| Show TURNER URNE K TELLS OF CHANGE CHAN fit IN FIGURES in the absence of commissioner thomas chairman mcdonald talked I 1 with commissioner randolph over the phone after which reduction As asked for by whitmore was ordered state board takes a hand at silt SIR like li ke city last monday ablondi 11 II II 11 Ni McDo cDonald chairman ot 01 the board of count commiss commissioners loners of carbon bounty and anti carl II 11 marcusen CaR cashier tiler of tho tile price coniner clil and lind bavlsik bavli iK dank bank met with ath tho the state baird ot of in lit thu tilt iv alter of tho taxes of 0 tho tile first N nn it atonal ban 0 of irice price it will be ile ro re by readers of tho tl it that the assessment of tho the bank batik was aa cli hinged from front BS rR as return returned cd by george collingham to chich makes it if tile latter figure figures stand to the count and anti to tho tile bank batik of something like seventeen se enteen fit and anti fifty dull loll ire irs mccon alt ald and inet met with tile state tato baird aa as a it to nimIt tee bent thero by tho the carbon county comenti the beato hoard board after heiring mf air donald and marcusen Marc u uaen sea has ham ordered derel or Clia linian mcdonald to u rk convene tl alie 0 county board of equalization w fell must place tho the assessment back at tit the original figuro of 72 06 and anti if it the first national nation i hould refuse then to ray pay taxes on tho th larger amount the corint county nt torney will be instructed cd to bring 1 suit stilt against the tile institution which would then bo be paying no more on 70 per cent of its capital our plus and anti undivided profits than aro are other almetir ein ilir financial institutions the tile state over the irice price commercial and ie Is assessed at or 70 1 pr p r cent of ita its capital surplus I 1 I 1 and undivided profit profits nt at th the t time all property waa was returned for thia this year questioned by the members of tho the state bo board ird II cDonald stated that tobe IN biltmore hit more president preel dent of tho the first national nl wae was present when the change was made and that he lie mcdonald cDonald I thought he uis mas doing right in lov love ing ho he assess anent the only I 1 ing he wua wits sorry tor for WIB wits W IB that he ho waa was one ot of tho tile directors of the first national when shown clippings from front tho the advocate and also from the salt lake tribune bearing hearing upon the tilt atte alteration te of figures of iho assess mont roll mcdonald attempted to e explain chuse away by baying saying that tho the correspondent of tho tile tribune at price 11 II it W crockett Croc kott and the tile editor of the advocate had it in for him mcdonald Nie Donald Ilo however wever he had to admit that the cupping frota both newspapers papers were practically correct INI mcdonald cDonald told the board that it 11 J turner made the change from black ink to red ink on the assessment anent roll when been seen yesterday turner explained hie his connection with tho the matter county clerk gonei was confined to hia his homo home by sickness sic knees and turner was called in to act ae as clerk to the carbon county board of equalization I 1 tobo tobe whitmore was present but county commissioners david john thomas and benton R andolph were absent from this meeting when had hall presented his tits case 51 mcdonald cDonald telephoned randolph after a talk over the telephone 51 mcdonald cDonald ordered turner to make the tile change in figures from front to no record however appear of the change on the minute book ot of the county baird of equalization terner ir to vt vry ry frank in explaining his 4 with the matter and a stated to the advocate yesterday 1 I dont care who knowe known it turners explanation clear away any suspicion that might be bs cast against W E anderson who was employed owing to tho the illness at the tile time of county birek bonem to extend the tax roll for the present year commissioner thonia thon ia is has nil all along eald said ho he had no recollection of whitmore appearing before the benid turner says that thomas was as not etere tt ero at this meeting while commissioner randolph Is IAl tive that he lie never attended any of the tile meetings of tho th board of equalize ion ton yesterday randolph could not b be 11 reached by cerbone cep bone to either 11 deny 0 ny or contla the talk with mcdonald mid at tho the time was whitmore asdon cured the reduction I 1 or in aee whitmore Is understood to have stated thai that thomas was not present when tho the reduction in ass Amment was ordered the discovery of the change of the record created talk cul cut nitrating nil rating in the investigation at the instance of the irice price commercial and savings hank bank officials ho he were oro anxious to ascertain how the tabea of their own institution compared with hodo liose of the first national bank rhe 1 fact of tho the matter la is thit that members of the state board of equalization aro indignant at the manner in which tho tile assessment was changed had flad it not been for the inquiry made by those connected with the price commercial anil anti savings tho the lower asee would have gono gone through which would hive boon been not only an lr ir justice to tho price commercial Connner elat and savings but to nil all taxpayers tap ayere of tho tile county na no well Yoot erday afternoon attorn oon commissioners McDon alil randolph and met and to a ask tic tho the state board of if equalization to reconvene tho the carbon county board so that the tile mutter matter of tho the banks assessment asse may bo be viken up inid and finally despos cd fit of saturday november No ember bilth la Is tho late asked to bo be fixed by the |
