Show r PROTEST TAX INCREASE OF r i 0 3 0 0 4 Represent Representatives tives of Fa Farmers Business Business Bus Bus- iness mess Men and Commissioners Commissio ers of ofF F San Sanpete ete Count County Meet With f State Equalization Board it r t Following ving in instructions truc ons to the I c county board of from the state to th the h I I. I C v assessed valuation o of farming farming l land d a and ld merchandise in in Sanpete f county thIrty per-cent per a dele delegation r. r t gation composed of Commission Commission- iQ o per er r Parley and FR Lamb county clerk representing g gi the l commissioners David Davids 1 i e county s c j f N N. Ephraim and P. P p P. P f II Dyreng of Manti lanti representing g the Sanpete county far I farmers ers Mr t.- t. 4 Keller of of Manti fanti and Mr II Aldrich 1 of f fI Mt I l representing the J business men of the county helda held hel helda i. i a m meeting eting with the State Board of Saturday last jn i Salt alt Lake City and protested t against g the proposed increase i Before going to Salt Lal Lake e Oit City I 1 l David N. N Beal accompanied by bythe the e County Agricultural agent f. f v. v an and d ot others h ers ma made d e a survey of f crops of the county The county 1 if 1 vC agent r agent lists their findings as tV I follows I t Acres Percent All grains rains irrigated 66 43 43 1 Alfalfa 37 Mild Hay Haj 50 60 j rt 3 Bl gar beets 77 r Po Pot tos 56 66 Peas Peas 50 60 f Mr DIr B Beal al in addressing the thet t state tate board board ard pointed out that the tile d drought o all and grasshoppers have v I r worked havoc in this county and t that lat the crops as a whole over the county will only be fifty perc percent per per- c cent nt of normal He stated that if the tho proposed was made it I would be more than the people could stand this year a They were assured b by the state board that something would be bedone bedone 4 f done in their favor but the extent extent ex ex- tr s tent of the decrease could not be stated After the objections of the business men men were presented to the board it was stated that all S that was wanted by bY bYthe the stake k was as to have uniform valuation on k of of merchandise ise and th the commissioners commies commiss were i instructed to have each merchant in in the cou county tY fU furnish them with a a copy of of heir inventory front from which h. h the hG valuation would 1 be made l' l Mr Beef Beal who wh is chairman of the local farm bur bureau au must must be comme commended de for his labors in inin inin in behalf of the farmers of t the e county as his wor work together with the the work rk of the ot other cr mem mem- memi f c t i 5 bers bels of the delegation has probably probably probably pro pro- bably sav saved d the farmers of this county many thousands of dollars |