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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 1, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 34.

Taxes

During the "wet" years 1903 to 1913 the tax rate ran as follows:

1903, 1904, 1905 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.25 1906 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.28 1907 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.35 1908, 1909 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15 1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 1911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.20 1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.30 1913 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25

The last three years were "dry" years. The reason why 1910 was so low is that there was a surplus in the treasury, and the "wet" town board drew on that so as to make a low tax rate. The expenditures were as great as other years. The average city tax rate in seven years of saloon rule, 1903-1909, was $1.24 on the $100. The average rate for 1911-1914 was $1.235 on the $100. With much more money spent on streets and water and sewer extensions and city lighting, the average rate since the town went "dry" is less than from 1903 to 1909 inclusive, when the city had the yearly revenue of $6,800 from the saloons. The foregoing statement is absolutely correct. The estimate of the 1914 taxes, which are not yet levied, is based on the statement of the mayor, J. O. Maxwell.