Daily camera., 1898-03-30
80 THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW.

tauqua Executive Committee.
$50 the people may know, the general
committee of citizens of Boulder, present
to the voters of this city the following
statement of facts:
For years southern teachers associa-
tions have urged the location of a great
Chautauqua in some northern state. A
fully authorized committee chose Colo
RADIO and spite of offers of magnificent
donations by Colorado Springs and other
cities, Boulder has been chosen as the
site.
Railroads having terminals,in Calves
ton. Chattanooga. Memphis and New
Orleans favored Boulder and the mighty
influence of these great trunk lines is
behind the Chautauqua enterprise.
1t means summer schools in Boulder
for teachers of the south. With them
will come by the thousands other citizens
of the great southwest. They are already
infatuated with Boulder and are coming.
We must have the Chautauqua.
And to secure it. we must have city
park. Therefore, don't fail to vote for
the bonds.
We donate nothing. but free use of
grounds for a few weeks of the year.
The property remains Boulder's, beauti
fed by the Chautauqua association at
their own expense from year to year, and
constantly enhancing in value.
The moment Boulder votes the issue
of $4,000 bonds for the park that mo-
ment a magnificent hundred thousand
dollar tourist hotel will begin to rise over
on university hill. The two are allied.
F ailing one, the other fails us.
Property sold this week rose in value
20 per cent over a month ago by reason
of the simple hope of having the Chau
tauqua here.
Thousands are coming. The greatest
orators of the day will come to Boulder.
Musical festivals and popular lectures
and through trains from great southern
cities direct to Boulder will focus at.
tention upon us.
Already your home property is worth
20 per cent more than it was month
ago. The moment the bonds are voted
your home will be worth twice its present
price. Boulder's future is bright with
the promise of coming greatness.
This means Boulder will have such an
auditorium as no city in Colorado. with
seating capacity for 5000 people. 1t
means Boulder as the ideal place, the
only place for state conventions and ma
tlonal conventions may seek this delight
tul spot when once we can house them.
Boulevards and parks mean the EN-.
ployment Of all kinds of labor.
You want all these things, but say
"taxes are already high" Granted, but
the enhancement of values will render
taxes less. The school board will reduce
the school tax three mills, because the
levy for excess Indebtedness is no longer
required.
Valuation remaining stationary (which
is IMPOSSIBLE you will have less tax to
pay next year than your last tax receipt
showed, Notwithstanding the park pur-
chase.
If you paid 81, tax last year, the park
would involve an additional tax of ~,
or SIS az all told. But now comes the
school board with a reduction and the
city council see no necessity for an in
creased rate for ordinary purposes, so
that your tax next year will be less by at
least two mills on the valuation than this
year, or s24.I6.
This statement is sanctioned by the
general committee appointed by citi-
zens' mass meeting. as follows:
Henry Fulton. chairman; J. H. Mich.
olson. |. M. DeLong, Z. T. Bromley, K.
H. Whiteley, H. o. Dodge, c. Ricketts,,
c. A Russell. I. Earl. E J. Temple, w.
H. Allison, E. A. Austin, L. c. Paddock.
Isaac Berlin, T E. Giller, G. L. Harding,
] G. Trezise. Leo Vincent, S. Switzer.
w. w. Wolff. Geo. M. Mcclure, w. "
Casey, James Cowie, N. D. Mckenzie,
Barney T. Mallon and Otto H. Wangelin,
The above meets my hearty approval
and is true and correct to my best know.
ledge and belief. c. RICKETTS,.
Mayor.
P. S.-Vote the bonds and secure the
Chautauqua.