Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-03-06

townships, and was also in the Kline
neighborhood vaccinatIng hogs. DR..
Hickman attended the State Veteri-
narisns Convention at Kansas City,
week before last, and stopped over
at Jefferson City for a few days on his
return home.-Greenville Sun.
Recorder Hawkins has issued the
following marriage licenses since our
report:
Edgar L. Laramore of Goodwater
and Lola Hawkins of Ironton.
Harrison Altman of WilliamsYille
and Nettie Ward of Silva.
Noah Whitaker of Redmondville
and Goldia Waugh of Bixby.
Jesse Allen and Elsie Lamor OF
Ironton.
Arthur R. Lashley and Andie Rich
of Des Arc.
Mr.. Louis Macy of Munger was in
town Monday. Mr.. Macy is a strong
advocate of good roads and he thinks
that it is time for the people of the
county to take some concerted action
in the premises. He very rightfully
says that the town and country should
get together and in this way the needs
of any community could best be pre-
sented to the court and intelligent
action taken. Mr.. Macy believes
that ours is eventually destined to be
a great dairy country. He says it
should far exceed the sand hills in
Nebraska where he came from.
Geo. B. snider, Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector, will be in Ironton
Monday and Tuesday, March 10th and
18th, for the purpose of assisting tax
payers in making out their federalin-
come tax returns. He will have bis
office with G. w. Hanson, County Su-
perintendent of Schools, in the court
i house. Mr.. Snider will spend but two
days in the county. Taxpayers are
requested to call on the first day set,
with either their returns made out or
all their data ready so that they can
make the returns out as soon as pos
sible. There will no doubt be q rush,
as the Treasury Department has an
nounced there will be no extension OF
time to make returns. They must all
be in not later than March 18th.
In the Globe Democrat correspond
ence from jefferson City wherein is
treated the question of reducing the
:, tax levies to accord with the increas-
ed valuations as set by the State Tax
Commission, is printed the following
Representative Keith says the Legis-
lature is confronted with the duty to
the taxpayers of reducing the tax
levies so that upon the lawful assess
! ments returned by assessors that not
: more money can be collected from the
farmers'and other taxpayers than il
:. necessary to the economical conduct
: of the local governments. Property
' should be assessed at its true value il
money. 1 approve the action of as
SCISSORS in keeping their solemn oatf
9 and of returning everything at it,
q actual %value,' said Keith, who is {
t lawyer. But the duty devolves upor
:, this Legislature, which I regard al
highly imperative and important, tt
D reduce the tax levies so that the loca
taxing authorities cannot collect more
money on these lawful assessment
than is absolutely necessary to carry
: on the affairs of county and city gov
: eminent. We are squarely confront
: ed with the necessity of reducing thes'
8 tax levies and l shall not shirk it.
n want the property in my county as
d sessed at it's true value, but l want a
: the same time to have the tax levieI
reduced so that the taxpayers will b'
8 fully protected"