The Coconino sun., 1925-09-04
Who THE BIG INCOME TAX
PAYERS or THE STATE ARE

= Mrs. j. S. Douglas, wife of j. S.
Douglas, Douglas and Jerome, Ariz.,
copper magnate, paid the largest in
come tax in Arizona in 1924, it isS di-
vulged by the records of the local in
ternal revenue offices which were
open to public inspection Tuesday
morning. The amount of taxes she
paid was $27, ,46167.
Alexander Berger of Tucson was
second in the list, having paid tax
of $25, 5,95080. Mrs. Dwight B. Heard
of Phoenix paid the third largest
amount, $18,862.74,
j. S. Douglas paid tax of S16,358.-
81. Dwight B. Heard paid S4426.29.
Harold Bell Wright, the author,
paid tax of $5756.59 and his wife,
Winifred r. Wright, paid $4030.52.
Income taxes for 1924 were paid by
1885 individuals and ATT corpora
tions. Returns were 9215 additional
individuals and 1853 corporations but
they were not subject to taxation.
United States Senator Ralph FL.
Cameron paid a tax of $27 and Sena-
tor Ashurst paid S45.12. Congress
man Carl Hayden paid $46.90 and his
wife paid a similar amount. No tax
was paid by Gov. George w P. Hunt.
his salary being exempt from taxa
tion.
Other taxes paid by individuals
were as follows:
|. Diamond, Phoenix, S666763; L.
H. Manning, Tucson, $1S51.69; Gus
sic Manning, Tucson, $139o.60; E.
Payne Palmer, $1546.53; Constance
Lowell, Flagstaff, $1520.S9; e. f. San
guinetti, Yuma, $164923; Elizabeth @.
Thompson, Phoenix, $2326.28; Joseph
S. Thompson, Phoenix, $2138.70; Mrs.
Eleanor T. Randolph, Tucson, S9900.-
"a; NJ B. Trowbridge, Oracle, $2976.-
46; 2. G. Beckett, Douglas, $4149.29;
+. w. Maclennan, Miami. $2844.41;
Frederick <. Talmadge, Tucson, ST.
622.31; Mabel G. Talmage, Tucson,
$1622.31; T. H. O'Brien, Inspiration
$161750; A.. j. Chandler, Chandler,
$1191.77; Robert f. Tally, Jerome, ST.
246.47; Mrs. Robert E. Tally, Jerome,
$129684; George C. johnson, Globe,
$780, %; L. NJ. White, Yuma, $1901.-
80; Fanny |. Pirtle, Douglas, $1245.-
10; John H. Campbell, Tucson, $780,
10; Elsie W. Campbell, Tucson, $424.-
61; William f. Staunton, Jerome, ST.
04386; Mary N. Staunton, Jerome,
$2043.S6; S. [. A. O'Brien, Inspiration,
$170319
i Few of the big mining companies
file income tax returns in Arizona, as
they are foreign corporations. The
Erupieon Mining company of Warren,
paid the largest corporation income
tax, with a payment of $91 ,037.47.
The Ahumada Lead company of War
ren paid tax of $43,094.02 The
Midland Copper company of Tucson
paid $3675.55.
Other income taxes paid by Arizona
corporations We're as follows: Bisbee
Improvement company, $11,798.74;
East Coast Oil company, Tucson,
$28, ,874.32; Borderland Construction
company, Tucson, $16,24069; United
Eastern Mining company, Oatman,
$22, ,099.03; j. Knox Corbett Lumber
and Hardware company, Tucson $5,-
574.25; Arizona Packing company,
Phoenix, $5726.34; Richards and Mace,
$4,000; Yuma Ice, Electric
and Manufacturing company, $7,274.-
"a; Mutual Cotton and Oil company,
Phoen4x, S21 ,3yl.66; Central Arizona
Light and Power company, S40,542.-
OF; Adams Hotel, Phoenix, $4889.72;
Night Hawk Leasing company, Bisbee.
$1520.95; -Bisbee Naco Water com
pany, Bisbee, $5582.39; Arizona Pub
fishing company, Phoenix, S754187;
Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend rail
road, $760768; Warrior Cooperative
Mercantile company, Inspiration, &c.
1922; Arizona Power company, Pres
cott, $11,592.37; Arizona Grocery Co.,
$25 ,6f4.56.
Some Of the other big payers Of the
United States were:
John D. Rockefeller Jr., paid the
largest personal tax thus far reported
which was $6,277,669.
Henry Ford, $2,608,806.
Edsel Ford, not far behind his ia