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Show MUST PAY TAXES OR WATER IS SHUT OFF The emergency men of the Waterworks Water-works department have been collecting delinquent Water taxes at a great rate during the past few days. They are compelling delinquents to pay up or are shutting off their supply. More than $400 was collected yesterday from merchants mer-chants in the neighborhood of Commercial Commer-cial street. The taxes are supposed to be paid in advance by August 1st, but many put off paying as long as possible. During 1902 the city lost only $300 out of $08,000 collected, and this year the taxes will aggregate $108,000, With several sev-eral hundred taxpayers yet to be heard from. |