The Arvada enterprise., October 14, 1910, Image 1

About The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970

Image provided by: History Colorado

                
THE ARVADA ENTERPRISE
VOLUME III.°
Local and Personal.
: Nothmgvover 15¢ at the Racket
‘Rugs and ets £
Chinn’s, carpets at Burton &
Mrs. Albert Wolff has 1-
Ariola, Colo. to visit her rii)ttég:‘
and her brother and family and
will be away about two wecks. -
_Get your fine cigars and can
dies of Ullery the druggist.
S zeal_up-to-dafe _ meat
et step in and s
Muench. ’ o George;
'~ Mrs. Cagley moved last week}
into Mrs. Parfit’s house on Westl
~ 2nd street.
The very best remedies for)
coughs and colds. Ullery the
druggist. ;
Writing paper 10-15¢ e |
Racket. : e tl.e||
The Waterman Ideal fountain
ge“v nothing better. Ullery the
ruggist.
Mrs. W. A. McGill of Monte
Vista has started to build a new’
home south of the high school and
expects to reside in the same as
soon as it is'ready. W. M. Brad
ley is doing tne work.
I have four corner lots in Reno
Park for sale. R. Graves.
Waxed paper for lunches, scat
the Racket.
Mr. and Mrs, Staley came on
Friday from Nevada, Mo. with
the intention of making Arvada
their futurehome. They are'the
parents of our bankers Wesley
and Daniel Staley and Mrs. Len
hart.
If you want a real good loaf of
bread, try a cottage loaf at the
Arvada Bakery. It is hard to
beat.
Do not forget that we are here
to stay. Pe'qp;e's Meat Market
. person who con - |
plates building, whether it s &
ehicken house or a beautiful home
ghould look in and see the fine
stock of building material at the
A. L. Davis lumber yard in East
Arvada, or call up phone Arvada
T4l. .
H. S. Burton had his picture in
the Globe Saturday. It wasa
. fine picture, if the voters want a
good looking man for corone
they will surely choose H. 5. Bur
ton, he is all right for his jol
and has had considerable exper
jence as an undertaker and wil:
roll up a big vote in this neck of
the woods..,
For sale, —an eight foot F. I. M.
steel wind>mill and a forty foot
“our post steel tower in good con
dition at half price of a new one.
R. L. Newton, on Bell place south
of Arvada, phone, Ralston 1611.
John P. Graves of Broomfield
left for Long Beach, California
on Saturday where he expects
to remain for several months.
Henry W. Hill, mayor of Moun
tain View and candidate for coun
ty clerk and recorder, was visit
ing in town Friday. We believe
Mr. Hill is the man for the place
he is loqking for, and in every
way adapted. The Enterprisc
takes pleasure in commending
him to the voters. We have
known him for years.
For sale,—l pr. youngl2oo Ib.
mares, close matched, sound, all
purpose team, ‘thoroughly broke,
uiet and gentle, used toall cars.
6ne 2 seated spring wagon good
as new. 2 saddles. Wm. Craig,
Ist house west of water tower,
south of railroad.
Last week Frank Greene re
ceived his appointment as assist
ant examiner of patents. He is
to report at Washington on the
20th of this month at a salary of
$1500.00 per year. That just
serves him right. Frank is a
fine fellow; has been working
and studying for years p_rgparmg
himself for such a position an
passed success Tully the civil ser
vice examination. Other young
men could do just as well if they
were not all the time going hggfi
and there just to have a g
time and amuse themselves.
Frank is also an athlete having
played center for D. U’s. They
wil{lose a good man whose place
- it will be hard to fill.
i Mr, and Mrs. MecDonald of
| Boulder are enjoying a visit of a
|couple of weeks with Mrs. Mc-
Donald’s brother Chas. McFad
den and family.
For sale—l have quite a num
ber of patent galvanined ]Eoult;ry
dishes which I will sell cheap to
close out.. R. R. Carr, W.lst st.
t J. S Hale will build a brick:
| barn for T. Wiebelt and also will‘
| do the brick work for D. Lesher
wao has started to build a nice
home just west of town and has
given the contract for the job to
{Nel Rosander. See Mr, Hale’s
!adin this issue.
For sale— The following goods
must go at once: Make me an
offer: Double bed; 2single beds),
\with mattress and -springs, 4
‘quilts, double wool blanket,
'spread, pair pillows, commode,
foak stand, Roman chair, lsmps,
pails, flat irons, curtain poles,
Coal buckets, clothes basket, ete.
R. R. Carr, West Istst. Arvada
A gentleman boarding at Mrs.
Widemans’ just north of town, |
was among the first to discover |
the fire in R. C. Greene’s house |
’and after telling the family in-|
isidc climbed to the roof, threw
his coat to the ground and began
to work to stop the flames. In
in the coat was S2O. in currency
inan envelope with some receipts
and a business letter, when he
again got his coat the envelope
was minus and the probabilities
are it dropped out of his coat and
was consumed by the fiames but
if it blew away from the house
and has been found by any one,
it will only be necessary to say
that the owner is boarding at
Mrs. Wideman’s on the hill.
In the Transcript of recent
date, mention was made of our
county treasurer having received
on daily balances two per cent
since the beginning of his term,
the aggregate sum of $1,500.00.
huge G obe stta cks thl arrange-
T P M
would be'a necessary amount on
deposit to accumulate this fund
and also if it is wise to collect
two per cent and pay out six per
cent. . :
ivow listen! It is required
nd has been the custom to carry
a balance of from five to eight
thousand as an emergency fund
against fire or water. .
If the Globe wishes to make an
intelligent ecriticism let them
date back to 1907 when there
wvas a balance of between one and
two hundred thousand on de
vosit and no interest either.
The two -percent interest on
dl daily balances is one of the
zood results of the allied Demo
crat and Republican vote of two
years ago. ¢ >
It is a erime for any editor tc
yusy himself by trying to mis
lead in place of educating the
public
—QCneof the Independents
In view of the fact that Frank
Gréene, one of Colorado’s popu
lar young men is making prepa
rations to leave us soon, a very
pleasant surpise was given him
ast Wednesday night by a num
oer of his friends.
A crowd of about thirty young
people knowing when Frank was
coming out from Denver, met
him at the Tramway station and
escorted him to the home of Dr.
Greene where a presentation
speech was rendered by Miss
Hines in behalf of all present and
Frank was presented with a sig
net ring which he is to wear as
a gentle reminder that he always
has friends at home. \
Various games were filayed
and a good time enf')oyed y all,
after which refreshments were
served and at a lates honr all left
wishing Frank all kinds of sue
cess and good things_in his new
position and surroundings.
Those present were the Misses:
Mehafy, Pearl Lamoreaux, Pearl
Watson, Emma Watson, Viola
Hines, Carrie Bates, Maud-Pierce,
Helen Lawrence, Etta Gilnqute,
Mary Schultz; the Messrs: Ward
Watson, Isaac Hines, Nelson Wil
liams, Edgar Watson, John
Schultz, Theodore Lamoreaux,
Harry DeLand; Mrs. Joering, Mr.
\and [irs. Frank Smith, Mr. and
LMrs. (leo. Robinsen;: Mr. and
[ Mrs. Clayton Greene. |
. .Frank leaves us next Sunday
| for Washington D. C. where he
| has accepted a position ip the U.
|S. Patent office.-
ARVADA, COLORADO, PY. OCTOEER 14, 1910
Clark Greene’s Home Burns
to the Ground.
Last Sunday evening the Meth
odist church bell rang a few-miz
utes before the hour of the Ei
worh league service, 6:30 p.l
and instead of it being the us
call to worship it was a call toti
‘the fire which had already gotts
iconsiderable headway in
Greene’s home. o
[ Only a little fire from kindhi
| was started in the stove, andi
family-had just commenced tol
their evening meal when a per
waiting for the car ran into}
house crying ‘‘Your houseis
fire.””” The tire must have st
ed from a defective flue near
rqof so thatthe inside of the hoi
was ablaze in the upper storyi
a little while and in one hour fré
the time the bell rang there was|
not a stick left. T
’ Neighbors and friends ralliec
‘and took all the furniture ouil
from the first floor except somc
‘ dishes and a few articles in the
pantry. 5 "”\,;H")
The house was situated out of
town so far that town water
could not be used on it % ‘
iire had gott too mueh heddwa
to be extinguished by the ‘
cal engine. Tt
1t was a six room house gz
large attic. A
Fortunately there wagHaraiys
breath of wind and what™the
was came from'the northwest
and blew the sparks where ther.
was no danger to other property.
Had the wind been from thc
north with a fresh breeze, the:
the fire would probably havc
spread to other buildings. = =
We regret very much to sa)
that the propertywas not insured
The most of the wearing ai-|
parel and everything on the up |
per floor was destroyed with th
nouse. )
Severagof the citizens immedi
‘ately offered their homes to 'th
mily and showed a spirit o
| orotherly love to these exceile:M
neighborhood for rore than twe! 4|
ty years. : 8
Golden, Colorado |
Editor Arvada Enterprise: —
Some misleading statcments
are being made in regard to the
stand taken at our Democratic
convention on the Pass issue.
I would prefer that the tex pay
ers be not deceived as to my po
sition also as to the Democratic
nominees stand and the stanc
taken at our convention.
The sheniff had shown to tha
satisfaction of a majority of tha
convention that he had saved the
taxpayers money by riding on &
pass and while a great majority
uf that convention. was strictly
against the principle the resolu-!
uon was voted down by a smal
majority as was well exempiiicc
in convention for the purpose oi
exonerating our sherifft who s
the only two years Demor rat can
didate that rode an inch on «
pass, neither do they wish orii
tend to if re-elected. K No sir,
Mr. Tax-payer, I stand. squarcly
where 1 did two years :xgo.
I will never vote for any pub
lic servant whorides o n a passo
mtends to, if I kno w it unless
shown: (as in Sheri ff Heatel's
case) that heis saving monc
tor the tax-payer wi'chiout the de
moralizing corruptiiag: effect a
shown by the recent. § tate Denic
cratic andßepublican ¢ onventions
where it cost the R. !Q. corpors
tions SSOOO. in passe s and cosl
the state nearly ‘v /hat litth
political honor it had 1 eft by tr)-
ing to turn down Goy, Shafrotl
the almost unanimous . -choice o!
the people for a secan 1 term.
On the other hand, ‘‘pny um’’scen:
to be the word of m,ogf ¢ 'andidate:
on the Pass issue. T 7onder i
they are afraid to take the peo
ple into thelr con'fidence. lan
thinking some of them will get:
chance to answer, ‘'yeg’ .or 'no
before the camy aign js Iver.
hope so, if the tax-payer fails
ask their woul d-be gervan, ‘s thes
important questions then ! mu:
say I will h7ive lostall confi den
in the political welfare o.* tI
Peiiple. & vy .
~ in conclusion I must say th
if we had the majority oft!
:g’i":e ‘i‘”fl; tzleb‘lfioral honest ¢ ©
=ncious stability of the edi
of tne Arvada Eanerpzise, t
time would be short indced th
lthe R. R. ‘corporations woul
ldare offer passes, -
s =J. A. Ferris,
Our Gala Day
e weather man had promiscd
ased showers and cloudiness |
Detober 12th.bu\ it was wisely |
red otherwise by the Ruler!
;, things and a miore delizht
iay for the celebiation of our
er plant opening cou.d not be
Ible.
Bright and early our business
N Legan o stir themselves
A thqdccoratioxv- were in keep
: Wlth:"f:h.e' hobiday —event.
NBarly ali joined in ¢ladly, and
} few who _did not, were con
gpicuous by their absence.
i #'he splendid luncheon provided |
by the Baptist nuion vas all that
o Id be desired and went far|
oeyond the expectations of the
iost of those who sat down to
hjoy it and many were the com
_‘n:r;er,rs heard from cur visitors.
£The banquet was spread in the !
sank hail andthe floor space®va
well covered with tables that lit
srally groaned with good things
and were also tastily decorate
Plates were se. for 150 at the
irst table and a number who
came in date had (o wait.
A. J. Recht the piesident of
he commereial ci oresided as
vast master. olo2lclles we.€
made by visitors rcpresenting
arious towns, also by local
speakers on the interests of Ar
yada.
The town board wrs euloz’sed |
‘or their arduous work in bring
ng to such asuecessii consuma- |
jon the water plant. Refer- |
snees were made in regard to our |
future growth and it was even in- .
imated by a county cfiicer that
he eounty seat might come t
\rvada. The service of the Den
cer. Tramway. company was alsc
liscussed and it w4s shown by
;arious speakers how the town|
vould be helped by a reduction |
»f the fare, and the use of an ele
wtorat the station. |
/_ Kfter the speeches the visitors
oot oo BB e
nd to sample the water, then t
- demonstration by the firemecn
Hf the gressure ~of the wate
vhich showed up in fine shape.
. The water fight was unique
"nd caused much merriment ¢x
[-ept for the participants whe
Liaced the full force of the wate
Llt 2 distance of fifty fect fron
[ he nozzles.
To the Arvada Enterprise:—
Fdaving noticed in the Denveranc
i efferson County papers that L+,
L. Gregg was credited with say
‘ng the tax-paycrs of Jeffersa
Lsounty the ncat little sum of
15100,000 during his term as &s
essor of our county some yculs
ago, | was led to investigate :
“ittle on my own hook think ne :
iike amount might be savcd evel
in our generation if the assessor
vas put ,wise as to how it coul
ne done. I went tothe the Trcas
arer’s office (@ public office by
the way with books open to every
taxpayer) and sccured the tax
solls for the years 1&05-6-7-&-0.
Ihe year 1895 was the last yea
of Mr. Ferris’ term of office ain
the other years represent Mr
| greggs full term. Turning t
the recapitulations of these year:
“found that Mr. Fals in th
last year of his term made the
assessed value of thecounty §4,5-
27,341 which Gregg the foliowing
year cut to $4,0564,556. a cut oi
sver $270, 600 but the total tax
levied (including military pols
gfiinst Mr. Ferris’ value wa:
,842.97 while against M
Jregg’s valuie $135,703,51 was
1 L'es. A grand saving_of $3.1
%fi? The same years Mr. Fei
ss returned the value of Goldcr
| $875,270 and Mr. Gregg returnc
;| $841,646 the following year, acu
| of mearly $34,000 . But the tofa
[tax levied against Mr. Ferris’ va
| lue was 7,505.40 while agains
| Mr, Gregg’s value $10,249.08 wa
'| lavied; giving the people of Gol
I!den the privilege of paying $2
01748, 68 more under the reducc
o valuation. Golden usually make
| herlevy in October on the curren
e tion returned by the asses
le|s " and in this caes the Cit:
ouncil raised the levy from 2
;\‘m on Mr. Ferris’ val vatiol
elO 80 mills on Mr. Gregg's. Th
1 county levy is made by theßoar
01 O%unty Commissioners in th
\e|same way and in this case wa
\frg.fid one half mill and 2.1 mil
J more the following year. Ih
sehool districts, with one or tw
|exceptious, make their levy ¢
HON. F. A. I;_JICKHOFF.
Ccunty Treasu e~ and Candidate for Re-election
Globe Refuses to Print Following Letter.
| ree—
] I'piTc R CLOBE: ‘1
| You stiil insist that Tshould vi-
L olate 1y oath of oflice and come
at in bold print and ask me to
-l use the moneys belonging to one
~fund to pay o.ders drawn on an
s Hther. If that is not violating
1| the low vhat isit?or what is the!
il law ragoicig the bardiing of
-| these tui ds? ind furthermore,
who are the parties that are so
¢ | very anxious to have these war
-1 | rants withoeut registering them?
Sasheare viu thatoffice twenty
fc [one months and have failed to
n ’ find a single person who was an
» [ xlcus to Loid these warrants as a
| medium of exchange. !
e Itistruo that people will ['uy!
(| ne per ccnt premium to get
of hese voanarnts (if they are reg
. | stered butnotoitherwise.) Even
1| he ccitor of the Globe will not
| alto proscot his warranc and
sk for the coin ora checek. ‘
‘ Arcther qu stion, Mr. Editor,
ClrWhat wonoents shall [ pay
~fwith thisson 3?7’ County war
a7 School rdors? if school
Loacas, oo v hat dostriets, 2-6-8-21 |
1 4= or <»? While the Re
| übleans were n power they fa- |
£ vored the “Viidows or Orphans’’|
s What ars.er could I give if T
“ 1 aid ordors on Dist. no. 2 and al-|
b owed orders on no. 47 to stand
. [ neithor once Laving any money to
¢ cheir crcdin?
,s\\ [Further, if scetion 1324 which
x the valu.Uo of th »previous year, |
isoin this cose the schools made '
v heir Lovies ounceorcious of any
change ol vilues; the tollowing ¢
royear (1097) 21 districts raised
t | cheir levios, one doubling and
s I i, ht . or¢ thin doubling their le
-1 {oiess Zond the total —tax levied
¢ t wIBO7 on a sl lower valuation
8- was 011,00 (1 or §5300.26 less
| than the wtal levy in the last|
et . 4
ot | ear ol Mr. Ferris’ term. Mr.
X | .rege in the List year of his term
s; |reduccd the vaivation of the coun- |
ar |ty to §9,420,180 or a reduction in|
1. | our yeors of §004,161 and the |
ac | ax levied fur-that year was §l3¢- |
¢ | 4,91 cr l.ss than S4OO less
- | chan in the last ycar of Mr. Fer-!
cn | ris term. A1 dso our beautiful, |
o | prosporous . cll rson county grew |
ut uncer the era’ty hand of one who |
Al sor ©0 long yeurs has fed out of |
a- the pueiic erib and now ™ asks for|
st | another turn at-our County Seat. |
as ! So far | have shown you tha.tl
ol- | the assessor hes nocontrol \\'hat-i
2.1 cver over the @riount-of tax lev
cd |icd, and he eannot by any possi- |
es ! hle nmcar s s ve the taxpayers one
nt | ecnt on thoir taxes except on the |
es- | lcvy 1 ade by the state. Their|
ity | levy is imade by s atute to 4 mills
20 |except o war, insurrection or
on | somethi g of that sort. In the
he | last year o Mr. t.regg.&b}erm
wd | they ra sed thice t:nths Of one
the | mill ab. ¢ the regular 4 mill levy
vas | Possibiy the var was of Gregg
ills anyway n the four y ars that
The Mr. Gregg vas @ ss ssor the state
wo | tax vas decicased a total of $5,
on (43, UG ur an uvciage of about
NUMBER 16
‘says *Tt shall not be lawful to
use the meneys belonging to any
fund for the purpose of pavirs
warranis drawn or which pro
perly shouid have been drawn
upon some other fund.”” Please
tell me what does it mean.
I am more than sarcprised thai
a “‘has been lawyer’ and aschor!
teacher could possibly sto o
such low political — ehicanery
as this. Anything aslong as i
" helps your cause.
2| You state (urther that you
)| were _undei glie impression that
-’the county comimissioners were
responsible for receiving on daily
I'balances. Since when, how, and
’\\'hy? Wil vou teli me how it is
possible toincrease the surplis
funds Irom $375 in 1908 to . 1 oo
in 1909 with an increase of onl
$£1.7000 on the tax roll wiich
means an average of 2 per cont
or $3407
You scem to be very willno to
blame me for the things that are
not going to suit you, os 1. por
‘anxious to make political cupital
tout of —something that is anso
lutely accord ng to law.
| I kindly ask every voter of fef
| ferson county to carefully ook
linto the foregoing statemenis £o
Ithat your verdict on November
| Bth may be just.
| Very truly yours,
1 F. A. EICcKHOFF.
\ Co. Treas.
e e e 0%
1,600 per year from the state
tax under Mr. Ferris: but if it
isn’t honorable fora farmer to
drive half of his stock over the
hill out of sight and then say to
the assessor, ‘‘Here is mv stock
before you count them yourseli,”’
is it honoraple to keep reducing
the assessed value of a county
when her people are prospering
‘and increasing in wealth uand
numbers? W hile the people are
inviting capi‘a' and new settlers,
|bragging on the resources and
ladvantages of the county, is it
just and fair for the assessor to
cut values and advertise (o the
world Iy statisties of his oflice
Ithat the county is in reality re
|trograd.ng? At any rate, Jelier
son County with three state in
|stitutions ought to be the very
|last to take this stand, as we get
iback from the State Treasury
Imany times more than we pay
{mto it. Under Mr. Ferris
| the state levy anfounted to £l7,
1309 .13 and the last year under
| Mr. Gregg it was $14,034,62. In
1909 the statg levy amounted to
1523,372.74, but during the time
| that this amount goes from Jef
ferson County to the State Tjca
wy the county receives back
from the state more than S2OO,
(00 to suppo.t the state schools
'n the ‘couity. When aman in
an important office has thus low
‘ercd the financial standing of the
' county is it best or can we afiord
» to elect the sameman to another
.| important county office?
t| A Taxpayer.