Arizona republican., 1914-08-04
START WORK Of
EQUALIZATION
Members of State Board
Meet This Week to Hear
Protests of Railroads and
Mining Companies Rela-
tive to 1914 Valuations.

With the close Of the tax confer
ence at Prescott last week, and the
return to the capital of the members
of the state tax commission, the
work of equalizing 1914 valuations
will be carried on, with the tax COM
mission sitting, as at the conference,
in the capacity Of state board of
equalization Among the matters to
come before the board are the as .
sessea Valuations &C g cnmhAr of
the railroads and mining companies
of the state.
Representatives of the Needles
Mining and Smelling company and
the Gold Roads Mines company will
meet with the board of equalization.
this morning. The commissions val
,uation of the property of the Wes-
tern Union Telegraph company will
also come up for hearing today.
The valuation of $114,5OO per mile
placed on the property of the Ray &
ella Valley railroad will come up for
hearing on August 6, the date set
for hearings in the matter of the
valuation Of the Arizona and New
Mexico, the Arizona Eastern, Phoenix
and Eastern, and Ray and ella VAL
ley railroads. Representatives of the
Ell Paso and Southwestern also have
been notified that they may meet
with the state board of equalization
The Detroit Copper Mining Com
on the same date.
Dany, of Arizona, appeared before the
hoard yesterday in the matter of the
valuation of the plant of that COM
pany.
D. V. Cowden. the tax attorney for
the Southern Pacific; A. T. Thomp-
son, manager of the Detroit Copper
Mining Company of Arizona, and E.
F.. Ellinwood. representing the Cop
per Queen. appeared before the board
yesterday, relative to the valuations
placed on the property of the var
icus corporations
The conference this year was even
more successful and beneficial in ev-
cry way than the last one" said
Chairman c. NJ Zande. of the tax
commission yesterday There was
more of the get-together spirit, and
better feeling all around, a feeling
that was encouraged and fostered by
the hospitable way in which we were
entertained by the people of Pres
colt"
Arizona is the only state in the
union in which an inquisitorial con
ference is held after the annual as
sessment is made, and the results
are of benefit both to the state and
to the taxpayers.
Supervisors Back
The members of the board of SUI
pervisors. back from the second an
nual conference of assessors for the
state of Arizona, held during the past
week in Prescott, tell a story of COM
rlete satisfaction with the work done
What stands out in the minds of
those back from the conference is
the good feeling manifest on all
hands, between the representatives Of
the various counties of the state.
There was rome of that difference
that existed between the various fac
tons at the conference held last
year in Phoenix. 1t was this con-
tention, however, last year that
taught the lesson by which the sec
ond conference profited. and those
present predict smooth running for
the conference Of the future.
General satisfaction was expressed
by all who participated. the repre-
sentatives Of the mining and rail-
road interests expressing complat q
approval Of the assessment as at.
fecting them.
Lin B. Orme, of the board of SUI
pervisors, delivered himself of words
OF enthusiasm over the trip. What
appealed strongly to him was the
fraternal nature of the gathering,
where the true sons of Arizona met
on the best of terms and compared
notes.
County Assessor l. T. Bone is in
agreement with the rest Of the dele
cation from Maricopa county. that
most instructive and pleasant time
was passed, which was heightened
by the royal way they were enter
tanned by the people Of Prescott.
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