The silver star., 1900-08-10
COLORADO NOTES.

Instantly killed William Polmear. bis
neighbor. The murdered man leaves
a widow and family Of small chill
dren- The trouble is said TO have orig
mated over stories circulated by Bax-
ter, and that when he was called down
by Polmear. who is a small man and
Z was unarrned- Baxter shot him.
Extensive forest fires are devastat-
ing the tfmbered sections Of the Grand
mesa and doing immense damage A
large number Of men have left Delta
( and the Surface Creek country to en-
deavor 10 stop the spread OF the flames,
as the burning of the timber endAn-
gers the sources of the waters that are
I reserved for irrigation The Surface
creek and mesa people have left their
work alrnos; 10 man and gone TO the
scene Of the flames 10 stop their
spread Everything Is as dry as tinder
on the western sicre. no rains having
fallen since the 10th Of May
Game and Fish day VIII be celebrated
at Steamboat Springs September 18th
and l4ih. The executive committee
having In charge the celebration Is COM
posed Of James H Crawford. chair
man: C H Leckenby. secretary; j. "
NcWilhams. F. 4 Mercalf and B. l.
jefferson. They have succeeded IN
raising by subscription large amount
Of money and fully 1000 VIII be ex-
pended in giving the visitors good
time. The principal feature. Of course.
will b. the Wild game barbecue. and
arrangements are being made 10 make
this feature even more successful than
last year. The hunting will be in
charge Of the Steamboat Springs Gun
Club. In which are ssrne OF the crack
shots Of the state The barbecue Will
consist Of bear. deer. elk, feathered
game and fish. Preparations viii be
made to feed 500 people The gath
ering of the meat will be a big job.
bur viii be done in strict accordance
with the law. Outside sportsmen will
be utilized. at least such as wish to
join in the hunt under the direction OF
local guides
Gilman. the mining town on Battle
mountain near Red Cliff. suffered
destructive iirs al an early hour We'd
nesday morning The entire business
portion Of the place was wiped out.
Both sides Of Main street from the
west end Of the Iron Mask hotel. on
the south side. and 10 W. y. Buell's
residence on the north side. was laid
desolate Fire was discovered at two
O'Clock In the upper rooms Of Matthew
Lackners residence. although there
had been no fire in the house since
the evening before The room was oc-
cupied by Miss Mary Iackner and
Frank Martins little child. Both were
slightly burned and We're rescued with
difficulty. The buildings Were very
dry, and under a strong wind the
flames spread rapidly in the face Of
an heroic fight put up by the citizens.
Except the hotel the buildings destroy
ed Include every business house in
town. The Congregational church,
postoffice and several residences, to-
tai Of thlrty-three buildings, were de-
stroyed. The estimated loss is S31,-
40. and the known Insurance is 81
1vy About ten business houses were
burned out and about fifteen families
lost their homes. very little being saw
ed In any case.
The revenue commission Will meet
August Is 10 consider the recommend
ations made by Governor Thomas,
which We're forwarded yesterday. The
governor says that the state should
have a revenue Of at least 500, 600
more than il has had during the past
eight years in order TO get along with
out debt. He recommends a new law
law. whereby property is assessed at
a certain fixed per cent. of its value
and the law as thus made is enforced.
He urges the punishment of tax dodg-
ers and the assessment Of corpora-
tions regardless Of the returns they
make Of their own holdings. The pro-
hibition of wholesale reductions in
valuations by the county boards Of
equalization l. urged and heavy pen
alties suggested TO force corporations
TO make fun and just returns. A linn
II on the taxing powers OF counties,
more power In the hands OF the attor-
ney general to prosecute delinquents.
an income tax. a franchise tax similar
to the Roosevelt tax in New York, in.
crease In the Insurance tax, tax on
gross receipts OF express companies
an Inheritance tax. n general and fair
valuation Of live stock. more com.
plete and just taxation of mining
property and many other OF the propo.
sitioDs brought forth by the governor
Mt the time he thought an extra SEES.
sion necessary are incorporated in the
communication to the revenue com.
mission.
meeting Of the mayors OF the diff
ferent cities and towns In the Cripple
'rt'k ulsiIlet WIS ntIn IN CriDplf
Creek on the 9th inst Among The
things which came before the meeting
were the following resolutions. Offered
by Mayor W. J. DonDelly Of Victor
which were unanimously adopted Tn,
resolutions. which were given out 10
day, are Ms follows: Resolved, tina,
the mayors Of the different cities and
towns whose names nrc hereunto mn
pended, viz. Cripple Creek. Victor. An
aconda, Goldheld. Altman. Cameron
ana Glllett, use every means In theII
power to enforce the laws Of the stat
Of Colorado and the ordinances OF thei,
respective cities and towns with refer
cnce to gambling and games Of chance
and be II further resolved. that the nm
dersigned ns mayors Of the cities nnf
towns whose names follow their sigma
lures. instruct the city and town mar
shnls OF their respective cities nnt
towns to notify all owners OF games ol
chance and gambling devices, also nj
persons In nny way connected with ol
Interested in such games OF chance. OF
gambling devices. that ON md after III,
hour OF midnight on the fourth day q,
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