Garland Globe | 1908-02-08 | Page 7 | Agreeing with the Assessor

AGREEING WITH THE AS8E830R. His Reason for Building Unneeded Addition to House, j Representative Blrdsall of Iowa objects ob-jects to tho high rcntnls charged in Washington during tho congressional season. Ho says ho feels llko an Irish farmer ho know out in his district. dis-trict. Tho farmer had bought a placo out of Bavlngs as a farmhand nnd renter. Tho tax assessor camo around ono day nnd put a valuation on Pat's now property which Pat thought excessive ex-cessive His protest, howovor, was unavailing. Ono day n neighbor visited Pat and found him building nn addition to his house, and obviously tho houso was plenty big enough without 1L "Isn't that a plcco of extravagance?" extrava-gance?" ho nBked Pat. "Think ngln it molght bo." said Pat, "but I'm after havln' tho ould placo warth phat tho asslssor saya It is."