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Show HON. OUDEN IK OPPOSES PROPOSED TAX AMENDMENT Measure Would Place Power of Levy Directly In Hands of Partisan Board, He Says. JikIkc Ogdcn Mies, one of the foremost attorneys in the West, is opiwscd to the proposed mine tux amendment to the constitution, constitu-tion, whichds to be submitted to the voters at the general election next Tuesday, November nth. Judge Hiles urges that the amendment amend-ment would take the power of tax levy out of the hands of the rtitc legislature nnd place it with the board of equalization, a body that is not directly responsible to the people, and which U annofnted by n uovernor of the stiite. The statement of Judiru Hiles in full follows: (Jiiolf iIm AiiiciuIiiiciiI. t the next November state cler-tsui cler-tsui in 1'tn.h there will he submitted i.i it voter it proposed nmonilmetit i it LoiiKllttitloii which ought to he saaiiimoiisl) rejeiteil This proposed ran Intent iiiii ! found on Pnifr 171 if the HlntuteN of t'tuli nf ICH. Hi leiiln Set 1 - Thut It In proposed to mrnil Ket 4, Art 13 or (ho eonstl-tstioii eonstl-tstioii of (he tnto of Utnh no th.it (ha Mine will rend us follows Set I All metnlllferouii mint .r inlnhiK (I Hi inn'. Initli placer nnd rwti in ime, slmll he iisscsscd lit nvo dollars per litre, nnd In Hililltlmi thtfrlo n( n value bused mi Home multiple or stihitiultlptti of (he net fintinl proteeiU thcrror All other mines or inlniliK ilulm nnd other valuable inlnernl deposits, ImluilInK UnOs ronlitliiltiK ''"ill or hilrmiir-on hilrmiir-on shall he assessed n( their full tuc All muihliier) tiKd In mln-tog mln-tog nnd till property or surface lm-KviVcnietitN lm-KviVcnietitN upon or appurtenant to mines or lillnlnK ilnlius, mid tho value (at) surface- umi mndo of mliiliiK lalniM. or minion property for other Hun mining purposes, iihiill he iin-w-d n( full VillUe Till) Mute Wurd of rqunlUathin shall nsioNNntii! tax ull iroierty herein enumerated, Wvldrd (lm( the iiN.issment of file dollar per lure uud the assessment of tlm value of miy line other tlmii fot mimnit purpose shall he made nn tr-vided h) in Vcr herlnm Objection. The first serious ohjeitloli to this imposed mnenilnielit Is thut It Inked Ih. wivirlKH poller to let) faxes out ( tho hands of (he Mute legislature, "he luitliedlute representative of the . Pie, unit plnres thut power In .1 ' Mrd of tfiuullMtlon, whli h U not illfeill) riprrselltutlVe of the pllhlll in I whli Ii In onl) leinolel) nnd In-Uirritl) In-Uirritl) lesponslblo thereto. The rd lev) U not iimu In till proponed m iidinenl. hiK the word 'assess -ml tax' whlih lire (hern einploed, wu t tie loiiMrued nnd taken to mean lv nnd assess tuxes, otherwise this whole nmendmeiit would Im Inopcrii-ino Inopcrii-ino nnd U Intent nnd uhjeet would he itfsdted ThU unielidmellt In obvlousl) III-'nJed III-'nJed to he dlreitly opirutlio nnd If-exectlllllK. thut l. no usslstiimo ir m the legislature U Inteiuled, lo milde the honrd of equnlUiitlon to Vt nnd iinkohh tuxeit upon mini. Tu term levy mid tax iiieuun lo lm-w lm-w upon or burden properly with n ha To iwmwii n lax ineani to fix or OMermllie the ulue of the proper!) n which thn'l tax U lmpoed The mreme ourt of the I'nlted KlnteN trul) nld that 'tho power tole km u the piUM-r to denlro) IrfxlKVil Willi IVople. riierefore It In thut thU NnveielKii er hn, In tho I'lilted Htale uud In at llrltuln unit In other tniinlrled 4MHK free limtltulloiiN, het-ll ImlKed 'lely with the Imnulhito repriken-utMiN repriken-utMiN of thn I'uople nnd nut with the vtuitlie, nor with any tioiier inorii 'tnote from them ThU prlmlpluiif fernnient In nmotii; tho lieNt uud l iherlKhed prlnilple of oiu bu-1 bu-1 f. nnd tmdltloiiM It Ih mxtmd In impi.rtaiun only to thut prlmlpl thut no mull Hhull he deprlie-d of llfu. H'rty or property without duo pro- of w' mid to the rlKhl "f trial 1 i) ii wiin taxation without rvprwwii-' rvprwwii-' t n ii huh led iimliil) In ttioAiiwrl- " e ilutlon. and whli h lieforo that "n i aimed the relwllloii In KiikUuiI ""iiit (MiarliM I If thU anioud-'" anioud-'" i xltMlt ho adopted. It will eonMI-''" eonMI-''" i leMirluro from thin hint; eetah-'"" eetah-'"" 1 uud Well trlwtl prlllilple. ulld 1,1 Ttalul) ImiiI to tihtuiM In tuxu- I'm im) to uiirionN whhh tan " t e lorriHtml h) the ortllimr) In i.f leKlnlutlie modlfli'Htlou or 1 ' I am told that JihIko Vurtan '' Mi rwtofnre trealod IhU niilijml " i mid with wuiie ulutMiratloii 1 h m nut had (he itdwiiititito of I "'1iiik wha( lio iiald, but I mil hiire 'hut lie uh wtvll u.i other well InMriiet- iw)erH mid publlklNtN will ioh- u' nl leant Keuernll), In whut In ' Mid Huh Ample rower. ' Tho conitltutlon us It now lut'lte ""' IcKUluturo of thlx stute ample Jwhitn to lu) twteii und to provide " midiods of luueNdnir thoiil, on wIoun, mining claims und their lm-"otemenu lm-"otemenu and proceeds. All prop-"tf prop-"tf of thU description In now tnxed rrorUlni to lawn prescribed b) that lriliture Some think that thlsilatui of proper!) In now mffU IrntU tnxed If there he (Iiokc who ihii nIuiw thut II In not juntl) nnd Ultnhl taxed let them Miou the tpRlnliiture Hint the le! Ion (hereon Miould l liiereaiieil and (he methoilN of inwemunetit und i Dilution of the (uxca he tiinile more ixiinntnlrnl und terlalu Till propitreil Mmeiiilmeut hciik to Impl) mi tlliillKiilfleil dbilruM of our ripii'wiitallii hi the Mute IikIn-lutuie IikIn-lutuie It ImiHirtN a whteNptead belief be-lief thut the) i an no luitKcr bo HUM-pit HUM-pit to proildu b) law u uniform and iiinl rule of itMeNenietit and tuxu-lloii tuxu-lloii of nil tiniperl) hi the Mute in-iludlmc in-iludlmc mliiliiK propvrt). and Km prii-iiedH, prii-iiedH, hn well mn other propert) If thut eunpliloil 'M It In iuoM till-fortiinntK till-fortiinntK I'or If we tiinnot truMoiir Iminedliite repriw iiIiiIImn In the Kiiirrnmeiit we nhalt hni koimI reaiMiii to dIMriiM oiirneheii, mid for II whole people to dIMlliKt (hulr own JuMbe mid dlKlilt) would be an illl-nh illl-nh likable mmIiI and mnlal dlmMer In I II nit Coufllil. AKaill the utile llillitcot lillder linlli e would. If It nero ndoited, be In tllrort eonfllit with Ki 3 or Art. It of the eoiiMltUtlou, whhh Kti)N The leKlnlnture Nllilll prolble b) law u uniform uud iiiul rule of iin-teNNiuelit iin-teNNiuelit nnd tuxiitlon on nil propert) prop-ert) III the Mute. uivordlliK to IIhMiIiio In motie), uud nIihII preturlbn by Kiuvrul law nui'Ii rcKulutloim iiNnhall mm lire a JuM iiiliintbiii for taxation of all propert). no that eer) piriHiiiund eorpornllon nIiuII hd u Inx In proor-lliill proor-lliill to the Miliio or IllN liei or ItN propert). ' "So Hint If II be lldopled wv nIuiII IiuiIwo aiithorltleN to provide aiatn of muMMWiiient mid tnxutlon or prop-irt) prop-irt) In thU ntate. iiaiuvl). the leKbt-laliiro leKbt-laliiro theriMif, uud the Mute hoard of equallxatloii A MnmKe Jumble and lonflh't of Koieiiimetitiil uuthorll) It In (Iion eeeii that the pioinimmI mueiidment In not mi nmeudmeiit In mi) proprr Neiife. hut ii propoiwil to put the imutrN of the Mute hoard of eeiialUatlou In Minfllit with the urn lent and well mtublhliei' powera or tho liKbilutlire Would iiuw Dl-puli1. It mpiiih to boil prni Uluu to iro-mole iro-mole liublli illapilteN mid llllttatloli, to provide lieiidN nf dehalu and ion-trillion ion-trillion for II illnplltlitlollN mid lltlK-oiin lltlK-oiin piiple The people or I'liih, If the) ehnll bi priiperl) edllned, wilt not udopt mi) Mich luMltiitlon of kov-ernment kov-ernment The liiteiillon or out Mate loiiMltutloii In thut iir publh tux whli'h Nhull be levied b) mi) utlthor-It) utlthor-It) vvhutever Mmll le done In, Mill-ordlnutlou Mill-ordlnutlou to, nod iMiordliiK to. Ilml-tlltloilN Ilml-tlltloilN preserlbul b) the Mute leRlN- lutur TIiIn propoMMl iimeiidment would overthrow (hut Intention mid llmltutbiu The provlno whli It In purl or thut umeiidment proveN thU. Mr the iiuinoii Hint It retuliiN In the power or the leKlNlalure hut two ubjeila or luxation In tho nmemlmcnl mentioned, nutiie-I), nutiie-I), 'the iiiwenNnient or five ilollnni per lure und ulwi 'the unNwannntt of the Milne of nil) uie other tliull piovldod by law ' All othi r oJeiuenta uud oh-JeitN oh-JeitN of taxutlon of pert) In the nroiioxed umuiidmeiit ..ienll'inil me tluiH Klveli over to the ionei or tho Ntate iHNttd r iiullxatloii for thu piiriuMK'N or lev)liiir and liiic taxeN thereon A i el tain ilrvular baa herulufor Ihu imhlMied, whhh punaiiu to have Iweii nIkiiikI b) tertalu gentle-men gentle-men who riHiroieiit a iwitalii n'livim-tloll n'livim-tloll of NiiperlllleudelltN of M howl ilU-(rblN. ilU-(rblN. It In aalil Thbi ilnular ion-taliiN ion-taliiN mi arBiiiiient -In fuvor of DiIn propoMil amendment, hut tho aw inent ammlla merely that till aiHeml-mellt aiHeml-mellt ioeHtKtve the Mali board of equalisation mi) more power than It IIOW IHMKOItkOM ' I'rousl II) Awfriliiu. That In to mi merely that thu thliiB to be pro veil In In f t proved b) the mr aertlon of thec kvii-(lumen kvii-(lumen K tho) will road stem. Sins and 2Jt or the Compiled I.uwn or Utah or 11)07, In coujiimtroii with 8m- II nl Art 13 ol tlm oouMlliltluli. the) will rind Hint the M)iiem of levy uud mweiitiiiiaiit of taxea are, for thu time hulnK oul), held h) tho Muto bourd of eiiuullsatlou .in delcKaiutl powers from, and lit kuhnrdliiutlou to, the constitutional powers of the state leKlsluture. The nrgumi nt then proceeds. ThU constltutlonnl dUr crimination In favor of mines has been very serious since 191(.' There. U not In the constitution (Continued on pave four,) sllllK?BllllllllllB9Bi MANY TRAPPERS GOING TO RELIEF OF STOCKMEN (Continued from page three.) situation. All sorts of changes In the transportation plans nro mn-slatitl) mn-slatitl) being mnde. Hut I'ncle Ham has n liubll or finding find-ing a way. nnd you needn't fear tout )our bo) Is enmp will stirrer fioin .old this winter. Itxltcmc effort Is being made b J. Kdwnrd Taylor, bend of the production produc-tion deiHtrtnicnl of the Utah food admliilMnition, to provide cars fur Ihe shipment of cattle nnd sheep from the district near Thompsons, the stockmen of which have made un urgent appeal HeVcnty cars ure needed nol Inter than November lib, while the shippers or Cisco require twenty-two ears about the samotlme. In spile or the furt that there Is a senrtity of cars on ull rnllnmd lines. Tit) lor expresses the hope tlml he nut)' be nbte to satisfy nil demands. November hog prices have been agreed upon ut Chicago at tonfereme between nnllomil food administration nnd representatives of prntl liters, commission men nnd packers. A minimum prltc for pnokers' iliova hogs. excluding throwouts. of 1 17.10 Is nnnounced. Mr n,nd Mi"T7 II. Alirvtms, living west of I'rlce on I'orphyr iVnch. this week hil n letter from Abler son. Curtis Xbrams. with Ihe ihnrlnca In France VThe )nting manytnllstcd and left hero IssUaiUnroerr' It Is written on it piece of ennvns shot from n Herman Her-man plane and sa)s: "Prance, Hept. 1, I9I. Dear Mother Just n few lines to let )ou know that I am still ull together, although 1 thought a couple of times the othcer day that I wouldn't lw I nm writing this on it pleco of (lerman airplane that we shot down with rifles. He was only about fifty feet from our trench. We put twenty-five bulletholes In him. Well, mother, I haven't heard front ymi since I have been over here, but hope to soon." lr and Mrs. A. W. Ifciwil of Sunny-side Sunny-side have been called to mourn the death of their oldest daughter. Mary I'm m cs, which occurred at it Halt Ijvke City hospital last Wednesday morning of Influenia. which was ns-iiimininlcd ns-iiimininlcd by pneumonia. The child was 14 ,oar of age nnd was attending attend-ing Bt. Mary's ucadrmy No funeral announcement had toen made ut the time The Bun goes lo press, but It I presumed Interment will take place at Hnll Utke City. The child had been III but n few da) a. I'rof Orson Ityon, county upfiln teudent or schools, has received u letter from J. C. Uauerman nf the bureau of education nt Washington. 1). C . praising the financial rep rt f the Carbon tllotrlct, reiicclally B ho dule ii tliuriMif, pertaining to flnuti lal stiilfinicnts of tho local s hoots |