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Show H O iBl'1 War Tax Begins K' Nciv Luh Taxing Telephone I'mts. BBBkI' (Special to Alpluo Pub. Co,) BBBRh Denver, November :!0. The fur BBBBP ; reaching effects of the European War BBBBrc . w"l UlJ '"It 1" n small way by tele- B I ' phono users, according to tho an- BBBBVl nouncenioiit mndu hero today by the BBBfli United States Internal ltevcuue Ue- BBBB. V' pnrtment. Tho nt,w federal revenue BBBfl',11 ta " tcJeplione nnd tolegraph m;s- H( l ( sages goes Into cfTcct Ueccmbev l&t BBBB i all over tho country, mid it govern- BBBJ, , In011t tax of oiih cent will bo collect- BBBB;V; cJ for overy messngo amounting to BBBB' ' fifteen cents or over, BBB''; Onicluls of tho Mountain State- BBBBL', Telephotio nnd Telegraph compnu'v BBBBTvf operating in tho seven uHiuiifulii BBBB ( states, have been busy fo.c tho Zl BBBB;, , mouth notifying oxchnniivt lu all '.ni-iK BBBKj;; of tho system of tho uuv)iiop In whinii P this tax Is to bo ev.Jk.QtcA nd t u BBBBf . over to the gOVWiimeiju, . StlcljS invo BBBBtr been sent to, oach of Ulo 2DOO0O . H' scrlbora lu tho bUm ami placards BTAbI ' itSlon t?r.bJ-V.T8ted In ovovy pay BTAbI , foni .'V" -cording to tho luw. all BBBBj " istiincci messages nmouiulng to BBBBb, niteeii cents or ovor nro tuxvd one BBBBVij' cent, whether from private telephones BBBBb-'!' or from public or pay stations. Toll BBBBS'h calls from prlvnto telephones will be BBBBH'-j counted by tho company nnd taxed BBBK I lu n lump sum on the monthly bill BBBBf Pay station customers will bo requlr- BBBBK1 ed to drop a penny In the coin box nt BBBB tho telephono when their call la made BBBBKi There will bo no tnx on local mes- BBBBK'! sni?i','wlie,io no toll chnrge Is nuulo BBBBK fTlfp effects of tho new law will he BBBB- Joto'ye'stlng lu this western country. BBBB' j w'nore" the. number of pouules lu rlr- BBBB'i j dilation Is proportionately small Ac. BBBB' cording to odlclals of tho I'nlted BBBKI States Mint In Denver, all pennies are BBBB,; coined in Philadelphia nud shipped BBBB? through tho local mint nud sub- BBBB treasury for distribution. No short- BBBBB, age of pennies Is anticipated, as the BBBB1 hnnkB throughout the country have BBBB- been t'ipplled In Ilie last few weeks bbVbbVbbVM' BBB1 In some canes, according to officials of tho telephone company, the cost of collu-tliig the tnx from public pay stations will exceed the tnx Itself, hut tho new law is stringent and requires re-quires the collection to be made on every cnll. |