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Show PAYERS OF TAXES ARE ' lECHIIt BASHFUL County Treasurer Hopes, How-, How-, ever, That They Will Soon Recover. Out of an assessment of $2,462,000, onh' about $70,000 in taxes havo been paid in, C'ouut3' Treasurer .Jack Groes-beck Groes-beck said, Saturdaj". Tho tarqniyiiig rush for the first four or five days of this month was hca3 tho county treasurer sa3,s, but uow there is a lull, and it looks like payments pay-ments will bo small for a fevr days. The taxes become delinquent November ! lfi, however, after which tho penalty is imposed, and along about tho first of that month tho grand rush is expected. In anticipation of this rush, tho county treasurer is looking around for an extra ex-tra clerk or two. "It's a furni3r proposition, but people lenvo tho p.Tyiug of their taxes until almost tho last thing," said Mr. Grocs-beck, Grocs-beck, Saturday. "Then it becomes a serious problem for the office to handle han-dle tho pa3'incnts when tho stampede begins. It would be a good thing for all concerned if taxpa.yers would be more prompt in visiting this offico. This would eliminate tho congestion I hat alwa3's comes with tho approach of the time for delinquonc3' and minimize mini-mize the chances for mistakes in receipts re-ceipts This offico certainty would appreciate it if the people would bring flicir taxes in oarty." |