The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-29
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Under the statutes an able bodied
men over - a Of aae. must pay
a poll tax OF ono dollar to be used
only for school purposes. All who
have not paid this year are hereby
notified that payment must be made
Def re April A.. Payment can be
made az my Office or handed to me ON
the street. d. J. DEVINE.
Secretary Board OF Education.
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You Cun Get over Must Anything.
(Romcro Flat Item IN Logan Leadcf.J
There has been some sickness In
this locality. recently, among those
who are In the habit Of sleeping on
the ground In tight rooms. but the
most OF them have recovered.
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Murder Made Easy.
advertisement in the Asheyille. y. C..
Citizen.b
Don't Kill your wife. Let the Noun
tain city Laundry do the work.
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AN ETHNoLOGIsT or some other
kind OF a learned person has dIscov-
cred hat Przemysl Is pronounced
"Per-miz-zle." The information
NNnAeH TOO NAr. W. A~uNfthNefeu anu
quit before the garrison did.
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THE FACT that the 1914 cotton
crop wac h largest IN history forms
the strongest argument why the 1916
chop should be the smallest.
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dashed Ia thc wheel.
(Springer Times.D
A. w. Belmont purchased an auto
the first of the week and IL having
some repairs one on H.. He win soon
be seen going through the streets like
the old timers at the wheel.
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ANY SINCERE anarchist should
oe able To satisfy all his longlnss by
buying a one fare passage TO Mexico.
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a Wet Winter.
(Santa Rosa la VozD
Albert Johnson. rancher and cattle
man of the Guadalupe neighborhood,
this county. reports that the great
amount OF moisture. SHOWS and rains
OF this winter have greatly injured
the old grass and that Ia consequence
cattle are suffering. This Is an un-
usual condition for New Mexico.
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The Taiiest Man.
John Tyler. a san Juan county pio-
neer Is visiting up there. They tell
this story on John. who Is rcputed to
be the tailest man In the Rocky noun
tain region.
81 one time, while he was a mem
Der Uf the firm Of Hubbard & Tyler,
Indian traders at Shiprock. he started
toward some indian hogaas just be-
low the store 60 and an Indian 10 do
some work for them. and a couple OF
Indian dogs came for him. IL looked
very serious for John until an idea
struck him. stopping. aud standing
right still. ne stood on his left foot.
placed his right foot against the in
sioo OF his left knee and balanced
himself. II b. said the Indian DOES
thought they had him freed and
walked on and left him alone.
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value than any other class OF prop
crty In the state. that the roads were
paying considerably moro than their
proportionate share OF the burden. Us
compared with other classes of corpo-
rate property-for instance, coal
mines and lands-and the chief nrgu-
menl for the justice OF this condition
Vas In the statement mat the rail
roads had submitted to the raises.
Tho Herald holds no brief for the
railroads. They should he nssesscG
upon a basis ~ actual value Of their
property and made 10 pay taxes upon
that basis. but 80, ut the snme time.
should every class Of corporate ns
well M individual property.
This alleged tentative action Of the
tax commission. assuming that the
commission should stop there; indi-
Gates "a realization OF the great dan
/ ger continually pointed ont by this
newspaper during she session % the
legislature ana up Ia the time the
nursum tax commission bin became
law; hat u was a return 10 tho old
territorial bonrd Of equalization plan.
under which readily accessible prop
erty was taxed 90 tho limit. while
that more difficult To- reach was per-
United 20 escape taxation. Readily
accessible property Includes the great
railroads. with their huge properties
in plain sight and In easy reach; aud
the little house and lot of the strug-
Cling citizen Of the cities. towns and
villages. Il IL no foirer 10 assess the
railroads unfairly and dispropor-
uonately than Il IL 10 overtax the Al
buquerque man who by thrift and IN
dustry has managed to buy him d
little home; and up 10 this time the
big railroad and the little home IN
this matter nave been In the same
class. They have been the goats.
The question Of proper taxation u
now before the people of New McxicC
FOR settlement We do not know
%aboat the railroads hut we do know
that the little man with The readil,
accessible. ready-to-hand and Dies
perately ov~erburdened house and 10