The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-03-11

h fr loenne opr stree : up or making improvements,
ought other towns do by TAXATION WIN
drawing down our just proportion Oh eie County
road funds
A matter that can be well taken into consideration
very large part of the money paid IN by 'ne
average taxpayer of the county at large is expehueu
rectly in Gunnson thereby enrchng her cntizehs anu
enabling them pay their taxes without protest
Every dollar paid county officials practicaiy ehfiche
the business of the city in its hni uisP'si'-
T, immense fund is largely expended mere anu
not nearly raised on the property which is taxed in town.
fact that out of this years road fund there mas
been expended 81, 900 better in Improvements on he
Ranbow Route inside of limits, this being nee
essay to properly improve the ranscontnental highway
1t looks to us as if this time had been selected TO
play very effective politics, coming just before
election Now, the Empire has no spscai reason ol
defending the beard of commissioners lney
have the only paper the county at their beck ana
call or ought to- but just in the interest OF common 1a
ness we say that if no better complaint can NC
brought against them than the fact tat they reiue "
their road fund to the of Gunnison to waste
putting spoonfuls of ashes in different dePresssios ~
the city Streets then there is little to serve as an ISSUE
against them There are strings on the Empire. we
are independent in politics and take certain aoan "
real pleasure in commenting faithful officials we nave
been sparing denouncing anything except oehoe a
wrong doing. Errors in judgment we are charaoe ioi
We all make mistakes. Many have been made In the
matter of expending funds very paPapie ones
But to decide that municipalities snouo
and must care their streets The huge body OF A
PAYERS who outside the city, pay tweVe '7e"'
~ tho axes and who have deep interest in better roads,
will agree with us Gunnison ought to take care Oh
ts own streets and do much better than they have IN
tho past.
A few people have spoken quite unkindy OF Geo
Milers position in matter Mr. Miller is truly
this district but his district is larger
than Gunnson He distinctly interested in the town.
all his property is here Naturally he wants to see our
streets good his way clear to betray
the majority of his in order to work stand
in with minority incidentally benefit himself Crit
cism of his action this is clearly misplaced.
Those who denounce him ought to apologize
The first of the week the United States Supreme
gave two decisions both of which will cost the
people millions of dollars and the dailies dismiss
the question with single paragraph One declares the
income in far it places tax
on the stock dividends The suit upon which
decision where Lady received large
income from Standard stock The other decision COM
pes the Interstate Commerce Commission to value rail
terminals and rights of at their present prices
of their original cost for the purpose OF estab
fishing upon which the railroads will be permitted
to earn of 51a per cent or course these
values vastly inflated owing to the present
imitation currency Thus the people lose both ways to
the corporations Wonder how much more load can be
piled on the producing and aboring ackass before ne
breaks in the middle? Every single Of these rotten
decisions brings the of human tolerance closer and
auRments the severity of the correction which is as sure
a tho return of daylight the hours Of darkness
PURCHASE w. 3. 8. STAMPS