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Show HAMER CONFERS WITH EQUALIZATION BOARD! S. E. Hamer, tax agent of the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph company of Denver arrived In Salt Lake yesterday to confer with the state board of equalization equaliza-tion in reference to the 1917 assessment of the telephone company's property In this state. Mr. Hamer conferred yesterday with members of the board in relation to the assessment of the company's franchises here. Last year the franchises of tho company were assessed at $700,000 and Mr. Hamer contends that this figure is entirely too high. He argues that the assessment should not be more than $200,-000 $200,-000 at the outside. The assessment for this year has not been nxed by the board as yet. |