Show SHACKLING TAX GATHERS A western town is prospering oi 01 rube methods not at ail in with usual tax bo boosting and bond in nation methods its levy for city expenses Is 1 les than during the first behr of the war in 1915 it was fifteen mills and to foi two years it has hag been this city ot of twenty thousand aco pie has only bonded deb almost entirely lor for streets and sewers sewera and pays off oft 00 annually 1 this rubberneck lub tub berneck town has shamelessly disregarded official privilege and abolished some odices and re y deuced salaries in several instances to the general surprise ot of the oth er r w western es t e rn C cities iti es no one nas las re resi signe gnei office ard and the city is not falling lie hind by nil serIng on ta cs other oilier western cities and states art shouting shooting tor for increases expenses ti tc meet their growth but salem ore is thriving on its penuriousness people are actually leaving othe I 1 more progressive tax collecting cain corn and flock floch ng to salem where gathering tax has been shackled |