The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14
BIG CUT IN MORTGAGE TAXES
AARON KEYSER GETS EXEMP-
TON FOR NEARLY $4,000.
Equalization Board Does a Big Days
Business - Many Complaints Are
Without Merit.

Both in point of number of com
plants considered and amount of re-
auctions made, yesterday was the big
gest day the county board of equaliza-
ton has yet had, the aggregate of
attachments reaching $67,6S2. Nearly
half of this sum was in the mortgages
assessed to Aaron Keyser, which were
taken off the tax rolls on a showing
that as an offset he owed $32, 1856 to
non-residents, whose money is not tax
able in this state.
Aside from Mr.. Keyser's mortgages,
others were stricken off because the
debts secured thereby were satisfied or
are not residents of Utah, in
the following cases: Estate of
Minnie Himmah, $4,000; Jabez
G. Sutherland, $500; John Halfin,
81, 800; NJ. D. and c. l.. Clinton, $1,000;
Utah Stove & Hardware company,
81, 2S9; Consolidated Implement COM
pany, S1,034; Mary Crowther, 81, $50; r.
Z. McConaughay ct al, 1000; J. a.
Graham, $500; Henry Sadler, trustee,
500; w. c. Rittenhouse, $685.; ]. H.
Hedges, $500; Newell Beeman, $94S; es-
tate of Nathan Sears, S475; Hanson
Produce company, 1885; Adam Speirs,
$500; Thomas S. Newman, S335; F. NJ
Castleton, $500; Boutwell, & McCon-
aughay, S27S; Joseph Newman, 1925; W.
I. Fowler. s215; George Burt, $780,
Matt Haaga, 5000; Elijah Sells 5000;
Timothy Egan, 5000; Walter c. futile,
S175: Stewart McLese, STAT: +. G.. and
c. O'Donnell, $119; total. S63,647.
Immediately after striking off the as
sessment of $4,000 against the estate of
Minnie Himmah, a citation was ordered
served upon Administrator +. f. Col
born to show cause why the estate
should not be taxed for money on
hand to the amount of the satisfied
mortgage.
r. a. Shipp complained of the valua-
ton of $3.50 on his home on Center
street. Assessor Quinn offered the
complainant $4,000 for the property,
and the owner fed before hearing the
board deny his prayer for relief
Value on improvements were adjust
ed in the following cases: Beulah A. w.
Beatie, lot Z, block II, plat A. reduced
from $1,000 TO $500; Rachel McMaster,
lot Z, block IS, plat B, from 81, 900 to
81, 700; Sarah Taylor, lot s. block 40,
plat B, from $1,000 to $1,000: Esther
Starley. block 5, plat Z, from $500 to
$500. Reductions in five other cases
brought the total to Sl,450.
c. p. Brooks secured a reduction of
$500 on his personal property assessed
at 500, and Hallett & Clayton's per-
sonalty was cut in value from $3.50 to
$500. Fisher S. Harris was relieved of
paying taxes on s525 worth of personal
effects, the sum being adjusted at 1925.
Personally assessed to Mrs. NJ. S.
Woodward at $3.50 was transferred to
others, $500 to w. Z. Travis and $50
to ]. NJ. Bidwell. Nine other abate-
ments aggregated S615.
To correct errors in computation part
of lot 8, block 6. plat b, assessed to d.
w. McGregor at S1,0S5, was fixed at
1925, and the value of a lot in block
$50. plat a, standing in the name of A.
w McCune. but which now belongs to
some one else, was reduced from $500
to $500. J. II. Hedges lot in block So.
Kinney & Gourlay's addition, was
valued anew at 800. instead of s195.
Several other complaints of excess
sive valuation of real estate were taken
under advisement, making over a hum
dred of such cases on file. Among the
number is the grievance of w. B.
Dougal. whose twenty-seven and one
half feet of frontage on Commercial
street is valued by the assessor at
81, 800. Mr.. Dougal offered to sell for
50. 500, and Assessor Quinn is seriously
of buying it at that figure.