Show broadening the base An announcement this week of the proposed con con- construction construction of a gas pipeline to carry natural gas from Grand county fields to central Utah industrial areas was good news in many ways This will mean menn that northern Grand c county gas fields will now take a n prominent place in the industrial scene in Utah It will increase the importance importance im im- importance im- im of the county to the state And it will provide a broadening of Grand county's minute property tax base only recently receiving boosts from rom other industrial developments here Grand county has been a property tax sufferer for many years Historically a center of population due to ideal living Jiving conditions cond and climate large percentages of the population have been n employed in industries in neighboring neighboring neighboring neigh neigh- boring counties creating population service problems here with little boost to the property tax base Things are changing The property properly valuation inGrand in inGrand inGrand Grand county is brightening while at the same time valuations of neighboring counties are alQ dropping alarm alarm- It is hoped that before much longer the population vs property valuation problem here hero may balance |