The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-01-19
Commissioners
Met Saturday
Churchill County to Benefit From
Wells-Fargo Tax Moneys 10
Amount of 81, 800

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ing of the county commissioners
held ON Friday that the Wells-Far.
60 tax moneys, protested over a
six-year period, 1910-1915, inclus-
I've, would be paid by the company
on basis of compromise. This
will return, it is asserted between
$4,000 and $4,000 and the sum will
shortly be made available for ap-
portionment to the several county
funds. This within itself will be no
inconsiderable task as guidance is
more or less lacking for County
Treasurer G. E. Howard, inasmuch
as past official records designating
tax levies have been incompletely
kept. The express company pro-
poses to pay this county along with
other Nevada counties back taxes on
a graduated basis running from SO
per cent. of the amount claimed for
the year 1910 to 20 per cent. for
the year 1915, together with accrued
interest at the rate of three per
cent. per annum. This form of
settlement has been advised by the
state tax commission and IL now
seems certain that the counties of
the state are about to add substan-
TALLY to their balances.
The county commissioners also
approved official bonds and con-
tracts on last Friday as follows:
George ]. Kenny, as district attor-
ne, $1,000; as public administrators,
$4,000; the contracts and bonds
of w. A. Larson, in charge of coun-
ty buildings, and Morris & Loring
drug company, awarded the con-
tract for county medicines.
Deputy Sheriff M. B. Johnson was
recently appointed deputy game
warden for this county by the state
game warden and the appointment
was officially sanctioned by the
board, Mr.. Johnson's salary being
fixed at $4,000 per month.
C. r. Olson, we'll known Broken
Hills resident, was granted an engi-
neers license.
A written report was considered
from the state public service COM
mission as an aftermath of the re-
cent investigation by the state au-
thorities of this county's publicly
owned telephone system. In this
report State Engineer ]. G. Scrug-
ham advocates the improvement of
the system to a point where 1t will
serve needs present and prospective
and suggests that inasmuch as senti-
ment seems to favor the retention of
ers that an effort should be made to
modernize it. This should be done
by tax levy or bond issue, said the
state engineer. The improvements
suggested will probably cost be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, accord
ing to engineers estimates.
A formal contract was entered
into with F. E. Anderson, recently
appointed county telephone mana
ger at a salary of 100000 per
month. Other bids considered Fri
day were: w. F. Kaiser, monthly
salary, $4,000; H. C. Latin,
$225.00; j. w. Smitten, s215.00;
J. c. Coniff, s225.0O; E. P. Mclean,
$4,000; A. J. Rankin, one of
100000 and another of $4,000; E.
S. Taylor, $225.0O; G. B. McFarlin.
$4,000; l.. l.. Moody, $250.00; l..
l.. Likes, one bid of s2700.00 per
annum and another of $3300.OO,
calling for the furnishing of one
and two cars; r. w. Allison,
$225.00; G. E. Richards, S225.0O;
]. s. Bennett, $4,000.
l.. Park Wheeler was granted ap-
proval for his new addition to the
town of Saltwater.