Show commissioners DENY WHITEWASH editor the advocate PRICE utah nov 22 noticing an article in the carbon county news headed exoneration of me donald complete which 1 the fact facts we deem it I 1 oper to make this statement of the facts in the matter su so that the public may be properly advised ot of what actually occurred and what caused the reconvened board ot of to reduce the assessment on the first notional national dank bank oi of price the reduction in the bank banks aa as waa was made in the absence of 0 two to of the commissioners which makes the act illegal ahen it ws discovered that the change had bors b ors mado made in the assessment of the first national bask bank of price with out hating baring been passed upon by the county board of the matter wae was called to the attention ot of the state board ot of and a committee was appointed by the county commissioners to meet with the tate state board of equalization the result re gult of that meeting was the reconvening of the county board of equalization tor for the purpose ot of adjusting tho the assessment of the first national dank bank ot of price the meet ing of the county board was held field on november 11 1911 at which time J NI whitmore was present ae as waa was also 1 at P braffet Dr affet who appear d na as attorney for whitmore at thie this meeting attorney braffet asked tho board to ratify the action when the reduction ot the first national bank from the original assessment of to was made during tho the die dis crealon of the tile valli valtia alon tion as fixed by tile assessor tho theo asse assessor isor billed that be lie had probably mulo marle a mistake ml of about five thousand dollars in the assessment anil and whitmore Whit moro represented to the board that tho the first national dank of price holds twenty thousand dellari worth ot of bad paper and was Ai titled to a reduction duct I 1 on I 1 in n its name meni ament on that tha account the roer bers of the board believing what Wilt Walt moro more eald said to be true and desiring to be fair with all parties part lea thou eliod the valuation at in doing allowing hinr the five live thousand thou dollars mentioned by the assessor and tor for tho the twenty twe nty thousand dollars of bad paper owne by tho the first national bank dank of price making a reduction in la the aspesi ment of approximately twenty five fire thousand dollars there was no nd exoneration and no whitewashing what wae was dono done by tho the board waa was justice to all parties part lea as the undersigned members of the board believed bol loved from statements of Colling liam and and they advised by the county attorney that their acts were legal the alcove are the facts as they actually r burred D J THOMAS BENTON DENTON RANDOLPH the annuch statements required by the state of all manufacturers are coming in slowly according to A L toone deputy commissioner of immigration labor and statistics these returns saye says ho he are held as an confidential confident iLl information and are compulsory under the new law the new law pro p idea a fine of not less lesa than ten dollars nor more than a hundred dollora for a failure to send in these cretu na as As this Is a new now departure for the state it Is likely hat some I eions will have to be made bedora nil all of the manufacturers will send la their returns ti |