Arizona republican., 1914-10-01
COUNTY DIVISION WILL LEAVE G|LA COUNTY SEVENTH AND IMAM l COUNTY TENTH AMONG THE COUNTIES IF THE STATE IN
 POINT 0F ASSESSED VALUATION

In their initiative law organizing Miami county, the people of Miami county have assumed their share of the bonded indebtedness of Gila county. They have gone without compensation for their share in the a county courthouse and the Gila county ai and their share of all of the property of Ga county. The great Roosevelt highway, built at the cost of many thousands of dollars by the territory of Arizona and given present Gila county, the road which forms of the greatest assets to Gia county has been mlsefshy left in Gila county. In fact criticism has been made, be made of the just and fair treatment of Gila county in the initiative measure OrGanlZlng Miami county.
 The territory constituting Miami county is territory which has been recently settled by people; peo pie who have from all parts of the states of the union; people who have done things during the past five years, and who have now reached point where local self-govelent to them to be actually sary They place their before the people of Ar upon the fact that they community, in a new district, containing wealth. The wealth and values which they taking from Gia county have been placed there developed by these settlers during the past few years. It is the height of absrty for the people of Gla county to cry out that they abused because the people of Miami wish to their own as sessed valuation for local self-gOverment purposes
 Governments not instituted among men for the purpose of creating profits for ofcehodes political rings It intended by the constitution of the United States the constitution of Arizona nor can be found anywhere Ill the bill of rights in the cOnstitu tlon of Arizona where 1t intended that the peo pie of the proposed Miami county should be bound to Globe, to the people of (ila county. Tue 1a1kest TdWcSl, nlOSC ullOlWeQ proposition ever made the call sent out by Globe politicians the people of A ZOna, requesting them not to vote for Miami county be- cause they need Miami countys S15000000 for selfish purposes and selfish Such egotsm is anazng In order to develop egOtSm like that 1t necessary to have ngralned cOnceit deepseaed be unable to understand either the function of government or the purposes of government.
 Glla county, without the proposed Miami county will have assessed valuation of S21 992 25 which is $1S2S,0056o than the combined assessed valuation for Navajo Santa Cruz and Apache counties for the year 1911. The valuation of Ga county without the popos- ed Miami county, IS $21 992 2211 25 which is 5S4 5
 more than twice the assessed valuation of Graham county for the year 194 and has heard of the peO pie of Graham county shedding hvpocrtca tears of pov erty because it's assessed valuation was only S1O41S- Sl345, which is $1545S4}5 less than oneha!f of what Ga county would have with Miami county left out Gila county, after county division would have $76922112 25 more than Miami county would have which is more than the total valuation of Navajo county or Santa Cruz county or Apache county. In other words (ila county Will have much more assessed valuation than Navajo county, Santa Cruz county, Apache county. and still they are screaming for the sympathy of Arizona based upon the fact of their poverty.
 1t apparent from these comparisons and these fip- ureS that Ga county has been well taken care of in the matter o assessed valuation. It's total assessed vaa ton leaves It, comparatively of the strongest co- ties n Arizona, still leaving the new Miami county slf tclelt valuation to do the things that this merOrous people, ths pioneering people, who have struggled to bulld the industries o Miami county, and who are am bltlous to develop the community in which thev live through the power of taxing themselves wish to do To say that Ga county unduy weakened by the orpani Zaton ot Miami county IS to say that Coconno Nobave Yuma Graham, Navajo, Santa Cruz, and Apache co1n-
 ties are too weak to be sesustanng and that in ordor to produce sufficient revenue for county nurosos to should Joe combined.