MISS DUANE VAN VECHTEN

2344 LINCOLN PARK WEST
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

May 27, 1933.

Mrs. Mabel Dodge Luhan,
Taos, New Mexico.

Dear Mrs. Luhan:

It was very kind of you to write me about the Taos taxes. Mr. Cook has been very much incensed over the high taxes and we paid my taxes under protest. I have known that they were too high - they were about $500 last year and over $1,000 this year, and as I have made no additional improvements in my place I felt this was very unjust.

I am happy that an adjustment has been made for you and I appreciate your efforts in going to Judge Kiker and getting his assistance. Your information makes it possible for me to write to him and thank him for what he has done in my behalf and beg his further assistance.

I shall be coming to Taos in about three weeks. I will stay here only long enough to get a glimpse of the Century of Progress before leaving.

I am hopeful of having more leisure this summer so that I may have an opportunity to see more of my friends in Taos. I hope that we may see each other more frequently.

Thanking you very much for writing to me, I am

DVV/M