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Show I INTEREST GROWS I IN QUESTIONS OF f TAX REDUCTIONS Meeting Held Saturday Was Largely H Attended. Commissioners Met H Wednesday In Nlbley Hall Tlio general coramlttco of tlio re-H re-H tecntly established taxpayers organlz-H organlz-H ntlon mot liuro on Saturday morning H aftd was In session for Bonio time, H talking over tho plans for attaining H tho ends sought by the association. U President Ollf Cronqulst presided. Hon Wlllnrd Hansen of Box Elder County was In attendance and was Invited to speak. Ho did so nt somo length, giving his views as to taxation taxa-tion matters and encouraging tho local lo-cal organization. Mr. 11. Y. Benson Ben-son and sovcral others afso spoko. A draft of a constitution and by laws was presented and dlscuscd for somo tlmo and then referred back for alteration. al-teration. It was finally decided to hold mass meetings In all of the precincts of the county and solicit tho help of tlio peoplo overywhoro in order to rrmko tho association a succcs. This will bo dono between now and tho 28th of December, when another general gen-eral meeting will bo held hero. The attendance at tho meeting Saturday was quite large. Tho following committee was selected se-lected to represent tho general com-m'ttco com-m'ttco nt tho meeting at Nlbley Hall tomorrow: A. M. Israelson, Ollf Cronqulst, Frank Price, Hobert Baxter Bax-ter and II. W. Ballard. Tho tnxpayerB convention called b the County commissioners for tomorrow to-morrow morning at 10:30 Is to bo hrlrt In Nlbley Hall, tho commissioners commission-ers having reached tho conclusion that tho court houso will not bo lnrgt. enough to hold those who will attend tho gathering. Tho greatest Interest In the mntter of reducing taxes hiiH been shown In nil parts of tho county and tho outlook Is that T tho grthcrlng will bo a very largo 3 ono. .-. Ascurnnco has been given that members of tho Stato Bonrd of Education Edu-cation will bo hero and will address tho convention. There Is a probability proba-bility that representatives from Rome other counties will nlso bo haro Tho purpose of tho meeting it may bo said Is to furnish tho people with all tho Information ns to tax matters that tho commissioners nra In pov EQssIon of so that If they organlzo to lower taxes they may do so In an Intelligent mnnnor. Tho commissioners hopo to boo n big crowd present, and plenty of quf-sCcns asked. |