Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-07-29
(From Tuesdays Daily0


States most representative men in
attendance. the annual tax confer
ence yesterday opened for week 5
session in this city Good hearty
catch -as-catch-can Arizonan fellow
ship and spirit featured the early
morning hours OF the important
meeting. but after the noon recess
the conference settled down to a
weeks steady and hard grind for
:he work ahead
Equalization OF taxes is the in
centive which brings about the an
nual session in which the state tax
commission meets jointly with the
boards OF supervisors, clerks. asses
sors of the fourteen counties and
the representatives OF the divers big
enterprises and corporations Yes
terday afternoon commenced this
important work and in turn during
the next FIVE days will be arranged
the abstracts OF the divers county
assessment rolls and subjected to
close scrutiny not only by the mem
bers Of the state tax commission but
by the members of the conference
as well. In this way, the state
board will CLEAN some idea OF the
work it has before it when the an
nual equalization session is held at
Phoenix.
The scope OF the conference is
far reaching and its effect is con
ceded to be upon a par in import
ance with the conduct OF the court
system 1t lies within the jurisdic-
ton of the state board to equalize
taxes on similar properties in divers
counties as it sees fit. but the CON
ference leaves absolutely no room
open for criticism. At this session
will be permitted the voice of every
man in the state interested in taxes.
Every county in the state must be
and is represented. The men vested
with the power to levy taxes are
compelled by law to be present At
this session and as a direct result
the conference is regarded as a
meeting place OF the states repre-
sentative men, many OF whom are
connected with large enterprises
themselves and who have the in
terests of their county and state at
heart
Yesterdays morning session was
featured by a "reunio:i" OF more or
less pretentious nature Old friends
separated by wide stretches of Ari-
zona territory met, clasped hands
once again and promptly preceded
to torture one another with efforts
At humor. meeting with varied re-
suits 1t was a jolly crowd and one
typical of the true Arizonan Even
during the afternoon session while
serious business was being discussed
and rapid strides were being made
in delving into the deluge OF mat
tiers, a spirit bordering upon good
humor pervaded through the county
court room. The ever ready wits
Of number OF the best" shattered
the monotony usually attendant up
on a session OF this nature The
Yavapai county supervisors and as
SCISSORS proved coed hosts and re-
ceived their guests with the gen
uine brand OF Prescottonian hospi-
tality
In alphabetical order, the divers
counties will present their assess
ment abstracts for the inspection OF
the conference Apache county was
yesterday completed and the after
noon session concluded with the
Cochine roll before the conference
Yavapai county is thirteenth on the
> list
Interesting figures were offered by
+ Secretary Jesse Boyce showing tn,
valuations of the different rountie
as prepared by their boards OF sup
ervisors. Cochise still holds its un
disputed claim to first place with
total valuations of S93.435 .9S546 Will
Maricopa county is second wit
+ $75,95l .20535. Yavapai county i
> third with S43,118,32353 So great i
the difference in valuations betwee
these three counties and so great
n the lead Yavapai has over the mex
/ county in order that it is concede
: that nothing short of the discover
l, of half dozen gold mines in an
/ of the counties other than Cochis
will mean new leader in valuatio