to county assessors agreed to. The Tax Commission suggested that the Maricopa County ranchers propose bill, which would correct the situation complained of, and submit it to the Legislature, and such action will be taken.
 Senator Sims has proposed to the Worsley three cent fare bill, an amendment. which provides that the Corporation Commission shall have the power and the right when good cause is shown to suspend the oper- ation of the proposed law for reasonable time, not to exceed sixty days after the passage of the act, and when release from the law is re quested by any of the railroad com anies of the state. He pointed out to the Senate that it would be unfair to the railroad companies to pass the law with the emergency clause, as the bill now reads, with out giving the companies a limited period of time to publish tariffs and schedules of rates.
 Representative Ball, of Cochise county, was today complimented by the House, when that body passed bill of which he was the author, regulating the sale of poison. The bill was under a suspension of the rules advanced to the Committee of the Whole, and after a brief ex- plantation of the measure by Mir. Ball, was ordered enrolled, and to- day brought into the House and finally acted upon with the above result. The bill prohibits. under the strictest terms any sale of any cocaine opium, morphine, cocaine, or any compound of the foregoing substances. except upon the written order or prescription of physician. There is a heavy penalty attached for violation of the law.
 Although Commissioner Geary is 1 out of the city, being in Bisbee, at | tending hearing on water rates of 1 the local water company, the Cor poration Commissioners, Jones and | Cole, are disposing of several mat ters of public interest. Commission CT Jones is drafting the order which it Is anticipated will be entered be- fore the close of the present week and materially reduce rates on live stock shipments from different points in the State.
 A complaint has been filed with | the corporation commission by re- sidents of Miami, Arizona, asking for an investigation of rates being charged in that community for water. Some of the prices which have been charged as shown by bills submitted | amount to as high as three cents gallon. The company supplying Miami with water is controlled by man named Van Dyke, who will be ordered to appear before the Commission at an early date.
 The Arizona Swansea Railroad has applied to the Corporation Com mission for the right to increase its indebtedsess $2OO,OOO which it pro- poses to use in the betterment of its equipment.