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False Claims Refuted by Assessment FiguresTtMlfllltllTO THIS VOTERS OF KERN COUNTY Whatever won I lie motive oT u Mr. Truy in coming bare from Sun Francisco to discuss Kern county assessment, lie I ms done me.jis Hie assessor t»f Kern enmity. Hie uvesL iujuaHer ll•.rung?! liuiciv.iriiln liijnrn and unlYnV ;uirl hi ids llgifea andeiHiijMiriRons have bncn seized upon by those who ore hying :o defeat me, uivl limy :m now being usccfin nn effort lo pros mil my clucliqn. 11 is all ilia more unjust and liuCuirllmUln'se m.si’ejii'o-sen la I ions, given gi\:u.l prominence in public jjrinl, tiuvj come riglil on the evi: of election when llicve is little lime for tl r. tmlh (o overtake I lie m, ljul.l siuon'cty hope tiiut every voter vitl 11 nil npp.iriur.ily to rend the fallowing:Grade* All Acres Altlic. , % j»'.For Use pui'jnifle of showing alleged Inequality in assessments,1011 ns ticlwccn large land owners ami small, Mr. Troy |ilnees every,lt;w aerL-.ol' luntl in iliecmnily, the dcscrl. sands, Ihe bam'ii mountains,'21' Hie wastes of aJUati uni the iniynLml bolt, on exactly lias snnu:!ftf pliuii’. Me points mil thul four large corporations own nearly u * n«l million mid a Ini ft amis, hui lie did NOT fell you llmt nearly u-itn miliiim acres of this corporation owned Jnncl is uniil For human .cm habitation. A HALF MILLION acres o.' llmt waste land, torpor- .fte 11lion owned, is such as-you can sec from the train ;ik y:m puss r.™ 1 iuiiugh live broken uiuiinlains going sduUi ami on Ihrough the uci desert lmyoiKl. In the Coast Range and adjoining hills lie. l^ii.CIUtl .wu acres of corporation land, nil witlioul wilier, wilhmd iioiK of wu-1 «cifor development, m-iuing Jimtis today«jul grazing lands always, or co[Ini'llfJlflltr thousands of co’porjjlimi iicvtis liebnynru! the FVchbnnd and irrigated In mis in 2 he sou 111 and west; arid, liuhliuibilujlc him) wiliioul prosperl «E wider devcloinnoiu.Akamdily of Comparison,Mol (tils uliltiim mi'us, or nearly a i dlliou aertcs, of arid ami grating land, belonging to Hie eolnpimles Mi*. Troy jinnies, the Rem County Loud Cntupntiy, the Smillici'ii Pacific Midi way Company and 'Miller Lux, i* added by him U? the sum:lw urea of i mg« led lands i»id kinds subject to h'rigulion, mi a venire value . pi’r acre is struck mul then I hut avernge value is cnniiared ivitli, the value «r ufcw e.dli voted mid improved small tracts in I lie hrnri r.r 1lic irvinnlod ilisli'Cl.hi nlhci' words. Mi1.Troy would have you behove llmt AN ACRIi OP LAM) IS AN ACME OF LAND w.crovcr i: is situated and wlmtrvrr is ifc qualify. On tlw! theory !m, in all'ccL, ctaljxilvs I 111 value of 2!10 ticres cm the silt;le of Bear Mo; in lain with the 28(5 a artA$:ir.*i nf Ji:spcr Movers in I be Lanliold district. Ho compares leu a eres of mrxs ill 1\rcuc with I lie leu nri's uf Dull Miller just nllt-sii ii: tin: el ty nf IbiU I’l'dk'kl, He com pa its 2-lb ue ICS oil I he Mo jnvo' 1 desert wlljj 2-10 acres of the Peacock Far ills Company, and flic:■ 'nor trust not being bin enough, lie I Inn vs in Albert Unode's duby hoed lu eliiiJ.'usizi: IIoj inclt;|tiKltly.The Only Fair Compai'ison.1 ask you, my friends, if there is nay thing fair, just or rigid a two I Mr. Troy’s eocipuiistiivs and deduct ions'l If be luul desiied to show vou wlietlier there is discrimination between Inrgo midISnAsinnll land lioltlcrs. as h« alleges, would not bin cianpuvisutis Jmve ^ br.cn nnide as to I lows: _ 6If) r.ijrpamlinii !i«j M ■(!{£• i«i l In: docrl ,vJUi amid 1 lioklinga cr, / o flic deserf. _12} f.orpornUon holdings ill l!ie uioiuitilius with small hold- v •no* in Llir. aitui1i1iiLiis.19) Corporation holdings iti (ho a.kali bell with snail hold ings in the alkali belt.•41 Corporation holdings in llic ind gated hn»d« with a mall tai.dnigd in tlie irrigi.led Juuds.Tlie mison lie lt;lilt;. not inoko p»ich coiyinapiwoas Is MRCATJSli EVERY FOOT OF LAND IN KERN COUNTY OF LIKE QUALITY AND SIMILARLY Sfl'UATF-lJ IS ASSESSED. ACRE FOR ACRE. FAIRLY AND IMPAR[TALLY AS RETWEEN RICH AND POOH. Any statement to Ilie contiury is will tout foundation, and 1 ask any friend or opponent who hears of ;.n instance of suck alleged dNcriniinadciii in enme in the rolls so 1 may prove its fnkbty.The Figures All Incorrect,Aiido from Mr. Troy's unjust cqmp'.risons ami deduction!;, nol a ningle Egmc read by liiin touching my usscseniynls oF Kv.rn eouiily, and priulctl in big ty|e in t|e morning piiper. is correef. As ii glaring illusira.ion of ibc: fafsfty of those Jigrires, I cite you lo llic following:He says Uic Southern Pacific owns Cvl3,000 acro-^ of land in Krrll comfy. The rolls show Dial the Soulliom Puc’diu owns (07.-1445 ne:vs, a difTcniiicu nf 3f),00l acres.Mr. Ttoy snys the Southern Pacific ta* on land is The. fcici in l hnl llic lax cu (he Sou I liorn Pa el flu tand Ju Kern conn tv, including u'cr a half million acres of arid land, is Sfl(f,821, Mr. Troy being mistaken v Jus I flair,2ijfl, aJjuosl ae egicglmis n blunder as the lunming pupcr leccnUy made wlicr. il aWled tliui 1 biid ass^ssi'd the imrsoiuil property of Urn Kern Cminly Lund Comprr.y in Ihtkei'slleld for fclKHJO, when ilie corcuel litiire was $“S,00l.A Word in Conclusion.My at lend op 1i,w ju.i! been cnllclt;i Co an ndvcrlioiMmiitl if :ny ojj ; piiiK-nl, Mr. Tayluv, in wJiich lie says ho will give you a *guniv 'd»al.” The inl'iaynw is plain l)i:d I will nnt give yml n Scjluil'C «!c(ii. I call yum’ ji I eii (io 11 In Ilia far I llmt every uUuik on nio [llll'illg 111 is I’iinijiaign, oil hlt;T by Mr. Taylur ur by Ills nwnp.i pci'.i. lius JuUen Sli-t- Nol nnn single wlilspn’ed nr |il:blished siatcmcnl as lo (iiy work iir.s been subsUmlialwl, :ui«l t nm conleid now to le.iw ibu verdiut wilh the pcopfe lt;mu:r.g wlunci I Itavc lived m.vr Ii*. in '''vo ilinn lt;mj' hy Lludr JtalJols In wlmai tbcii* conlldoncu mj abcr^f for llio ollice of assessor. ite.S|:ectfully,EDITH F. COONS. !A A A kar A /r hi i'tiA r!'
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Fellows Courier
Fellows, California, US
Fri, Aug 21, 1914
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