Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-07

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tion resulted as follows: Presidenr.
W. W. Taylor OF Salt Lake City: nrst
vice president, J. ID. ID. Rivers OF Den
yer: second vice president. Mrs. i. l..
Emery. The Sun. Manitou; secretary.
>. w. Jones of Wichita, Kansas; treas
urer. J. W. Durham OF the Colorado
sun. The executive committee Is
composed of +. l.. Barnett, ID. l.. Robe
sen. J.. l.. Fleming. Mrs. De Priest.
Mrs. II. Ii. Craig. Mrs. T.. =. Clem-
mons aud Mrs. 4. II. Hackiey. The
editors passed u resolution OF thanks
10 their De"ver hosts and 10 the press
OF the city. They consider the convcn.
uon highly successful one and are
pleased that the association has bc-
come so thoroughly western.
connscatIon f.atur. OF the pr,.
posed inheritance. tax has been Thought
OF by Representative George Smith OF
Mrsn county and he hns urged It's
adoption by the conference committee
OF the Legislature. TIL. committee Is
now considering the form In which
proposed hills shall be Introduced.
H"prcs.niasiv" Smith says all ,hs
revenue trouble of III. state can b.
irn~Si primarily To the assessors and
seconhariiy To the rich men Of the
stat. ana t--cn'isc. h- says. both fail
To nsani III" ns...sin.nt laws. To
bring this cinss of citizens 10 time Is
what ! believe TO L., the propcr cours.,
nnd ] think ! have discovered n rem.
rdy. ! have i-comc Disguised with
seeing valuable coal lands turned In
Tor assessment At si:5 an acre AMI
/ pictures worth thousands Of dollars
and adornlns handsome houses, es-at,,
Ing taxation i-Ncaus~ they arc said 10
f.- Included in the s.sO worth Of furui,
tnr~ allowed 10y law. I advocate n
rohhscation feature Of the inheritance
tax law. When man dies Their,
should H. power Ia 60 hack over his
nss-ssm-nt returns for three yrars aud
over his proi.~fty r--oris for the sans
length OF ,ini-. II II /. discovered that
h~ has In this time failed to make u
return OF all his proi,-rty at fair saiu,
alton. such nnilss-,i pfar~rty or It's
tair~ should L. -unhssat~d under the
law nnd iurn~'i or~r TO tho state. In
this manner. nr matter whether rich
men complied with the Law or not.
there would h. mn abundance Of state
r-r-nu-. II property w-rsr not assessed
NJ \ fair Saiur il would fvt-rs TO the
state. ani II all property were assessed
ne u should H. the state iFrssury oonii
r.. far frotn empty Representative
Smith viii stronsiy uFSr this feature
before 'h" conference committee. sew
-rpi of the Iu~m,~rS of which nrr ia
favor Of lie adoption. Mr. Smith has
made no figures on this matter. hut
Fst,xhit calculates that II IL could h.
/ made a law tllts on~ I'LL would ji.rvt
the additional financial nevis of thr
state. it- asserts Ihst instead OF t~rinE
y tns on industry ttis ,siifisrs,Ioa fc,'
turC ne prsrsSs-,i by him is q penalty
I for the evasion II iaS laws aai prcs
snitttn on honesty.
CammissiaaEF G-nrrai Ferdinand ".
t'crk oG tlI- tnii.,i S,atrs Paris COIN
. mission. sir'nt Wednesday in b-atcs
with y IaGt "r HE staff. At mass
meeting ut the Mining Exchange build,
Ing he Tast aside thr Colorado Paris
commissioners. nst piiC Of whom vBs
tltrrc. nni asked the Chamber of Com.
mCTsr tn nid him in sCg'uEiuE truiu the
Cripple Cryrk district a million dol
lars worth NJ ptirSs -tIj frT = pyramid
for the uitrd States -Si.bit. Mr..
t'Cvk matte some CSpianatiuss Ne fol
Iuwss THERE is existing misuui-Ts
standing rCzariinE tile nature Of our
participation in the sTcat forthcoming
event nj Paris. anil thCTC has brru
that state commissioners have lcrn ar.
T-pintr,i in various states without prep.
rr Knowledge uT considerations Of tho
/ conditions surrounding the situation.
Eraurr invited the tuitcyi States as
ono Of fittyscuC nations 10 participate
in her gr,-at exposition. aui rryIucsiSd
the appointment of n commissioner
general 4. rcprpsrnt the interests of
the Uniic,i states as such The rules
of the French exposition declare that
the exposition shall tc distinctly ma.
tianai AMI in no way Interstate. and
that no states or sections Of nations
should tss rcrusniar,i Therefore. there
is little that the state commissions can
10 to aid the national True. they may
attend tu the gathering of such cShil'.
i,s as the educational and the textile
arts and the like. bu, they must 10 50
/ ,pl, in yyprpratinu with the one com.
mission rrypsnIgr,i by France" Cen
rraI r.,,k then gave detailed dcsCrir-
tiou Of the rians Of the commission.
the way the space is dividcd AMI the
value of the exhibition as whole.
IJc gave a glowing and highly eloquent
statement ~ ih, Irrnciits TO iSe derived
,,,m affairs of this character. and
,,insc,t with q remarkably stirring ar
,caI 10 Colorado. And now want
!, trii you.~ he continued. 'of the
stars we have in this grand opera at
paris'' lie toll Of the great ideals IN
each department. ranging from the "a.
f,y,,,c monument 10 twcnty.siy OF INC
largest locomotives IN tue wotiu Nn W.
tho greatest star I have reserved Tor
go,,sadc,- he said. "It will top THE
n,.s, rrmarkablc mining exhibit In the
world, want a pyramid Of solid.
genuine. pure gold. worth at least 81.
spSoD The metal must not be hoi
low or vcnccrc,i ur false in any par
,icular. and may only I've IN seome.r,. VI
cai sbepc. ctilSc or pyramid. No
FANCY designs will bc acceptable
must ,sr accompanied by certificate
Yrn,n the head " the United states
,,,n, CERTIFYING ms to its purity. weight
wi yojumc. The government VIII
transport this pyramid :" anu ,t"ni
t,,,,s on srcciai trains and on nationn'
,ns.,s and will guarantee its return
I,.s, Tbot will I've nm object lesson