Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-31
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXTRA
SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE

/, Of q chanee In tho method Of assess-
ing undcvel0pesl lnining claimA His
exeelletry desires that value q the
ground rather than the output consii-
Iute the basis for tho assesso<s vaiu-
alton
There II q strong sentiment among
the senators against reducing the num-
her Of Senate employees The corps
consists II thirty SEVEN men. women
and boys II Il thought the least mum.
bcr possible for the transaction of bus
iness il about twenty-five. Last year
the work Of the Senate was consider
ably hamperci by some OF the clerks
being incompetent. The senators do
not care to experience the same this
session. and for that reason may EN-
pioy the same number ms during tho
regular session. THAT will insure tho
business Of the Senate not only beins
kept up, but properly attended to-
said q senator. ''whiie am In favor
OF economy. think IL Is poor economy
Ia the end TO limit the number OF en-
pioyes when We cannot secure compe-
tent ones. ! voted to give each s-na-
tor positively the same patronage h1
had last session"
Thlryy.nve Of the fn~ionisss members
OF the lIouse responded to the call for
n caucus In the printing room OF tho
House Tuesday. pochon OF Pueblo
wns continued m chairman and I'iait
OF BOULDER was made secretary. II
soon developed that those present wcrc
agreed upon the proper policy 90 adopt.
Everyone. however. was given an ois-
pcrtunity TO express his views and
then q motion to support tho present
II ..S rxf.
unanimously. u was then decided To
empower the Speaker with authority
10 name a committee Of hvc which
should select the employees OF tho
House. An adjournment wns taken
subject TO the call OF the chair. Tho
rrorgunixcrx wcr. waiting outside tho
caucus 60 learn the result and when
they secured the news they abandoned
the fghf ngninx; the Speaker. The fol.
lowing responded To their names In tho
caucus: BallinEcr. Beatty. bradley. Ca
ley. Cannon. Chisholm. Davis. Dun.
invy. Enrhcs. Fall. German. Ham.
mond. Hearth. loilcnbcck. Judkins.
Kennedy. Lort-r. Madden. Martin. Me-
Guirc. Meredith. Montgomery CI'ciicr).
Morris, Nccicy. ~ 'Conncil. OnE. Pitschkc.
Pintt. Pochon. Rnncy. Hawaii. Scbwci-
CERT. sprnguc. White. Willis. Mont
gomcry OF Larimcr was unable to he
present on account of another cnrngc-
mcnt. but sent word that he was In
! sympathy with the movement.
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( The State Board OF Equalization has
checked the assessments OF corporate
| property. No changes were made In
| the figures, and notice was sent TO
Judge Dixon mt Pueblo that the board
hnd completed Its work In accordance
with his writ Of nnndnmus. The lists
were turned over to the auditor and at
once sent to the corporations affected.
| The board now considers Its work done
and every member drew n long breath
when he camc from the meeting.
The mayor and other officials Of Su-
gnr City. Colorado. have sent pcti-
lion to President Roosevelt, opposing
any change In the tariff on sugar for
the bccnfit OF Cuba. Sugar City. the
petition says. Is entirely dependent up
ON the beet sugar Industry that has
sprung up there within the last two
ycarr. II declares that II any retiuc-
tion Il made In the present tariff on
sugar the town OF Sugar City and nll
the beet sugar Industry of Colorado
and the West will suffer.
Glcnwood hns always posed rs the
center OF the hunting ficid of the Rocky
Mountain region and It seems that II
can make good these claims. The other
day n monster buck came down OF the
mountain and crossed the Rio Grande
tracks nt West Glenwood. In doing 80
he would have been run over by
switch engine had not the engineer
Stacked his speed. The animal jumped
over fences and ran into the enclosure
ut the West Glcnwood sandhouse md
started across the Grand river. He
swan the river without difficulty, but
on account Of the fringe of ice on the
south side had trouble In getting out
and fioundered about the water fully
ten minutes. during which time several
shots were fired Mt him without effect.
and skipped away. apparently unmind-
frA Of his admiring spectators.
/ An explosion of q water pipe in w.
d. Wilson's kitchen at Loveland COM
pletely demolished the kitchen range
and tore up things generally. The ther-
mometer was about eighteen degrees
below zero when Mr.. Wilson started
fire In the kitchen stove. Some time
was spent in trying to thaw out the
pipes, but without success. Mr.. VIII.
son was standing within two feet of
the stove when the explosion occurred,
but was not hurt. The stove was
blown to pieces, the fragments flying
! in every direction with great force.
Both windows of the room were
smashed and the screens on the outside
were blown Off. The plastering was
broken in various places by broken
| pieces of iron, while the north wall of
the kitchen was moved SO as to loosen
II at the corners. Just how the owner,
being so close, escaped, is n mystery.
The City Council of Denver has lost
the first point In the suit instituted in
the District Court by the Fire and Po-
lice Board to compel the council to ap-