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Show Talk to Idaho state K of Equalization. TAXATI ON WAS THE ty Oregon Short ln, j Makes n Earnest T' Rising the Rate-H, 7 Share of Taxes to the!It' crn Pacific and 0 r. 4 That Radical ActinWo,;E Wy Operate to Stop fc Rolse, Ida, Aue n nonrrt ot l,ut0n n,j , this morning (o hear lh. Jt h he railway , gent of the valuation of rail'' '-for '-for taxation. roal t-roj J. 13 Rvans, renrnomi Line, made an SS'"'0'! sentlng figure, In .uppV,."1 that railway vronn vanced n ns great r,L bf" ers HesubmUtednK'i ng the average taxti m""i his roid In this and olnl"0f'r with $I1S 7G per mile h.i St,1,l mid Wsomlng wUh Jit th,h Inif the lowest lie ld J?' " wn, paslng Its fin S',1 hl this Htnlesr.uuch'L'Mli.. States where railroad Tbi? lo great deal heavier. The ft' Line, he said, clalmJcl . i""' of the credit 'fo rnTwnl M? ' she I, today. He rX.I. ahi much of the present ' ""' A. H Watts nf tlr 0 n 1, n sl im nt the County rwi J Home of whom we prew he vv anted It understocS Uh,t 1! addressing the State g1? w the commissioners and that h ! nnswer no questions put i"hl -' commissioners in ih. 1' remarks he said nVhlnVS 2 moro skittish than uncfrtil, , .2 Just taxation it left the in that the people wen "ntimiffi Investors would be cerffi?, clear of any such State"" m' OTIIKR ASSPSSMF.VTS niE John L Snapp fortheOrratv, em. paid particular attcatloi i assessment of Kootenai county t teniild county, said th. .. thirty sawmills nn her ,,, J? A" conibneil they are vu,r ', Jet the one single mill,,! Point could not be duplicated bi 000 lo say noildng of the Hgi, other mills In the county Herb terlzed the assessment aa nesilii and while tho rnllroid paid out' the taxes there were people hon eel to shirk paying anythlnr aid n like the roads to pay It all Thitf ty nf Kootenai he said viannte ngtd and unfairly assessed Thj" Rush he said, this reformer from! tennl, nllhough slttlncr as a tec sloncr, escaped tho assessor lis ! on.l nillher bis property norhlii property was taxed Thliyeatlb sossor hnd found him and Sir Sr drew n. telegram from his porket received from nn nfflcera of the t puny giving that Information Tt the kind of reformers," Mr Snappi ed "who want to raise the ntr viiiuaiiou 1 noy wiaa to escape c selves and want the roads to m all," MAY STOP nUILDINO fl S I'erald spoke for the Nr1 Pacific Roth he and Mr fliu tlmate.l nny radical action wouldp ably npeiato to stop Importaat road building In Idaho now mtts rloiis c-ontemplatlon A canvnss of the situation learn tie doubt thnt the assessment fl main line, will be Increased A1& no change Is likely on branch t the best opinion Is that the nt main lines will bo made HOOMu iih ngalnst JS 000 fixed but Star 0 ty CommlBsloners who are hen n a raise tn 11G 000 a mile admit t Is no hope of getting It althousi' bellevo tho board will not ro o 111000 am. Hunt nnd Secretary off Rasrctt favor the present rite sissment. Treasurer Pliuner cllncd to coincide with tlu " tho County Commissioner! Attn Oeneral Martin favors a conum Increase, and Auditor Jonti t 110,000 would lo about right. |