Show SO THE T H E P PEOPLE MAY KNOW 19 son in law mcdonald kept busy these days exonerating father ln in law whitmore through the newspapers and vice versa state board of equalization not yet through with bank assessment taxpayer taxpayers 0 of carbon county want to know and tiey h hive have ave a right to know by what authority a member of the board ot of county commission ere juggled with mitt the revenues of the county arbitrarily cuts the as jessed valuation of a national bank in a two and by the stroke 0 of a pen reduces the taxes ot of city coun ty school district and state to the tune tun ot of several thousands ot of dol lars and then proceeds to get Xo aerated one rated 11 D R Af mcdonald cDonald chairman ot of the board ot of county com commissioners ners and by grace and lor for the good ot it the service a director ot of the first national bank or of price one day concluded that the assessed valuation ot of the first national bank based on the statement ot of the lank bank officials as to its financial condition was too high and without further ceremony ordered a clerk in fix one of 0 the offices at the court house to cut the assessed ass assed valuation from 7 2068 fixed by the assessor asse sor to and presto the clerk obeyed and the work was done A reduction of 32 and connected herewith I 1 la 3 a moral if its handy bandy for a bank batik to lino lun one of f its it director of alic board of count commissioners the change made pursuant to an order of the commissioner commissioners no such order was ever mado made by the board in fact it would have been outride outside ot of the jurisdiction of the board to have made such an all order at the time the reduction was made as the time provided by law for the equalization of t s was past the state board of equalization has specific authority to reconvene any county board ot of equalization but after t P F fourth monday of june in any yar year thu the work ot of the local board has ceased by operation ot of law mcdanald a act was as illegal it was as done in the interest of the bank of which he Is a director the law says something about a commissioner who mil wilfully fully fraudulently or attempts to perform an act unauthorized by law I 1 et the public judge as to the motive that prompted mcdonald the taxpayer doesn doean t like the aroks of this thing and advocate la Is certain that mr air Tax per quite re ready reidy idy to drop the ni mitter itter it such an act can go without chil longe then we admit we are mistaken is to the pulse and temp temperament frament of the people of carbon count this malodorous tact fact having come to light the question forces itself upon the mind as to whether there Is any truth in other things freely about on the street affecting matti rs being done at the court house I 1 1 aho vho ho knows know a the dear deir public might as well uell brace itself there I 1 li no telling ft hat ajl it come to light next the stories that are told about the gentleman who fixes the way ay the tax ti r rolls was mas handled in the office fice of the state board of za tion when he wai aa called upon to explain himself would be interesting reading but tint will probably come later however r he was told to hike back to carbon county without un necessary dela and in connection with his fellow member rs sitting as a rec reconvened county board of equal Iz atlon I 1 oat the as of the first I 1 hank back where here it wig fixed by the bessor nes sor this he blandly prom prompted lied to do the mem bers of the state board didn dian t tie him hand and foot and nail hi him I 1 down but accepted his word sord in gool goof faith the state board reconvened the county board for the purpose of putting the val valuation uvion of the bank at it where it was betor the done lone the advocate 1 Km was wits I 1 s 11 informed formed that the 13 law W sav that thata board 1 t I 1 the county w when ten ened it shall transact no I 1 which it wb except that for I 1 shortly the specially ally reconvened county board met aud lud what do we behold the bank represented by attorney asked for a vindication an and exoneration at the h hands ands of the other cammi ot of the man of the board arbitrarily chairman who A a and illegally reduced the the bank of valuation of ased aga nearly one 0 he Is I 1 a director which I 1 na of the president 0 the half hit f nd that whitmore on bank bauk tobe injected the st statement into oc calon that the institution proceedings the DOL THOUSAND field twenty ry PAPER OF LARS gentlemen vo mak invited the aad and state up the board to adopt that tha mont as their platform upon which i to securely eland stand and vindicate his eon on la law and a U d fellow bank director commissioners alad alair dolphi manues antl ng to bo be fair fatir attal in lit 91 koot t faith in fit tho premises but rn ert m lt hout the che information that they were entitled to and which the tile chairman aas pledged to glio them and nl become parties to the tile a net c t lint fixel tho tile hanke banks valuation alua tion it a t 7 5 there was mas a proper timo time for the bank or any person with a grievance to go before the board and as ak k for a reduction of taxes but thia this wits not such a time and the board had no right to consider the statement sta bement of whitmore but the end la Is not yet there will be tur fur developments the state of utah ie Is interested in the mean tim ho the people maj ma have time to consider whither hither we aro are drifting exoneration NO 1 carbon county newe news nov the bank assessment bubble has D R mcdonald and J NI whitmore have been vindicated by the unanimous action of the board of equalization atlon of carbon county and by the statement statements of benton candolph Kan han dolph and david J chunas Th unas and the great story haa has proven to be a joke in accordance with a call of the state board ward of equalization providing for the reconvening of the county board of equalization the county commissioners met saturday night with wt t h all members present and took up the work mapped out for them b the state authorities commanding a reconsideration of the assess ment of the first national dank ot of price the original a assessment of the banks property was 72 the assessment being changed while the tile commissioners were bitting sitting as a board of equalization the new figure being after the bo board of equalization had finished its work tho tile first na lionil s assessment wan was compared with that of the price commercial and savings bank and officers of the last named institution believing the assessments unjust brought the matter to the attention of the authorities at the tho samo same time in some circles seekers after political and personal revenge circulated a story tending to cast discredit on II 11 it R Al cDonald and J at whitmore both officers of the first at it lonal ional and the tile former of the board of county commissioners dy by insinuations it was charged that mcdonald and whitmore illegally changed the assessment of the bank and great stress was laid on the fact th that thit it the minutes of tho the board did not mention the change at the meeting saturday night it was shown that at a time when county clerk gwllym jones waa was sick when commissioner david J thomas was out of the e clr and when commissioner denton randolph was confined at hia his homo home out ot of town ton owing to severe illness in hia his family tbt matter of the bank assessment cane up time was short and J M t whitmore claimed that hia ills assessment was unfair commissioner mcdonald called calim corn randolph on the telephone and put the situation clearly before him film 1 ahls I his statement 0 mcdonald a verified and substantiated at saturdays meeting by the voluntary statement of mr randolph after a thorough discussion of the matter mcdonald and randolph came ame to a verbal agreement and mcdonald ordered the change in the figures commissioner thomas at saturday days a meeting stated that on nev eral occasions prior to the telephone c conversation convers and agreement between randolph and mcdonald mr air whitmore had talked with him personally nally regarding the assessment and he aid said that he had no objection to the reduction or to the manner in which aich it was accomplished after a thorough discussion among the members of the board and after hearing a statement frum assessor collingham Colling bam that a mistake of five thousand dollars had boon been made in his office which resulted in tho the assessment books going to the board of equalization with the first nationals assessment five thousand dollars higher than his figures justified the commissioners ree reconsidered the matter anil anti on ili motion 0 tie n of t it dolph raised the ban bank k is assessment from thirty nine thousand e dollars to the dif difference for in taxes will not bo be great president whitmore of the bank esaa present and was represented by attorney at I 1 11 0 of salt lake city the final action ot of th the e board was entirely satisfactory to the bank officials while tho the board was in session eo aslon a at t the suggestion of commissioner NI mcdonald about whose head the ali teapot tempest haa has centered asked bat officials of the price commer c al at and savings dank bank be notified of tho the meeting that they might be bo present and make such protests as they might see tit fit none of these officials however responded to td the call which may bo be taken as an in di catlon ot of how lie seriously the matter was taken by that institution the meting me ting of the board was most harmonious and none of the hard feelings slid to exist ovet the matter put in an appearance thai that 14 1 4 the outcome of the mystery I 1 and the conspiracy and the in the woodpile which was to shako shake the county to the foundation haa has been clean off do map exoneration NO 2 PRICE JUNKERS ABSOLVED D men accused of juggling hank dank assessment are given clear dill bill of health special to the herald republican nov 23 the bank assessment ses sesa bubble which fias been the tho cause of so much recrimination for the past fortnight lie li e burst and D B II 11 mcdonald end and J at whitmore whilmore have been vindicated by the unanimous action of the board of equalization of carben counte in accordance with a call of the tile state baird of equalization providing for the reconvening of the county t aird the i met and took up the reconsideration of the asset ament of tf the first national hank bank of price the tile original assessment was which was changed by the board to 10 officials of the price commercial and savings dank bank believing the tile asaf assessment to bo be unfair tn in comparison with their own brought the matter to the attention of the authorities at the same time certain interested persons sought to rast cast discredit upon 11 R mcdonald and J at whitmore both officers of the first national hank bank and the former chairman of the county commission era the circumstances of the change were explained to the board of equalization and both tho tile men were cleared of any suggestion of unfair tir dealing the above appeared in the salt lake republican in lit its issue of november a the authorship of the same Is disclaimed by the correspondent of that tion at price it Is to be presumed it originated with the tile exoneration factory here |