Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-08-12
day OF July, 1916.


!. Present: Geo. Z. Butler Chairman
g and Sheppard Morgan and ]. L
Whitson Commissioners.
: Mr.. Driscoll of the law firm O
4, Wood, Driscoll and Waad of Boise b.
ing present and representing the fol
lowing petitioners to-wit: William
Harp, Boise Lumber Company; Shel
man G.. King; Elizabeth l. King; Mrs
Joseph Quay; A. e. Cunningham
j. M. 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 Oh
i the substantial raise in valuation OF
the timber lands of Gilmore County
for the reasons that the actual cash
value of each and every subdivision
o. timber lands in Gilmore County
and of which the above protestants
are owners does not exceed one-half
of the value affixed by this Board.
70 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-
I
0. B.. Durant, w. H. Jackson, Lee l.,
Hill, Mrs. Josephine Pierce, e. M.
Wolfe, Minnie w. Anderson, Durland
Hill, H. Shellworth.
Mr.. Driscol then called the follow
ing witnesses who We're sworn and
testified in behalf of the protest
ants: ii. ShellW orth, j. o. Baker, j.
M. Anderson, Lee Knox.
Thereupon formal petition was
presented by Mr.. Driscoll 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 Board of Equal
zation:
Come now John o. Baker and Ag- |
mes l.. Baker, his wife, and Joseph |
M. 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
"a OF Section 4, Twp. l North, Range |
9 East;
That Minnie w. Anderson is the
owner of the South West a of said
Section 4;
That Josephine M. Anderson and
Agnes l.. Baker are each the owners
Of an undivided one-haH interest 40
tenants in common and to the South
West a and the North West u and
he South East u and the South
WestA of the South East u and the
South East "a Of the South East u
'aid Section 4.
That John Orvlle Baker is the
owner of the following portions of
section Is. IWp 18th rang. 9
~ to-; The south EAST a "
he mort. vs. Ia the !orth east Il
# the south west. a and the west |
p of the south west Il; 5
And that Joseph M. Anderson is 4
he owner of the north east u of \
ection II, Twp. 2 north, range 8 :
asst; that all said property is border t
lg on or in the vicinity of Fab
reek in said county, and that the
My substantial value of said prop n
rty, or any of it, 10 for the timber }
landing thereon; Il
And, pursuant to the Notice here .
)fore given by said Honorable ~
oard, that it was the intention L
said board to increase the vaua- Il
on of said property for tax purposes .
ON total valuation of Eight
lousand ($S,OOO,OO) Dollars to a
tal valuation of Eighteen thousand
I'd eighty ($1SOSO.OO) Dollars, for D
ate County and other taxes: =
The said owners, and each of "
EN-, do hereby protest and object "
the said raise in valuation, and =
lege and represent as the reasons =,
erefor, that the actual cash value "
IL o'clock Meridian on the second
Onday in January in the year 1916 -
the whole of said property did not -
coed one-half said sum of $18,OSO,
r did the actual cash value of any AZ
gal subdivision of the same at
i'd time exceed one-half of the value
which your Honorable Board pro-
ses to raise the same. .
And your petitioners further rep ..
sent, that neither the whole, nor ~
y legal subdivision of said property 80,
uld be taken in payment of Just
BIT due from a solvent debtor, or u