Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-26
From Tuesdays Daily.
NO COMPROMISE With
TAX COMMISSION

The fight of the Elko County Cat
tie and Sheepmen and County OFF,
:ials against the State Tax Commits
sion will be to finish. From pres
ent indications there will be no
compromise. Right off the reel it
can be authoritively stated that the
Elko tax rolls will never leave the
county or go to Carson. The Coun-
ty Commissioners appear determin-
cd to back up the stand taken by
County Treasurer Miller against
letting the rolls leave TIE Court
House. District Attorney Carville
is Of the same opinion and until
shown some law to the contrary,
he is going t. stand behind the
Elko Commissioners and the Coun-
ty Treasurer, and while we are on
the subject it might be remarked
for the benefit of the State Tax
Commission and others outside of
Elko County that District Attorney
Carville is some lawyer and does
not base his legal opinions on guess
work either.
A dispatch from Carson City in
the last nights Reno Gazette says
State Tax Commissioners Cclburn
and Boyle expect to leave this
week for Elko County where they
will confer with the county officials
relative to the refusal Of the coun-
ty treasurer TO submit to tho COM
mission the tax roll of Elko county.
There seems to be an inclination on
the part of the Elko county off,
cials to combat with the effort of
the commission.
When the Tax Commission bill
was pending in the legislature the
most determined opposition came
from Humboldt, Lander, Elko,
Lyon and Douglas counties. This is
believed to be the reason for the
action in Elko county. The White
Pine county clerk also has refused
TO surrender his tax roll but the
county treasurer is having a copy
of the roll made.
The commission has received
comparatively few replies to re-
quests for livestock reports from
stockmsn in the state. The follow
ing letter has been sent to the do
linquent stock men:
I'VE recently mailed you live
stock report to he filled out, sworn
to, and returned tn this commits
sion. We beg to advise you that
in accordance with the opinion
OF the attorney general in tho event
of taxpayer refusing to return a
sworn statements he has no stand
ing before the commission at the
time of equalization see, Sec, 3638,
Rev Law New, and this commits
sion will proceed to assess your
livestock al that time according to
the best information on file in this
office, and it will become the duty
Of the proper county official to
enforce the collection Of the tax
thereon. You will therefore recog-
nize the Importance Of the submits
sion Of your statement.
This commission will receive
these statements up to aud includ-
ing October 6, 1918, the date of
the conference with livestock own
ers.
Very truly yours
NEVADA TAX COMMISSION"
The insinuation that politics is
behind the Elso fight sgainst the
State Tax commission is without any
foundation. There is no politics
involved whatever. II is purely
q fight against the dictation of o
set Of men in Carson City who
don't know the existing conditions
in Elko county. 1t is also fight
against gross injusticas in tho way
Of unjust taxation.
The state Tax Commisson will
be reeived with all due courtesy
and given q full and fair hearing
but any attempt to mcddle with FL
ko county affairs will meet with
quick aud determined opposition.
WHAT is more il is quite certain
that the order 20 increase the num-
ber Of cattle assessed against some
Elko county stockmen will be ig-
nored.
District Attorney Carville is in
the fight TO protect the interests
Of Elko County taxpayers and to-