The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1921-03-17

with 30 many Of the farmers
leaving the county, who will be left
to pay the taxes? Doubtless there
will be plenty Of Job hunters left to
fill the jobs. but q few taxpayers
will be needed.
DO the promoters Of county di-
vision know the financial condition
Of their neighbors in proposed Paw
nee county? Are they interested in
lessening their neighbor's burdens?
What about the welfare Of the great
mass Of people who will be affected
in Pawnee county in a substa ntial
way only by an ever increasing load
and burden Of taxes?
THE county records show that on
January /, 1921. there were unpaid
registered school warrants In pro-
posed Pawnee county OF $lO6,769.51.
The people Of the proposed county
have already spent thru the regis
tered warrant process more than
one-half Of all the money available
for schools in Pawnee county and
still have ten months of the year to
CO.
There are forteen school districts
In this county under the original
Pawnee bill with a total levy for the
current year Of s207,lS4. Of which
already $106.76S.5l have been spent.
1T Is estimated by reliable au-
thority that not moro than seventy
percent Of this tax Will be paid, or
about $4,000. With 100000 al
ready spent. how will Pawnee coun-
ty conduct Its public schools for the
next ten months with only $4,000?
Are Mr.. Graves and his friends
preparing voluntary or involun-
tary petition In bankruptcy for all
their good neighbors and residents
within Pawnee county by urging
county division?
Are the financial graves Of the
residents Of Pawnee county now be-
Ing dug? The passage Of the Pawnee
bill will be q monAment to its spon-
sors. They might inscribe on IT,
"Mr. Silent Taxpayer, Died Of Paw
ueeitil Operated on agressively,
but not wisely. Resting In peace
ful bankruptcy"
"The financial condition of pro-
posed Pawnee county is further H.
lustrated by the following figures:
The total registered school warrants
In the entire county Of Weld on jan
uaiy /, 1921 was s466.S76 on q total
ASSESSED valuation of $l17.600. 900.
OF this amount Pawnee had $685.
769 In registered warrants on an as
sessed valuation of $l3.600, 900. The
remainder Of the county had regis
tered warrants Of $34s,s07 on the
remaining assessed valuation OF
s1O4,Ooo.Ooo.
"Succintly speaking poor Pawnee
has spent in registered warrants al
ready one-fourth Of the entire reg
istered warrants OF Weld county,
while It has only about one-ninth
Of the assessed valuation.
How many registered warrants
will Pawnee county have when It
has started to build q new court
house, new jail. new pest house, new
hospital, transcribed all Of the title
and county records for the new
county and made an enlarged budget
to meet the salary demands Of all
the hungry Office and job hunters?
"Mr. Graves asked for q few fig-
ureb. Will he kindly publish the
matters here Written In his paper
asi widely and prominently as he
publishes his own arguments so that
kis constituents may understand In
(which direction Pawnee county
leads?
Sincerely,
JOSEPH c. EWING
Greeley Tribune Republican.
That our readers may know what
occasioned the above we call atten-
ton to the fact that we had sent
to the Greeley Tribune Of March 5th
the following:
New County Salaries
Editor Tribune:
We do not ish to weary you with
observations: but since no voice
was raised In opposition and no chal
lenge made to Mr.. Ewing's state
ment that county division wcult
double Pawnee taxes. 10 1t asking
too much to say to your readers tha
the abstract Of Morgan county as
sessments for this year shows tina
for support Of county In the ordinar!
fund and contingent fund that coun
ty will raise s53,7l7.73 Mr.
Straight would not promise us NOR
than S28,000 for our roads at tn,