Bisbee daily review., 1916-06-24
GEORGE 4. 0LNEY IN FORMAL DECLARATION
 OF HIS CANDIDACY
Something About George A. Olney Is Told. Has Lived In Arizona Since He Was Fifteen Years Of Age

George A. Olney. candidate for the
 Democratic nomination for Governor
 makes his formal announcement of
 his candidacy in another column Si
 this mornings Review.
 MT. Oalney came to Arizona from Texas, his native state, when boy
 about fifteen years old. He secured employment as a cowboy on the range.
 an occupation which he followed for
 several years. By industry and thrift
 he saved some money, invested it in cattle and has been engaged in She cattle business nearly all the time since, disposing of his live stock in terests only few years ago.
 His first official position was as a deputy sheriff of Graham county and
 while holding that position was in charge of posse which captured two of the five Bisbee murderers, follow
 ing them up into their place of rem dezvous on the Blue river.
 He was then elected sheriff Of the county, a position which he held for two terms and later was appointed to fill the uneXpired term of a republican sheriff who had defaulted in office. He also served as mayor of the city of Stafford; served two terms as a mem Der of the board of supervisors of the county; served one term as member of the territorial council; served one term. as a member of the territorial board of equalization.
 The competence which he has ac- Quired was made through his cattle interests, and in judicious investments in real estate which increased in value. He still holds considerable real estate in his former place of residence at Stafford
 It was as a member of the board of supervisors that he took the stand to compel the mining companies of the county to pay just proportion of the taxes of the county. The county as sessor, J. J. Birdno, in 1904. increased the assessment on mining properties in the county and when the county board of equalization held its meeting the question of reducing his assess ments to what they had been former ly came before the board. MT. Olney stood for sustaining the acton of the assessor, but the other two members of the board voted against him the reduction was ordered.
 The case was appealed to the ter ritorial board of equalization and MT. Olney was active in preparing the evidence which was submitted to the board, in support of the original as sessments as made by Birdno. The board reversed the action of the
 a-I r<F sara 1rah placed the assessments back to the original figures of the county assessor, and raised the assessments of all other mining companies in the ter ritory so as to place them on an equal basis with that of Graham county. This action. taken in 1904, was the first move towards raising the assess ments of the mining companies of the 
 The other two members of the board of Graham county refused to obey the order of the territorial board, and the case was taken into the court and the republican members of that tribunal decided in favor of the mining companies.
 The following year the Graham county assessor made the attempt. again to raise the assessments and with the aid of MT. Olney was sue cessful in securing the reise desired. and the raise was made all over the MT. Olney in this matter acted only in the interests of justice and fairness to all interests and can be depended upon doing the same if elected governor of Arizona, his motto being, justice to all and special 1 privileges to non"