Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-22
SURELY THIS
IS FAIR ENOUGH
Tribune Says That Tax Figures
Are Incorrect and 1t Can
Prove Otherwise.
WHAT DESERET NEWS OFFERS
Tribune Reporter and News"
Representative to Go Over
The Records Together.
Bring Up Your Tax Receipts Gentle.
men-StiIl Another Candidate
Joins The Cipher Column.

Haze the tax payers of Salt Lake
county y right 10 know what Individual
appeal his tax notice makes to each
&n'arioan" party candidate. to spur on
MS desire for competent administration.
and economic expenditure Of the pub
lie funds2
The News" believes Chat tax pay
efs nave both the right to know and
the interest to Investigate
From tho tax rolls Of Salt Lake coun-
~ by investigation OF News" re-
porter, ana from the taN rolls or other
counties, by request for Information
upon the treasurers OF those counties.
The News compiled a record or
American tax payers. SO that the
Interests they had in the comtnunity,.,
expenses.
And today this list. as published
Tuesday evening. was gone over again
IN the office OF the county treasurer.
II vas found that it contained error
FRANK X Christensen, candidate for
county clerk ON the American. ticket
WAS credited With paying 81, 40. For this
error apologies are due to Mr.. Christell-
sen. Frank r. Christensen. il appears.
does not pay cent, The Frank Chris
Jensen of the records proves, by refer
#ence to his address. 10 be another
Christensen Frank r. Christensen
however. it Is understood. has property
in the name of his Wife, III whose namo
x It Is assessed and paid. At any rate.
this Is the statement that was made
when he was arrested for illegally yot
ing alta bond election. whose qualified
electors We're restricted To those who
shared the burden OF the public tax.
TREASURER ABSENT.
An effort was made 10 have the ex-
pert accountants in the county treas
urer's office go over this list. check up
the News mans figures and give a
certified statement a. to their correct-
ness. But County Treasurer Groes.
beck was not in his office and could noe
be located, and none OF his deputies
| felt at liberty to take the time neces-
sary 70 make this check.
T. The News wants the truth in the
| matter that all the people may know
| IL tic Tribune Will join III atfe search
by sending man to join with the
News reporter In an inspection OF the
! records. the results OF the search viii
| gladly be published. wherever they vary
from the list given below.
II any man on this list OF carriers
Of the tax burden will produce tax re-
ceipts showing that in his name he Is
assessed more property than here ap-
pears, these receipts will gladly be pub
iished. All the people are entitled to
know the facts. nothing more, nothing
less
Judge John A.. Street has already
cried fraud" and then asked credit
FOR his proportion of taxes paid by the
firm of which he is a law partner: also
for property assessed against 'associ-
ates, unmentioned by him. The total
of it all is what is wanted. and the
judges word will be taken foi, 1t.
Obviously the News cannot search
the record of a mans holdings through
corporate and company interests and
will have to depend on what decara Y
ton these men, whose record is here
given as it appears after the indiii-
dual name OF each one on the countN,S
books may choose to make as to other
methods of sharing the burden OF the
country's support.
The Facts are these: Nlany q home
owning cottager With aSuall downtown
business paws more taxes than the
whole American Ticket combined Only
H. s Mccain. j. w. Mckinney. A. S.
Martin, G. j. Crabtree. Geo. j. Gibson.
C. |. Douglas, j. Il. Dsrmer. Jerome
Bo,irsard ana j. Wollcott Thompson,
pay sums that equal what the most,
humble suburban cottager must pay
to the governments support. These
total / / candidates. out OF 40.
giving him credit for his share Of
his firms taxes and ignoring the fact
that he is credited with no personal
property whatever. there remain 10
candidates not credited on the books
with single cent of taxes, who are
recorded as owning not one cenNs
worth of property that an assessor
could locate in tangible form:
Here are the figures, as the best
available information shows them. to-
day. VIII the Tribune Join in an effort
TO make the total . large as poSs
ible by recheclSing the rec0rds
Name. Taxes
For Governor--J a. Street. ......$ 10
tStIeet & Bramweli. ............ 4s.95
Secy. of State--E. y. Littietitld.. no
Supreme Judge-0gden HiIesf,... 90
Attorney General Walcott
Thompson and wife,. 1890. Si.9S
cr Trsasurer-Henry Welch..... 90
Fos Audtor--George W. Park ~. .Oi
sup. Pub observation-disclosures
+ H. SWeazy ...........-..... SO
]. ar CcngrcSS.--C'. l. Douglas. ll5.2t
Judge Third District
Allen L. Sanford. ............... sep
George NJ Sullivan. 1890. .i.a6
william II. Branleli.. ....-..... 800
Gtorge f. Goodwin, .-..--- IL
Listrict Attorney-A, j. weber,. 1855
County Ticket-Senators:
& IL, y. Critchlow,, ................s. so
w. w. Armstrong .........,..-.. 1910
George j. Gibson 1881
Far Representative
O. J. rabtree ,.,....... ......,-.- Sl.St
Henry Catrow .,...-.....-.,..-.'- i'to s
Martin 5t1&
j, w. Mckinney. ..........,.., 4,,lt
Fl s McCann.. ..5.5............. 649l
J. y. Spalding... ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. H.
y. d. Corser s...5......-........-.s t.2S
Il. ". kelley. .Qn
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