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TAXPAYERS TAKE TROUBLES TO
CAPITAL AND EXPECT GET RELIEF
By Harden Colfax
(Consolidated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—The own
ers in dispute with the Federal gov
ernment either have failed to realize
that their disputes can be adjusted
elsewhere than at Washington, or
don't want them adjusted elsewhere
and as a result the administrations
desire to take tax adjustment relief
into the highways and byways has
thus far come a cropped. The United
States board of tax appeal finds that
only 30 cases have been placed on its
out-of-town calendar within five
weeks after the announcement that it
was ready to do business in other
sections of the country.
As a consequence, the plan to send
a division of the board out on a
tour of the Northern, Northwestern,
and Pacific coast territory with tax
hearings, scheduled at cities along
the way, has been held up until more
cases accumulate. Announcement
of the proposed trip was made Oc
tober S. At that time, it was hoped
that the response would enable he
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board to send out its division within
a short time.
Response to the announcement,
however, instead of being sweeping
in its extent, has been limited to
about sixteen instances in the terri
tory in question. In consequence
the board has postponed until about
December 15 and further definite an
nouncement as to the trip.
Officials expect that there will be
a still further postponement at that
time. It looks now as if the trip
would not be made before February
first.
The board, it will be recalled, was
created by the tax law passed last
June and was intended to relieve
the congestion of accumulated dis
putes between the government and
tax payers. It was also intended,
apparently, that the board should
distribute its members, from time to
time, in various geographical sec
tions so that tax payers would be j
saved the expense and lost time in- j
cidental to coming to Washington to
have their troubles adjusted.
It now develops in the light of
four months experience that the
board cannot well distribute its
members over the country as some
of the frame rd of the law anticipated,
but instead will have to adopt the
policy of sending divisions out from
time to time as needed on tours last
ing from one to two months.
The reason for this, it was stated,
at the office of the board, is that the
law provides that unless the board,
as a whole, reviews a case, the divi
sions’ findings will become the find
ings of the board within 30 days.
Apprehension that divisions may con-'
flict somewhat in their findings has
decided the board to pass as a whole
on each case for the present.
Less than a dozen taxpayers it is
said, have indicated their desire for
hearings in the middle west, so the
projected trip to that section also has
been deferred.
The board has adopted the policy
of notifying each tax payer whose
dispute comes before it that he may
have a hearing of his case at home
or nearby but even this plan has not
brought many applications. Appar
ently tax payers do not mind the ex
pense and trouble of a trip to Wash
ington.
The board is somewhat surprised
at this as it was expected that the
idea of sending the board to the tax
payer instead of having the tax
payer cme to he board would make
a decided hit. To date, however, it
has met a frost instead.
Axel Carlson was an outgoing pas
senger on the Northwestern to spend
a three months’ vacation in the
States.
NEWS OF THE PORT
By JACK IN THE BOX
Due to Arrive—The Pulp mill, a
basketball victory for Seward, a visit
by uplifters singing “We want to do
something for Seward.” The court
house headquarters, the capital, some
school notes, lodge doings and recent
activities of the Seward council for
publication in the Gateway, the Fire
men’s dance, a turkey for Urbach,
several bridegrooms for Seward
grass widows, a little more pep in
singing, “There’s No Place Like
Home,” a traveling salesman with a
few new jokes, a visit to the local
stores to pick out Xmas presents,
another big appropriation for the
government railroad.
Overdue—The Jesse Lee Home, a
cold storage plant, those checks for
new subscriptions, a permanent chief
of police, a pet dog for Joe Badger,
340 lost on the streets of Seward;
our thanks to Harry Ellsworth for
that chunk of slieepmeat promised
last October; a visit to the O. K. bar
bershop to get cleaned up for Xmas.
Lost—An opportunity to ask Noel
W. Smith what eastern railroads give
their employes for Xmas, a chance to
sell Cal Brosius some Xmas cards;
three new caps in restaurants; the
receipt for making old fashioned
mince-pie with a kick in it; a bunch
of copy for ads for women’s ready to
wrear stores; one good temper in bad
state of repairs; three school ma’ams
from the states.
Sailed from this Port—Norman C.
Stinnes, with the Fairbanks ditch in
his suit case; Gus Gelles with a suit
case full of raffle tickets for a home
in Anchorage; barrels of poor fishes
from Halibut Cove and Seldovia;
Capt. Johansen and his pet, the Starr;
four new suits of underwear in Sat
urday’s windstorm; prices for Xmas
turkeys; two more Alaska bachelors.
In Tow—One husband on shopping
trip; last chance to swrear off before
next year; a new necktie for Joe Hof
man; a lot of opportunities for home
builders in Seward.
POPULAR EMPLOYE AT
ANCHORAGE BURNED
While endeavoring to get from her
bath to heij suite of rooms in Anchor
age recently, Miss Emily Rhyberg, an
employe of Stoddard’s, went into a
faint and fell over on a radiator in
a hallway of the Helen apartments.
She suffered severe burns and wras
taken to the hospital.
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Tacoma Woman Suicides
By Hanging Herself
TACOMA, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Sophie
Thor, a widow, committed suicide to
day by hanging herself. She wrote a
note asking forgiveness from God and
her three daughters for her rash act.
ARREST AND MEDAL OF
HONOR PROMISED CAPTAIN
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.—Los An
geles police who recently appealed to
the war department to aid in the
apprehension of Clayton Tollan, for
mer captain in the sanitary corps,
accused of aiding his wife, Louise,
to kidnap her five year old child
from the legal guardian, were inform
ed by the war department yesterday
that it is also anxious to find the
former captain to give him a medal
of honor.
The French government awarded
the medal of honor des Epidemics to
Tollan several months ago.
OLD SOURDOUGH OUT
Harry C. Henshaw, a sourdough of
the Interior, who arrived from Fair
banks Saturday, left on the North
western for the States. Mr. Hen
shaw was presented with a gold
watch by members of the Loyal Or
der of Moose of Anchorage, as he
came through the city.
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Two is company in some places;
three means a divorce.
Read The Gateway “Ads.”
SOUND SALMON INDUSTRY
WILL RECOVER QUICKLY
SEATTLE, Dec. 9%—Puget Sound
salmon fishing industry is to re
cover quickly from a temporary set
back due to a depletion of fish and
develop into a more permonent and
greater industry than ever, L. D.
Morse, vice-president of the Califor
nia Packers’ association predicted
here last night. Mr. Morse has
been attending the first conference
sessions of the international halibut
commission.
OFFICERS STOP CROOKED
GAMES ON COAST VESSELS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.—The
right of Federal officers to use their
power to stop crooked games was ex
ercised recently when three men on ^
the Ruth Alexander were arrested1
while the vessel was en route to this
port from San Pedro. Several passen
gers complained of being fleeced in
poker games by marked cards and
crimped decks and the men were de
tained charged with larceny on the
high seas.
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