Show REDUCED Y LU ATIO TO STAY I State Stale of Tax Commission F IG 10 To io Ca Call A Halt on on Reductions Reductions I 1 Made e eny ny By Our Commissioners By Geo S. S Bowers The Time County commissioners made madea a cut in valuation on June 24 21 On this this' account the commissioners and county assessor were called to Salt Lake City to meet with I the state tax commission Our commissioners held their ground and finally convinced th the tax commission commission commission com com- mission that the reduced valuation valuation valuation tion s should stand Since e coming oming home the commissioners received I a letter from the state tax commission commission commission com com- mission approving their reduction in valuations in Duchesne county In order that you may know what those reductions were we re repeat repeat repeat re- re peat although the list appeared in this paper in the issue of June 24 2 the reductions were as follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol II lows A ten per cent reduction was made on all lands except lan lands s of very low valuation which was re reduced reduced re- re to the flat rate of a dollar Best grazing lands were cut from 20 to 25 per cent ent All city property of the three thre cities of Duchesne Myton and Roosevelt was cut ten per cent Since that time and on July 8 considerable reductions were made in salaries etc I The commissioners set the time levy for this county Monday which isas isas is isas I as follows County general 25 mills county county coun coun- ty roads 2 mills Interest county road bonds 2 mills state road 3 mills poor and indigent fund fun 1 1 mill exhibition and advertising 10 1 mill dependent mothers 7 10 mill Old age pension 10 6 mi mill state levy mills sch school ol district district dis dis- dis- dis tr ct 14 11 mills total mills Levy on city property was RooseVelt Roose- Roose Velt elt 21 mills Duchesne 19 mills I and Myton 18 m mills lIs |