The Holly chieftain., 1904-07-08
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

man now contains 155 feet OF water
This is the greatest quantity OF water
that has ever been in the reservoir, 1t
being fifty-seven feet higher than at the
same time last year. Sufficient water
is said to be on hand to run the city of
Denver for several years. The water
comes within fifty-seven feet OF the top
OF the dam.
George A. Richardson OF Roswell,
New Mexico, who has been appointed
by the United States Supreme Court
to take testimony in the kansas-Col-
orado litigation over the waters in the
Arkansas river. has been comforting
with the attorneys on both sides OF the
case. He announces that the taking
of evidence in the suit will begin July
18th at place not yet selected. The
hearing will not be finished before
May 18th of next year. Kansas, Colo
rado and the federal government will
| want to present testimony.
! A reply brief in the case of Perry
i Tuttle and Elmer Shanks, convicted of
being the murderers of Joseph Meenan,
was filed June 29th in the Supreme
Court by Wolcott, Vaile & Waterman.
The brief was devoted to a discussion
of the information act of 1893. and
! the state against the convicted men
| was not properly drawn. Counsel con-
tended that there must be showing OF
| probable cause before warrant could
| properly issue, and stated that in this
case no oath or affidavit supported the
charges.
The game and fish department has
| completed the taking of fish spawn
| 1, 1,l.
| and placed in the hatcheries as fol-
| lows: The new hatchery at Durango
2,000,S00 eggs; Denver hatchery, $780,
600 eggs; Gunnison hatchery. 320,-
900 eggs; Emerald Lakes Hatch
cry. s00,oO eggs. This work has
| been successfully done under the
supervision of w. E. Patrick, sup
erintendent of the Durango hatchery.
! The department has now in hatcheries
at Durango, Emerald lakes. Gunnison
and Denver, from the rainbow trout.
1920, 900 eggs. and from the native
trout, 3,440,00O eggs, or total of s.
100000 eggs, with Steamboat Springs
/ hatchery yet to be filled, where will be
| placed 100000 eggs of native trout
taken from Trappers' Lake.
If the work OF R. E. Esteb Of Boul-
courts of the state uphold the conten-
tions which will be made by him on
behalf of the city and county of Den
YER the city and county will be rich
er by some $4,000 900 Mr.. Esteb re-
Gently submitted to Treasurer Elder
of the city and county list of the
names of persons who are said to have
had their assessments on personal
property omitted since 1890. Mr. Esteb
was appointed by the old Board OF
County Commissioners for the purpose
of looking into the omitted assessments
from 1890 TO 1900. The list includes the
names of some of the most prominent
people in the city. Treasurer Elder
will make an effort to collect the
amounts which it is claimed are due.
Suits will be instituted, if necessary.
Esteb is to get twenty per cent. of the
taxes collected. 1t was stated at the
court house that Mr. Esteb has engaged
legal talent to assist in the prosecution
of the claims against the parties
named. Notices will be sent out by the
treasurer to those named in the last
list submitted to the treasurer. II is
expected that the payment of the mon
eys asked will be protested and that
lawsuits will follow. 1t is expected
that number of legal questions will
arise II the cases are taken into the
courts. One is whether the statute OF
limitations will run against the claim
of the city and county. Those who seek
to have the amounts paid claim that
taxes become perpetual liens on the
personal property sought to be taxed.
Limited indeed is the comprehen.
sion any one has had up to this time
as to the extent of tax lodging that
has been going on among the wealth
ier citizens of Denver during the last
ten years The final report of Ralph
E. Esteb, who has in hand the work of
ferreting out the property on which no
taxes have been paid, has been sub
mitted to Assessor Alexander and the
recapitulation of his work which is
made in that report is indeed sur
prise. He shows by it that 5000 per-
sons have failed to turn in complete
lists of their tangible property, such
as notes, mortgages, stocks and bonds,
to the assessor. as they are re-
quired to do by law. The taxes now
owing by these 5000 persons to the
city and county of Denver will amount
to somewhere between $50, 100000 and
100000. 1t is hard to realize the
meaning of these enormous figures, but
when it is said that the old county Of
Arapahoe during the ten years be-
tween 1890 and 1900 raised only $685.
600 900 by taxation it will be seen that
property of one-half the valuation of
all of that in the county escaped tax
alton. This property is all of that in
tangible nature which cannot be found
by deputy assessor who goes into
the field to fix value upon real es-
tate or upon horses and cows. Mort
cages ranging in amount from 500 to
| $500 900 have escaped and their own