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Show COLLECTING THE POLL TAX -It Is a good deal like, pulling teeth t collect poll taxes," says City Poll Tax Collector A. G. Harris, "and it nccms that It has been a little more difficult this vcar than it was last, and yet I have collected about $1,000 this year I have collected as much mon-y mon-y this vcar as I did last, but It has been a little moro difficult. I am unable un-able to give a reason for this, except that It must be that tho people are ' not In the humor of paying their poll taxes. "I never have any trouble with regular reg-ular taxpayers, for they seem to bo In favor of having good roads, but tho people who have no other tax to pay work evcrv possible scheme to avoid tho poll lax collector. They manage to not Ik? at home when I come to see them, or they make the excuse that they cannot make a remittance until un-til some time In tho future and when I go to seo tbem on that future date I discover that they have moved. There aro many transient people In Ogden. too. and they are hard to got. Tho taxes must be paid, however, and I am going to see to that part of it ' -In some way. The end of the year 1s fast approaching, and I want t balance my books, so I am going to mako a clean sweep this month " Mr. Harris states that there aro about 800 delinquent poll tax payers on his books, and that he will Institute Insti-tute suits for the collection of the taxes this month. Tho poll tax collector col-lector also says that oll tax judgments judg-ments secured In the courts for last year's poll taxes will be executed within the next few weeks If the Judgment debtors do not como forward for-ward and make, a settlement, I |