Show V vil mw County Valuation Spirals An of percent in assessed valuation in tho pa past t 20 years yoal's has been noted by Uintah County During the tho ao- ao when the county was experiencing the tho depression the valuation dropped front from in 1030 to 4 in 1950 Rut But with tho di discovery covery of o oil rind lind the tho building of oil transmission systems li through the county the tho valuation skyrocketed to in 1162 and to a record high of this YH year The Barber Asphalt Company paid approximately ely oly third ono of the taxes of the tho county for many years when they ther operated the tho lu irow gauge an l the gilf mines at Bonanza und and vie vie- I Then with the tho pro production of oil mill and the tho installation lution lation of pipe lines told and production facilities in tho county especially at Iced Hed Wash Yash field the tho Standard Oil Company became the big contributor in taxes un un- un until I til this year they paid over a half million dollars into the tho county comity coffers on a valuation which exceeded ono one fourth of the total for the tho county The American As- As Asphalt Asphalt Company major operators of the in in- in industry are aro largo taxpayers as are tho San Francisco Chemical natural gas nUll and power transmission and distribution lines and other largo industries of the tho county local taxes are arc increased to finance the tho construction of school buildings and other public fac fac- fac facilities it must be remembered that the tho largo large indus indus- industries tries of our county will pay the tho lions lion's share sharo of these now new improvements For this reason many taxpayers favor immediate construction of much needed school buildings such as the tho Junior High building at Vernal Ver- Ver Vernal nal |