Show RELIEF BELIEF PROMISED TO THE SUFFERS earthquake EARTH count county s bring good neis from conference with Goi einor and state official OtH cinIs geo peterson chairman and joseph F peterson and altna alma fraude frande aen n members I 1 of the board of counts count commissioners returned monday blondan light from salt lake city where they had been for several days in conferences with governor mabey abey I the state card board of equalization and the sute state road commission they discussed road and tax matters and met with success all along the line foremost in their discussions was the recent earthquake and the damage done by it in ill mouroe and elsi nore A plan for relieving those in distress was devised to the effect that chairman bailey of the state board of equalization will nill come to sevier county to ascertain whether the damage is as bad as described by the commissioners and it if so will give the commissioners authority to reconvene as county board of equalization to abate taxes for the sufferers by the county board acting as a board of equalization rebating the tax levies on oil the destroyed homes the revenues of the two cities would tto T to such a point that but little until nex next t year yea t r 0 o r alny s reason cite issuance of notes was held to be the best available remedy for the situation these notes to make up that which would not be collected from the residents whose homes had been wrecked the commissioners asked the governor if lie he would be in iii favor of recommending that the next state legislature reimburse the cities for these loans providing the conditions are as bad as explained the state executive told then them lie he would in their conference with the state road commission the sexier seier counts count dads assured that our counts count will get its share of the funds which chich will be available if tile the fedrial government appropriates the much talked of million dollars to aid the states in building roads in this case sevier county will be able to pave the road between richfield and salina and to resurvey and change the stretch between aurora and salina where conditions are pretty bad the state road commission expects final word as to the availability of the money inside of sixty days and chairman N 0 poulson personally promised to let the sevier county commissioners know immediately so steps can be taken to raise the money to be contributed by the county by a bond issue the ratio of county money to federal money will be one to three or four for immediate repairs of roads where they are at the worst tile the state road commission donated to the county a brand nev pierce arrow truck which is ready tor for immediate delivery and the commissioners also put in an application for a caterpillar tractor |