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Show THE UTAH STATESMAN, JANUARY 24, 1929. Commissioner Howe Plans Annual .Invoice Of All Road Equipment ( CmIIimI From Pag On.) aac-on- com-pdatlo- n. rs One City Approves Tax Levy Slash road road One good tongue acraper, two poor tongue one plow, one pick, two acrapera; ahovela. Diatrlct 11 (Granger) Ruaaell atandard grader, en Preano scrap-o- r, on, tongue acraper, one plow, one ditcher, on anow plow, one road drag, hand toola Diatrlct II (Hunter) Auatln atandard grader, fair; ahort tongue acraper, poor; on plow, two pleka one shovel. District SI (Pleasant Green)-O- ne Auatln grader, one rooter, twe tongue . acrapera, ona dump cart, two ahovela two pick Diatrlct 14 (Mill Creek Canyon) On Auatln grader, poor; one Syracuaa plow, on rooter, two tongue acrapera good; two tongue acrapera poor; three enow plowa hand toola Diatrist IB (Big Cottonwood) One Ruaoall grader, eld type; one plow. Junk. District SI One Ruaaell atandard grader, poor. North Po'nt district On Caracraper. negie grader, one tona ona road drag. Road Equipment In Shop. On Ruaaell Motor Patrol grader. No. I, good: ona Barber Green loader, good; one tractor and cater Reduction of $10,000,000 In the 1130 tax levy for Balt Lak county, aa racommendcd recently by County Assessor J. H. Preece, was approved Tuesday by the city commission. It was called to a vott by Commissioner Charles N. Fehr. County Assessor recce, also received the support of various taxing unite In the county to bring about tha proposed reduction- - It wee pointed out by Commissioner Fehr that the aaaeesment In Balt Lak county ora considerably high- r Parsons) "It la a cardinal rule which ah ould never be forgotten that il ever property la worth for tha purrpoae of INCOME and BALM It alco United worth for purpoaaa of TAXATION." Buprama Court of tha States, Adams Expraas Co., va Ohio State Auditor, 111 U. B. 111. Tho following tabulation, with a number of other was distributof representatives of tax paying Interact In Utah last July, with a request for comment and criticism. Bines that time they have been widely circulated. The accuracy of tha figures has not been questioned, which Is not remarkable aa they are taken from official reports of tbs respect Iva corporation With four or flva axoaptlona tho aaoeoamanto are mads by tho state board of equalisation and aaaoasment. An ax amlnatlon of tha figures Indicates that tbs amount Invested rather than tha earning capacity of the Investment la tha d ominatlnf Influence In determining ed the road tourists t a group 1 Auto license Rules Issued n. pick-Diatrl- (Weat Jordan) (Seventh Article by A. H. it-a- 11-to- i It la planned to have completed for tha 111! traffic. pick; three ahovela Diatrlct 11 (Granite) One Rua. one ell Standard grader, poor; Oliver plow; two tongue acrapera; ona rail drag; one poor clip acraper; one Junked clip acraper; one bar, Diatrlct 11 (Draper) One Rua aell grader, fair; on anow plow; one rooter, good; on Fresno, good; two ahovela; on drill; on pillar from Big Cottonwood; one Ruaaell Motor patrol grader from plow. Diatrlct II (Crearent) Adama Big Cottonwood; on Fordaon paBurnlo steam grader; Freano acraper; abort trol, oner- -- n Buffalo ateam tongue acrajfcr; road plow; Junk; roller; ono Ruaaell rollar; dump wagon. screening brush14 (Bluffdale) One es plant; one Diatrlct street oilWeatern Aurora grader, poor. er, complete; on Holt Diatrlct II (Riverton) Ona power tractor; one man Fordaon Auaton grader, fair; one tongue power grader, one Russell motoi one grader, plow, one above!, one patrol grader. Junk; one fifteen-to- n steam roller, ono ateamehovel, pick, ll three Inch plank 11 One King Diatrlct Junior on Holt 7i horsepower eaterplllar. road grader, good; on anow plow, Junk; two Ruaaell Mogul grader, on road drag, on abort tongue two Rueaell Scarifiers; two dandy mixers, ono Smith mixer; tight acraper. horsepower Z type Fairbanks Diatrlct IT (Bingham) On three Moras engines. Auatln grader, new; on dump Office Equipment. wagon, fair; nix ahovela, alx pick, One roller top deck; on flat top two pair gum boot, one abort on book keeper's desk, one desk; tongue acraper. Royal typewriter, on Burrough's Diatrlct 11 (Booth Jordan) on wurrougha King Junior road grader, poor; one add'ng machine, requisition road plow, two abort tongue scrap calculator, tlm cards, etorea I. hooka, books, receiving era, one slip acraper, two ahovela, Auatln road grader, poor; one plow, on anow plow, one drag; two ahovela, two pleka. Diatrlct 10 (Tayloravlll) Ruaaell grader, good; one Investment Not Income Basis For Valuation In Utah, Tax Writer Shows Statesmans Statesmens Biographies Contract for the placing of a gravel surface oarflon-Mapproximately t. 11. 1 miles of the Carmel which rsprs sente the highway, state's portion of that project, was awarded by the etat road commission Wednesday to A. G. Young Co., or Richfield, low bidders for tho Job, Under the fcld of this firm, tho coot of graveling tho entire state's end of the project will be II Pledges Deer Creek Water Use Salt Lake City pledged to an 40,000 aero foot of water from tha proposed Deer Creek reeervolr which le to b built on tho Provo river not far from the town of Charles-toTho Dear Creek reserd voir will probably ba tha unit of tho big Salt Lake basin prolsct. Tho first unit tha Echo reservoir in Weber river le nearing Tha water storage commission will meet or uary II to decide whether not the Deer Creek water-uaehave their plana organized wall enough fur tha water storage commission to formally ask tha government to build tha project. Washington Is Just waiting for Utah people to agre upon which shall be tha second unit of tho project. j For Zion Road Salt Lake City On Alina grader, air, on wood beam plow, poor; on Blip acrapar, ana anew plow.. Diatrlct I (Winder) On now Plow, one tonguo acrapcr, 4 abov la S pick two ataal bar, ona wheelbarrow, few other hand toola Districts 4 and I (Mill Creek) On Ruaaell highway grader, good; ona tongue acraper, S shov-el- a 4 pick a tew other hand toola Diatrlct 4 (South Cottonwood) Ona Jones and Laughlln grader, Ha I, good; on plow, ona anow plow. One Diatrlct T (Holladay) poor; Dodg tongue grader, acraper, 4 horee road drag, Ona Diatrlct I (ButlertlHe) Jone and Laughlln grader, good; one plow, ona anow plow, no toola Diatrlct (Union) On Ruaaell Rtandard grader, good; one anow ona Ruaaell Standard plow. plow; Diatrlct 14 (Sandy) On giant Auatln grader; one large road drag, ona anow plow, on Syracuse plow; on tongue acraper; one on Richfield Firm Wins Contract "valuation." of the public In expediting delivery of automobile plate was urged Sunday by Milton H. Walling, secretary of Mate. Thla appeal consists of a Hat of lnatruclona, observance of which will insure earlier delivery of plates. Owners must fill out their own buff cards for application card passenger cars and blue cards fur trucks and trailero Instructions ahow. The cards must ba properly notarised, and attached to either the certificate ot ownership or of registration. Tho correct fee as per schedule on tha back of tho application card should aocom-ran- y tho application. Warning not to send cash by mall is contained also in tha instructions. If It la impossible to send either certificate on account of Its lose, tho applicant must Include another dollar with the remittance, and should give the previous year's license numbers, so to avoid delay In checking and Issuing a duplicate. All transfers must be recorded In the office of tho secretary of stats before tha 1131 license plates can be procured. If tho transfer accompanies tho application for plates, tha required trane-fe- r fee should be Included in the remittance. Applications for licensee for new care must be elgned by an Inspector and acmompanled by tha registers! dealer's report of sale. The apptca-tlon- a for licenses on cars which have been brought In from other state and for which Utah licensee Minority Floor Leader in House. have not been Issued, must bo acownA. Smoot I. Balt a certificate of Lake City la the leader of the Democrats In th house of repreof (Bert) companied by ership or title and signed by a mo- sentatives- He la also on of tho leaders In the fight for the six at at compact and for the Boulder tor vehicle Inspector. Cars which dam. were registered in Utah in 1131 do Mr. Smoot was born In Trovo, Utah, Nov. t, lt$0, son of Abraham O. Smoot and Electa Bullock Smoot. Ho wa educated In the public school and at the Brigham Young university. Mr. Smoot not have to be signed by the spent four years at practical mining in tha Tlntio Diatrlct and aerved two and ona half yean aa a Mormon missionary In Great Br'.taln. Ha waa local and district manager at Provo for tha Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company for eight years. Waa elected and served one term aa county STATE INSURANCE BUREAU TAKES IN BBSS, 60S IN YEAR assessor of Utah county. Served aa a clerk of the Utah state eenate for ono aemlon. In 111! ho moved to Idaho and engaged In agrlcultum and business. He waa appointed by Audit made of the state Insurance Governor Moaes Alexander In 1010 as state land commissioner of Idaho. Returned to Utah In 1030 and has been engaged In coal mining alnc that Urns, being one of the organisers of the Gordon Creek fund by deputlaa In tba office ef Coal company. Ivor Ajax, slat auditor. shew j ta $331,111 collected by that depart- ment m 1131. Of thla sum, $117,-- 1 111 came from taxes paid by under-- 1 writers on premiums. Accounts of tho fund ware handled In good ahap during ' tho year, tho audit said. er than in other counties of the Deputies In Mr. Ajax's office have tate. tart ad an audit of the state industrial school and tba state school for the deaf and blind, it was COUNTY BOARD APPROVE ASSESSOR EMPLOYES. announced Tuesday, Approval of tho appointment of VALUATION IS 11)0(1) nine employes by County Assessor FINAL BALT LAKE CDV DEPOT. FOR J. H. Preec to do work Incident to Tha Interstate Commerce the assessment of property in the on Jan. II mado public a county for the 1030 tax levy, was made by the county commission final valuation report finding tho . Friday purfirst final value for County Assessor Preec threatened to lay the employes off poses of the property of the Balt after the commission failed to ap- Lake City Union Depot and Railprove the appointment Wednesday. road company, owned and used for Ha held that ho could not ba per- common carrier purpose, tn ba $1,019,000 as of June 10, 1010. sonally responsible for their wage Com-mlaai- rate-maki- MONROE COUNCIL KILLS APPOINTIVE POSITIONS MONROE Appointive Jobe for tho city have been mad by th city council, effective February 1. Jhose n named were: City electrician. Bohman: city marshal. Roy of waterLloyd; superintendent works, Alden Forehush, and plant Naaer. operator; Charles At-to- WILKINS CONTEST CASE RULED OUT. Judge W. II. Wilkins' contest of Judge Nephl Jensen's election to th city court ' bench terminated without a recount of votes Friday, when District Judge James II. Wolfe sustained a defense motion to dismiss. Th ruling waa made on the ground that Wilkin a Democrat, COUNTY APPOINTS FIVE. had failed to make tha other canBarney F. Quinn, county commis- didates for election to the city court sioner of health and charity, an- bench parties to tha anion. Due the fact that tha atatuto of limnounced the appointment of fire to itations it will ba Imposin hi department Mon- sible for applle nvploye tha contestant to amend day. They arc: Mr F. W. Pen- hie statement of contest and conrose. charge of the widow's pension tinue with the case. Olsen, stenowork; Mias LaRu Judge Jensen, Republican, waa Judge grapher; A. Robert Lemon. P. C. given 347 more votes than Geertaen and C. L. Countryman, Wilkins on the official canvaa of ballot health commissioner . GOVERNOR APPOINTS 4 TEXTBOOK uramnui Appointment of A. J. Ashman of Richfield as a member of tha state textbook commission waa announced Friday by Gov. Georg H. Darn. Mr. Ashmen will fill the vacancy on tha board caused by the absence of Hugh Woodward of Provo, who now Is bn a trip around tha world. Th textbook commission has some work to do this spring, it was stated, and tha governor believed th vacancy should bo filled. Thla docs not conform to the rule laid down by the supreme court of the U. B., In tha paragraph whlc h heads thla article. Rather, it follows a precedent long established In Utah. Tabulation showing the operating revenue and taxes cf railroad and public utilities in tha state of Utah for tho year 1137; Net Operating Taxes' Company. Rvcnu Ratio. Oregon Short Lins ...$ 340,(04.00 Los Ang. A Balt Laks 441,700.00 Western Pacific 133,010.00 Union Pad fie 331,610.00 Denver A Rio Grande Western 041,031.00 3il.00B.00 Southern Pacific Utah Railway Co. 11,444.00 Bingham A Garfield 74.630.00 Ry. 34,001.00 Bamberger Electric. . Utah Power A Light Co. 1,043,703.00 Utah Gaa A Cok Co. i$, 041.00 Mountain States Tel. Tel Co 113.1(0.00 Utah Light A Traction 104,001.00 Ogdon Union Ry. A Depot Co 74,170.09 Salt Lake Term. Co. 11,101.00 Tellurido Power Co... 13.4(3.00 Dixie Power Co 0,110.00 Utah Valley Gaa A Cok Co 3,1(3.00 .... .... ... ... $3.7(0,440.00 $32,133,4(7.00 ll.3i to 1100.00 foregoing figures are taken from report filed with ih. of Utah, by the respective corporation Net operating revenue I the difference between V "operaUn enue and operating expense with deducted Tax Bulletins Take Up Question! Bulletin No. I of th Utah Taxpayers association dlacumes "Aa easmenta mado by th state board of Vo. 2 eou-- ty wactte?. assessor hi. Tte" Thi UMUGoo commission duth. wi' - - - u.P tin 4). It la always to be held in mind that the state board hu Km ni nr truo valuattun of the property under Its Juris! UinTr d that county assessors do not hava. It la true also that frequently the latter do not In accounting which la essential to tha analyst of balanced shoit inventories, etc. There ars many alibis for county aaesaora th?! do not attach to th slats board. How About 1U Many readers of bulletin and 4. difference In attitude toward tho two easing graUDP pimJSn!u tlon v Condemnation. Th man at my mSow call Fact (worth a thousand theories) that th atata bssrdtetenttan ha Jurisdiction generally, of the property of thoce group of tax payera that 1 i. T.r.x. POWER COMPANY CHIEF RESIGNS D. C. Green, vice pres'dent and general manager of tha Utah Power and Light company, haa tendered hla resignation to that company and will leave early In March for New York, to take up work for th Electric Bond A Bhars company. It waa announced Monday. No ha been appointed for hla place here. Lafayette Hanchett, preaidant of VACANCY AT WEST POINT. th Utah Power A Light company Congressman E. O. Lealherwood and E. O. Howard,- president of th announces that thare la a vacancy Utah Light A Traction company in West Point which ho haa lha have left for New York tn confer look- with the Electric Bond A Share privilege of flllinr and he company with regard to Mr, Green's ing around for a likely looking aueceasor. auc-cea- - 1 w ,h. VS U. P. SPENDING MONEY IN DIXIE Anticipating further Increases h tourist traffic to the southern Utal and northern Arlxona scenic land next summer, the Union raclfli will spend $1.(60,000 augmentlni present facilities In that region, I waa announced hero Wednesday b; Carl R. Gray, president of thi Union Paclflo astern. "There are no largo indlvldua projects contempdated for nex season, Mr. Gray said. "The pres ent lodges will ba adequate foi some time to oome, hut it has beei found necessary to build a largi number of new cabin" Reprinted From Issue of November 23. Please Note That Hus Is State Money and Not Money Raised by the Gties Counties and School Districts and Spent by Them. WHERE UTAH'S TAX MONEY WENT IN 1928. WHERE UTAHS STATE MONEY CAME FROM IN 1928. Kama. Receipt PsrCsnt. 11, Ofkao Ha 114,413.44 It. Fish A Gams Funds It. B. Bt. Fund. etc.. to Match Bt. Approp. 1 (. Flnea, Forfeit. A Ct. Reporters' Fees .. 16. Mlac, Receipts and Refund 17. For Reserve Fund. 14. From Total U. 07,070.09 l.lt ,k 40,334.(0 .(( 30,101.01 .14 431,141.1 41.414. 14 4.11 .11 ft. Permanent Fund .04 11, 13.10 $14,114.(31.40 1,174,111.43 ....$ Grand Total ..$11,311,142.21 100.00 1, 3. DISTRIBUTION OF STATE AND STATE SCHOOL GENERAL TAXES. rerCairt Item Education But Roads 3, Interest A Sinking Fund Public dept.. 4. Administration 4. Penal A Charitable 4. Jndlc.'a ,, 7. Flab A Game 4. Mi Approp, and ... Claims ...a.,, 4. Military A Defense 0. 11. 1 It. mate Fair ,. War Vet. and fare Societies tho Stnto General Fund 1, To the State District School Fund Oa $1,1)1,4(7.31 imm the University Maintenance 4410 118il3lS0 0T4 011,003.11 1. 10 101,002.00 S.fll .00 Fund the Utah Agriculture College Maintenan ce Fund I. To the Branch Agricultural College Maintenance Fund 5. To J Total if MM$M(tA 94Mt$IIMIlLtld 31. $ egeoeogoi S24S20014 To the State Hl(h School Fund 4. To Wel, . . Bounty and Pred Animal Control la To 00.SII.70 $$$ IS, 041,111. 17 100,01 |