El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-01-16
C0UNTY'S TAX
ROLL SHOWS TOTAL
OVER 2g MILLIONS
RICH HAlLlWlck HAS 1877 GOLD
WATCHES AND FoRTY,THREE
DIAMOND RINGS; NO HAY NOR
OATS; YES TONS OF COAL.

RtAf% ARNElWf&h HH0 To- MILL
WATCHES AND FoRTY,THREE
DIAMOND RINGS; NO HAY NOR
OATS; YES TONS OF COAL.
Grant county's tax roll for 1918
has arrived at the office Of the state
tax commission, AID shows a total
valuation Of e2e, 76SO 1 10, less eK-
emptious OF $27S,5S9, making a net
total OF s2s,4S9.480,lR.
Grant county is me of the richest
counties in the state. cattle and
mines as we'll as railroad property
running into big money" Neyerthe-
less, the people OF Grant county APP
pear to have shown considerable re-
straint in the display OF their wealth
as there are only 1877 gold watches
and but three silver time-pieces. The
silver time-pieces are worth $40
each. In the matter OF jewelry, tael
Grant county folks appear to be also
free from display. the total valua.
ton being slightly under $1,000,
which would not buy a very stun
ming necklace of pearls or diamonds. l
Speaking of diamonds, there are
only forty-three diamond rings in
Grant county, worth less than 5000. \
the price of a smartlooking ruby
There is n diamond stud or stick
pin (the assessor does not say which
1t Isl and 1t is listed at $500. WhoI
the owner Of this trinket Is remains
a matter of conjecture. In otherll
diamonds, N,t70 appears on the
rolls.
Mo Ont Glaze
There is nc cut glass, as far as
the assessor knows. in Grant county,
but household furniture runs above
$215,O 900.
The Grant county folks are more
inclined to the music of sewing ma :
chimes than OF pianos, having 7S1 :
machines and 254 pianos Organs 5
are scarce, the total amount being
$3.50. How the church-going people t
OF Grant sing their psalms to the /
accompaniment Of $3.50 worth of or o
gans is not explained, or perhaps il
church organs are exempt from taxa n
ton.
Al any rate, the people from the /,
east who are thoroughly tired nfltl
home instruments which utter \
mournful tunes on a rainy Sunday Z
afternoon will no doubt be glad to q
go to- Grant county. y
There are 1870 mechanical talking
Instruments, which probably means i
is one phonograph for 40 4
Player-pianos probably are Y
I'm this number. There are u
probably not a large number of those is
lancy machines with the deep chests, Iis
he total valuation for 1870 meehani. Q
al devices for turning out canned et
music being less than $4,000. In
No Hay or Oats.
With over $4,000 head of cattle a
Ind over 10000 horses and burros de
md mules. Grant county also has Ito
10000 goats. but there Is no hay,
No oats and no barley to feed them. 81
There are 100 bushels OF corn, how.
sver, and there appears to be no I'M
danger of digestive disturb. n,
resulting from an excess Of o.
'orn bread or corn meal. There are ~
10 beans and no wheat in Grant ~
'outy, according to the tax rolls.
1876 Tons OF Coal. IL
The county OF Grant has 1875 tons -
Il coal valued at 1910, or about $3.50 ~
ton. With coal so cheap in Grant an
ounty, 1t seems surprising the people VI
id NOT stock nm for A cold winter. BI
! is also surprising that SO limited Nv
supply Of fuel should be rated so
in dollars and cents, when the PT
of coal shot the price up in
arts OF Europe TO $50 a ton or more.
622 Autos and 20 Trucks. !,
There are 622 autos, worth 1891, ~
90; twenty trucks. worth $4,000; u
ne motorcycle and seven bicycles ~
fotcFcycles are as rare as diamond IN
tuds. in Grant county. pI,
Only 1892 Books. az
1t may seem strange, but figures OF
peak ~eloduently and cannot lie, ac-
to the political spellbinders rel
low In Grant county, with $4,000 be
eople, there are only 1927 books, SIP,
nd they are worth $15,205. 1t seems ]
pity that each nerson could not So
cast the possession Of at least one ltal
ook. This news Of the scarcity Of we
ooks may bring an army Of book do
to Grant county during the Da
oming year, and the new histories
[ the war no doubt will make a hit. mi
Cut lumber Is assessed at $S,AS0, I'll
ut whether it will have to be used
,r morning fires instead Of building
buses remains to be seen, as there
no telling how far 1875 tons OF coal I
Ill go this winter. DO.
ENCOURAGING Figures.
But there are other figures, en- atr
,uragiBg figures. Among them are: A
City and town property, $1,9S0,450; he
sricultural lands, 17,470,381 acres in sol
'ea and $429,655 in value; grazing
nds, 1T2sS61NS0 acres valued at
$50. 500; grazing land improvements, !
I,54D,O26, non,productiye mineral La
nds, $790,995. IA.
There Is no separate total on the
,oks for horses, but with mules and Ey
they number 10,393 and are on
llhed at $463,134. Cattle are 1885, Nv
II In number and " $1,000 On
value. The 10000 goats are an
Productive mines are listed at w
,1O7,200. M
Railroads run up the assessments ",
the tune o. $1,000. 7s5: telephone NV
,es, S41,St0, and telegraph lines. sE
1854. NY