Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Proposed Sests Mssslss Of Assessors.

There Is q good deal Of speculation
among those interested in the actions OF
the state beard Of equalization and the
state board Of assessors as 70 the mean
ing Of the call for joint meeting OF the
two bodiss which has smanatsd from
members Of the board Of equalization.
None Of the assessors through the state
have rses,vsd Official notice Of the meet
ing. which is called for nsxt Monday.
The state Of Colorado will BY the end
Of this year b. about 100000 short Ia
iss revenues. and the governor and other
members Of the board are anxious TO have
this amount made up by the various as
ssssors In their valuations for the coming
year. The law provides that the assss-
sors shall meet In August Of each year
and Ale with the secretary Of STATE an ab-
straes Of their assessment Prior 70 this.
however, the state hoard Of equalization
must meet and hx its assessmsnt on the
railroad property Of the stats.
Governor Peabody and the other os'i-
GERS competing this board admit that BY
their efforts 70 have . josnt meeting they
are sndsavoFing TO have the assessors
raise Their valuation against the proper
tics In their counties to meet the state de-
f,cisnciss before the railroad assessment
10 made for the year.
ait Ia we'll known" said Governor Pea
body. that tho assessors throughout the
.,ats are not complying with the law and
holding their valuations up to the full cash
value Of the properties. Al the meeting
which we are TO hold ws hops 70 induce
the assessors 70 place their figures some
x,hsrs near the full cash value"
n the assessors can b forced to place
themselves on record on Monday as TO
what their valuations for the year will BE-
then the STATE board Of equalization will
proceed and raise the rest OF its necessary
funds BY valuation on the railroads. No
raiss. however. will b made In the rail-
road valuations until svery short TO have
the county assessors raise their vaiua-
tons has proven futile.-Denxsr News.
nypsotism No Scrsea for Crime.
Judge voorhees, came down from Pus-
bio last Monday and held short session
of the district court Solomon Cohen. .
gentleman Of Hebrew extraction. pleaded
guilty TO forging . check for SIS. but put
IN n very startling defense as an excuse
for The crime. A Rocky Ford merchant
cashed the check. which was drawn on .
Rapid City. S. D.. bank. Cohen receiving
a pair Of shoes and the balance In cash.
Hs claimed that when he committed the
crime he was under the spsll Of . hyp-
notist with whom he had been travel
inn across the country. He came to La
Junta later and had another SPELL. dur
ing which he tried TO induce s. r. Men
dleson to cash another check. Mr..
Mendslson, however. put the officers next
and Mr.. Cohen was arrested and slung In
duranes vile. Judge voorhees,. in passing
sentence. did not seem to think much OF
the "hypnotic spsll' business. and gave
Mr.. Cohen from two to three years In tho
penitentiary. during which time he Will
probably have ample opportunity to work
Of the hypnotic influence which pervades
his being.-La Junta Tribune.
Concerning River Bridges.
At the last session Of the legislature an
appropriation Of $500 was made to aid
in the construction Of bridge across the
Arkansas at La Junta. The site Of the
proposed bridge is only about one-haif
mile from the present bridge. Another
bridge SO clor , TO the present one would
shorten the distance slightly for portions
Of the Holbrook country. but the chief
benefit would accrue to Himebaugh d
jackson, owners Of the North La Junta
townsite, who offered to loan the county
Sl.6oo, which, together with the states
S4,6oo, might build the bridge. The
commissioners evidently thought that
H,mebahph & jackson would be the prin-