The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-22
THE INJUNCTION SUIT

against the consumaton by the Board of County Com
mssioners of the purchase of the SO feet of the
Eastman garage, heard by Judge Logan Monday
and Tuesday of this week. Senator Hetherngton and
Captain Robert E. Lee, Denver, represented the
payers and E. NJ Nourse, Thos. Hogan and Stone Ko
chevar acted for the defendants The judge decided
against the plaintiffs gave them days in which
appeal to the Supreme Court which win be done.
Without discussing in detail the testimony and the
decision it to here call attention to the diff
Guilty attending attempts correct doing by Off
cals 1t would have been much stop such work
in the beginning than reversal after action has
been taken by them.
Some good has resulted already from the agitation
for the last four years. Every day in every way the
road of the transgressor is becoming rougher and
ougher 1t is yet settled that this rank piece of
public robbery will be successfully carried But if
it consumated certain results will have been attained
that will more than all the and effort to
prevent it.
For example-Assessor Haymaker, under oath has
testified that he at 20 to 80 cent of
its value and admits that he with the
that orders him it cash value Those ranch
men and business men who DO PAY TAXES AT CASH
VALUE will look closely at valuations the coming
The property in question assessed at S7400
for the whole garage. If that seventy per
valuation then the whole building worth $4,000
the old, deprecated and dilapdated west fifty feet of
could not by process of reasoning be worth
than $780, twofths of the full cash value of
the whole But Mr.. Haymaker went farther than that
in his testimony and the Judge have him
seriously for he estimated the value of the wreckage the
county is buying ething like S900O quite
variance with the assessed valuation, calculated
according to the peculiar methods under which Mr. Hay
maker to value property Reduced to a sentence
Mr. Haymaker under OATH testified that he does obey
the law in making Valuations and that further he
the law Mr.. Haymaker should be removed from office
on his testimony
Mrs Eastman testified that member of the Board
of Commissioners discussed with her the
purchasing her property Her deal made with
Miller, road supervisor, aided by the advice of her
torney, E. NJ Nourse Their joint testimony established
perhaps the first authentic where Board
of Commissioners delegated to employe the expend
ture of $1,000 of the countys money, without
ing into the value condition of the property purchased
But Judge Logan could his way clear give
taxpayers njunctive relief in hagrantly
dsregardfu of their manifest rights We sncereyhope
the Supreme Court will not with him.
However, there is not in either the democratic
republican parties who nominating either
Geo l.. Sullivan Ted Knowles for Office again the
face of their record So benefit comes from Just
such proceedings the pending Even if the pur
chase should finally be confirmed. this will efectu
ally removed the possibility of of the terms Of
office of the delinquent officials if under the
that take place next month indictments rendered by
the grand jury they removed office earlier
than expiration of their terms
1t is more than proven that the taxpayers
busy and take deeper if they recover
large part of the they have been separated
from during the past two of official extravaganza
and misdoings The grand jury outlined an intelligent
line of action retrieve money illegally taken Their
advice should be followed We might also mention that
the jury is not dismissed but will again in April
and developments since their may enable them to
complete the work ably begun. There seems to be
several that could be proaby brought to their
attention.
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