Year: 1870

Nh. EpIroR We at this end OF the Coun-
| ty labor under the disadvantage OF being be-
hind, we are dependent on your paper ior the
! news, and the way the mail is carried now
! il does not reach the Post Office until Monday,
end unless we go on purpose for it we hardly
ever get it before the middle or last OF tue
week. No fault to any one however, but IL
makes Us appear tardy. this is particularly
the case IN regard to the meeting OF tax-pay-
ers and citizens convened by our worthy Su-
pervisors. 1t appears unfortunate that meet
! ing had to be called at this late day for the
purpose of instrucsing our representatives.
We had supposed they understood our wants
perfectly and were determined to devote their
whole energies to relieving them "A far as
| lay in their power. and we have watched with
good deal of solctude for any effort that
might be put forth in that direction and
have looked in vain. If had had the honor
of a personal acquaintance with our new
members. would have cautioned them not
to let their zeal on: run discretion, but wait
until they got fairly and squarely planted in
their seats before they opened the ball, but
now see such caution would have been use
! less. I was at loss whether to be pleased
or indignant when the mass meeting was sn-
nounced, so concluded to await developments.
now consider it a bad thing for our legis-
lators, supposing that Bill had passed, and
every body admits it is bill we do not want,
our future legislators would have brought
forward an Act to amend an Act. entitled an
Act &c. So you see it would have made bu-
siness, and all trades should be encouraged.
The Rodgers bill is likely to put stop to this
work as every one appears satisfied with it,
but if its breadth was in proportion to its
length should despair of its passing this
late in the season.


suppose our Supervisors invented the
phrase "Tax payers and Citizens" in order
to distinguish between those who paid their
taxes last fall, and those who sought to
evade paying on account OF some little IN
! formality in the assessment roll, and had to
have a special law passed to make them come
down. This is merely supposition however,
1t appears the taxpayers and citizens were Il
unit in regard to the need of Improvement in
our financial affairs, and at the same time
requested the Supervisors to make an appro-
priation and send down some one to repre-
sent things in their true light at head quar-
ters. | should have thought the Taxpayers
| "a kb ho OFT
had not. 1t would have been all right and
proper if we were not represented already by
A. B. G. and D., but as it is. it does appear
little superfluous. People beg in to say
the Legislature will do nothing for US this
winter. bad honed something would have
been done to relieve us little, aud the like.
Now sir, we never once thought or expected


the Legislature would pay our county debt for
us, bnt we had hoped they would fix it in
some shape that it would not bear so heavily
on us. and we shall always believe if our rep
resentatives had united at an early day in
one determined effort, sor,ething might have
beer done. 1t was expected that Mr.. Pick
wick would say something, so he said sab,
will our Mr. Pickwicks DO as we'll. There
is one thing we think our Supervisors might
benefit rs in, this is by reducing the percent
age on the taxable property. There can be
several good reasons offered for this. One is,
there would not he so much fighting with the
Assessor to get our property reduced to the
lowest possible figure.


The present rate has q tendency to drive
all movable property out of the county, and
presents barrier to all improvements. Peo
Pile who are acquainted can in almost any Of
the small villages count up money by thou.
sands that is never entered on the Assessor
book. You talk with the owners about their
money, they will ask you if you suppose
they are green enough to have it assessed at
four and a half per cent, why that is con.
sidered good interest in some countries, nc
sir, will get my money out of this county
ard put it in government bonds, or some
thing where it will be safe, any way shall
not pay four and a half per cent. on it. lie,
those in authority pause before they add the
last feather, as the camel back is nearly
broken now. j. a. G..


Mountain Pass. March Sth, 1870