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Taxpayers in Rocky Ford face 1902 assessments and Santa Fe dispute
The Rocky Ford assessor and treasurer plan mailings of 1902 tax amounts to large taxpayers as city, county and school funds allocate the 6.80 per 100 valuation. Santa Fe railroad negotiates a reduced payment with Otero County while mandamus suits seek legal acceptance. local notices cover rates, deadlines, and lingering tax disputes along with a theater advert and a coal oil lamp fire near Manzanola.
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Otero County
Wortch
Rocky Ford
Adsmond
Beerbohm
State
American Beet Sugar Co
Oliver Adcock
Horace Amos
Mary J. Anderson
Babcock & Oliver
Henry Baker
Farmers & Merchants Bank
State Bank
Bent-Otero Improvement Co
David Best
Humphrey Best
Warren Blinn
H. L. Brannon
D. W. Burrell
J. C. Cartwright
Alma M. Cheney
A. C. Gomer
E. R. Cook
C. J Gover
J. H. Growley
Columbia Land & Gattle Co
W. A. Golt
Manzanola
Santa Fe
Sioners
Colorado
New York
Beerbohn
Otero
State Board of Equalization
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