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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
ASSESSMENT ABSTRACT lKi
OF OTERO COUNTY.
A Great Increase in the Wealth Of the
County During the Past Year,
Bat the yagaries Of the Revenue Law Cause Decrease
Of Over SzOee,eO0 in Valuation.

Tho abs,rae, Of assessment Of property
valuation in otsro county was completed
this week by Assessor Adsmond. and the
rolls were taken to Denver for tho in
spsesion Of the state board disqualification.
Tho total assessed valuation for tho year
1902 Is s6.78e.o66. as compared TO ST.
el6.i2i for tho year previous Exclusive
ofrailroad property tho valuation Of prop
er,y In tho county for tho year 1902 Is
s5.s2i. .525. as compared to S&.5si.5 $50
for tho year previous. The valuation OF
railroad and corporate property for tho
year. 1902 si.sl6.74i. and for tho year
previous S5.655.75l. a decrease OF
ness'y fifty par cont
Under tho peculiar workings o! tho
peculiar revenue sss.em in vogue in
Colorado. property vacations In oiefo
county and in fac, all over the state arc
Of vsyy unstable character. IN 1909
tho property valuation In o'aro county.
including railroad and corporate property
was S2.e29.7le. In 1901 Il was S7.si5.-
i2i. and for tho year 1909 Il Is S5.75s.-
o66. Some years tho valuations Increase
by leaps and bounds. and tho very mex;
y0aF uIoy toH ooWu Wtai ouhs stsSNh-
ing ,hud. A stranger within our gates
would certainly find Il very Difficult,
matter to determine from tho assessmen,
roll whether otero county Is progressing
or going backward.
Tho original assessment this year was
made on basis Of two-thirds Of tho full
cash value. but whom tho state board OF
equalization practically cut tho railroad
assessment In two and refused To raise
tho valuation. tho assessors Of tho state
decided and agreed at meeting hold In
Denver TO mako a horizontal reduction OF
twenty pcr cent in tho valuation Of all
other property.
Every itsm in tho assessment roll this
this yaar shows decrease in valuation.
although from \ numerical standpoin;
there has bcsn u decided incrcasc-that
is, there arc moro acres Of agricultural
and grazing land. more horses. cattle.
sheep. mules. otc.. but tho total valua-
ton Is less. There has been an Increase
Of 1924 acres Of agricultural land. and
6.65z aeres Of grazing land. There has
been an increase Of 1879 in tho number
Of horses assessed. an increase Of +.26z
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
Is at the Tabor 0rsnd Denver. all this
Week.

'Los, River" jose Ar;hur's pastoral
melodrama. is said Z be tho best play
this author has ~rftsn Like tho Still
Alarm and Blue Jesr 4 Possesses much
humor and many IsElhg situations in
each act. The most sIsi,ing episode in
Los, River" is wi eco for life in a
heavy thunderstoitH with the hero.
heroine and william al m1untsd upon biey-
eles. Jus, a. the la,isr has gained sui'ie-
ien,ly upon the hero 70 be in position to
stab him in tho baes his uplii,sd hand
falls helpless by his sis with tho ~ris,
shattered by bulls, from tho revolver
Of tho piueky little he me, Los, River
will be seen at the orsHd on Oct. 2is,-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

in tho number Of cattle. Z54 more swine
and sigh,y-iiye more mules. Thir,y-four
mare watches arc assessed. si.ty-ssyen
more musical Instruments, and 522 more
carriages and vehicles. The valuation OF
moneys and credits has decreased from
s6e.2o5 To s56. .525. or nearly fifty per
cent. and the valuation OF bank stock. or
shares In any bank. has decreased from
500. .iso TO se5.545. or si5.es5 less.
Tho figures in detail are as follows:
Acres o! agricultural land. eo.6ss:
value Ss75.ss5.
Acres Of grazing land. se.5s5. value
sl75.5e5.
improvements on land. patented.
s2oe.5a5.
Improvements on paolic lands. s62. .iso.
Town and city lots. s55o.o25. I'm
proyomen,s thereon. s6ii.Se5.
Miles Of railroads. lo6.o5: Si.z56.4z6.
o.Aer railroad property. S55.7ie.
Telegraph lines. S5o.55i.
Telephone lines Si6.oi6.
Aggregate valus Of merchandise
s225.22o.
Aggregate amour, Of capital employed
in manufactures. S&22.28o.
Horses. e.loe: Si6e.o5o.
Mules. 4s2. si4.52o.
Cattle. 55.ssi: SS56.se5.
Sheep. 25.7e5: Ss2.5e5.
SWINE. 2.eo2: S7.255.
Musical instruments. Se9. S2o.l2o.
Clocks and watches. COL: SS.6l5.
Jcwelry. gold and silver plate. diamonds
and other precious stones, $500.
Amount OF money. credits. book ae-
counts and other accounts not evidenced
by writing. cash value Of promisory notos
bonds. debcnturcs and all other written
evidence o! indebtedness. S56.525. Las;
year tho Same item was S6e.2o5.
Carriages and vehicles OF every do
seription. 2,45i; $4,000.
Household property. over and above
exemption. $3.50. o
Furniture and fixtures, Sle.540.
All other. property. s2S.eoo.
Bank stocks or shares in any bank.
Se5.545.
Number Of military polls. 2.244.
Grand total Of all property in tho eoun-
ty. S5,75s.o6e: last year. sz.el5.i2i.
La Junta Tribune.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
A % Days Jsil Sentence for Cruelty
to Horse.

Sunday last Henry MsFord. a eolored
man who claims TO b. an er-U. s. eayal-
~ soldier hired a hpTss at Martins livery
The horse MAS race through the streets.
cut with a whip and I1Refeiiully beaten.
Mr.. Martin sscund his arrest and
Squire Osborn fines hln $40 and sen.
him TO tho La Juntz ali for three mon,hs.
I, is TO DO hoped ths, his fellow did no,
learn his treatment Of hoTses during his
army service.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
Concerning Cards and Calls.

ofts, as the subject of the use Of cards
and liz etiquette of calls is discussed
there are certain points to be- taken up
and explained. and the Deneator for
November supplies a useful chapter on
this head. in which reference is made to
the various usages that govern society IN
Large cities and in towns.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

Those wishing instructions in Painting
will please commence a, as early date
as possible as will no; bc able 10 give
any Lessons after November 80. as all my
,ime will be given 70 Holiday orders.
which are now beainoiag TO Como.
Mrs. Sam Hulso.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
WAN 7D.-A : or room brick house
close to mair Inquire at HouS's Grocery.

LEGAL BLANKS -s's Enterprise
earnes good stock Of leg. blanks. II
VIC do no, have what you want wo can
provide 1t. Hence. eSil AZ this oftiee for
any blank wanted.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
A Rule Which Needs Constant Reit-
Grafton

1t appears that it is necessary to give
notice again that we cannot print anony-
nous communications. however good they
may be. We are always glad to hear
from our subscribers, and to give space
to their yitws on public questions but the
name must be sent with the communica-
tion-not necessarily for publication, but
as an evidence Of good faith Colorado
Springs Telegram.
When will people learn that anony-
nous communications have no standing
in newspaper office or anywhere else.
Old papers for sale at the Enterprise
office. Five cents per package.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
Can and see Craig.

]. 3. Craig has taken the butcher shop
department Of the Govereaus grocery
house and will carry f,rst-elass stock Of
meats. He invites the public to give him
a call.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

Just received 1900 pieces standard
Sheet Music, 10 cents per copy. Call for
catalogue. Rocky Ford Music Co.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
Sen. East and Help flake the Country
0row.

Extra copies OF the Enterprise may be
had at this Office. Price -en,s each or
6 for 26 cents.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

APPLES for sale >, ?. n. Harsin's. at
~ and 2 cents per lad. all hand pick
cd Ben Davis. i9-i
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

A few Navajo rugs from Roy. n. r.
An,es' Faith Mission. Aaa,h. Utah. may
bo soon at tho Entarp'se office.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

For sale for cash, or exchange, set Of
Encyclopedia Britannica, ninth edition.
as good as new. A bargain. Inquire at
this office. lz-tf p
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

Blank contracts for the Topping and
Delivery of Beets for sale at the Enter
prise office, S cents each.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

CARBON PAPER for Typowri,ers and
others may bo found ut tkc Enterprise
office. Orders taken for Typewriter Rib
bons Of tho very best makes.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

wANTED-A plaes on ranch to cook
for small bunch Of rsn. address Mrs.
0illispie. Rocky Ford.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

~ you are looking for ten acre
- tract, we have them. Randel &
Preble, Postoffice Block. l8-tf
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

Pumpkins wanted at canning factory.
For prices, particulars, ETC., apply to
Geo. Draper, manager. lz-tf
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

FOR sAlE-Two EOod wagons. Cal
on r. NJ. HaIsin.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

Always the Best o ricats will be
found at Gorbing's Mos; Market II mol
L.w customer give him call.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

Bay Your Meats Ct osrbIng and I've
we'll.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

flake L. H. Gerbng your butcher At
his Meat Market will be found the very
best. 23tf.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

FOR SALE-A god team Of muies
cheap. Arthur Heymsf, South 9TH and
Sycamore ST.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

TWO furnished rooms for men. Corner
5th and Catalpa, near factory. Mrs
Hillsten. le-2op
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

GOOD PLACE wanted for Ia year
old boy. who wishes to work for his board
while attending school. Call at Enter
prise office. l9-p
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

Bread, the very best, at c. F. Abel
g. Cos.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

Cypher Incubator for sale. l2o egg
size. Good as new. Cheap for cash.
Mrs. Florence Rogers,
l8-l9-p Olney, Colo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

. OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.
D. v. BurreII has leased the
Nuckolls warehouse and is in the
market for Alfalfa Seed, Mexican
Beans and all kinds Of Field
Seeds. All farmers should see
him before selling I8-tf
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10
MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!

Never before have No been 50 we'll
supplied With money 10 loan on Real es-
tate Is at present. Besides Loan Com
pany money We have a large amount Of
home moaey 10 loan at I per cent.
Can make several monthly payment
loans nov With private money. All loans
closed, promptly, no delay.
We also call your attention 10 our
Fire Insurance Companies.
FENLAS0H & CRETCHER.
FOR SALE, 1900 pound mare. En-
quire at Eagle Shops. 1912
FOR SALE, S lots on S. Ninth: very
desirable. Call at 4oe S. Ninth St.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

FOR SALE, 5 lots on S. Ninth; very
desirable. Call at 4o9 S. Ninth St.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

l8-l9-p
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-10

FOR SALE, 1900 pound mare. En-
quire at Eagle Shops. 1912
Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-27
Ping-Pong Is Threatened.

A new game has been invented and Is now being extensively introduced, which Is destined, according to its de voices, to cast ping-pong into an eclipse This pastime Is described by a New Zealand newspaper as table game" played with a miniature pair of bellows and an air ball. which Is very light. At each end of the table are upstand-goals and the play lies in directing the ball through the oppo- nent's goal. This, by stroke of luck, may be done in a few minutes, or 1t may not be accomplished in night. The authority on 'piff-puff'' comments on the hazards of the game as follows: ''The ball in no way confines itself to the table, as a too vigorous puff may send 1t circling upward to the ceiling and the player, nursing his impatience, stands waiting his opportunity to gent ly blow 1t back into place."
Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-27
BicYClea in France.

Americans who wish to travel lnex. pensively In France are advised to take their bicycles with them. The transatlantic companies make no charge for carrying q wheel if the pas senger has a trunk, and the duty he pays on entering France Is refunded when he starts for home. In France there are no bad roads. All are shady, level, beautifully smooth. You can buy road maps that are simply perfect, and If you have had yourself connected with the Touring Club of France tan easy fornality) you will have its list of hotels with fixed low prices-half, perhaps, what you would pay in the same hotels as swell railway tourist In Paris these same counsels will go far toward saving you from useless ex- pense. One word, however, as to the bicycle costume Even in Paris you will find 1t badge to keep down ex- pense; wear 1t In the daytime, with dis erection. When the evening comes, however, take off that bicycle suit! IL will hurt you! The Parisians resent the careless look of It. They think: Here Is a man who mocks himself of us." Why the Englishman, who is hated creature, gets half of his bad name from his loud tweeds. knlcker. lockers, steamer cap, and bulldog pipe, which he persists In wearing to the opera, theaters, and dance halls of the capital. It will be far more profitable to dress in your evening clothes each night for dinner-yes, even though you take 1t in a Duval restaurant! The French are old-fashloned. They re- spect the dress suit, arguing: ''The man has dressed for us, to look correct when he goes to our theaters and mu- sic halls" Or else: He has an en- gagement with ladies; he must be the right sort"
Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-27
Brief Suggestions,

To dust carved furniture there Is nothing better than a painters brush.
 To preserve roses and other flowers and to prevent their opening out fur ther in water put n little salt in the vase you arrange them In.
 To make a damp cupboard dry keep in 1t bowl of quickllme. The quick lime must be renewed from time to time, as 1t loses Its power.
 To prevent a teapot from dripping rub little butter round the spout. This will keep the tea from trickling down when 1t Is poured out.
 A good wrinkle for mending a hole in an umbrella is to stick on very firm ly black court plaster inside of the umbrella. This'is not so much seen as darn.
 Mildew stains can be removed by rubbing plenty of soap and powdered chalk on the garment and placing it in the sun. It may be necessary to re peat thls operation.
 Immediately after opening a can of meat, fish, soups CT vegetables pour its contents into a dish. Many cases of metallic poisoning reported are due not to poison in the canned food but to putrefactiye changes that occurred after the can was opened. To make homemade knife cleaner cover an old board with a strip of Brussels carpet. Thickly cover the board with powdered bath brick and keep an end of 1t wet First rub the knives on the wet bath brick and then finish off on the dry. Knives are pol ished we'll and quickly in this man. her.
 To clean cream roller curtain blinds take the curtains down, lay them across table and then rub them well on each side with clean flannel dipped In cream powdered starch, including the lace, if they be trimmed. Next roll up the curtains and leave them till next day when the starch should be rubbed off with clean piece of fan nel.
 i, To clean white straw hat mix lem on juice with powdered sulphur and apply it to the hat with small brush an old toothbrush will do nicely then rinse in clean cold water and wipe with a dry cloth. This treatment will not only clean but will also whiten sunburnt straw. Dry in the shade and If 1t be a sailor hat let 1t remain on a table or board, so that the brim may dry flat.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-27

The civil service commission seems determined to oyerdo the 'eXamina- tion" business, and in this spirit has ordered annual examinations of its own employees, whether they are up for pro motion or not, with the expectation, so 1t is said. of securing the adoption of such a policy throughout the classi- fled service. The truth of the matter is that the examination" business is the least valuable of all the features of reform in the civil service. Judged by its standard, business veterans would fail before high school boys and girls young enough to be their grandchil- dren. The only real occasion for an examination Is upon entering the ser vice. Such entry from private life should be confined to the lower branches alone, all other places to be filled by promotion on efficient ser vice.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-27
The Flushing Tree.

Among the many wonders of the vast Florida swamps there is nothing more surprising than the blushing tree. II actually blushes when the rain falls upon it. The mysterious and beautiful glow of color which 1t assumes in a rainstorm baffies description. AS the rain trenches tree, gradually, yet un- mistakably. the green hue gives way tu pink In a few minutes the green fades from sight. Only in n few half-hidden spots, beneath broad branches and on it's trunk, Is there a tinge of green to be seen. The tree is as pink as the cheeks of a healthy girl. After an hour or more, when the shower Is oyer, the tree assumes its familiar green once more. As it is changing back, the spec tator suddenly realizes the secret Of the phenomenon. Certain tiny insects and not the tree itself, change color These peculiar parasites are possessed of the power of chameleons. In the bright warm sunshine they are greener than the tree on which they live, but when the chilly rain falls upon them they contract their tiny backs ana be come a pretty pink tint. Millions of these change the color of the tree and make 1t appear to be blushing.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-27

For the vast majority of self-respect- ing men throughout the modern civil
 ized world the ability to perform
 important of the things which make life worth living. However highly men
 may value their leisure however much
 they may prize their pleasures and
 comforts, they are, after all, incidental.
 Even among men of wealth the num-
 Der of those who abandon all useful oc-
 equation and give themselves over to idleness is small. All men shrink with
 dread from the idea that it may ever be
 said of them that they have outlived
 their usefulness. Man, in short, is de
 pendent upon his toll in more ways than one. It may not be true that
 work Is his treason for being" but it is
 a very large and important part of his
 being. It is his lasting solace and re- source-the one thing which remains to him after nearly everything else in life has been taken away. In taking up the question of an "age limit and op-
 posing the practice which tends to dis qualify men over 45 years of age as too old for useful labor, the Chicago
 Federation of Labor is fighting against
 cruel and senseless discrimination.
 At 45 men still have twenty-five years
 to live before their allotted span is run The majority of them have from fifteer,
 to twenty years of very useful activity
 before them. Frequently men attail, their fullest and best powers at 30
 when any loss of mere manual dexter ity is more than compensated for by
 experience and ripened judgment. In
 deed, 1t may be set down as a general
 truth that among men who have lived
 sober and careful lives the years i'm
 medlately following 45 are among the best. It is trite declaration that the present age is the young mans age, but the men who are young to-day will themselves be 45 tomorrow. Neither they nor their elders can afford to em- brace the false hypothesis that the la
 bor market with propriety can be regu-
 lated by an arbitrary adjustment of age limits. The labor supply is regu- lated by the number of sound and capa- ble men who can work, be their age 25
 or GO. It would be an absurd economic
 doctrine, under present conditions, which held that the activities of the
 world were to be carried on by men
 between certain ages, and that all oth- CTS must consent to be shelyed as unfit for further service.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-27
REGENT JUDICIAL DECISIONS.

A retail coal dealer injured by com bination between wholesalers and fa- vored retailers to monopolize the busi- ness, enhance prices and drive other retailers out of the business, is held in Hawarden ys. Youghiogheny l.. Coal Company (Wis), 55 l.. k. A. S2s, to have right of action against the con spirators for the damages caused there by.
 An assessment upon abuttlng proper ty of the cost of a street improvement Is held in King vs. Portland (Ore.), 55 L. R. A. SIP, to be properly upheld whenever 1t Is not patent and obvious that the plan or method adopted has resulted In imposing a burden In slb- stantial excess of the benefits or dis proportionate within the district as be- tween owners.
 A railroad company Is held In Sco- field vs. Pennsylvania Company e. c. A, 9th O, 56 L. R. A. 224. not to be able to absolve itself from its duty to carry a passenger to his destination by taking up his ticket so as to re- qulre him to sue for the breach of the contract thereby censummated, arM prevent his suing for the tort In case he is subsequently ejected from the train.
 A statute fixing maximum and min mum fine, to be recovered by indict- ment as a penalty against a railroad company for negligently killing a pas senger, which shall be paid to the executor for the use of the widow and child. or next to kin, Is held. In Boston & NJ. R. R. vs. Hurd e. c. A. 1st @, 58 L. R. A. 193, not to be so strictly penal that 1t cannot be enforced In other jurisdictions. With this case Is note reviewing the authorities on conflict of laws as to action for death or bodily injury.
 An assessment under an English statute approved by English courts in a proceeding for winding up a corpor- ation, to which a foreign stockholder has not assented, Is held, In Bank of China, Japan and the Straits vs. Morse (N. YD, 58 L. R. A. 139, to be properly uStu dBdluSI ului ptl- sonally by the courts of his domicile. where 1t operates prejudicially to him and favorably to other stockholders, and where he neither appeared nor was personally served with process in the windingup proceeding.
 That contract for the transmission of telegram Is made in State the laws of which do not allow damages for mental anguish for its breach Is held, in Gray vs. Western Union T~'-ao graph Company Tenn.), 56 l.. R. A. 3O1, not to prevent a recovery of such damages for neglecting to promptly de liver 1t In a State whose statutes make such neglect public offense, subject Ing the offender to liability for the injuries thereby caused and whose courts permit the consideration of men, tai anguish in fixing the damages. A note to this case collects the authori- ties on conflict of laws as to measure of damages.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-27

This Is an age of wonders as well as of expansion, and for this reason we are the less surprised when We read in a New York paper that six young men of Rhode Island went deliber- ately to luncheon given by six so- ciety buds. and late all their young hostesses cooked" Now, If We were called upon to eat young society bud, however tender and toothsome, we should undoubtedly prefer her cooked; but with all our strenuous notions and our new ideas gained from our Asiatic possessions. we do not think the prece- dent good or safe one. A girl may be pretty enough to eat, but 1t does not follow that she should be eaten, either cooked or raw. For that matter, we always thought Rhode Island was ia. nous more for its turkeys than for Its women. and We hope that the next time this temptation presents Provi dence will appear in the nick of time as in the memorable case of Abraham and Isaac, and designate turkey caught fast in the thicket.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-27
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with but indifferent success, to make various sugar-coated language-lesson series do the work formerly accom- plished by old-fashioned grammars In giving students an accurate working knowledge of their mother tongue One natural consequence of these attempts is that the number Is comparatively much smaller than 1t once was of SO called well-educated young people who can tell with certainty whether or not they speak and write just what they wish to express.
 Thorough drill in formal grammar should be made a prominent feature in every school whose pupils are not less than 10 years old or more than 25. But, inasmuch as this subject, as usually presented, is found to be very difficult and uninterestlng for pupils under 10 years of age. 1t may well be preceded by an elementary course in language lessons, which will enklndle interest and prepare the mind for the solid work in analysis and construction which should follow.-Success.