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Show FLOOD OF GOLD IN TREASURER'S OFFICE . ' A -flood of gold has poured into County - Treasurer W. O. Carbis' office in th. past - week.' ' Yesterday taxes became delinquent " and hundreds of people lined up before the ' door of the office awaiting their turn to pay i Ilii'. debt they ew. - the county. In the I jott week nearly tl.00O.000 has been paid f few -the office. JTesterdey $200,000 - was I -Mea in. and th. dsy before th. amount was ! erot th. same. " ,Tb. office has been receiving between 500 1 sod 800 letters a day besring checks and drsfu.- Th. number of persons who hsv. ' come to' th. office each day hss "been be-". be-". tween 1800 and 2500. At present ther. is i about $600,000 in tsses that have not been paid and will b. advertised within few i " ' days. :.-''. |