Show COUNTY TWO AND ONE QUARTER MILLIONS valuation figures almost touch the mark over 1910 despite big reductions by state uintah county Is nearly a hundred thousand dollars richer than in 1910 it at has moro more sheep and more mines moro more improved ral mal estate more cattle ill all of which taken at the valuations of last year would have run up to tho the prosperous looking total of but the state board of equalization has seen been fit to the valuation atlon on oil sheep from 2 50 to 2 per head the countey has sheep hence a reduction of on this one item alone the other industry securing a reduction from the state was the asphaltum mines they get clipped from their former assessment on these two items the countes coun tys total la Is shrunk even with this tremendous shrinkage due to the ups and down of the sheep industry and the increased inci eased a 0 benses of the mines uintah county has made big and substantial gains the exact figures as they now stand are valuation 1910 2125 2105 or an increase of an interview was lad had with hon harden dennion a member of the state board of equalization relative to EO the reduction on the mines it appears that the state Is justified in reducing the valuation alu atlon as 6 fated stated from the tact fact that during the year 1910 the operations of the american asphalt association and the gilson asphaltum company nahne at deagon tho the terminus of uintah railroad entailing the minimum expense to car the output out put of abe mines since the of 1811 1911 the shipping has been almost entirely from points six to belv twelve miles this side of dragon necessitating the expense of a wagon haul and a double handling of all the asphalt shipped the state therefore takes cong anco ance of tho the reduced earnings of continued on page 3 continued from page I 1 I 1 UTAH PIONEER GONE T TO 0 LAND landa OF REWARD I 1 else he must have hac killed when th the 0 black hawk war raged in the state ho he tild service and twice had I 1 indian bullets graze him once through the rim of his hat annonce and once between his arm and body the later part of hla his life was spent in the gentler pursuits ilia his coming to vernal in 1894 was fol followed loved immediately med lately by the establishing ot of a pottery near hla his home in naples ile he made a standard article from the valley clay and abandoned the manufacturing fac turing business only after suffering ill III effects from the arsenic vapor in n the process of glazing his wares lie he was waa a man of industry and a credit to the community 0 continued from page 1 |