Show MAY REDUCE VALUATION OF PROPERTY AT AI LEAST 10 1 0 PER CENT The Te county board of equalization contemplates contemplates con con- templates s a big reduction in the assessed assessed assessed as as- valuation of the county in so far far as the assessment relates to 10 improvementS improvements im im- Im- Im tS in the city and real es estate estate es- es tate in the co county nty outside of the city I Many of the farmers in the southern I part of the county have petitioned the I board to reduce the assessment on real estate upon the general g ground gound that scarcity of water has prevented them from making more than enough to pay actual expenses for the past two years with a gloomy ou outlook ook for the present year and while inclined to grant the request the board has also reached the I conclusion that the assessment of Improvements improvements improvements im Im- im- im in the ct y is higher than it ought to be It is quite probable In view of the Investigations made thus far by the board that the reduction will be 10 per cent The improvements in the city are ass assessed as- as s d at and ana the real estate in the county at and a 10 per percent percent percent cent reduction would decrease the thO total by But Dut with this reduction together r with the other reductions and abatements which will have been made by bl the board when n it has completed its labors the total assessment of the county as a whole will still be xi than more It was last Ye year r The total as assessment for tor 1901 1101 was and this year after all abatements arC it will be in ill the neigh neighborhood of Resolutions providing for the 10 per perc percent percent c cent nt reductions referred to have hav been drafted and action will be taken upon them today tomorrow or 01 Monday The reduction reductio on real estate In the thi county will apply to everything g except patented mining claims claim's State city sity anti amI school chool lands under r contract of sale and Government leased Ie-ased lands At this thili mornings morning's session of the board board- two forty two forty complaints were considered considered con con- Ider-cd Ider upon which action was taken as itS follows Reductions in lii valuation taxes a abated at |