Show MM exoneration BF OF bmw 45 SLIGHTLY tfx IS ta 1 baas bank assessment bubble has arsted d D it R mcdonald cDonald Al and J M whitmore bare hare been vindicated by the unanimous actina of the board of equalization ot of carbon county and by the statement statements ot of denton randolph and david J thomas Th cunas and the great story ha has proven to be a joke in accor accordance danci with a call ot of the state board ot of allou at lou providing for or the reconvening or 0 the county board ot of equlla on the county commissions missions s met st saturday burday night with all members present and took up the work rasped out for them by the state auth authorities q Vom commanding mandIng a reconsideration a ot of the assessment of 0 the first national bank ot of price the original assessment of the banks balks property was tag th assessment being changed while the commissioners com wore were sitting as a board ot of equalization the new figure being moso 0 0 after the board ot of had finished its ita work the first na tio tlona nals ls assessment was compared with that of tho the price commercial and savings bank and officers of the last named institution believing the sess ments unjust brought the matter to the attention of 0 the authorities at A ith osame time in some circles cir clee seekers atter after political and personal re circulated a story tending to cast discredit on D it McDon aldand J M whitmore both officers of the first Nat lonaI and the former chair man of the board of county commis by insinuations it was charged th tint thit it mcdonald and whitmore illegally changed the assessment ot of the bank and great stress was laid on the fact that the minutes of the board did not mention change at tho the meeting saturday bight night it was shown that at a time when county clerk gwylym jones was sick when commissioner david J thomas zas was out of 0 the city and when commissioner benton denton randolph was confined at bis his home out of town owing to severe illness in his family the matter of the bank assessment cama came up time was as short and J 31 whit moro mora claimed his assessment as unfair commissioner mcdonald called commissioner randolph on the hone and put tho the situation clearly be fore oro him this statement ot of mcdonald e was verified and suba tAntI abed at saturdays meeting by the voluntary statement of mr randolph Kan dolph after a thorough discua discussion slon of the matter mcdoneld McDon ild and randolph came to a erbal agreement and mcdonald ordered the change in the figures thomas at saturdays meeting stated that on several occasions prior to the conversation and agreement between andolph and mcdonald McDo sin bad had talked with bin him personally regarding the assessment and he eald said that be he bad had no objection to the reduction or to the manner in which it was accomplished alter after a tho thorough rouea discussion among the members of the board and after tearing a statement from assessor Col ollin HESham hara that s mistake ot of bad been bees made la in hie his office which resulted in the assessment books go inc to the board or of equalization with the first nationals assessment higher than bis his figures justified the commissioners reconsidered tho matter and on motion of randolph raised the banks assessment from to the difference in tax will not be great president whitmore of tin tho bank waa was present and was represented by attorney 11 P braffet of aalf aal lake the final faction of the board we wo entirely satisfactory to the bank officials while the board waa was in ses session slon at the suggestion of commissioner mcdonald about whose head the tea pot tempest has centered asked that officials of the price commercial aad savings bank be notified of themert the meeting that they might be present and make such protests as they ther might see fit none of these officials howego how evo responded to the call which may be taken as an indication of how serious fy ty the matter was taken by that institution ution the meeting of the board was most harmo ulous and none of the hard feelings eald said to exist over the matter put in an appearance that Is the outcome of the mystery and the conspiracy and the in the woodpile which was to shake the county to the foundation has been I ake ered clean oft off de do map |