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Show LOCAL FOLKS ARE I fl GIVEN NO CHANCE 'J Indignation Expressed On All Sides Over the 'I Action of the County Commissioners , j ' In Road Work Contracts. $i Considerable til) story surrounds tho uctlon of tho board of county oommlMloners in the mnttor of pro-K)Md pro-K)Md rood building nnd repairing nnd tho spending of tho Uilrty-ono thousand dollars fit bond money re-' cently voted for that purpose Of tho action of tho commissioners' thetnselve there Is nothing on roc-1 ord to almw what ha been dono, nnd tho clerk ot tho bonrd, K H. Horsley. disclaim nny knowledge of anything done along this lino by Commissioners Bhnrp, Hamilton nnd Hryncr. i llawnvr, during tho week Hggle-ston Hggle-ston & MiUthows, who built tho wngon road up townrds Konllworth somo tlmo ngo, hnvo gotten In two carloads of horse by railroad ami i road working machinery galore.' ThU has been gotten together nnd sent out to tho cast of Wellington on tho road to Bunnystdo and townrds to-wnrds Commissioner Bhnrp' Dig Bprlngs ranch Current nbout Prlco Is tho story Hint tho commissioners hnvo nut do all nrrnngnmenu for this Dcntor, Colo , firm ito go to work on tho highways. i It wn Inst week snld that Bgglo-ston Bgglo-ston & Matthews woro to first tac-klo tac-klo the Botdler Canyon rond through Uio Nno Mllo section to whero Wasatch Wa-satch county hns finished Its portion por-tion of tho highway to Myton, nnd which Is snld to bo lit excellent shape for both teanuters nnd auto-molillo auto-molillo travel. However, n switch seem to hnto been mndo lij tho plan of tho commissioner to do tho cast end ot the county work first tho Ml'dlnnd trail link this aide of Woodsldn. When tho commlmlonors wont cs-peclnlly cs-peclnlly anxious thnt this bond Issue should bo jnndo tho plen wns thnt If tho tnxpii)cnt would but tote Uio thirty-one thousand dollnrs for bonds It would give resident hero - -mon wlUi teams nnd laboring mon who pay taxes Miipoyme4i, nnd or tho money going Into tho road from tho bond Issue would bo spent with homo people It would go to ho laboring man, the grocer, tho butaher, tfeod man and farmer back Into tho county treasury for taxes. Yes, thbt thirty-one thousand would simply clrclo around among homo folks and practically bo kept at homo, oxcept perhaps, a few dollars, dol-lars, that anight have to go nwny tor a very fow thing thnt could not bo had nt I'rlco or ot jiiorchunU horo. Hut now thnt tho money for tho road 1 provided for, tho contract con-tract for road work la not oven to bo kept with Utah people. It I to go to a Colorado concern that not only doe not pay taxes In Utah, but will ship in tabor and supplies of every kind. When Bggleaton & Matthew wero through with their contract with tho Utah Construction company com-pany In helping to build portions ot tho railroad from Castlo Onto to tho coal camp of Mohrland, Hlack Hawk and Hiawatha they hud no work for Uio Iminodliito future. They t that tlmo stored mest of their grading outfit nt Prjco, und when this road work catno up nil they had to do wo to tako the stuff out of storage It I cited by numerou one who have taken tho trouble to luqulro Into tho mutter that this wns worUi around flvo or six thousand dollnrs. It was novor discovered by the county assessor and as n result tho firm Is not now and never has paid a dollar' taxes In Carbon county. This one of the soro Hpots that hurts tho .mon locally who nro equally competent to do tho work on tho rond and In ull fairness it ml equity nro entitled to recognition us taxpayors und citizens. During tho week lis many as fifteen fif-teen or twenty .residents of Carbon county hnvo discussed tho matter In tho presenco of Tho Bun management. manage-ment. Thut there Is unlvrsnl condemnation con-demnation of tho methods pursued by tho county commissioners Is but putting Uio matter lightly. Ily somo thoro hnvo been suggestion ot an Indignation meeting Whether It com- to this Is to bo seen. At a rato 4hero Is it soreness thnt wh! not boo n heal. About tho only recent roforenco to rood on tho records of tho commissioners com-missioners is n request from Deputy County Burvoyor Dunlovy for an Increase In-crease of salary. This ho Bska as road commissioner. Dunlovy roust bo a kind of "Handy Andy," aa ho is en Id to bo at this tlmo holdnlg down threo Jobs doputy surveyor, deputy county assessor and road commlsnlonor. W. N. Draper, assessor. as-sessor. Is working on his farm nt Wellington and ha for aovoral weeks, while Dunlevy was doing hts work. Draper Is also oa tho county board of education. Thero has neon considerable quiet Joshing" about town tho past fow dnyat bocauso of tho statement from several source that J. 11. Forrostor, IAH county aurtojor. nnd I). 1). Uoutt, K H attorney, nro the ones who really . & H fixed tho valuations for assessment h V. jH of most of tho property of tho coun- . PWsH ty this )onr. I k iH uo.utii or i:yiuz.vn. 1 V, H TllllOfdll WITH ITS WOltK I , Vr J -H Monday of till week wa tho Inst ) ' VH day of tho sessions of the bonrd of , Svlaasfl equalization tor tho hearing nnd nd- pLH Justnienl of complaints n to as- La'IsH nessments. Among tho heaviest ffiiH! taxpayer to appear at thai tmo ;' wJTLLI wa Judge Ferdinand Brlckson, nt- '. E&ftkiH torney, nnd O. II (llbbs, geologist. 1I'H for tho Utnh Fuel company. Till CMH yenr thoro wns n blanket resotuUon i DBZLH by tho board thnt all lands In nil i,' P0SH coal camps, -whoro thero aro lm- 9 ! bmsbB provemeM classed n townslttts, tPlaH shouht bo assesae! at ono thousand PULbH dollnrs nn aero. This, howovor, j BrYdsfl wn finally placed by the board nt II'LbbbI eight hundred, n reduction from ? S6- -H their first btitml of two hundred lft6fH dollar nn ncro. j KubbbI 1). D. Houtt, nttornoy for tho Unl- ! LTrtH ted States Fuel company operating , bV4bbH nt Illnck Hawk, Carbon nnd Ilia- ' 8. v!bbbB watha. luj previously npienred no bwIbbbH foro tho board In protest ngnlnst KrasBH tho thousand dollar nn ncro assess- XXSbbbI ment, Complaint wero alio heard QSoIbbH from tho Bprlng Canyon Coal com- BEbH pnny, the Cameron Coal company, EbiH tho Btandard Conl compnny nnd In- HILbbI dopfliulent Coal nnd Coke compnny. i'UbbH tleorge A Btorr hnd written to tho IHsbbH cnmmlsjtlouers pleading that tho ns- i bHibbbbI scsr.mcnt was too high nnd nsklng 5 SbjtbbbI that his corporation bo given n , , IsBbbbbbbI chance of exlstenco In Carbon '' JbbbbI county, j k ' BH i aenornlly, the coal com panic i 0. JPLbbb! took exception to tho assessment of is HbbbbbbbI gracing lands us well nnd to land f BwsbbbbI llsttsl rut coal lands thnt are lm- ' I bbbbbbbI possible of being mlnod for conl. X I"Ibbb1 Boveral reductions were mado nlong r OHsIbbbbI tho lnttr lines, arming lunil wa KMbbbbbi finally cut lown by tho bonrd from L yPrsBBBal threo dollar to two-fifty tho acre, 1 l J XH and this latter wilt stand. Cattle- ' I ' 'H non nnd sheepmen woro bigger 3 j f '' klckor on the grnxlng In ml proposl- ; r, H tlon than nro tho conl operator. j. ''SbbbbI Ocorge C. Whltmoro contended Xor ' JbbbbI an assessment of $1.50 nn ncro on I , bbbH gmxlng land, whllo N. B. Nell son k LbbbbbI nnd others thought tho figure wa ,6 , -,H plenty high. P bbbbb! It wns contonded that grating ? f , 1 land assesunenta nro out or nil pro- r 1 1 H portion to lmprovtd farming lands. g ih f H These farming lands nro assessed E 'WfVbb! around 18.50 nn acre and nro hold f FIbbbbI or sold at from sovonty-flvo to a Q w, H hundred dollnr an acre Tho In- a ? TH equality of assessments ttom Uio ,9 IT&bbbbbI grating laud owners' standpoint, f ' K'bbbI compared with farming land, was : 1 , wLI dwelt upon, but nothing wns done 1 jj,i SObbbI to change tho fnrmlng land assess- II If H monts. Thoro wero any number ot fill rtfBBfl complaint from individual on vnrl- '! W ITsbbbbI ous classes of property, nil ot which f Jl f 'JLH lit tho main woro adjusted to tho 4- I jH natlsfuctlon of -those appearing bo- I a'' Ibbbbb! foro tho lioard. ' f vbbbbb1 Whllo ho did not so stalo to the ! 4 r 'H board, AUornoy Houtt was expect- J vH ing nn nssossment of nround four 1 - tbbbI htindreil and fifty dollars nn ucto i H on tho land that now stand at J K M eight hundred an ncro. Tho United , ' 1 fltnta Fuel company has about a f H hundred acres of thl clars of prop- j M erty, whllo that of Utah Fuel com- j H puny at Its sovoral camps will run 1 nround threo hundrenl and forty jf H acres. Tho othor companies Involv- Ml B ed have each from forty acre mul 9.1 H up. Utah Fuel compnny also pro- I ,, H tested on whnt Is claimed to be dou- m M ble tuxuUon coke tlutt Is mado ' ''' bbbbb! from conl jnluod ut Bunti)ldo. Tho B r aH coul I tuxed us net output of ml no. ff LbbbH I) Horgeru, a loud mouthed ngl- I I H tutor mid bull moo so orator from 8 j jM Helper, wns In attendance upon tho E ' M meeting or tho bonrd of equalltu- I M Hon tho greater part of tho day R H Monday. When his turn oomo ho 1 'iH wanted to know what tho commis- a ifffpfj I slonors proiiosed to do nbout grant- K aH ing him n saloon license at Hlack fl fl Hawk. When told by Commissioner M jllrynor that tho mattor would bo ' M 4akon up ut tho proper time and In I !bbb1 !ho proper manner, Uio fellow watt . . " iM much crestfallen and departed: rout- ji1, ( f-ffH I torlng all kinds of things. A . .H |