| Show COUNTY appropriates MONEY FOR PAROWAN VALLEY ROAD an all even thousand dollars was appropriated by the county commissioners at their meeting on monday last to continue graveling the bus route foute through this valley vall ey and a promise was given that if that a on a efty fifty ritty fifty bals als finish the job they would appropriate some more ir if they pos gibly could the appropriation was wag made la in response to the request from a delegation of prominent parowan carowan valley farmers who have property inter filter eats on that arid and who promised that the people who ho will benefit from it would help to complete it on a fifty eltty fifty basis that Is they would work one day without pay tor for each days work the county paid tor for the delegation consisted ot of wilford day rex C ward J B dalton I 1 M ward morris lyman and john W bentley they explained that there is about tour four miles in the loop yet to gravel the route both ways from town having been graveled this tall fall county road supervisor simkins was wag instructed to go over the situa son lon with samuel orton ort on local deputy who has hag had charge of previous construction st and help him to organize the work to get the best results other business transacted by the board at the meeting mentioned at which all the members together with the clerk assessor attorney sheriff and road supervisor were pro pre sent bent included the following an allowance of 10 a month from the indigent fund was made to mrs rachel applegate aged par owen owan resident who has no means of support her hei condition was brought to lo the boards attention by R H 1 benson A refund of to ray morris tor for paid by him under protest on cattle assessed in the city limits when they not have been subject to a city tax was authorized zed a compromise settlement on the moroni A orton estate property taxes for or previous years was authorized the treasurer was auth orbited a accept in full settlement it if paid by the end of the year this is somewhat less than the lull full amount ot of the taxes interest hold and costs due the was also instructed to accept back without interest and costs ou on a state land certificate the belonging 14 ong 1 rig to A G adamson who lives in china attorney shay who represented the applicant explained that because of its his clients living so go tar far away it it in almost impossible to get tax notices to him in sufficient time tor for him to get his big remittances back within the time allowed A further compromise settlement of taxes was offered to H E matheson who explained that he had bad been forced to accept a city lot and improvements prove ments as his remuneration tor for paying a note he had signed with an individual that there thera was several years cars taxes due on the lot when he took it and that one year a lot of 0 personal property sheep had been assessed with it ft in which he haa no interest and which ran rail the taxes quite bulto high re he offered to pay the taxes on the property it the commis would rebate the personal property tax the board accepted his otter offer provided he baj pay by the end ot of the year A delegation of citizens net met with the board and protested against toe the granting of at N bat petition to close a certain road into the fields west of Ka narra they were instructed to reduce their protest to writing securing as many as they could and to present it 11 at the next meeting and that action on oil baktys petition Olk would bo be deterred deferred until that time demand ot of letha edwards gurr through a firm arn of attorneys tor for for right ot of way tor for the state highway through her property at buckhorn Bu khorn was referred to attorney shay who advised the board to inform the claimants attorneys attorn eds that the county recognizes no liability in the matter road supervisor simkins was instructed ted to further improve the cedar ald valley road at an estimated cost of provided the beneficiaries fi fici clarles aries of thai that road will cooperate continued to back page COUNTY appropriates MONEY FOR PAROWAN VALLEY ROAD BOAD continued from first page on a fifty fifty basis as is being done dona in the case of other ronda roads oft off the main highways A claim from the cedar city fire department for services in connection with the fire at the lunt farm was considered along alone with a contract which that department offered for similar services in the future the board allowed the tha bill along alone with the other claims presented cut but deferred defa action on the contract tho the meeting adjourned to dea bea sitt at which time they will meet to pass any remaining bills against the 1928 budget |
