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Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
OTHER COUNTIES KICKING.

The Herald was among the very
first papers to note the discrepancy
in county valuations even under the
present law. Under tie old law Ia
Plata county stood at tn head of the
list o. high valuations and for years
The Herald showed how we were pay
ing more than our share of state
taxes. Under the present tax COM
mission law it was supposed Unequal
ices would be adjusted Int they ap-
pear n1Ie vicious than ever and We
find many other counties kicking
through officials as noted from the
following from the Denver Republi-
can of a few days ago:
Demanding that the assessments
Of Denver and Weld counties be rails
ed to a fall casn vllua.'o'i basis OF
that their own taxes be educed, a.
SCISSORS of Mesa, Montrose and Otero
counties appeared before the state
tax commission yesterday.
Assessor Brown of Mesa county
who was sent to Denver by the coun-
ty commissioners, claims that the
taxes Of his county should be re-
dueed 20 to 80 per cent if the tax
commission does not force Commits
sioner Pitcher and the assessor of
Weld county to raise their assess
ments.
'He said yesterday: 1T is not fair
that the smaller counties should be
forced to assess on full cash val
uation and two larger counties be al
lowed to turn in assessments that
are 20 to 30 per cent lower. We will
demand that the assessments of all
the counties of the state be equal
lied or | will see that Mesa's assess
ment next year will be so low that
the state will receive practically
nothing from our section
Assessors Park of Montrose and
Gaugher of Otero represented their
respective counties.
''The tax commission has not de-
cided what action it will take, or has
the authority to take, in equalizing
the assessments. 1t is claimed that
the commission has only the power
to lower assessments, and to satisfy
protesting counties would be to lower
the state revenue.
Assessor Pitcher of Denver coun.
ty insists that his assessments have
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
ROAD BUILDING ACTIVITY.

The Good Roads year book for 1913
issued by the American Highway as
sociation of Washington, u. c., con-
tains some remarkable figures rela-
tive to road bond obligations assum-
ed up to December 81, by states,
counties and townships.
State bonds authorized, $136,s7s,-
900.
County and township bonds out
standing sl55,633,9 ,955.
County and township bonds voted
in 1912, s2s,74s.5oS.
This valuable volume also deails
the progress of road building, the
road laws, and the methods of work
ing whether by convict or free lab
orr in all states.
The mileage of improved roads is
brought down to December. 1911.
The total mileage of public roads is
placed at 2,22,2ss, and the total of
improved roads at 224,4S5; which
makes the total percentage of roads
improved l0.1 per cent. This is an
increase of 22,603 miles of public
roads and 34,0os miles of improved
roads since 1909 when the percent
age of roads improved was s.66.
This compendium of information on
all road matters will aid every COM
mercial organization whose officials
are interested in the good roads cam
paign.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
TESTING RAILROAD SCALES.

The railroads annually collect ap-
proximately $4,000, 900, according
to the department of commerce, from
the shippers Of the country, on scales
which belong to and are operated en-
tirely by the roads, and over which
neither the shipper nor the govern
ment has any control, nor, indeed any
information as TO the correctness of
the scales. In order to secure in
formation that will enable the gov
ernment to draw reliable conclusions
as TO what shall be done to guaran-
tee the accuracy of railroad weights,
and also for the purpose of aiding
the railroads to install correct scales,
the bureau of standards was allow
ed an appropriation of $4,000 by
congress for the purchase Of a test
weight car equipment
The appropriation became available
on July 1st.
The equipment ordered by the bu-
reau will differ radically in principle
from any in use. Instead of the
wheels, brakes, and other movable
parts OF the car constituting part of
the standard weight, as is customary,
the bureau proposes to carry a series
of 10000 pound weights and truck
for moving them on the scales, in a
specially designed car provided with
a power crane and other accessories.
The advantage of this arrangement is
that the weights may be standard
lied and transported from one end of
the country to the other with a rea-
sonable assurance that they will re-
main constant, whereas if the run
ming gear is included in the weight
of the test car it would be necessary
to verify this weight at frequent in
tervals.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
FASHION WEEK AT ST. PAUL.

ST. PAUL, Sept. 22.-Determined
that the great northwest shall have
distinctive fashions and that the
Twin Cities in the future shall be
the style center for this territory,
the merchants of St Paul and Min
neapolis today began their first an
nual fashion week.
Store windows, aisles and entire
floors are devoted to the display of
the latest designs in gowns and mems
clothes. As a slight thrust at the
notoriously extravagant dresses in
the east, the local designers have
put the soft pedal on the slit skirt
and the ex-ray gown. OF course these
styles are being shown, but the aper-
ture in the slit skirt is designed to
save the necks of the male popu.a-
ton and the diaphanous material is
to a certain extent, reinforced.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
SAN JUAN TRIANGLE GREAT
EST OF ALL MINERAL FIELDS

There is no section of equal area
in the western fields which offers
such glowing opportunities for legi-
innate investment than the great San
Juan Triangle, extending from ouray
on the north to the La Platas on the
south and Lake City on the east to
Telluride and Rico on the west. with
Silverton and San Juan county in
the center. 1t embraces a territory
Of more than $500 square miles with
in which such noted experts as Prof.
George OF the state geological survey
say exists over 81 out Of the so odd
minerals known to science. This be-
ing true, the chance for profitable
investment must be proportionately
larger than other districts less fort
unate than we in that particular.
Take San Juan county alone, and
we have no fear of successful con-
tradictions, not even from our friend
of the Lake City Times when we
make the claim that it offers field
for investment in the way of i'm
proved methods for treating ore not
excelled by any other section of equal
area in the whole west. In the east
ern gold belt there are scores of
veins well opened up which show
great bodies Of ore that will average
from IS to 500 in gold and silver per
ton, all which as many tests have
proven will readily yield their gold
and silver values in the cyanide watts.
1t is well known to most of the peo-
Pile of this county that there is to-
day enough ore of this kind to justify
the erection of syanide plants in
Cunningham, Maggie and Minnie
gulches and each one could be located
SO as to serve all the mines with com
paratise ease. 1t is also well known
that many of these veins extend into
Hinsdale county but have never re-
ceived much attention on that side.
If the Times was as solieitious as it
is to deny the claims of the Silverton
papers as to the extent of the San
Juan mineral fields the population of
Lake City would very likely be much
larger than it is. We are ready to
stand by every claim we have made
and have the goods to prove it. A
visit to our Commercial club and per
usal of its records will soon convince
the most skeptical of the greatness
of San Juan county's mineral resour-
ces.-Silverton Standard.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

side Of fagosa Springs, distance
Of 81 miles, met ia the law office Of
Attorney Green for the purpose of
transaeting business, paying bills and
attending to matters connected with
this work under their charge To
facilitate the work Mrs. Orley Will
kins was present and acted as stem
ographer.
starts in at Jasper and for 81 miles
passes through rich mining country,
also one Of the most beautiful seem
ic routes IN Colorado. For IL miles
on this side Of the mountain the
grade is not very heavy but will per-
init Of automobiles going up and at
places the machines can run on high
gear.
There are about 100 men at work
building the road and the three COM
missioners are seeing to it that not
dollar is spent that. does not count.
The state appropriated $4,000 for
this 81 miles and it will take every
penny Of the appropriation to build
the road, and maybe little more.
Already several miles on either side
Of the hill are about ready for travel,
and parties who have been over the
route say that Messrs. Chisholm,
Catchpole and Moss are certainly do
ing some fine work. 1t is the inten-
ton Of the commissioners TO try and
have the road done within the next
six weeks, although it is a tedious
proposition building roads in the
mountains. The Mountain States
Telephone line will run parallel with
this mountain route and give US
phone connections to the great San
Juan mining region.-Alamosa hide
pendent.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

The state of Colorado has certain
ly put penalty on any more fact
ories locating in this state. or the
building Of any new lines of railroad,
by the outrageous valuations placed
on their holdings. We fear demo-
craey in this state has brought on a
blight that the people will not re-
cover from until they put the Repub-
lican party back in power. No peo-
pie can stand for the awful condi-
rions now coming upon the state like
a great black pail of misfortune. And
Governor Ammons wasn't big enough
to head off the approaching danger
owing to his zeal for reform" Ho!
without there. Bring out the recall
hooks. The time has arrived TO get
the whole blooming bunch.-Pueblo
Opinion.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
TAMMANYITES WOULD IMPLI-
CATE SULZER IN LIBELINC

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 22-Wheth.
er the assembly forces through addi-
tional articles of impeachment accus-
ing Sulzer depends on the action OF
the impeachment court tomorrow
Rabin, of Tammany, wants to fur
ther accuse Sulzer of libeling assemb-
lymen and usurping power. II the
court decides it cannot take cogni-
zance of truth or falsity of the gov
ernor's sworn expense account be-
cause 1t was an act performed before
he was sworn in as governor it
means the case will fail, but if this
is eliminated the assembly wants to
file new charges. The impeachment
court met at 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
Attorney Marshall of the defense. re-
sumed arguments on the contention
that the entire proceedings were il
legal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
WASTING ROAD FuNns.

The office of information of the
United States department of agricul-
ture has made the following state
ment relative to road building funds
'Statisticians have found that al
though the average expenditure on
the Improvement of roads exceeds one
million dollars day, large portion
of the money in the United States is
wasted because of the failure to build
the right type of road to meet the
local requirements or failure to pro-
vide for the continued maintenance of
the improvnmeet.
Maintenance and effective repair
are of equal Importance with the act
ual Improvement of bad roads. In
yestment of money in new roads does
not become real economy until pro-
vision is made for keeping these new
roads in condition after they are built.
If new road is built and then al
lowed to fall into disrepair, much of
the original investment is simply
wasted.
Europe, generally speaking, is
ahead of the United States in the
matter of road improvement, but
Great Britain is struggling with a
problem similar TO the one that con-
fronts the people of the United States.
In England, Scotland and Wales there
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
TAFT HAS LOST so POUNDS.

BRooKLINE, Mass, Sept. "a
William T. Taft has lost so pounds in
weight since laying down the cares
which go with the office of president.
There is nothing alarming in this,
however, for it was brought about by
deliberate design, and Mr.. Taft still
tips the scale at 240 pounds. The re-
duction though is very noticeable. All
this was observed yesterday when
Mr.. Taft appeared at the contest for
the open golf championship. Persons
who had not seen him since his resi-
dence in Washington were amazed at
the change.
The former president has dropped
the weight by cultivating big ap-
petite through outdoor exercise and
then refraining from gratifying the
appetite. In the mornings after his
cold shower and ride on his favor
ite horse, the professor sits down to
this meal:
One egg, two slices Of dry toast,
one cup Of unsweetened coffe. He
also spends much time on golf links.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
MEMBERS OF SAFETY FIRST
GATHER FOR DISCUSSIONS

PITTSBURG, Sept. 22.-In an eff
fort to reduce the death toll in mine.
and quarries of the United States,
leaders Of the safety first" move
ment, which began in this country
about five years ago through the in
fluence of the bureau of mines, gail.
cred today in Pittsburg for three
day conference and discussion Of
methods and results.
Mine operators, mining engineers
and mine surgeons representing prae-
tically every important mining COM
pany in the United States are in at
tendance.
The conference opened with a miss
rescue and first aid content in Arse
nal park. Tomorrow the membe.s
will visit the experimental mine Of
the bureau of mines at Bruceton, Pa.
where coal dust explosion will be
made in order to demonstrate that
coal dust is even more dangerous to
the miner than gas. Various meet
ings will be held on Wednesday for
the discussion of methods and pos
sibilities of uniform practice. Later
in the day another visit will be sads
into the experimental mine.
A majority of the delega0 are
members of the American Mine Safe
ty association which held its frat
meeting here year ago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

The state treasurer of Colorado
announces that he believes there will
be money enough collected TO pay all
third class appropriations made by
the legislature. This is due 10 the
fact that number of wealthy and
eminent citizens have passed from
earth and the Inheritance taxes are
large. But it viii be impossible for
enough of them TO die to pay the
fourth and fifth class appropriations.
The death of every wealthy person
in Colorado is watched with almost
joyful giee by the fat office holders
of our state institutions. Such is the
result of Colorado Democracy.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
COL. ROOSEVELT AND WIFE ],
WILL SAIL FOR RIO JsNE>,n

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-I, is An.
nounced here that Colonel Roosevelt
and wife will sail for Rio Janerj.
October 4 arriving there IN. 2Ist.
The colonel will lecture there aft,
which his wife will return to New
York. He Will also speak an San
Paulo, Buenos Ayres and elsewhere
in the republic. Mr.. Roosevelt will
start into the interior, seeking scien-
tific facts for the American museum
of natural history after he finishes
his speaking tour. He will probably
return to United States in the spring.
His son Kermit and several Others
viii accompany him on his trip.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
RAIN STOPS GAYNOR FUNERAL

E" iOhh, sept. ZZ.-Gaynor' s
public funeral was stopped by rain
this morning at 10 o'clock, lust be-
fore the casket was escorted to Old
Triniay church from the City hall,
1t was estimated that half a million
people lined the sidewalks, barehead-
ed, as the funeral car passed. drawn
by l6 black horses. The honorary
pail bearers marched beside the fun
eral car. Twenty thousand people
followed including various city board
officials. committees, federal senate.
state legislature, justices of state
courts, and representatives of the
army in various New York cities. A
brief service was held at Old Trinity.
At 11:30 memorial services were held
in every school in New York city and
engines of all municipal boats stop
ped for five minutes, tolling their
bells.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
LY lou Fear Lonsunp,,,,n

No matter how chronic your cou.,
or how severe your throat or ,,..
ailment is, DR.. Kings New Disco,ers
will surely help you; it may saw. ,or.
life. Stillman Green, of Malieb,.
Col writes: Two doctors said b.s
consumption and sould not live -,
years. used DR.. Kings New D,,
covery and am alive and we'll" Yon,
money refunded il it fails to seoefi+
you. The best home remedy r.,
coughs, colds, throat and lung s,b
les. Price soc, and s1.OO. Gua.n,..
by all druggists.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
MONEY HELP FOR FARMERS.

The farmer needs banking assist
ance as much as any other producer,
but our financial machinery has been
constructed to meet the demands of
the merchant and factory owner rath-
er than the farmer. A pressing rural
problem today, as for the past gen.
Grafton, is how to enable the farmer
to market his crops to the best ad-
vantage, instead of being forced To
sell them as soon as they are har-
vested.-Boston Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

A defense of newspaper reporters
which is going the rounds of the pa
pers is as follows: Misstatements OF
fact there are inevitably in every is
sue of every newspaper, but how few
these are and how unimportant in
the main when the conditions are
taken into account. The average city
representative of paper interviews
dozens of people during the course
of a morning and must never show
the pressure of time in talking with
any of them. He returns to his of
flee before noon and writes from
scanty notes the substance of what
he has gathered during the morning.
Occasionally he makes an error, but
in the vast majority of all cases. de-
spite his hurry, the errors attrib-
uted to him are made by those who
give him information. Indeed, it
would be well for some Of those who
criticize the inaccuracy Of news
paper writers to try for a single
the task newspaper report
er accomplishes every day. There
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
STATE HIGHWAY.

Saturday evening last R. A. CHS
holm of Del Norte, Commissioner
Fred Catchpole of Pagosa Springs,
and Commissioner A. l.. Moss of
Conejos county, the three commits
sioners on the state highway road
building from Jasper to the west fork
Of the San Juan river IL miles this
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
MRS. THAW ON WAY TO CON-
CORD TO ATTEND SONS TRIAL

JOHNSToWN, Pa, Sept 22-
Thaw's mother passed through here
this morning enroute to Concord, n
H., where she will attend the extra
dition hearing of her son, Harry, to-
morrow. She issued a statement
through the United Press thanking
the writers of thousands of letters
received since her son escaped Mat
teawan, expressing sympathy and en-
couragement.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
TRAMP ELECTED FROM TRAIN.
SHOOTS CONDUCTOR, FLEEs

LIMON, Colo, Sept. pa posse
is searching for tramp who shot
and killed Conductor Marts of a
Rock Island train near here Sunday.
The posse began closing in at noon
on Simla. Colo, from which place a
telegram was sent to the leaders of
the posse that the man was seen in
that vicinity. The tramp is expected
to offer resistance as he is armed
Conductor Marts was slain when he
tried to eject the tramp from the
train, where he was stealing ride
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

One million strong New Jersey
army Of children tucked their text
books under their arms and saunter-
ed back to begin ten months of
readin', ritin' and 'rithmetie A re
markable army, truly, and one that
may exclude much from its studies
that should be included elsewhere.
Generations grow up in New York
like generations before them to have
their politics managed in the main by
Tammany Hall. Once in a while the
hall loses by fluke, but at present
the great, throbbing question in the
city is whether its 100000 children
and 100000 or 100000 Of adults
are completely absorbed by that love-
ly and gracious patriarch, Murphy
One of the newspapers has car
toon and an editorial concerning him
every day. Such devotion to such a
subject must be terribly wearing on
artists, writers and readers. Let US
hope that some day New York may
consist of something besides Muir
ply, just for variety's sake. remarks
the Record-Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

are uo fewer than z,l4J SEPARATE a.
thorities who between them, adminis-
ter f75.4s7 miles of rosds, or an aver
age of only SO miles apiece In Scot
land, apart from the big cities there
are over zoo burghs, one-hah OF
which have but 10 miles Of road
apiece to maintain
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
Safest Laxative for Women.

Nearly every woman needs a good
laxative. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
are good because they are prompt,
safe, and do not cause pain. Mrs. NJ.
Z. Dunlap of Leadville, Tenn, says:
Dr. Kings New Life Pills helped her
troubles greatly" Get box today.
Price 25c. Recommended by all drug
gists.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

.>,.A aaa1e on a tusl cash basis and
are, in fact, too high in the aggregate
amount q returned by him to the
state tax commission The assess
rnents in Denver county total SS0l, :
600 1000. Instances develop every day
showing that assessed valuations on
certain property are higher than the
property would sell for in open mar
lot.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

The death of John ID. Thatcher was
a godsend to the Democratic party
of Colorado. The inheritance tax
from his estate will enable then to
pay all their third and fourth class
appropriate ,ns. 4 -eady the party
papers are m,s;1e uete Of the fsot.
The tax will be near s400,000.-
Hotchkiss Times.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
PRESIDENT HOPES TO SIGN
THE TARIFF BILL SOON

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. a2.-
President Wilson hopes to sign the
tariff bill before Thursday Con
ferees of both houses have PRACTICAL
ly settled all controversies eIce1.
certain administrative features of the
income tax. They hppe to report
Wednesday.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

Under Republican government it
was seldom public trustee sale was
recorded but it is different now
every paper throughout the state car
ries from one to half dozen Keep
on voting the Democratic ticket and
the sheriff will prosper.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
FIVE KILLED WHEN DUPONT
POWDER WORKS BLOWS UP

CAMDEN, N. j., Sept. 22.-The
gelatine mixing plant of the Dupont
Powder company at Gibbstown, N. j.
blew up this morning killing five,
The building was entirely destroyed.
Every window in the town was
broken.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

Maury Diggs may also come TO
feel. in time. that life is just one
blamed court after another. How
ever, his family has less money than
the Thaw family, or he would have
lived in New York and enjoyed great
er advantages.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25
BLIZZARD SWEEPS OVER
NORTHERN MICHIGAN

DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. "a
snow storm is raging in northern
Minnesota. This is the earliest snow
in the history of the state. A bliz-
zard swept northern Michigan yes
terday.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

The Pueblo state fair judges have
been busy the past week awarding
premiums. We wonder how many
received the money competed for.
Don't all speak at once
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

The general belief that the Canad-
ian courts are stern and rigorous
institutions got a jar when the Can
uck j. P. apologized 70 William
Travers Jerome. Nobody Is that nice
to him in New York.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

The crew that usually runs the
Pueblo state fair is coming in for its
annual roast by those who got pinch
ed and that embraces about nine out
of ten.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

Two hundred million pounds Of
prunes. This Is California's report
ed crop. Good eating for kepubii-
cans who are down and ont, and for
those who are holding office with
fear and trembling VIII steady their
nerves
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

The average man is 50 busy trying
TO dig up enough money TO pay his
taxes that he don't pay much atten-
ton 10 the coming legislation
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

Mayor Gaynor's death and the
passing of Big Tim Sullivan removed
two decidedly different types Of New
York political leaders. And both
were well beloved by many and abus-
ed by many others. The answer Is
that what suits some is most distaste-
full to others.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-25

Americans are suspected Of assist
ing the Mexican rebels to smGggle
guns across the border But pos
sibly it isn'r their love Of liberty
SO much as The fact that they need
the money.