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Show DEER HUNTERS SUCCESSFUL AT BEAVER; 'STILL LOOKING" IN . WEST END Early reports covering the. opening week end of Utah's general deer hunt indicate an "average or better" hunter success over the state generally, gener-ally, with the east end of Beaver Bea-ver County following the state pattern but the west-enders falling far short of their usual kill. With the deer moving westward west-ward from the Beaver Mountains Moun-tains after the opening barrage, bar-rage, the kill should be more nearly normal this week end. Hunting in the Pine Valley area was reported "good" with many large buck being taken. Flesh of the animals taker1 to date was termed "excellent" by reporting hunters and those, checked at various stations (Continued on Page Four) 'HERE'S MOR ABOUT TAX SUIT Contiued from Page One owner could have obtained on a sale in cash . . . and it was also claimed .that in arriving at assessment on certain types of pasture land the assessor used a valuation varying between be-tween 17 and 23 of the , i-'cc which the owner could iViVe obtained on a cash sale. It was claimed that under un-der the State Constitution a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation on all tangible property in the state should be prescribed by law and proper regulations regula-tions so that every person and corporation should pay a just tax in proportion to the value of his property, and that the above method in arriving at a valuation was unlawful, wrongful and intentionally discriminatory against the retail merchant. After Judge Hoyt had ruled in favor of the plaintiff -and ordered refund of excess taxes paid, the State Tax Commission Commis-sion ..amended their regulations, regula-tions, instructing county assessors as-sessors to use the following formula : On merchandise owned by retail merchants for resale to the general public, the taxpayer's tax-payer's cost, less an obsolescense obsoles-cense allowance of 30 ; and on livestock and real estate the same basis as formerly. Jefferson Mercantile Co. instituted in-stituted another suit, charging inequity in tax assessment, and Tudge Hoyt again found in "favor of plaintiff, ordering refund re-fund of excess taxes paid- ZCMI in Salt Lake, following fol-lowing the pattern and argument argu-ment of the Jefferson suits, has filed suit in Salt Lake for refund of excess taxes paid. H. C. Shoemaker, chairman of the State Tax Commission, said "The State will fight this ruling, but-on our own terms." Mr. Shoemaker indicated that if the Tax Commission wins the ZCMI suit, they will appeal ap-peal Judge Hoyt's ruling, and if the judge rules in favor of Z C M I, the Commission will appeal "the case most favorable favor-able to the state." Harold Cline of Cline, Wilson Wil-son and Cline, represented the Jefferson Mercantile Co. and Southwestern Distributing Co. in their suits. |