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Show BERGESON AND FACER; WHY AND WHEREFORE THE HOUSE OP BERGESON m In speaking of taxes, and the official acts of Commissioner Com-missioner Bergeson, we do not desire to be unjust or to make innuedos from which definite conclusions may be hard to draw. Mr. Bergeson is a public official, of-ficial, whose official acts are open to inspection, and in taking a passing glance-at his official acts, we prefer to get just as close to him as possible. The record sshow that inffive cases Mr. Bergeson reduced his own taxes as follows: 1G0 acres assessed at $800.00 cut to $680.00 240 acres assessed at $1200.00 cut to $960.00 120 acres assessed at $600.00 cut to $480.00 120 acres assessed at $600.00 cut to $480.00 120 acres assessed at $600.00 cut to $480.00 It further shows 229 acres assessed at $700.00 slightly over $3.00 per acre. In the case of Albert Bergeson, his brother, the records show the following: 70 acres assessed at $49tf0.00 cut to $4000.00 75 acres assessed at $3500.00 cut to $2725.00 16 acres assessed at $400.00 cut to $190.00 Joseph Bergeson, another brother, the records shows 35 acres assessed at $875.00 cut to-$350.00. Now it may be that this wholesale reduction on the part of Mr. Bergeson, who was Judge and Jury over his own assessments arid those of his brothers is warranted and justified, but the question naturally natur-ally arises in the minds of the tax payers why such reductions in the "House of Bergeson?" The man who assessed the Bergeson property was apparently of Mr. Bergeson's own choosing and would be expected ex-pected to do him justice along side with his fellow citizens. If he did not do Mi. Bergeson justice, it would appear as though the assessor should have been discharged. If Mr. Bergeson has any good reasons to advance for his apparent activity in his official capacity to his own interest, no doubt the people of Cache County would be glad to hear from him. "THE HOUSE OF FACER" Mr. James J. Facer, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, is a very fine gentleman and of course will no doubt object to a slight reference to his official acts in his handling of his own property. prop-erty. Should we publish things that we ought not to publish, we are sorry, but with the assurance that we are simply quoting the records, and willing to do anything in our power to enlighten the public, we are sure that Mr. Facer and his immediate folloW-I folloW-I ers will not object. It has been claimed that tax irregularities are numerous throughout the County and that Chairman Chair-man Facer has been a party to a "favored few." Let us see if Mr. Facer has recognized himself as one of the "favored few." The records show of Mr. Facer's assessments as follows : 117 acres in College assessed at $5S10 cut to $3510 10 acres No. 1 land in Hyrum assessed at $100 per acre said to be equal of land in Cache County assessed at $150 per acre. 26 acres good land in Avon assessed at $20 per acre. 95 acres in Section 3, Twp. 11 North, Range 1 West escaped assessment. Later it was found and the official force got busy and put it on the additional addi-tional assessment list. Strange that property of such a prominent gentleman should be lost in the shuffle. These are some of the things that interest tax payers. They may be alright and if so, there is no cause for complaint. If Bergeson and Facer are preferred pre-ferred citizens, then we "pass." SOME WHYS AND WHEREFORE Why should the Herman Johnson Apple Orchard East of Logan in 1915 be assessed at $560.00, improvements im-provements $500.00, total assessment $1060.00 and in 1916 assessed at $6250.00, improvements $1200.00, total $7450.00? Evidently an apple orchard is prey for the present Democratic Administration in years when the frost takes all the apples. Wherefore, will the assessor or some member of the present County Administration kindly explain? |