The Arvada enterprise., 1910-11-04

under the direction of Miss Ger
trude A. Dier. The proceeds
will be for the benefit of G. E
society of the Presbyterian church,
About fifty of our town people
will take part and many attract
i've choruses will be introduced
by the children and young peo-
pie. Get your tickets early.
Tickets on sale at the drug
store.
We had the pleasure, or other
wise of listening to political
harrangue Wednesday night by
Senator DeLong of Grand Jun
ction. The Senator paced the
floor aud grew vociferously elo-
quent in denouncing the trusts
and Democrats and in eulogising
John B. Stephens for governor
and James c. Bunger for Con-
gress. While denouncing the
trusts he failed to mention that
he voted for Senator Guggen-
helm, (of the monopoly smelter
trust) for United States Senator,
he also failed to point with
pride" to the factthat John B.
Stephens and James C. Bunger
also voted for Mr.. Guggenheim.
Why did he Withhold this infor-
nation from his hearers? There
was a mighty good reason why,
and we honestly question the
right of any man to set himself
up as a guide to public honesty
of thought and action who coun-
tenanced and supported by his
vote the election of Simon Gug-
genheim. This is too recent to
be forgotten. Such a man we
consider utterly; unfit to teach
lmerr how to vote.
| To the editor of the Arvada
Enterprise. -
fnasmuch as there appeared in
the Peoples Press and the Golden
Globe two column article la
menting that | did not tell all I
knew about the affairs of the As
sessor's Office, and since they
did not attempt to answer or in
any way overthrow my state
ments, but sought rather to ac-
count for some items mentioned,
please allow me, through your
paper, to explain somewhat also.
In one short article it is impos-
sible to say all that the people
are entitled to know and even
now / will not ask for space to
say all that I wish the people
might know.
So far as this land in question
is concerned, it is one of the
most tangled affairs in the county
and too long a story to explain
here, suffice to say that after all
rebates have been allowed, it is
now bringing in more revenue
than it has for many years back.
The vacation deed we are accused
of ignoring in 1909 was filed for
record on October 3rd 1910, book
165. page 1923.
The, excuse made for Lewis
and Newcomb for not putting in
a card system free of all cost to
the county except for cards and
filing cases seems to US very
Ifiimsy as these things cost So
little. Our land slip. cases cost
just $225 and the card boxes
were made by a local carpenter.
The maps and charts in our
possession which are valuable to
this office were not taken from
the clerks office, neither are
they duplicated there.
AS for the extra expense in
this Office, without looking up an
item let us take their figures but
please compare the expense with
the expense of the clerks office
at the same period. Now | know
that this is hard to do for the
reason that the clerks report
does not show what theNreceipts
or expenses of that Office are.
We know this, however, that
during Mr. Newcombs last term,
the clerk, with one deputy did
the work of the clerk. IS office
now it keeps four persons busy.
If the work of that office is