Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-08-05

Pursuant to adjournment the Boar
of County Commissioners of Elmor
County met as a Board of Equaliza
: ton at $50 o'clock A. NJ, this Els
, day of July, 1916.
Present: Geo. E. Butler Chairman
and Sheppard Morgan and j. D
Whitson Commissioners.
Mr.. Driscoll Of the law firm O.
Wood, Driscoll and Waad Of Boise be
ing present and representing the fol
lowing petitioners to-wit: William
Harp, Boise Lumber Company; Sher
man G. King; Elizabeth l. King; Mrs
Joseph Quay; A. E. Cunningham;
j. NJ. Anderson; j. o. Baker; Min.
ME W. Anderson; Agnes l.. Baker,
and j. T. Pence, presented the gen.
eral protest to the effect that the
above named owners and each of
them having duly received notice
from this Board OF Equalization OF
! the substantial raise in valuation Of
the timber lands Of Elmore County
for the reasons that the actual cash
value Of each and every subdivision
o. timber lands in Elmore County
and of which the above protestants
are owners does not exceed one-half
of the value affixed by this Board
TO this protest the following own
ers each and for himself, as owner
of this class of property, desires to
have his name subscribed as a pro-
te.stant: Chas. O'Keefe, Lee Knox,
o. B. Durant, w. H. Jackson, Lee l.,
Hill, Mrs Josephine Pierce, E. M.
Wolfe, Minnie w. Anderson Durland
Hill, II. Shellworth.
Mr.. Driseoll then called the follow
ing witnesses who We're sworn and |
testified in behalf of the protest
ants: H. Shellworth, j. O. Baker, j.
NJ. Anderson Lee Knox
Thereupon formal petition was
presented by Mr. Drlscoll in behalf
of certain of his clients, which is in
words as follows;
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Gilmore County
IDAHO, sitting as a Board of EuuaI-
lation:
Come now John o. Baker and Ag-
les l.. Baker, his wife, and Joseph
VI. Anderson and Minnie w. Ander-
son, his wife, and represent to this
honorable Board that said Agnes L.
Baker is the owner Of the Northwest
4 of Section 4, Twp. l North, Range
East;
That Minnie w. Anderson is the ,,
'wner OF the South West a of said
section T.
That Josephine M. Anderson and =,
agnes l.. Baker are each the owners :
t an undivided one-haf interest as i,
enants in common and to the South
Vest u and the North West a and !,
be South East "A and the South :
VestA of the South East a and the :
outh East Il of the South East a :.
aid Section 4. "
That John Orville Baker is the ~
wner of the following portions of :,
eetlon 16, IWp d: 18th range . :,
Ct to- The south east a % :,
le mort. VS. a. IA" !orth east u -
the south west. u and the west -
, of the south west u; y
And that Joseph M. Anderson Is =,
lie owner Of the north east Il of =.
ection II, Twp. 2 north, range 8
lst; that all said property is border "
g on or in the vicinity of Fab
reek in said county, and that the
Ny substantial value of said prop ID
'ty or any of it, Is for the timber j.
anding thereon; te
And, pursuant to the Notice here Jt
fore given by said Honorable m
1ard, that it was the intention Ri
said board to increase the valua. liz
IN of said property for tax purposes %
om total valuation of Eight II
ousand ($S,000,O0 Dollars to a
tai valuation of Eighteen thousand
d eighty ($1SOSO.OO) Dollars, for Sa
ate County and other taxes: D.
The said owners, and each of W
EN-, do hereby protest and object vii
the said raise in valuation, and De
ege and represent as the reasons re
erefor, that the actual cash value w
II o'clock Meridian on the second
'nday in January In the year 1916 I'm
the whole of said property did not Ju
coed one-half said sum of $1S,OSO,
did the actual cash value of any At
al subdivision of the same at
d time exceed one-haf of the yalue
which your Honorable Board pro.
'es to raise the same.
md your petitioners further rep. u