The Parker post., 1916-07-01
GEORGEOLNEY
FORGOVERNOR
WELL KNOWN ARIZONAN MAKING
A QUIET BUT EFFECTIVE CAM
PAIeN FOR DEMOCRATIC NoM-
NATION.

INA IIOTN.
George Olney, whose announce
issue of The Post, came to Arizona
from Texas, his native state, when a
boy about fifteen years old. He Sc
cured employment as COW boy, on
THE range, an occupation which he
| followed for several years. By indus
| try and thrift he saved some money,
invested DIT in cattle and has been
engaged in the cattle business nearly
all the time since, disposing of his
live stock interests only a few years
ago.
His first official position was ais a
deputy sheriff of Graham county and
while holding that position was in
charge of a posse which captured two
of the five Bisbee murderers follow
ling them UP into their place of rem
devious 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 unnexpired term of republic
can sheriff who had defaulted in of
flee. He also served as mayor of
the city of Stafford; served two
terms as member of the board of
supervisors of the county; served
one term as a member of the terri
torial council and one term as a mem
Der of the territorial board of equali-
zaytion.
| The competence which he has ac-
| qudred was made through his CATTLE
| interests, amid i'm judicious invest
ments i'm real estate which increased
i'm value He still holds considerable
real estate interests in his former
place of residence at Stafford
| 1t was as member of the board
| of supervisors that he took the stand
| TO compel the mining companies of
1 hds county to pay a just proportion
of taxes of the county. The county
assessor, j. J. Birdno, dn 1904 inr
creased the assessments ON mining
| properties in the counyt and which
the county board of equalization held
| it's meeting the question: of reducing
the assessments to what they had
formerly been came before the board.
Mr.. Oiney stood for sustaining the
action of the assessor, but the other
! two members of the board voting
| against him the reduction was made.
The case was appealed to the terri
torial board of equalization and Mr..
Olney was active in preparing the
evidence which was submitted to the
board i'm support of the original as
sessments, as made by BirdnO. The
board reversed the action of the
county board of equalization and
placed the assessments back to the
original figures of the county as
SCISSOR, and raised the assessments of
ALL the other mining companies i'm the
territory so as to place them on am
equal basis with that of Graham
county. This action, taken in 1904,
was the first move towards raising
| the assessments of mining companies
of the territory, though they were
ridiculously low.
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
courts and the republican members
Of that tribunal decided in favor of
the mindng companies
The following year the Graham
county assessor made the attempt,
again to raise the assessments and
with the aid of Mr. Olney was sue
cessful in securing the raise desired
and the raise was made all over the
territory In this matter Mr.. Olney
acted only in the interests of justice
and fairness to all interests and can
be depended upon doing the same in
case he lis elected governor of Ari-
zona, his motto being, Justice to all
and special privilege to none"