The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07

correct so far as they went, but there
are SO many things to be taken intt
consideration that Mr.. Trego doe,
not follow out, such as the paving
taxes for instance, II he had figured
them out in each case, the compari'
son would not have been so unequal
OF course, there are oversights here
and there. Now, somebody called ur
from over town today and referred
me where a firm had not been as.
sessed last year. They were a new
firm having just gone into business
and l suppose l overlooked them
Che probably referred to the Black.
foot Undertaking company which
started in business in November,
1919, have a few thousand dollars
worth of equipment and stock,
which has never been assessed.) Of
course, as Mr.. Dickinson says there
will be individual cases where a
mans judgment will be wrong and
there will be individual cases that q
man overlooks."
Mr.. Trego said, May ! ask a
question? Have you assessed any of
the herds now on the feeding grounds
in this county," Mr.. Malcolm replied,
"Yes, / have assessed some, that is,
some of the owners of the herds have
come in and reported them to me-"
Trego-"Have you assessed any Of
the stock that they have been ship
ping out of this county since the first
of the year,"
Malcom-"Yes, some"
Trego-"Abou how many?"
Malcom-"Well, couldn't say
without going down to my office and
looking at the books"
Trego-"Well, would you think it
was as much as las carloads?"
Malcom-"No, not that much"
Trego-"Well, l assert that since
the first day of January there have
been 145 carloads of stock shipped
out of the Blackfo0t stock yards alone
and when you deduct from that
amount the number that you have
assessed, the difference will represent
what Bingham county has lost, that
it should have. About one-fourth of
this number belonged to residents of
this part of the country and about
three-fourths were cattle that were
shipped in from other places to be
fed; they were fed here about ninty
days and shipped again. They are
known as stock in transit
were any such numbers as that, how's
man to know when these stock are
in the county unless somebody comes
in and tells him.
Trego-"I take it that that is what
the assessor is for, to find such
things. What a newspaper man can
find, | think an assessor could find"
Continuing, Mr.. Trego said, What
about assessing the stock on the
range, Mr.. Malcolm, considerable Of
that has been missed"
Malcom-''Welr, we have a re-
ciprocity arrangement with Bonne-
vile county. Since 1915 we have
not assessed their stock and they
have not assessed ours. Did you
know that, Mr.. Trego?"
+, Trego-"No, that's news to me-"
Malcom-"In 1915 we figured it
all out, the stock that was in both
counties and back and forth across
the line and it almost balanced.
Bingham county had a little money
coming, but it was so little we de-
cided not to keep track of it at all
and we have not since that time. l
admit that it is not according to
law tho.'
Trego-"Oh, l see; now l under
standwhy Moses Wright of Bonneville
county has been having so much fun
at our expense. He has been brag-
ging about assessing the stock and
getting it all and that Bingham
county was not assessing it and was
losing that much taxes"
Where does Mr.. Wright
make such assertions as that"
Trego-''When he's standing by
the bridges along the county line
counting the stock as they run across
the bridge. He makes fun of us for
not getting our share of the tax
money on migratory stock. / am
against that plan of assessing. When
their stock comes over into this
county, and mixes with the stock
from other counties and valleys and
you 60 out assessing that stock on
the range they might all claim to be
from Bonneville county and get by
in that way. Are there any other
counties where you have that re-
arrangement? What about
10 riho,, ond Camille va11ov?D
Malcom-"No, Bonneville is the
only one."
Trego-"Do you assess the stock
that comes in from Caribou county