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Show UTAH COUNTY TAXPAYERS SET NEW RECORD More Than 91 Per Cent of laxes ol County Are Paid kuceiits"to1)te EXCEED l,rJ00,000 Improved Crop Conditions and General Prosperity Contributing Con-tributing Factors Out ill' a grand 1 , ,( 1 f jJI.SSO,-3.S9.5S jJI.SSO,-3.S9.5S taxes awmnl for nil pur-iimsi's pur-iimsi's iiv I'f !t li oinniy $i,(;70.i:in.in had been collected t ti. (.os.0 ot-lioeoinbor ot-lioeoinbor 22, according to County Auditiir Clifford L. Wright. This is 1)1.711! .r c.,,llt f ,. assessed laxes of flail county for Hie year 1925 mid establishes a new record in the payment of laxes in I he county, il is slaled. some of the districts paying almost. 10(1 per cent. The town of Oroni and Provo Bench was one of the districts that did Itself It-self proud, the figures showing that .....v... .... ...hi fm. tti taxes tliere were paid. Many districts dis-tricts in the south end of the county made similarly pood showing's. In addition to the splendid record rec-ord of tax payments made this year tin! hack tax sale redemptions surpassed sur-passed that of any other two years, it. is stated. If these redemptions could lie applied on this year's total fully !S per cent of the taxes would llavo ben paid. Splendid crop conditions and a general revival of the industrial and financial situation throughout the county is responsible for the new-tax new-tax payment record established, according ac-cording to Charles Hawkins, county assessor. The mines and the larger industrial indus-trial institutions of the county also have helped the financial situation materially, Assessor Hawkins states. |