Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-20 | Page 34 | Cattle Assessment is Cut 10 per Cent

CATTLE GA ASSESSMENT IS CUT 10 PER GENT CENT GENTA CENTA A 10 per cent reduction in the assessed valuation of Utah range cattle was ordered Monday by the state tax commission The reduction totaling or about 30 cents a head on the average average average aver aver- age was ordered after cattle growers growers growers grow grow- grow grow- ers had protested the 3 3 per head increase over the 1935 valuation Through J J. J M. M Macfarlane pr president of the Utah Cattle and Horse Growers Growers' Growers Growers' Grow Grow- ers' ers assoc association as spokesman cattlemen cattlemen cat cat- contended that the 3 3 increase increase increase in in- crease amounted to a 25 per cent rise whereas the market price of at cattle had declined 30 per cent from 1935 figures Cattle values in view of market conditions were not comparable comparable comparable com com- parable with those of sheep the group asserted The commissioners Irwin commissioners Irwin Arnovitz Arnovitz Arnovitz Arno- Arno chairman Howard P. P Leatham and J. J Will ViII Knight reminded Knight reminded the cattle growers that the valuations did not represent the tho commissions commission's figures but the judgment of ot county assessors