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Show UP GO Many Valuations Valua-tions being Increased In-creased The state land board wan Logan the past day or two looking look-ing over the tax list and investi gating taxation conditions generally. gen-erally. The board announced to ) .Assessor Richardson that a fren- Al advance was required by fie increased expense in the 'fb tate' an( t'iat -,acne county ,-ould of course be ca'led upon vV kear its proportion. scJfiJ As a result of the instructions of the board County Assessor Richardson began increasing the tax valuations Friday. He wait- . ed on a number. of leading business busi-ness men and informed them . that it had been decided to increase in-crease the valuation on their mercantile stocks 100 per e-?nt. He also announced that various pieces of business ' properly would be increased in value. There is considerable discussion discus-sion of the increase in business circles. Prominent business . men express the belief that the raise is unjust and a meeting will probably be called to consider con-sider the matter. The opinion is general that the ...mercantile and realty values are high compared com-pared with various other kinds of property. The total valuation of Cache valley property must be increased increas-ed a million and a half dollars in order that it shall meet its proportion pro-portion of the state's expenses, and the aboye, in connection with other methods, are . the means adopted by the county commissioners and assessor to produce the requisite amount. The advance is a bombshell in business circles and will probably probab-ly cause long continued agitation, agita-tion, as prominent business men announce their determination to prevent the increase if it can be done. - |