North Park union., 1902-01-31
coLoRADo's CAPITAL.

The Rev. Charles 8. Olmsted or Penn
sylyania, who has been chosen coaoJu-
tor bishop of Colorado, has arrived IN
Denver and Is stopping with Bishop
Spaulding. He will investigate conul-
tinns here and decide whether to accept
the election or not. Although Mr. Oim-
sted is practically a stranger TO Colo
RADIO Episcopalians, his church work
has made him a prominent hgure ID
the country. 1t was his speech at the
general convention in San Francisco
which first brought him into promi-
nence. and led to his election IN this
city on January 9Th.
State Printing Clerk Richard balhh-
ger of the secretary OF states once mas
figured that the six constitutional
amendements contain about a,U
words, or seventy-two folios, oeIng
about S64 lines Of nonpariel. Inc
amendments have to be published four
times in one paper In each county IN
the state, Under the new law the
state pays cents q line for the nrst
insertion and cents line for the
three subsequent publications. That
would make the total cost In each coun-
ty for four publications just $164. 10.
The cost for the tifty-seven counties
would be $0,35712 The additional
cost for publication will be much less
than 5000. 1t will consist OF the
amendemnts being printed on large
placar1s for posting at the poinns
places and elsewhere. 1t Will cost
little more to have the amendments on
the official ballots, but not much.
There is a possibility that the h1tF-
seven county assessors may De asked
to come to Denver during the session
md confer with the committee 10
which the revenue bill will be reported,
and the Legislators in general. The as
SCISSORS may meet as a body and pass
resolutions carrying suggestions to the
solons as to what to do with the section
creating the State Board Of Assessors
and other taxation matters. There is
a growing sentiment that the state
board should be left out and not
touched by this session. AS soon as
possible a constitutional amendment
creating such board can be sub
mitted. In the meantime 1t Is proposed
that the new bill give the county as
SCISSOR the power to assess all prop
erty In his county, personal, real and
corporate, as provided in section 24O OF
the present law. The State Board OF
Equalization can act as board of re
view. 1t will have the power to equal
IZe, but not to reduce assessments. II
the board finds that n county assessor
has not assessed personal, real or cor
pOrnte property at its full cash value,
the board is to have the power to re-
Quire him to do so.
In ruling on n demurrer to COM
plant In n case involving cattle
range, Judge Johnson has given an
opinion to the effect that nobody has
right to drive cattle off a range that Is
not fenced, even IL the land belongs to
individuals or company. The case
was that of ]. =. Sanderson against
Jarvis Richards for damages, and is
practically n fight over the open range
In Elbert county. The plaintiff Is an
old timer and has been running his cat
tie on the range for the past twenty
five years; the defendant Is n new ar
rival, known as the Bijou Cattle Com
pany. When the corporation came In
1t took up a great many alternate sec
tions on what was previously the open
range belonging to the government.
1t Is alleged that when Sanderson put
his cattle out on the range as usual
this year, employs of Richards drove
them Off on the ground that instead of
keeping strictly OH the alternate sec
tiOns belonging to the government they
would wander onto the sections taken
up by the corporation, but unfenced.
Sanderson claims that his cattle were
driven Off the good range into barren
country and many Of them starved,
and therefore claims damages. Judge
johnson held that the case practically
goes to the basis upon, which the open
L. eli
the cattle industry assumed import
ance in this state, and refused to sus-
tain the demurrer, which would have
thrown the case out OF court. He held
that taking up alternate sections did
not give full control Of the range, and
that unless the sections were fenced
the corporation had no right to drive
the cattle of the old settler of the
range. He limited that If the plaintiff
could prove that his cattle were ma
liciously driven from this range that
he would be entitled to damages.
It is expected that a deal will soon
be consummated between the Denver
Union Stock Yards Company and five
prominent capitalists of Denver where
modern packing plant. Capital has
ONSA AASCctiSAtAAS lhS paShhAS OAoA-
ness in Denver for some time, and
at last arrangements are about COM
pleted whereby a new plant with a
capacity for all the hogs, cattle and
sheep that can be found In this terri
tory will find steady market In Den
yer. From another source It is re-
ported that the gentlemen at the head
of the enterprise will be Colonel d. G.
Dodge, formerly the president Of the
Rio Grande Western railroad; John f.
Campion of Denver, George Dodge and
Charles Boettcher, banker and capital
list. The names of the other gentleman
could not be learned. 1t is estimated
that In Colorado alone seventy-dve per
cent. of the fresh meats and packing
house products consumed come from
the eastern packing Houses. All Of the
big concerns have representatives in
Denver who sell their meats direct
from the refrigerator cars, paying lit
tie or no taxes in Denver and putting
up competition against the Denver
packers that has kept them out Of
business except to limited extent. 1t
is the plan Of the new enterprise to not
only secure all of this business, but
to supply the whole western country
from Denver. 1t Is claimed that the
Denver market can reach all of the
West, Southwest and Northwest ON
tormo that will Ofya them tho odyon.