The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-08
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

| Union Water Company at Lake Chees-
| man no." contains 155 feet OF water
This is The greatest quantity OF water
that has over been in the reservoir. it
| being bi'g-seven feet higher than at the
same tine last year. Sufficient water
Is SAL mp be on hand to run the city OF
| DenN'E for several years, The water
come thin iifty-seven feet of the top
of the dam.
Georco A Richardson of Roswell.
| New NrNico, who has been appointed
by The 'nited States Supreme Court
| to tax" testimony in the kanSasCOl-
orado litigation over the waters in the
| ArkansaS river. has been comforting
| with IN" attorneys on both sides of the
case. He announces that the taking
of evidence in the suit will begin July
| 15th a. place not yet selected. The
hearing Will not be finished before
May l5'h of next year. Kansas. Colo
| rado and the federal government will
want 10 present testimony.
A reply brief in the case of Perry
Tuttle aud Elmer Shanks. convicted OF
being the murderers of Joseph Meenan.
was filed June 18th in the Supreme
Court by Wolcott. Vale & Waterman.
The lrIcj was devoted to a discussion
of the Information act of 1893. and
argued that the information filed by
the state against the convicted men
was not properly drawn. Counsel con-
tended hat there must be showing OF
probabe cause before a warrant could
proper,y issue, and stated that in this
case no oath or affidavit supported the
charges.
The game and fish department has
.1yT#. C,l,
from III" native trout at Emerald lakes
and placed in the hatcheries as fol
! lows: The new hatchery at Durango.
2,000,sQO eggs: Denver hatchery, 32O.-
900 eggs; Gunnison hatchery. 800
900 eggs: Emerald Lakes Hatch
cry, 100000 eggs. This work has
supervision of W. f. Patrick. sup
erintendent of the Durango hatchery.
The department has now in hatcheries
at Durango, Emerald lakes, Gunnson
and Denver, from the rainbow trout,
2,320,0Oo eggs. and from the native
trout, $40 900 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.
der is found to be correct, AMI II the
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 s3,OOO00O, 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 immssiOners 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
viii 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
legaI 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. 1t is
expected that the payment of the mon
eys asked will be protested and that
lawsuits will follow. 1t is expected
thai 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 zen going on among the wealth
ier Cttizens of Denver during the last
ten cars. The final report of Ralph
L. Es'eb. who has in hand the work OF
| ferr"'ng out the property on which no
taxcs have been paid has been sub
mirtei to Assessor Alexander and the
reconciliation Of his work which is
made in that report is indeed sur
prise He shows by it that 5000 per-
sons rave failed to turn in complete
lists Of their tangible property. such
as notes, mortgages, stocks and bonds
| to the assessor. as they are re
| uuired to do by law. The taxes now
owing by these 5000 persons to the
city and county of Denver will amount
/ to sumewhere between $50 900 900 and
| 10000 900. 1t is hard to realize the
| meaning Of these enormous figures, but
when il is said that the old county of
! Arapahoe during the ten years be-
tweeu 1890 and 1900 raised only $35.-
| 900 JtJ by taxation it will be seen that
| properly Of onehalf the valuation OF
| all Of hat in the county escaped tax
alton. This property is all of that in
Tangible nature which cannot be found
by a deputy assessor who goes into
the fed to AK value upon real es.
tate or upon horses and cows. Mort
gage ranging in amount from 800 to
$4,000 have escaped and their own
ers have paid nothing to the county.
althOugh a mortgage for $4,000 is
taXable Just the same as department
store worth that amount OF money. The