The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-22

knockers growing In great abundance I
oil through the Sound country
Another member had grievance
against a certain banker who had |
advised prospective purchaser not |
10 withdraw his deposit but to let it
remain In his bank ut per cent In
stead OF Investing il in a home IN
Ogden.
J. II. Hill thought thnt was ali
right. In his opinion the banker
bad right to play his own game In
his own way and If he saw 1t was
| 70 his interest not 10 have a certain
| man buy certain piece OF property
1t was his privilege TO knock.
This started a storm of protest
from members who had similar eX-
periences to relate and to get rid OF
| tho subject 1t was referred to a
! grievance committee consisting OF
J H. Hin. J. J. Brummitt and S. +.
| Thomas.
| In the discussion OF grievances a
| reference was made to the contro-
.yeTsy in the papers regarding the
[ city debt Further discussion brought
/ out the fact that there was strong
belief that much property was escap-
! Ing taxation altogether and the opin-
ion was expressed that If all the
! property in ogden city could be To-
I Gated by the assessor enough money
would be raised in one year to pay
OF the Indebtedness
! One member related having heard a
deputy assessor say that there was
not a piano In Ogden city valued at
to exceed 800
Some one else safd that according
TO the assessors roll there was only
about Sl1 In cash In all of Weber
county, while the bank statements
showed s4oOoo0O deposits.
Another agent related his expe-
rience In selling a farm recently for
$4,000. The abstract showed that the
land only paid sGl9 taxes in 1909.
Some one volunteered the state
ment that the class of property In
Ogden city that was assessed most
nearly at Its true value was the four
or flve-roOm house and lot.
The opinion was freely expressed
that outside lots and close In business
property got of too easy and that
too much of the burden was being
carried by residence property
The chairman declared for the "sio-
gle tax Idea and thought 1t folly TO
tax property that could run away"
On motion, S. S. Smith Seth T.
Thomas and j, c. Nyc were appointed
a committte on equalization OF taxes
c. H, Hussey, George J. Kelly, o.
A. Kennedy and w r. Garrison werc
appointed committee to investigate
and report on the feasibility of m
automobile road from Ogden west to
some point on the lake shore where 4
good view could be obtained OF the
Great Salt Lake.
1t was stated that the nearest and
most readily accessible point was at
Little MOunain, l6 miles due west
Here the lake could be seen In three
directions and tourists could be shown
the Promautory, Bear River bag.
Fremont island and other islands. the
smoke from the Smelters at Garfield,
the Southern Pacific trains crossing
the great oil and trestle-all from
the very spot where Jonn C. Fremont
had his first view OF the Great Salt
Lake In 1913.
1t Is believed that by slight oXpen-
diture u model road could be CON
structed to the lake by simply filing
IN some bad places on the route The
route favored was over the viaduct.
through Wilson's lane and West
Weber TO point about three miles
west of the sugar factory. thence
north past Hawkes. store TO the north
side of the S P. tracks at West
Weber, thence west to Knights bridge
and through Reese TO Little Noun
tain
In good weather this trip Is easily
made In an hour with an automobile.
even In the present condition OF roads.
and 1t is nice afternoon drive with
team.
The fact was further developed
that Warren, In which Reese is To-
Gated. voted a road tax some three
years ago which yielded about SO 900
and which is still unexpended One,
half OF this amount judiciously spent
IN grading. draining and Gravellng the
main road from Knights bridge TO
Little Mountain would make one Of
the finest speedways in the state. as
for six miles the road IS almost per-
foctly level
Feeling that they had started
enough things for one day, the asso-
citation adjourned for one week