davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27

interesting to watch the result of the
 abolishing of the close seasons for
 these species. The department feels. discouraged at times from the lack of cooperation with certain number of the fishermen, who seem bent up. on catching fish by any means if all, lowed, regardless of the conse. quenses, and since the aEolishing of the close season they are constantly applying for license to. set nets in waters that are we'll known to have shoals where's these fish spawn.
 "The demand for fish by the pulp lie had increased considerably owing to the high cost of meat, and there should be means of lessening and expenses of living. The residents of Ontario have not been educated to the use of this food, and strange to say that in many places, villages and towns inlands, only few miles from some of our rfincipal fishing ports, will have several butcher shops and the residents never see a fresh fish from tne beginning to the end of the year save those caught by hook and line in the nearby streams"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27

The recent experience of the United States engineers near Cam brai when many of them dropped shovels and spades to seize guns and fight side by side with their British allies, emphasizes the fact that an army of workers is needed constant ly to supplement an army of fighters. Tho upper picture shows in striking silhouette detail of sappers secured by the British and Canadian Re- cruiting Mission returning at night after a hard days work consoli- dating gains on the French front. The lower photograph apparently doesn't show the 'sbone drys district because Tommy is resting under a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27
EXPLORER RETURNS

Ottawa, Dec. 26.-Vilhjalna fansen, the Arctic explorer, heard from in letter receiVA March 16, has arrived with bis n at Fort Yukon, according to Vora ceived by the naval department
 Stefanssen. head of the Cam Arctic expedition, has been ll \ Far North since 1913, and lately has been some anxiety as to nbs. fY x3
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27

ly wanted by the inland waterways
 and docks section of the Imperial Royal Engineers are blacksmiths, boat builders, carpenters, caulkers! drillers, frame benders, heavy tim- bermen, platers, platers' helpers, pile drivers, quarrymen, triggers, rivetters and their mates, seamen, shipwrights, shipyard lnachinists and stevedores between the ages of Al and 56. A sapper, who ranks as private, receives 76 cents per day, a lance corporal 84 cents, a second corporal $1, a corporal $1.O8 and a sergeant SIPS, and all get free transportation to the point of enlist ment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27
DENIES PLOT AGAINST TS

Santiago, Chile, Dec. %.- -prei!1. Sanfuentas denied today tla! was any foundation for the statala of Count yon Luxberg, fornsi
 man minister to Argentine, in hs patch to Berlin, that Chile WIS 5, Y 3 drawn into an alliance with ~ tina and Bolivia for the purgM' M forming a South American pa bloc opposed to the war policy United states. \,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27

load of corkscrews. These are not used for bottles, but as posts upon which to hang barbed wire for the famous barbed wire entanglements. Pounding in a post is not only hard work but noisy work as well and is apt to attract the unwelcome atten- tns tSne of an the 1 soxsg sgege se :rd em1 laboriously but silently screws these corkscrews into the ground and then strings his barbed wire between them. The insert at the left is a striking silhouette of an anti-aircraft gun at twilight guarding the work CTS and the fighters from German aeroplanes. Among the men urgent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27
FOOTBALL STAR TAEES BRIDE.

New York. Dec. 26.-Capt. Ellery Huntington Jr, who is widely known in college athletic circles as the erst- while All-American Colgate quarter back, was married at Garden City, l.. l., today to Miss Hester Gordon Gibson. Captain Huntington is now attached to the 307th Field Artillery at Camp Dix, and during the past sea- Son he has served as field leader of team
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27
yEOMAN LOST OyERBOARD.

Commerce. Texas. Dec. 2S-The captain of an American battleship, as sumed to- he acting as convoy. has wired here that Bruce w Williams, attached to the vessel as yeoman, was lost overboard December (. and the body was not recovered. Young Williams was son of w. w. Williams of this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27

The, action of General Crozier in giving out the letter, which he did without comment, came after it had been reported that the Senate com mittee might summon Herbert Smyth of New York, counsel for Tauscher, to testify as to any connection General Crozier might have had with Taus- cher's defense.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27

Officers in charge of athletics at Camp Devens, Mass, have decided to build a track which will be dupli-
 cate in size of the track in Madison Square Garden, New York. :
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-27
Henry Marx Go. The name is a guarantee

agents on charges of plotting against the government and advising resist ance to the army draft. Their trials will be held in United States court here in March.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18

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D.,
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Earl Dougl,ss Ayt,,
Charles Dvtsh, r,lrr,bus
un,rI. p"I..,a s.m,I r..
walter o pnrs.tt Tvronne
Edv,r5 s. D,vi.. s,n,, Eo
u : purrtu nm
charles g. n,vtsnp T,,,urcari
NJ. IA Biaz. Atbuoueroue
Carroll r. Dwire. Tres Piodras.
r.. T. Dunlap. Portales.
Don W. Dennis. santa r..
william W. Dean. A~lbuqucrque
paul De Autrement. Lakewood.
Isidoro Dayila. Jr.. AIbuqucrdue
owen W. Davidson. Mescaieru.
Blazer y. Edison. Macaleru.
Jesse +. Emmons. Albuuucrpue
Dale ~. Eyer. Albuquerque.
-. V. Elzey. Clovis
Jacob g. Bronson. Tyrone.
NJ. G. Fulks. Separ
Wallace T. Fiskc santa Fc
George ;. Flandcrs. Dexter
otto l.. Fischer. AIluqugrqu,.
William 4. Footc. Albuquerque
Matt Fowler. silver city.
Georp, bayis frame SILVER GA.
A. T. Foetber s,,tp Fp
ucrt,err NJ G,brIrr r,. IN,
'sa9'
IlrhrS ~ i~"Idch"u TucuWcArl
tI"S = Gers, irant7
jesse a. iaitord Tu'umcIrl
tharies II i""'h, santa re-
- =. '''@"lli'i' HOPE
Joseph :. Goudeli, Albuquerque,
Walter r. Gouin. silver C.t.
fr'd e. GiDbouy. Roswell
Bert j. Gordon. El paso. Texas
G. c. H~edgcock. Las Vegas.
T.. e. Iiammil, Metcalf. Ariz.
Micniel tiughe M,mpIcs.
John Harris. Jr. East Las Vega
j Parker ls5oG. Tyrone.
James T.. Hubhell, Albuquerque
John J. Harm. Tucumcari.
Frank Kinds. Tucumclri
William =. 5iariey. Mcscalcrp.
Elmer l.. Hinton, Eucino.
'rozirr > Hart. Ration.
Edmund y. Hobart. Tucumctri
Edwin a. Hoover Eincon.
Kari X. Hammond, AlamognTdo
Harry g. IioEic. santa I'c.
r. W. Hopewcll, HcTmosn
Edwin c. Hamilton, Santa Re.
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coliecfions can BE- had In counties
largely covered by ancient Spanish
EfpSss Chsves and Eddy, on the
eths hand, prove that something
more than easy descriptions OF real
estate u necessary II taxes are 10 h
collected. This something. We ven
tnre. is collectors who collect. officers
who do the work they are paid for,
Two officers were charged undss
the Law In force when these taxes were
levied with the duty OF tax collection
the county treasurer directly. and
the district attorney Indirectly. The
county treasurer was required I o dis.
train and sell personal property and
to sell certificates on real estate. To-
suing = deed therefor after the ex-
piTation OF the period OF redemption.
There were faults In this process
but they did rot seem 10 prevent
tsx collecting In Lincoln county. The
district attorney also had the power
land stiil has ~ TO reduce a tax to
q personal judgment The machinery
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sxpedient so TO do. such special coun.
sci may be employed Cor the purpose
Of conducting any such proceedings.
The reason given for this provision
is that because district attorneys are
paid a salary they will not conduct
the suits required under this act, and
therefore a special counsel is neces.
sary at a substantial fee. We believe
this is wholly unsupported by the
facts and that district attorneys are
willing and ready to perform any du.
ties required of them In their capa-'
city as public officers.
II the district attorneys act for their
counties under this law the 3 per cent
penalty exacted under each Judgment
win be paid into the county court
fund and VIII save Just Ia, much to
the counties In the cos Of the courts
II special counsel Is employed this
sum win be wholly lost 10 the counties
rhe present salaries OF the various
district attorneys. their names and the
names and salaries Of their assistants.
with the q OF penalties which
can possibly De Colittteu IN edCh
county. appear herewith
II only half the delinquent taxes are
collected the fees would more than
pay the salaries OF al the district at.
lorneys and their assistants for a year.
As the work Of collecting delinquent
taxes year after year Is continuous.
these penalties. II the work is done
by the regular officers as Il should
be, will each year pay a considerable
part OF the cost Of the courts. II II
is paid out in special fees this large
sum collected annually will be largely
wasted. There is no good reason
why the district attorneys should not
do this work as well az or better than
special counsel.
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did the old law when % vigorously
enforced. II special counsel were EN-.
ployed and paid when judgments are
rendered our court funds could be
looted and delinquent taxes stiil 90
unsolicited.
Upon this point the attorney gen.
eral, at the request OF the tax com
mission, has ruled as follows:
State Tax Commission.
Santa re. New Mexico.
Gentlemen: | am In receipt NJ youl
recent letter, requesting construction
of Section g. Chapter s0. Laws OF 1917.
the same being An Act Relating 10
Delinquent Taxes"
The section referred to provides
that 8 per cenium OF the amount OF
tax penalty and costs be included Ia
the Judgment, and that said ; per
centum, when collected. shall b. paid
over TO the county treasurer and GOV.
cred into the court FUND Of the coun
~ The section further provides that
whenever special counsel shall be en-.
ployed 10 conduct proceedings IN such
case, such ) per centum shall be paid
TO such special counsel by order OF
the court. upon warrant drawn agains,
such court fund. and shall constitute
the compensation fof such special
counsel
In my opinion. the s per centum re.
ferred 20 constitutes all OF the compen-
sation TO which such special counsel is
entitled. Furthermore. l am OF the
opinion that, unless such ) per c,ntum
Is actually collected and paid into
the court fund, as provided In the act.
the same shall not be available to
such special counsel. In other words.
this 8 per centum cannot be paid TO
the special counsel out OF the court
fund unless the same has been col.
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''ieihiih" whether pr not "a man has
.'"'" "'HIl D. IHHH1 good eyes Jui
'e''" ma iH I''r from various dis
'ah'~'
Tho record kent Yu Captain owe o..
''orHou az .hc Irwur, shows that
the majority COT roi,atous go far have
been due 10 defective chest. uude-
'oIupcd Ghost aud u~udcrweight. II Be-
noticed that the men from altitude
~ 500" feet and pyois show up we'll
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18
THIRTEEN WORST COLLECTING
COUNTIES.


II all counties did as well as Lin
coin, the total Delinquency would be
only 49, .T0i IL all did as poorly
a. Sandovai. II would amount 10
s5.026. a40.si.
The delinquency in Sandoval, n col
Iected. would pay off the entire coun'
~ debt. Including the amount due
on county salary certificates, and
leave a balance OF nearly $4,000. This
delinquency Is greater by nearly So.
600 than twice the country az levy
in sandoyai county In 1916. And this
counts the delinquency for only four
years. =
In socorro county the delinquency
for four years totals s~l5t,250oS, the
entire county bonded debt is fl73. 600;
The entire levy for 1916 Is ;i3s+
$500. The delinquent taxes in this
country would almost pay the county
debtor THAR collection would enable
,he county 20 dispense with all taxes
for county purposes for a year. after
paying to the state its proporiionate
share OF these taxes. And the amaz-
ing amount has been piled up IN four
years.
The accompanying map shows
graphically the record OF each county
for the period covered by these fig
ures. Il also points clearly TO the
cause Of delinquency.
All our counties operate under the
same law. The Law has been, and is.
weak But where nine counties col
lect IS per cent OF taxes levied, or
better, Il 10 fairly clear that delin'
quency IL not altogether or even prtn-
cipaliy chargeable 20 the law. Nor
u L. q matter OF faulty descriptions OF
real estate. although this is a factor.
Taos and Mora demonstrate that good
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18


e. r. Morton. tlst l.as vepas.
William " Miller. Albuquerque
Fred H. Moran. Mc.rlIcro.
chester D. Morton. tns, i.as Vega.
william H. Mofictt. Colmar.
Charles 4 NJA, Carlsbad.
Dayton ' Nulhoru. santa Pc.
Edwin Mechem, A~lumugorto.
w NJ NCkclar. Albuquerque
j. W. Mctarty. TuDum,lI.
Louis Il Mcdonald. Jcmcz.
Donald t. McClauahag A.huauormo
g. A. Mcmillan. Separ.
" 10. Mcrumb. HaIdy.
Lynn \ McCrackeu. pcmIrr
Ralph r. Nelson. Albuquerque.
tlhudius j. Neis. Roswell
clyde Noble. Albuquerque.
Frank T. NickcIl. Demiur
o. - pdon Espauoln
H. ]. Perkins, Mogollou.
g. r Parks, Culumbu.
J NJ Page. Tyrone.
Nelson > Patrick. Boswell
g. 4. Palm, Arch
willard T.. Prayer. Roswell
John r. Powers Santa Fc
W Il Prince. |Espauuiu
lcnoN e. Potree. Clo,is
Claude r. Pfeiffer Tucumrsrf
Roscoe G Pierce. Albuquerque
Joseph S. peter. Roswell
Fred Q~uccusbcrr,. Las CruD..
William " Rcddie. Albuquerque
William g. Robinson Carlsbad
Arthur T.. j. Hohiuaou. -nuit &c.,.
lIIn a. IFtTIfn.4tL WHAL.
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s W Enou. Rcd River
D. g.. siurakrf. AIuuyuerau.
Nunur H. e,sl Ar,u,.,or,
o. D. Shuuoaare.r N-Hunu,,...
william D.. Soils. r la. y,.n
Lester " Smell pnt.r
Jack 4. St,Vit, g. t,. Won.
Bail, A stewart por,3las
Charles r. smith p,r,,r..
Graver e. Smttb rl,,t.r
Charlie g. Sbncmpk,r Ian.
california
chester T. stevens Ration
NiruiI l.. SNYDER Islot,
Julius Sauchos so,orr,
Harry @ shelton. A|lDuluoru.,
Edwin g. Springer. Cimlrruu.
stewart sterling St1t. COLLEGE
Walter T. Stnlcup. Albuquerque.
Charles g. southern. b. lus Ner1.
Robert r ~ewoll AIhupucrgu,
Herbert 60 stevens T,r,,,
PAU Summon. u.i.r
t.t
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II appears from the foregoing table
that the counties are grouped by per.
centsges as follows:
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18
MANY RESIDENTS OF
NEW MEXICO ANXIOUS
TOGET COMMISSIONS
Two Hundred and Sixty.three,
Mostly From This State, Have
Filed Applications to Enter
Leon Springs Training Camp

Special Correspondence 20 The herald
santa Fe. g. N July u.s. Two hum
dred n siNty-thrce men. most OF
them from New Mexico. have applied
for admission 20 the second series nj
iicers' reserve corps soon to go IN
training az Fort Leon, Texas. TO pro-
vide officers for IN" army. The
malority Of these men have respond
cd Ia the call and are now here rc-
ceiting medical examination al the
hands % Major Artaut, of the e. $.
army.
81 takes Dr. Artaud about go min-
utes 10 make q thorough examination.
which n the time mn.l OF the eminent
iu this country require 20
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18

There Is q further possible evil in
section G. Although It is reasonable
TO suppose that no fees will be paid
special counsel before taxes are actin.
ally collected, this section does not
specifically forbid such payment \
mere judgment against the delinquent
taxpayer. u not followed up and On
forced by the sale Of the property
will not ecu any more taxes than
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18

was IN existence, but in some coun.
ties Il didn't move.
The taxpayers in the counties which
fail to collect q reasonable percent.
age Of taxes should understand fully
the significance OF this failure In
terms OF their WI lakes Except in
a minor degree this Is 10 an inter.
county matter. The state tsx In 1915
was 3.65 MILL the county tax for all
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18

neiinqnsnts for 1915 " not
yet available. as the last half OF the
collections for that year IL nov being
made. The above are completed
years. II h almost q year since the
last half Of 1878 taxes were due, yet
that year shows only IS per cent col
lectsons.
~ counties for the four years the
results are even more significant.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18

lected and paid In from such source
Yours very truly.
HARRY l.. PATTON.
Attorney General
Rut vigorous action upon the part
OF the present officers r. the thing
needed TO improve the collection Of
our taxes Without such action no
pcrmaneL Improvement can be eX.
pected.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18

lecting county pays about one-fourth
to one.third more state tax than he
would be compelled To do II all taxes
assessed were collected promptly. He
pays also a large additional percent
9 to W delinquent collection OF
county and local taxes. He gains NIB.
solutely nothing from the laxity OF
his local officers. How much this
costs the paying taxpayer for each
500 actusily needed for state and To-
cal purposes Is shown for each county
below:
TAXES REQUIRED ON EACH 500
OF NEEDED TAXES TO MAKE
GOOD NoN-coLLEcTioN-
BY COUNTiEc.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18
DELINQUENT TAXES
SINCE STATEHOOD
TOTAL sfA4,S24
VAST sum REMArNs yNcoL-
LRCTxD FOR isl2-15 PIE.
RxoD; RECORDS or
coUNTIEs SHOWN.
New Collection Law
Susceptible TO Abuse

tFrom New Mexico Tar Review
According to fluctuations made by
the commission there are outstanding
uucolisctsd taxes OF 1919. 1913, 1914
and 1915. as fellows:
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There Is q new law on tax collec-
tions. passed by the last Legislature.
The machinery is a little better. Errors
can be corrected The title 10 proper.
~ sold TO the county for taxes vests In
the county, and the property, not the
tax certificate can be sold. This law
provides, as to items OF taxes en-
ceeding t25. a somewhat better meth.
cd than did the old law. As to items
OF less than s25 there IL no improve
ment In procedure. In one respect
the new Law contains a dangerous pro.
vision capable OF serious abuse. This
provision Is contained in section G.,
which reads az follows,
Sec 6. In entering judgment in all
such eases the clerk shall add 10 he
amount OF tax penalties and costs, as
shown by such delinquent tax list. s
per entum Of the total amount due
from each person. or upon each lI or
parcel Of property described, which s
per eentum when collected shall be
paid over 10 the county treasurer and
covered into the court fund o. the
county.
When ever special counsel shall be
employed TO conduct such proceedings
such 9 per centum shall be paid 10
such counsel By order OF the court
upon warrants drawn against such
court fund, and shall constitute the
compensation Of any special counsel
for all services rendered In any such
proceedings. whenever the board OF
county commissioners shall deem q
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-18

Divided into groups OF thirteen
counties each. n group has a total
delinquency Of t3s0.se s.i2. or 81 per
cent Of the total for all counties. and
the other q total Of ti.o53.s65se. or
70 per cent Of the total for oil coun-
ties. The list grouped by peresn'
iages. IL as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-04

Eases Quickly When You Apply
a Little bIusterole

$na Alester0Ie won't blister Ike the
2Ll-fashoncd mustard rIaz-a- re-
spread IS On with rogr fingers r. 49,
crates % Tie sore SPOT win . es-.f.
Gugle Iloseuz u-e CONGESTION AMI So
out the soreness and pain
A-sterale is clean white 0,-+--a---
Ll@-e WIN az- o. mustard 1t is fine Tor
++5-& FgHef lor sore throat bronchitis.
,-,.s..i-ss Group, stlr neck. asthma, nsu-
Lr.l-.a- !iaaaaeae. congestion, p'eurisy.
-l.'ss11 si1ls laaoago. pains ard aches Of
i-1 -a-A or FONTS, S1ral1s, sore muscles.
oI -lses. chll5laEns, frosted feet colds on
ne caest 1t often prevents pue.u1nfa)
Nothing Ike Auste-o'e for cr8urv cI7il-
ITel- Keep t handy FOR instant use
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-29
al Will Put 1t Up at Auction"

ticle recently and would be happy to
return it to the owner if he will claim
it and prove ownership"
I swept the board with my glance,
but saw no sight Of a give-away on
any girls face. Then I continued:
"Since there is no claimant for the
article, l will put it up at auction, re-
serving the right to bid to the men
present of my own generation, the
proceeds of the sale to go to charity"
1 called for bids, and one Of my
cousins, Jack Somers, bid 25 cents.
There was an exclamation Of disap-
probation for such an offer, and when
another of my confederates bid so
cents it was repeated. The gem alone
could not have been worth less than
$50. When every man who was per-
mitted to bid had done so, $2.75 was
the highest offer received.
I knocked the article down to the
successful man, Jim Atwood, and he
handed me the money. "What luck -
he exclaimed, holding the pin before
him admiringly. 1--WE wanted some
thing like this for gift to my iancee,
and now l have found it,
The fact Of another girl possessing
her jewelry was too much for it's
owner. Becky Aldrich showed by her
expression that she was at least to be
suspected. I took the pin from Jim
and tossed it to her. A telltale blush
confirmed my suspicion, and, the eyes
Of all the company being concentrated
on Becky, it deepened into scarlet.
Then there was a burst Of laughter,
in which everyone joined heartily but
Becky.
Becky pretended to be very much
offended with me for the course had
taken. This caused me to feel uncOm-
Portable, and I endeavored to placate
her. Becky for a long while refused
to be appeased.
To make a long story short, Becky
played me as an angler would play
a trout till 1 was madly in love with
her. Having refused me, she seemed
to be satisfied and thereafter treated
me so considerably that tried again
and was successful. Naturally, the
anniversary of Thanksgiving brings
to me interesting memories.
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)