The chronicle=news., 1912-11-21
AGuILAR DISTRICT
STARTS FIGHT FOR
new COUNTY AGAIN

shnpa valley assembled NJ Il mass
meeting held at Morris Pitts hall
last night. took the initial step to
lay before the next general assem-
bly Of the state of Colorado their
claims for u new county OF which
Aguilar shall be the county seat. The
inspiration OF this meeting was the
| action of the board Of county COM
missioners In raising the tax levy and
that action WAS condemned In strons
language by the speakers of the eve
ming. particularly George w. Nor
man. Committees were mined 10 take
Immediate steps to organize a cam
paisn In the hope OF having a bill In
troduced ut the special session Of the
Legislature next month. called by the
governor for the purpose Of naming
Charles $. Thomas United States
senator.
Judge David Wes; was named
chairman OF the meeting and explain
ed the purpose in calling the people
together. Edgar Sherman was chos-
| en- secretary. He related the history
OF the movement for new county
launched more than year ago and
,old how the bill was introduced In
the house and passed by n large ma
jority ana that II WAS lost by the
senate committee. He declared that
Senator l'arcla was responsible for
the defeat OF the bill. W. W. Linz
sry declared that the only way to get
the county was to get out and work
In, . Il Ian h.. oh "a tv.lra hat
ter this year than before.
Dr. e. ID. Livingston outlined the
cgtcn, and boundaries of the pro-
posed new county. which would be n
county OF the fifth class. with an
assessed valuation OF $l.OO0.OOO and
which with the present tax levy and
revenue In licenses OF all kinds would
give the county close to 100000 on
which to run. The population OF
the now county would be 1900 pco-
pie. he said and II would include
Hastings. pclagua. Bcrwind and Ia
hasco and extend as far north as
Pryor. taking In - small portion Of
Hucriano and splitting Las Animas
county In half lcngthwisc. lie said
that Aguiinr WAS digging up about
81 5000 n year in taxes for roads that
they had never realized ON for eight
cen years.
George Norman condemned the ac-
iion OF the county commissioners.
does anybody think he said. "thnt
/ IL the new county was created that
We would build II 100000 court
house and appropriate $4,000 for
roads from which Aguilar would re-
'coiv. one cement BRIDGE" Mr.. Nor
man charged that nine tcnths OF the
available money appropriated by the
commissioners had been expended In
the vicinity OF Trinidad and that the
Aguilar district had never got any
thing back In improvements. 1T Is
not n matter or politics" declared
Norman. but u matter OF justice.
II we work together believe we can
.cxplain TO the state legislature the
injustice OF keeping this growing
community tied TO the wheels OF u
political machine which lcvics as
rrclslcss!y as Il cNpends wantonly
and that our claims will be recog-
rized. not from political feeling. but
because OF the justice of our fight"
An executive committc was named
composed OF A. |. Lindsey. E.nrico
Nalcntini. a. II. Cavcnah. DR.. Asa
Harvey. &. W. Norman aud j. j. Cor
doya. Finance committee. David IVES.
Adam Turner. y. W. Jones, II. u.
King. Morris Pitti. J. Musgravc. DR..
A. G. Gregg. J. -. Gurule. y. W.
wccsher. Committee on lines. data
and resources. Dr. c. d. Livingston.
II. c. Cossum. j. ". Jamison, ".
W. Lindsey. Charles salisbury. Ed
gar sherman, George Sallec and Joe
Ray.
The plan is to have a bill intro
duccd in the special session of the
Legislature IL possible and II not TO
hn hn 1,t i,,