The Meeker herald., 1902-02-01

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Ground rather. than the output consti-
tute the basis for the assessors valu-
alton.
There II 4 strong sentiment among
the senators against reducing the num-
ber Of Senate employees. The corps
consists Of thirty-seven men, women
and boys. 1t ID thought the least num-
hee possible for the transaction Of bus
iness IL shout twenty-five. Last year
the work Of the Senate was consider
ably hampered by some OF the clerks
being incompetent. The senators do
not care to experience the same this
session, and for that reason may en-
ploy the same number as during the
regular session. '.That will insure the
business Of the Senate not only being
kept up, but properly attended to-,
said q senator. "While am in favor
Of economy. think 1t 10 poor economy
In the end to limit the number Of en-
ployes when we cannot secure compe.
tent ones. voted to give each sena-
tor positively the same patronage he
had last session"
Thirty-hve Of the fusionists members
of the House responded to the call for
a caucus In the printing room OF the
House Tuesday. PochOn Of Pueblo
was continued - chairman and Plat
of Boulder was made secretary. It
soon developed that those present were
agreed upon the proper policy to adopt
Everyone, however, was given an OPP
p0rtunity to express his views and
then q motion to support the present
ORGANISATION Of the House was carried
unanimously. 1t was then decided to
empower the Speaker with authority
to name committee Of fve which
should select the employees Of the
House. An adjournment was taken
subject to the call of the chair. The
reorganizers were waiting outside the
caucus to learn the result and when
they secured the news they abandoned
the fight against the Speaker. The fol-
lowing responded to their names In the
caucus: Bailinger. Beatty, Bradley. Ca.
ley, Cannon, Chisholm, Davis, Dun.
lazy, Eaches, Fall, German, Ham.
niond, Hearts, Hollenbeck, Judkins,
Kennedy, Lorber, Madden, Martin, Nc
CURE, Meredith, Montgomery Ueller),
Morris, Medley. OConneil. Ong. Pitschke.
Platt Pochon, Raney. Hawaii. schwei-
CERT, Sprague, White. Willits. Mont
gomery Of Larmer was unable to b
present on account Of another engage
ment, 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 fgures, and notice was sent ia
Judge Dixon at Pueblo that the board
had completed Its work In accordance
with his writ Of mandamus. The lista
were turned over to the auditor and Il
once sent to the corporations affected.
The board now considers its work done
and every member drew q long breath
when he came from the meeting.
The mayor and other ofncials Of -
gar City. Colorado, have sent . peti-
ton to President Roosevelt opposing
any change in the tariff ON sugar for
the beenft Of Cuba. Sugar city, tAs
petition says, is entirely dependent up
on the beet sugar industry that has
sprung mp there within the last two
years. 1t declares that II any redue-
sugar the town Of Sugar City and all
the beet sugar industry OF Colombo
and the West will suffer.
Glenwood has always posed ~ the
center Of the hunting ileid of the Rocky
Mountain region and 1t seems that 1t
can make good these claims. The other
day a monster buck came down Oh the
mountain and crossed the Rio Grande
tracks ut West Glenwood. In doing 20
he would have been run over by q
switch engine had not the engineer
Stacked his speed. The animal Jumped
over fences and ran into the enclosure
At the West Glenwood sandh0use and
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 houndered about the water fully
ten minutes, during which time several
shots were fired at him without effect
As soon as he landed he shook himself
and skipped away, apparently unmtnd
~ OF his admiring spectators.
An explosion Of a water pipe in W.
d. Wilson's kitchen at Loveland com
pletely demolished the kitchen range
and tore up things generally. The Their
mOmeter was about eighteen degreea
below zero when Mr.. Wilson started .
IRE 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 Of. The plastefing was
broken in various places by broken
pieces Of iron, while the north wall Of
the kitchen WIS moved 80 AZ to loosen
II at the corners Just how the owner,
being 70 close, escaped, is a mystery.
| The City Council Of Denver has lost
the Arst point in the suit instituted In
the District Court by the Fire and Pc
lice Board to compel the council to ap-
proDrfate to maintain tho flra and no.