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Show MOTIVES MAY BE MISCONSTRUED It Is said that Sheriff John H. Barker Bar-ker Is In training to succeed tho pros-ent pros-ent county treasurer, and that Asses-or Asses-or John B. Woodward, Is In training to succeed tho present county sheriff. Whllo wo don't enro to take tho position po-sition that the" abovo Is tho enso, as neither of tho abovo gentlemen havo mado their announcement, wo havo boon reliably Informed that tho assessor as-sessor and the sheriff nro very closo companions of lato In tho matter of rounding up tho property of certntn taxpnyorji. It may bo that It Is thought advlsablo to havo a body guard In visiting certain Individuals during theso times of aggltatlon of taxes "too high," If this Is tho caso, It would bo unjust to suggest that n switch of official positions is contemplated con-templated In tho fall olectlon. It can bo seen, howovcr, Just bow tho motives mo-tives of theso gentlemen could bo misconstrued as they have both served serv-ed Cacho county two terms In their present positions and they may not deem a third term ndvlsablo. |