Show m m urn A few facts con arcing BY ONE WHO KNOWS the county have just cause lor Gomul aint it haa bean by a good baay taxpayers in theao parle that was toe much taxes with ft of this question a f was put onto a edill bunt few day ao the auth bound fi G W thain ane el the leading citi aena et waa juet and aa interview inter yiew dia clord th following foll wing act after passing the muni salutation the ra orter asked mr I 1 want to learn what you anaw about the taxes of thia county will you tell wa 7 Corla the gentle man but I 1 would prefer lo 10 davs my nama withheld but what I 1 tell you ia an good ay and 1 you tu hon awen J and U W aeter aau of aur tho Kentle meu f wham 1 ahall for the iruin of tiie laau 1 hall ely a yu what paper do you well im a democrat but that makes no diu erenbu ad 1 think your are taxed lou not that the been made higher than the alnut lettjr 01 thu law bermita per mita but that nu other coulty or city in Terni ory cornea up to any thiu near what the law requires hence by conr atis edBur put aug your adlin so much hiher than othera he iri sulking a hard lip on tue people hb thia is a very johi ine buard ot gave our county i or not lair duoto of ahe taxes the county court in con thia matter decided to make aa boltre taxes with this aud in vew hon iowen U nelien be otman aal U W anter s ju were appointed chui w this committee five counties biah salt lake davis weber and cache and personally examined the certified i lists ol 01 all bur daar irula anich iney luis together tiiu othera that followed dias eluded the laca that the low taxation of dt caused by the property being batad 65 much lower than ether counties coun but because all property was bot cow county court i fatme prepared two of ifft bouat in the territory the work r being done by two of oar local surveyors and anen will make a bet ter acord thau heretofore but to the questions this dla the fact that auti county la paying at least 60 percent more taxes chaa any ether county m mow i our city property pro party aea essad aaker tha reporter mr the property oa main street provo from the bank corner west is rated at a foot from anu the abbt property prop eity on the bat street in logaa ia only a foot front and I 1 consider lagao better town than pray or at at present k better buB inese center and property is really worth more than ilia IB your town Ee portor how about salt lake and ogden mr well it is hard to aay in those cases became the real in those towns is muan more valuable than in but the ia ihen thought the ratings were buu highba in provo than in either of ahyau larghi tolua almoas if not quite 50 per cent higher and conr farma mr how 4 he alarming landt ft U gr the larma BL utah county vac y too fili within aft are tj jarig are aia essed ui ol 01 provo adi gurnic boan acre wu at augden logan is ony to an euort irani payo are rated much lesa than near at murray bait lake county only t 1 I leilua from the metropolis land ia on rated a buu an acre and at draper ama county only aa davil county situated between the two arsat centers ot the territory farina axe rated a great oeal lees than tha farms ia your county i and you think thia should be remedied do you 1 I moat certainly do 1 do not think it is afat and that taxes in you county be brought down te par with those of other counties thanking the gentleman for his and after a few the reported day and sought ether information in an interview with mr james Thon ipton a real estate owner in both provo and salt lake that gentleman caid JL pay less taxes oa laud near salt lake city that 1 can sell for an acra than for land near that I 1 can only get 50 an acre for another party says 1 I am taxed more for property in provo that will only bring me 1200 a month for rent than for in salt lake that brings me a month tabea were by a democrat and he loud tho republican boade of provo akis taxation ia ta abare capital away from if the dem crata believe in improvement aad art the friends of progression aa they claim arent they a little bit off the baab have they got a bee in thair bonnet or i there in th wood pik |