The Coconino sun., 1923-11-02
KICKIN' ARIzoNA's PUP AROUND

We were very much pleased with our old friend
Editor Billy Spear of The Republican, when he
attempted to part us and Bill Kelly OF the Graham
Guardian on the question as to just how much
less the mines should pay in taxes than dog.
While Billy and The Republican evidently did not
care to actually take sides against the dog; we are
constrained to believe he only had in mind the
story of the dog that failed to catch the rabbit
He really did not take into consideration the great
number kinds and breeds of dogs. In fact he
got entirely the wrong angle on the dog PROPOSE
ton Now there is the daschund-the elongated
dog the one that has his headquarters IN one sec
tion of the country and his hindquarters IN some
other section You see, Billy, a dog like that may
be growing in New York, Salt Lake, Europe or
some other foreign country, and all one can see
way out here in Arizona would be wlggie OF his
hindquarters and tail. While the wlg-Wagg1n OF
his tail may be going on out here and all hoping
for the best and taking the Waggle as a sign OF
approval the head end of the hound may be
growing back east long before his hether-end is
radioed to stop wagging-see, Billy, such scat
tered dog? Just inadvertently we may have ta-
ken the dog as an Illustration of the 100 per cent
proposition for taxation but are going to stick
by the dog, SO long as he is willing to keep on
chasing rabbits. The pup may catch one some
day. Aside from that dog doesn't know much
about wealth or how it is gathered up---hell hang
around whether he pays taxes or not. Howsum-
ever, Billy does sorter wallop some one and tells
a big truth when he says: eOn the same basis an
Arizona mine valued at 100000, 000-as several
of them are, would have to pay $100,000,000 to
the state treasury every year; under our dog sys-
TEN the dog or the value of him is confiscated
annually" We believe Billy is correct in his state
ment that there are several mines in Arizona val
ued at $100,000000. This several along with 9TH
ers not up to that figure, should if taxed at ap-
proxmately 100 per cent, as the law provides for
all property, come very close to being the whole
$780, 1000 600 taxable valuation of the state of Ari
zona Then, of course if the rest of Arizona paid
what it shouldn't there goes the dog after the
eff again. Then again, we desire to call attention
to the fact, not desiring in the least to assume
that the death of any mining men ever changed
the perennial financial condition of those to fol-
low, the sex Of the dog being taken into considera
tion, we are led to believe that Billy has chosen
a Chihuahua dog as sample copy-one of the
kind while not having any hair, has heirs in
plenty. Just soliloquizing, fear that Billy has
overlooked the great main feature of the whole
thing-the thing most interesting to Arizona
the value of the dog.
If you really want to know the value of apup,
Billy just kick him when his owner is around,
and sees you do it.
That last sorter sums up the stuation-Arizona
knows for sure some one is hckin' its houn aroun
but they won't believe you when you tell em who
is doin' it. When they find out about it the rab-
bit will have to accelerate himself to keep in
advance of the dog.