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Show e 1! Brigham City News , v BRIGHAM CITY, Oct, 19. John Youngquist, blacksmith and horse-shoer, horse-shoer, will quit that business, and on Novombor 15 will open a go-rage and automobile repair shop in this city. This Is another Instance whore the automobile puts it over on the business busi-ness that depends upon horses for an income. A year ago Brigham's only surviving livery stable gave way to tho Increasing automobile use, and quit business. The building was re-, modeled into a modern garage andi sales room for the Studebaker agency. Other businesses dealing In horse supplies sup-plies weer compelled to go out of business, busi-ness, and now one of three' surviving shoeing shops closes the business to enter the automobile business. A board of equalization composed of I tthe members of the city council will ' Bet and hoar possible complaints from property owners In paving district No, I 6. The board will meet Monday and sit for five days. On the board ore I tho following councilmen: Carl Isaac-! Isaac-! son, J. C. Fredorlcksen, Joseph F. Han- sen, Roland A. Madsen and William Jensen. Box Elder county will collect over a half million dollars In taxes this fall, whloh Is a healthy increase over previous pre-vious years. Assessments generally show a marked Increase over 1916, and the total assessed valuation of real estate and all properties In Box Elder El-der county Is $30,487,313, which Is segregated seg-regated as follows: Real estate $9,238,783; improvements improve-ments $1,981,856; livestock $1,82-1,368; personal property other than livestock $3,101,002, total $16,1-16,066. The state board of equalization makes assessments assess-ments in thlsyjounty as follows: Railroads Rail-roads $12,565,933; light and power companies $1,219,612; telephone com- i nr-Ti I, BBBEt panles $102,992; telegraph companies $113,925; express companies $1-10,329, I mining companies $35,840, mines, net proceeds $130,709; total $14,341,247; grand total $30,487,313. Tax monoy is beginning to flow into the countv strong box. The water works bond election held in this city yesterday voted the bonds by a majority of 171 votes. Owing to tho busy season and the voters feeling feel-ing confident that there would be but few dissenting votes cast, an extremely extreme-ly small vote was cast, there being but 178 votes, 7 of which voted in tho negative. By the action of the taxpayers tax-payers as shown by tho result of the election the mayor and city council will be authorized t6 bond the cltv for an additional $80,000 to purchase a pure water supply and for tho rebuild-ing rebuild-ing of the water works system throughout. |