The chronicle=news., 1912-11-27

TaltpE 'Ns DNitIs-N'Nhs
Dear S!r:-The citizens OF Agui-
lar have read the articles In your pa
per regarding the new county move
meat and the unanimous opinion s.
that they have ben ialr-n.ind.d and
Just In every particular.
The cause has iecn m!srcp. senicd
by many Trinidad people and to pu,
the matter before them fairly we
wish a few facts regarding the move
mcnt could be given publicity.
We claim to b. fighting against
taxation without approximation and
against government without the con-
sent OF the governed.
There Is no need CT all this prcju-
dice the sang il stirring up through
the medium OF Its paper. because we
realize out here that possibly were
the tables reversed We might be
lighting the Hughes county move
| men, rs some OF the honest people
OF Trinidad are doing today.
After all is said and done. Trinidad
Is the natural trading place OF Agui-
lar and the residents OF Hughe1
county. and no place VIII receive
more benefit from the development
OF Hughes county. the increase In
population. the increase In wealth
and the increase In crops and pro-
ducc than Trinidad.
| We are simply trying to get home
government and the privilege of eN-
pending our taxes for our own roads
and bridges. and permanent improve
ments within the limits of Hughes
county. which is the Apishapa ysl-
ley.
| Can any one blame us for that?
Our voting precincts have been
\ gerrymandcrcd so shamelcssly that
people almost within n stones throw
OF one voting place. have 10 travel
six or eight miles In another diroc-
ton to reach the voting place OF
their precinct.
The .Jarosa precinct Is over twenty
miles long by wagon road. and peo-
pie living Mt the extreme limits OF
the precinct frequently do not at
tempt to cast their vot owing to
tn. distance and the bad roads. Out
on the plains and c!scwher the gang
is sure of the vote you will fin!
precincts established with only half
the population OF some of our ger
yerrymandered precincts.
| Our coal camps and the little city
of Aguilar afford our ranchmen n
home market and home interests that
long distance and bad roads to Trini-
dnr prohibits.
We can not al! travel in autos ov-
er the Santa Fe trail, and while
thc trail is n good proposition for
Trinidad, we cannot see why ASui-
lar money should be spent upon IT,
for Aguilar and the Apishapa valley
will receive not one whit of the rcve-
nue. created by such road.
We may not be able. should
Hughes county be created. to put in
automobile roads and cement bridges
and other grand improvements all at
once, but We can at least repair the
old broken down wooden once, and
fix roads that have not had one tap
of work done on them for many,
many years. The road between Agui-
lar and Trinidad is the least Travelled
by any of our ranchmen and stock
men of any road in this district. yet
| 1t is held up as one of the accom-
lplishments Of the present county ad-
ministrat!on. And even that road Is
so badly in need of repair as to call
for an expenditure of nearly as much
as it first cost to construct to put
1t in shape again.
But We believe, and are basing our
fight for new county upon the be-
lief, that despite fallacious argument
of the gang. we can improve our
roads and bridges and better our con-
ditions gradually at n lower rate of
taxation than we are paying now.
We are fighting for what we con-