Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-02
DENVER GOSSIP.

are paid the building VIII have cost
bers.
Two wrecks. n fire and the fatal In.
Jury OF Il switch tender, are the results
OF series OF rapid incidents In the Rio
Grande yards at Pueblo on the 9th.
Edward Waipolc. the switch tender. so
years old. II badly crushed and will
probably die. Seventeen cars of an
| extra southbound Rio Grandc freight,
which was switching AT Bcsscmer, go.
loose and came down the hill into the
Pueblo yards NJ a rapid rate. They
struck n switch and crossed over the
nor;hbound track. striking the tall end
OF a train that was being switched by
engine $40. Within moment or two
thereafter a yard engine came down
from the EcsscmCr hill with twelve
ears OF steel rails behind her and ran
bodily Into engine hI3. In the miSup.
the switch shlniy In which Walpolc
was sitting became the center OF the
wreck. and either fire from his stove
| or from the ciboosc started blaze
which destroyed two box ears and the
! caboosc. I'll" two locomotives were
jammcd together and twenty ears are
on the iricE. Wnlpolc was dug out
from beneath the wreck and taken 10
his home where surgeons dressed his
injuries.
II l. nn assured fact that the Amcri.
can beet Sugar Company. with capi'
tai stock OF S.tD.OSp.uSb. and now con.
trolling four beet sugar plants In the
United States. VIII erect In the imnc.
dlatc future n mlilion.iollnr beet sugar
factory In the Arkansas valley. n short
distance from Rocky Ford. During
the past three months this cn;upany's
d
ious districts Of the valley. and In their
recent rcpor; state that the Arkansas
valley Is mn ideal spot FOR the pro,luc.
ilon Of the sugar bcct. nni that Il far
exceeds the land controlled by the COM
rnny Ia other localities WHERE the sugar
bcrt IL now being cultivated. ]. q.
Hamilton. vice president Of the com
rany. and j. \. Davis, Industrial aEcn;
OF the Santa fc railroad. have been iu
conference with q. II. Schmidt. agent
| FOR the suburban Land & Investment
Company's lands under the BcSscmcr
ditch. which are reported 10 hc super
ior to those OF any other section Of the
valley for beet cultivation. Mr.. ifamll.
I ton states that as soon ls 500 acres
have been secured for the cultivation
/ Of sugar beet. work will br commenced
on the new factory. aud will h. pushed
80 ns 10 have u completed In time to
u1lllsF UfN1 SEASON crop Nl NANN%a Wp
/ thousand Of the 5000 acres to lIc select.
I ci Will bc under the BrsscmcT ditch.
Z The American Company will pay 81
. per ton FOR hccis avcraEin. IL per cent.
sugar. and 81 IL cents i,rr ton for each
additional | per cent. or. IN other
words. h'Cts averaging Is per cent.
sugar will bring s. per ton. Recent
tests OF sugar bccis cultivated on lands
under the BcsscnCr ditch show nn av.
vcrasc OF IS per cent. sugar. with 81
per cent. co.CiliCiCut Of purity. No sam.
/ pies ran below IL per rent.
ulcs ready by January ist.
! War will soon bc declared between
the county assessors nf the state and
the State Board Of Equalization. The
assessors nrr now doing lot of think.
ing and comforting In person anl by
mail: and their leader. Assessor Aincs
| OF Arnpahnc county. will probably rc.
Sisi the order OF the board Il Is all
over the orlcT recently issued by the
State Board VI Equalization 10 the scv-
cnty.iivc county assessors in reference
TO raising the valuation OF certain
kinds Of taxable property. and lower.
| Ing the valuation OF other kinds. Not
but that. in the opinion OF certain as
SCISSORS. valuations might he raised or
lowered without harm. where CiFCum.
stances might seem 10 Justify the State
Boarl OF Equalization in taking such
action. but the assessors claim that. as
nll the tax schedules must he ready for
the various county tTCasurcrs by Jan
unry 1st. II Is now too late TO make the
changes in the schedules because OF the
enormous amount Of clerical work in.
volvcd. and particularly IN the more
thickly settled counties. 1t Is the gen.
cral opinion among those who are
watching the trend Of affairs in county
circles. that the assessors will resist
the order and that. too. with consider
able vim. The total valuation OF prop
crty in ArnpahoC county has been
raised S2.SDO.OU1 10y the recent order
OF the state board As the tax sChcd-
ulcs. In number more than iI.nCr. arr
well on their way to completion. the
work would to u large extent have TO
bc done over again. II the state hrnTis
order were ObCycd. The State Hoard
OF Equalization" says Deputy Asses.
sor Erinkcr. has just ordered. Tor CN-
ample. an increase OF : per cent ON
realty and improvements and a IL per
cent. decrease OH cattle. You can read
lily Imagine what u vast amount Of
clerical work will hav" 10 bc done over.
for we have been making up the more
than $4,000 tax schedules since last
August. Some uT them hnv" ns wnnv
as 400 items which would he subject
to change" Assessor Amcs is credited
with having told Secretary W. II.
Griffith of the state Board OF Euunliza-
tion that the boards order Is uncunsti-
tutional: and that at this late date II is
physically impossible to comply with
the order in season ts have the SEIZED
Generai Bniicr Arrive. at Cape Town.
London. Oct. 3l.-A dispatch from
Cape Town announces the arrival in
Table bay of the Dunottnr Castle late
last evening. with General RrhvCrs