The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-22
TO SEND IN TAX LISTS
EMPLOYERS URGED TO REPORT
TO COLLECTOR. PROMPTLY.
New Revenue Law Requires Thss
Statements 1s Made Of Fixed
Salaries Paid.

OeuVeT-lu l00 new revenue meAS-
ure recently passed by Congress
amending the income tax law there il
incorporated q provision which is OF
special interest to individuals, part
nerships and corporations making
fixed annual payments of salaries, in
terest or rent Of $500 or more to an
other person, partnership or corpora
ton. This Is known as Information
ct the source" and the law requires
such person or corporation to render
= true and accurate return OF all such
payments and provides severe penal
ties for failure to make such return.
This information il required for the
calendar year 1917 and subsequent
years.
Any person coming under the pro-
vision of this law requiring infcrma-
ton returns should apply to the col
lector of internal revenue for proper
blanks and the same will be forward
ed as soon as the blanks are received
from Washington.
The new law requires an income
tax return from a single person having
q net income in excess of $1,000 or
married person having a net income
in excess of $4,000. The law no longer
requires withholding OF the tax at the
source except in the case of bonds
guaranteed free of tax and in the case
of nonresident alien individuals and
corporations not having an office in
this country.
rhirty-four Counties Exceed Quota. D..
OF the more than 100000 sub
scribed for the Y. NJ. C. A. fund s17s,-
246 was raised outside of Denver. In
cluded in this amount is 100000 sub
scribed by students Of the various edu-
cational institutions of the state and
81 900 subscribed by Colorado high
school boys. Thirty-four counties in
the state have oversubscribed their
appointments. A partial list of Colo
RADIO counties and the amount of their
subscriptions follow: Ell Paso. $685.
500: Otero, s65. 200; Las Animas, $14.-
900; Weld, $15.116; Larimer. $15.o03;
Boulder. s15.Os2; Pueblo. sis.565: Ere
mont. 311. 900: Morgan. s5.317; Logan.
$6,0O1; Douglas. 1881; Mesa. $4,000;
Lake. $1,000: Routt. $1.G5o. and Yuma,
$1.70O.
Secretary Issues $1,000 Auto Licenses.
Secretary of State James r. Noland
is "up against it." He ran out of auto
mobile license plates. Notwithstanding
the fact that he had ordered an addi-
tional $4,000 plates when 1t became ap-
parent early in the year that the 5O.-
600 plates ordered by his predecessor
In office would not nearly supply the
demand. Exhaustion of the tag supply
means that there now are more than
es 900 machines IA use. Unable to OBJ
tain an additional supply of license
plates from the factory. holland. in or
| der to accommodate automobilists, has
been compelled to reissue plates
turned in by owners who have sold
their cars to purchasers of new cars.
Keep the Cars Moving.
The refrigerator car companies and
the railroads are complaining that
some shippers are abusing their diver
sion privileges by holding refrigerator
cars an undue length of time at Pu-
eblo Colorado Springs and Denver. w.
H, Kerr, chairman of the committee
on markets OF the Colorado Council OF
Defense, has sent out a circular letter
asking shippers as a patriotic duty not
to hold cars longer than necessary.
Use Rabbits on Meatiess Days.
A report of Mrs. Alfred E. Parker,
chairman OF the Cheyenne county
women's advisory council, that jack
rabbits in the county have become
pest and are destroying crops. has
been sent by Mrs. w. H. Kistler, chair
man of the women's advisory council.
to the governor. to the State Agricul-
turaI College with a request for in
formation as to methods OF destroying
| the rabbits.
Former poorkeeper Thompson Dead.
News of the death of w. ]. Thomp-
son at Castle Rock was received in
Denver. Mr. Thompson for several
years was doorkeeper of both the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Colorado Legislature. He
came to Colorado in 1859. engaging
In mining and later in farming. At
the age of so years he was injured in
an accident that left him q cripple.
Guardsmen Have $40 Apiece Due.
There are thirty-five $40 gold
pieces for thirty-five members Of the
| Colorado National Guard, whose
whereabouts are unknown. This
money was voted to the guard by the
legislature and State Treasurer Hfg-
gins is at a loss as to how to dis
pose of it. The men have been dis
cd tran sferred to