The Elbert County tribune., 1904-07-07
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

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This 1. the greatest quantity of water
| thu. 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 or
| 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 Uzited 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
RADIO and the federal government will
want to present testimony.
The game and fish department has
completed the taking of fish spawn
from the native trout at Emerald lakes
and ps>ced in the hatcheries as fol-
lows: The new hatchery at Durango.
1000, 900 eggs; Denver hatchery, $780,
900 eggs; Gunnison hatchery. $780,
900 eggs; Emerald Lakes Hatch
cry oUbsUuU tEHS. WIN mas
been successfully done under the
supervision OF w. Z. Patrick. sup
erintendent of the Durango hatchery.
The department has now In hatcheries
a. Durango, Emerald lakes, Gunnison
and Denver, from the rainbow trout,
1920 900 eggs, and from the native
trout. 3.440,000 eggs, or a 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.
Where is Sunhower valley? On this
question hinges the proposition of
sinking an artesian well. for which
purpose the last Legislature appropri-
ated 5000. In an indefinite way the
people OF Las Animas county know
that Sunfower valley is about twelve
miles from Trinidad. but how big is IT,
how long and how wide? Some say II
covers a little stretch Of about two
miles; others say 1t Is fully six miles
long. Until the people came to some
agreement the well cannot be sunk.
1t has long been held that there is an
artesian basin under the particular
portion of Las Animas county SO In
definitely described as Sunfiower val
ley, and as the people living In that
Vicinity tOulu use II very nittlJ lOI
drinking water II for nothing else. the
state was asked to appropriate, which
1t did to the extent OF $1,000. The
money is ready and now the only thing
In the way is the question as to what
portion OF the valley the well shall be
located in. The matter has caused
considerable agitation, but State En-
gineer Carpenter. who has just re-
turned from visit there. states that
an agreement will undoubtedly be
reached in the near future and the
work then proceed.--Denver Repub-
lican.
If the work of r. E. Esteb Of Boul-
der is found to be correct, and IL the
courts of the state uphold the conten-
tons which will be made by him on
behalf of the city and county of Dem
yer. the city and county will be rich
err by some 100000. Mr.. Esteb re-
Gently submitted to Treasurer Elder
of the city and county a 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
luluts Vi 6OiHt Vi tnc iiOot
people in the city. Treasurer Elder
will make an effort to collect the
amounts which II is claimed are due.
Suits will be instituted, II 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. 1t is
expected that the payment of the mon
eys asked will be protested and that
lawsuits will follow. 1t is expected
that a 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
Ter citizens of Denver during the last
ten years. The final report OF Ralph
u. Esteb. who has in hand the work of
ferreting out the property on which no
taxes have been paid. has been SUBJ
mitted to Assessor Alexander and the
recapitulation of his work which is
made in that report is indeed a 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 100000 900 and
s40,066.000. 1t is hard to realize the
meaning OF these enormous figures, but
when 1t is said that the old county OF
Arapahoe during the ten years be-