Threaten Tax Commission in Nevada by regional taxpayers
Telegrams from Elko Humboldt Lander and Eureka counties threaten a legal contest unless the Nevada Tax Commission allows boards of equalization to set assessments. The commission refuses, citing statewide equalization and potential tax shifts. The message details reductions and urges fair adjustments next year if injustice is shown.
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Carson City
Nevada
Tax Commission of Nevada
Elko
Humboldt
Lander
Eureka
Tax Commission
County Boards of Equalization
J. FP. Shaughnessy
Board of Equalization
F. J. Button
J. Button
Taxpayers Committee
Winnemucca
Boards of
Bureks
Nevada Tax Commission
J. F. Shaucunessy
Commission
Esmeralda County Tax Rate Power Disputed by Court
The Esmeralda County case before the Nevada Supreme Court questions whether the State Tax Commission can direct county boards to alter tax rates. The court upholds the Commission’s power to adjust valuations but notes no explicit authority to order counties to change rates. It cites statute and precedent, stressing special provisions control when conflicts arise and that the Legislature would have specified such power if intended.
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Commission
State Tax Commission
Esmeralda County
Supreme Court
Carson
Talbot
Norcross
McOstran
Tax Commission
Boards of County Commissioners
Esmeralda
Boards of Equalization
Tax Commission Act
County Commissionera
Progress of the War in Europe and Naval Battles
A summary of strategic moves in Poland and Hungary with Lodz's capture by Germany and Russian withdrawals, plus Allied pressure from France and Britain to distract German forces. Reports detail the Sturdee led British fleet defeating von Spee near the Falklands, with heavy German losses and limited Allied casualties, and unconfirmed submarine incidents near Dover.
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Sandau
Salt Lake Tribune
Lodz
Poland
Warsaw
Cracow
Piotrkow
Tarnow
Przemysl
Thorn
Mlawa
Hungary
Silesia
France
Belgium
Alsace
Roulers
Ypres
Dixmeude
Zeebrugge
Channel
Belgrade
Peter
Plang
Servis
Sturdee
von Spee
Cradock
Pacific
Atlantic
Falkland Islands
Scharnhorst
Ite
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Dresden
Argentine Republic
Admiralty
Dover
Adisich
Athens
Bosphorus
War Revenue Tax of 105 Million Calls Burden on Beer and Banks
The nation levies a war tax of 105 million to offset import losses from European unrest. Beer contributes roughly 50 million, with stamps on negotiable instruments yielding about 31 million, taxes on banks stock at 4.3 million, and remaining from tobacco and other items. The piece praises industry and individuals who fund the war, calling for unity under the flag and honoring the dollar that bears burdens. It lists luxury taxes and notes the war tax is immediately effective as industries mobilize to refill the treasury under patriotic fervor.
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Congress
Milady
Uncle Sam
Mfe
England’s endless loans fuel war effort and hope
England has loaned 215 million to allies plus 60 thousand to Belgians, 4 million to Servia, 3 million to Greece, and big cash advances to Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Loans bear no interest during hostilities. Britain’s finances are described as healthy, with bankers predicting stronger postwar strength.
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England
Belkiam
Servia
Greece
Canada
South Afr Rica
Australia
New Zealand
Great Britain
Stock Disease Under Control
A Washington dispatch reports officials of the Department of Agriculture expect foot and mouth disease in cattle to be under control by year’s start. The outbreak has cost the government nearly $100,000 for slaughtered cattle and maintaining about 700 inspectors in the field, with the government paying half the cattle value and states covering the rest.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Sam Wheeler Named to Nevada Sheep Commission
Sam Wheeler, a Reno stockman, was appointed by Governor Oddie to the Nevada Sheep Commission to fill the vacancy left by the death of Olin Ward. The appointment creates a full board and a meeting will soon determine the commission’s president.
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Sam Wheeler
H. Wheeler
Reno
Via
Nevada Sheep Commission
Oddie
Olin Ward
Moyer Asked to Resign as WFM President by Butte Miners
Charles H. Moyer faces pressure from the Butte Miners Union to resign the presidency of the Western Federation of Miners, signaling a leadership challenge amid intraunion tensions and calls for change within the organization.
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Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Butte Miners Union
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Eureka Sentinel
A. Skillman
Evada Supreme Court
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Notics
Kuroke
Burok
H. C. McTerney
Amessor
Kureke County
A. R. Wittee, M. D
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Moe
Sam Shontino
People’s Market
Monogram
Zerosene
Rudolph Zadow
Prop
San Francisco
Ancelo Berrolo
Eureka, Nevada
United States Federal Reserve Bank
THE
First National Bank
Elko, Nevada
A. BE. Kunst
B. Nourx
J. A. Levans
E. EB. Sxon
D. H. Jones
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