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THE ARVADA ENTERPRISE
VOLUME i1
Local and Personal.
Nothing overlsc at the Racket
Mr. F. D. Hutchings is leadin
the singing at the Second Divin%
‘Science church near Elitch’s
Gardens.
Millinery done at my Home.
Hats made and trimmed at rea
sonable prices.—Maud Pierce,
phone Arvada 751 |
Mrs, Walsen who has been
,ggg%mg a few months with her_J
u%l ter Mrs. Voight left for
her home in Illinois last week.
Get your fine cigars and can
dies of Ullery the druggist.
H. S. Burton for coroner. Why
not make it unanimous? Com
rade Burton will be the right*|
man in the right place. . ;
For a real up-to-date meat
market step in and see George
Muench. -
Writing paper 10-15¢ at the
Racket: 7
Carl McFadden of the Enter
prise office took an option this
week on J. S. Doughty’s house
on West First street and expects
tomove into it with his family
shortly.
The Waterman Ideal fountain
pen, nothing better. Ullery the
druggist.
Waxed paper for lunches, scat |
the Racket. - {
C. W. Wilson returned home
last week from his trip to the
old home in Pensy'vania and
Ohio. Mrs. Wilson will return
in a few weeks.
Do not forget that we are here
to stay. Peoples Meat Market
phone Arvada 1931.
. %&Nellie.h I.}‘:hnson h‘r;aturmed
0 h m n Kansas last week
%fieu; visit of three weeks with
er cousin Mrs. Nicholson.
N s Tt s O
The 'very best remedies for
coughs and colds. Ullery the
druggist.
Rev. and Mrs. Prather of Den
ver spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. F. D. Hutchings.
For sale,—l pr. youngl2oo b
mares, close matched,
Henry W. Hill, mayor of Moun
tain View and candidate for
county clerk, belongs to the east
ern part of our coun and is al
most our nezt door gneighbor.
Why not everybody in this neck
of the woods boost. for Mr. Hill,
he will make a fine officer.
If you want a real good loaf of
bread, try a cottage loaf at'the
Arvada Bakery. It is hard to
beat. )
Last Friday night the D. S. G.
club held its regular monthly
business meeting at the home of
Thirza Davis. Two new men}-
bers were initiated, swelling the
number to an even dozen. The
next meeting will be held at the
home of Miss Sadie Miller.
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. -Lfivww m, on Bell Flace south
of Arvada, phone, Ralston 1611.
The gentle rain which fell Sun
.day night and the light snow
which came later has been quite
a help to winter wheat. The
/ground was getting parched and
,’Erw. In many places they had a
good soaking rain and the hills
indicate a heavy fall of snow in
the mountains. ,
" For sale—l have quite a num
berof patent _%nlvanined Koult:ry'
dishes which I will sell cheap to
close out. R. R. Carr, W.lst st.
A 'mission study class was
organized at the home of Mrs.
Hines last Monday evening by
the second department of the
Epworth League. This under
: t&ing is meeting with splendid
“ guccess as all the hooks, ordered
. have been taken and others have
been asked for. Mr. Rice was
~elected leader of the class he
knows how to do it. The book
taken up, ‘‘Korea in Transition’’
is by James Gale of Korea. This
is a timely subject.
|- Poor Billy\ Oates was judged
|insane in the county court Mon
day and sent to the Pueblo asy
{lum. His demented condition
|has‘ been apparent for a long
time. His mother will feel it
| keenly and should have the sym
|pathy of all; her husband has
*been dead for several years and
| Willy was her' only child. Let
‘all mothers who can do so, make
her a friendly call and assure
her that her boy will .be kindly
and scientificly treated.
P—Hm'k A e—foarcfiml 2 eglofi&ifl—Reno
ark for sale, R. Graves.
The Ladies Home Missionary
society spent Thursday afternoon
Oct. 13that the Deaconess home
in Denver. A program consist
ing of seripture reading, prayers
and readings and talks by the
\ladies and also by the deaconesses
‘constituted a most interesting
and instructive program, after
which an elaborate luncheon was
served in the beautiful and ca
pacious parlors. Those present!
were, Mesdames: Rice, Buck,
Cagley, Segelke, Rhodda, Abbot, I
Horton, Williams, Hines, Evans, |
Swanson, Thomas, Griffith,
Nicholls; Miss Bates, Mrs. Drake‘
and son Master John Drake. ,
The yearly financial report |
clearly proved that the Arvada |
Missionary society stands fore-!
most in the ranks and can be|
Justly proud. %
Forsale— 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,
oak stand, Roman' chair, lsmps,
pails, flat irons, curtain poles,
Coal buckets,clothes basket, ete.
R. R. Carr, West Ist st. Arvada
The large gathering of mem
’rE)lers and ivi_sit;ors Ofecgi:e Ladifis
ome ssionary society at the
’1?59% Nire Rhodda, Tueaday
g oon was ! 'ej;;flel;tfrt.’hat
the - ' ‘had . prevor - met:
vfitfimßhgéd&:' AP i Bert
ability to royally entertain.
After scripture reading, and
prayer by Mrs. Sanderson, and
minutes read by Mrs. Drake, a
very interesting review of the
W. C. T. U. convention held in
Denver, was givén by Mrs.
Doughty, followed by a Quiz on
Porto Rico conducted by Mrs.
Horton after which all present
joined in giving a literary intro
duction of the Frances Willard
DePauw girls.
A fine menu was served by
Mrs. Rhodda, Mrs. Thomas and
Mrs. Griffith. The next meet
ing will be held the third Tues
day in November with Mrs. Buck
assisted by Mrs. Drake apd Mrs.
Cagley as entertainerg.
High School Notes.
Basket (ball until now has had
a very dull outlook for this year
owing to the fact that we had ne
hall to play in, but things are
looking brighter and it looks
now as if wemay have a fine hall
ina very short time. We ex
pect to become champions of all
the surrounding towns, so look
for further news of this charac
ter and boost for it. \
Miss Meader of the Brighton
high school visited us on Mon
day morning.
Bne of the Juniors was heard
to remark that he had forgotten
or lost all he ever knew about
Latin. Perhaps he could find the
missing article by inquiring at
the ‘‘Lost and Found”’ drawer in
Prof. Drake’s office.
Soph, — ““Won’tyou have some
candy?”’
Fresh, — ‘“What is the matter
with it?"”’
The new chemistry laboratory
wag completed this week much
to the joy of the Juniors and Sen
|iors as it makes this science more
|interesting when we can perform
the experiments instead of tak
ing the book’s word for it. .
| Any one who has any extra
gieces of wood around please
| bring them to Walter Olson as he
|is very fond of whittling.
: Wifi'a certain couple in the Se
| nior class please remember that
| they haven’t a license to *‘spoon”’
,|in school any more than the rest
{of the class. ~The Senior class
,{lost one of their members last
;'week when Ida Oltman moved to
| Washington; the whole class
;| joins in sending their best wishes
|with Ida in her new home. .
. ARVADA, COLORADREBRIDAY, OCTORER 21, 1910
Soldiers Have Another
Monthly Reunion.
B g e S A
The gathering of the veterans|
and their friends at Wm.. ?i&‘g,@;
last Friday was another réd let-|
ter day for the Major Andersoni
Post. B, ,fif
The day was almost pe preca
and about 10: a. m. the 'members|
commenced to come until :.@i
i time there was a ' large companyf
so that there were over P&#&fi
with keen appetites to sit down|
to as fine a dinner as H\'_‘;:Qh
ld-wish:——— S
It was “fit for a king.”” l‘,.?"}’i
ladies had been busy fromr,
morning and surely were Suceess=|
ful in getting up a royal "‘;’;\cf
Comrade Allen lives close o
Arvada’s border line and is with-}
in easy walking distance ‘fo the
post office. He has a fine house}
and a well kept lawn and every|
thing was at its best to receive |
the old soldiers and their guests. !
These monthly reunions ‘aref.
getting to be one of the g *J
lsocial events in this neck fifi?fiaff
‘ woods and every one goes to: ;&J‘.‘;-‘
a splendid time and they surelyf
‘had it on this occasion. &
The rafter dinner speec hes |
were wholly by the old soldiers |
and consisted mostly in/wa e-f
miniscences which were -very in{
teresting. iRk
The speeches were made. by|
Commander Garrison and Coms|
rades Hunt, Allen and Blood.'
It is a great blessing thatthese|:
men who sacrificed so much for}
their country are able to.come}
with their families and, ',-F‘
and enjoy themselves ast‘%e'
live over the past. [~ %3
W.C. T. U. Notes.
Last week was a very s n,;ff
ous time. There was some ..:W.'ré
very ' important to attend ‘on{
nearly every day; then forthreef
da{athgncolomdp,. W. C.T. U |
held its ,th‘irty;_-‘figstja‘un ‘con- |
.. Mesdames: - Doughty,’ Wewe
Loudon, Willis, Thomas, Greene
'and Swanson were in attendance
during a part of the sessions.
. Arvada union had honorable
mention in being the first to re
spond to the appeal for the Cru
sader Monthly subscriptions com
ing forward with six.
We wish there was time and
space toreport some of the inspir- |
ing addresses. Every one pres-|
ent must have gained new enthu- |
siasm for the work and faith for |
the ultimate triumph of our|
cause. |
-~ Two weeks ago we received a |
‘donation of $lO and we felt it a |
public trust just as much as we
would have done had the amount
been SIO,OOO. . {
Mrs. M. K. Byles who is presi
dent of the largest unionin Den
ver, read the story of the com
fort bags. The Cruiser Colora-|
do is not yet supplied, the bags|
are made but have been waiting |
for the S2OO to fill them. Fach
must contain a copy of the New |
Testament, a motherly letter, 2
spools of thread, needles, pins, |
bandage, salve, ete. Surely the|
comfort bagis an angel of mercy.
Did you ever think how dreary
the life of asailor mustbe? The|
ladies of the Arvada union sub- |
scribed $2.50 toward the amount
needed to fill the bags and send
them out on their mission of good
cheer. :
The ladies expressed their love
and sympath¥l for Mrs. Greene
by sending her two very fine
blankets.
The business meeting of Octo
ber 11th adjourned to meet in two
weeks at' the same place, the M.
E. church, and fur&er consider
plansifor the coming 'years work.
How shall we vote?— Surely 3
very important questipn. ‘lt use
to be considered treglon to vote
| outside of party lines. Now we
{try to vote for the best men By
| F. Carver stood loyally by the lo=
cal option law two years ago.
Mayor Hill, the dry mayor of &
|dry town ought to be elected.
|Joe Dennis, candidate for sherifE
'lon the Republican ticket is said
to be all right on the temperance
| question,
‘| Every voter should understand
| the amendments before going 10
‘| the polls and we request the edis
; tors of our local papers to exp/aln
| the amendments wgfich are to be
; voted on at the next election.
5| Rugs and carpets at Burton &
Chinn’s, | '
Democratic Rally
Grand Democratic and Rocse-'
elt Republican Rally will be |
field at Bank hall Arvada, Friday
vening, October 28, at 8:00
here the political issues of Jef
rson county will be presented |
y the Hon. A. W. Rucker, can
idate for Congressman, and
Mis. Mary C. C. Bradford and |
don. Charles Tew. The Honor- |
ible A. W. Rucker will also ex
plain why the tarriff is working
' iegat robbery of —the American |
onsumer, which hits the work
g classes and - agricultural
lasses the hardest. Honorable
C. F. Tew will prove beyond ar-'
fument how the present State
Jemocratic Administration has
aved for the taxpayers many
Aundreds of thousands of dollars
)y their economic methods.
Iso the efficiency of the present
gounty administration which has
proved satisfactory to the cit
iZens and taxpayers in every res-
Bt
Good music will be presented
d everybody is heartily in
ited to come and hear the true
jde of Jefferson county as it
sts today.
H. W. M.
Political Pointers.
_The Vivian standpat politica!
Orgunizations are becomming
Juite active in their mud throw
ing tactics which they are serious
¥ hoping that the voters will be
nflienced by the dirt and water
method of corrupt politics and
policies that they are presenting
in the shape of their press no-l
fices and general campaigning.
Theyclaim that if the Republican
ounty ticket is not elected that
he cow will go dry and the hens
ill cease to lay eggs and that
ther calamities wi?l be heaped
por the good people as a punish
mery for ot follow “’.'&9 .fi.\_g_
Xay "71.": £ " r ”‘ ¥
answer to a question of how
m#@ly kinds of Republicans there
ar@ we will state that there are
th#ée kinds:— The Standpatters,
Inßurgents and Chameleons. The
Standpatters believein riding the
elephant all the time. The In
surgents believe it is best to ride |
when it is right and walk when it
isWrong and consequently they |
arewalking all of the time in this
county. The Chameleons walk |
th the Insurgents when it is
popular, and ride with the Stand-|
patters when it is profitable. The |
[nßurgents claim and prove be-‘i
yond a doubt that the Republicar
organization in this state and
cointy at the present time is com
poed of the agents of Mr. Gug
genheim, and that the Standpat
ers’ main strength lies in the
faet that the Chameleons hav:
changed color and are passing
emsclves off as reformers.
X H W. M.
Every Voter Should
Read This.
~Editor Enterprise:—
Our religious weekly around
the corner, being anxious to earn
its $ § for its political switch; in
sinuates and pretends to give fig
ures as to the extent of the ouf
standing indebtedness of the
county the last year of the Re
wllcan administration, and o
he present Democratic adminis
mon. In one of its late pub
ications it asserts that the out
mdmg indebtedness of the
inty at the close of the Repub
g,q:n administration was $17,317.
1. Now, brother Abrahum
oshua Hoar, as you say in your
8t issue, ‘‘lt always nays to tell
@ TRUTH and shame the devil.”’
ke your little pencil and go up
to the court house and call for
Mr. H.J. Juchem, Co. Clerk
(also chairman of your new found
love) and ask him for his Semi
annual statement of December
81st 1908, the last one of the late
Republican administration, and
ggll will find outstanding indebt
edness $30,651.86.
~ You will also find upon exam
ination that the said Republican
administration had overdrawn
their appropriation for 1908 the
alm of $4,512.70. After havinz
scovered their overdraft, after
a strenuous exertion, with an
open pass book, to have all their
boosters who were about to
“‘come back’’ and take jobs that
they might assist in keeping their ‘(
officers in- place in thelaie eloe- |3
tion, and to pay all the bills at't
the last mecting, January, 4th, |:
1909, they allowed the ‘enormous | ¢
amount of $8,G04.06 and on Jan- |1
uary sth, contracted for the cele-1j
brated ‘‘Dluils Bridge’’ for the|c
sum of §5,740. making the grand |z
total indebtedness turned over to | ¢
the present administration $44, |
995,91 I
Now Abraham Joshua’the say- [2
good for the soul,” Look this|¢
matter up and tell the people in|]
your next issue, if the above is|l
not correct and if the present ad- |
ministration has not paid off all |«
the above, and that in your|)
statements heretofore, you have |
got your wires crossed. Tell the f
people all this ‘‘unwaved by fear |
unbribed by gain. I
"~ (iolden, Colorado. |s
To the Taxpayers of
Jefferson County.
During the pest few weeks there{t
have bear sevaal clighting allu- ||
s'ons made to tlie workings of |\
this offiice which so idr I have|¢
ignored, but now at the request|!
of certain friends [ wish to say a‘t
few words to the public through [\
the County I'icss. !
From the Colidlin Globe of Feb. t J
19, 1610, in Lo 1 son Notes, we |l
quote:— ‘“Lhe arrival of a bunck |t
of tax notices I:st week caused |¢
an uproar of d'ssatisfaction |t
from property owners. In al-|S
mest every insicnee there 'ap-*s
pears to be an irer-ase of from i@
20 per cent to LU percent in taxes | €
ah(Y in cne case it is claimcd |1
there is an increase of about €OO | ¢
per cent. A slight deerease in!l
the levyand anabrormal increase 1
in: valuation appeais to be the !
| cansc w.%theincrease §
Jawythivg, it sutely mcans/Mor-:
on-ils e ving astremendous
boom in property valués. The|
Democrats threaten to give us{
facts and figurcs this fall which |
will show coi.clusively the rank|:
Republican c¢xtravapgance whi(-hl‘
has existed in cffersen county [
in the past, and the blossed epoch | |
qu Democratic econnomy which is |
[now in force.”’ [
‘ First we raised the assessed| |
valvation <f 21 tison just $5,480 1
|which is a r=ise of 15 ¢ over 1
the pretious ycar. One third of ||
this value was ussossed against a |t
comp: ny that owns considerable |
property ot Lorison and notice
| this yait o thoir proj erty here- ¢
ito;"n elal o fres from ussess- | L
ment. Arothe Lage purtot‘thisll
amou: t« 4 on property within I
the corporate Linits of Morrison | ¢
but h dot Teern ass sscd with |
the city o To-rison tax. At {
olden o ound cornsidor-|¢
alle ylo ¢ty vithin th2 corpo- i
rate linii s of the city but so fzu'ii
hadeser o ol ety taxes, Own- | ¢
ers o'so 1 ih's propeérly felt|i
'the ruise s» hoeny that they|i
{eculd 14t «v 1 b thankful for
the years wh n they had escaped ’5
their just ax. +evcral picees of |«
propcrty of DTeryison (as was thet
casc i otler paris of the ccun-|s
ty) were £ und that had not been |
ascesscd ot 01, ind when these |
were put on theroll at a fair val- |
vation [ presar e it was a raise |
lof fully €OO per ¢ nt, and possi-| |
1 bly the ownas wio had escaped |
did make anvprocr, but the reg- |
ular tox, aycrs ought to be
| pleased. |
|7 Again urder the date of April|
116,1710,¢d toialy the Globe says: |
| *“The rejcrt of yproecedings of |
| Jeffersor county’s commissioners
| publ'shed in" The Globe last week
||shows that a number of taxpay-|:
lers appeaicd before the board |
|asking a reduction of their taxes |
land as the county essessor rec-|
Al ommended in cach case that the;
| |reduction be made, the board |
“Imade the atlowzice. . This was
.lalso done at the beard meeting |
| last month and the total amounwt
|| allowed is several hundred dol
lars. “the orly ground on which!
these raductions can be made is
| for erroncous assessments, in |
|other words a mistake in assess- |
iment, but the records in this
| county do not furnish a pnral’.e]i
! case to this one.”’ ;
| There arc ins‘ancesof like pro
| ceeding; parzliel cases I should
| say, to say mnothing of the prac
NUMBER 17
tice in vogue in previous years
of changing the rall and cuttiny
out such erroneous assessincnis
without leave or knowl:dge f
the commissioners = which “is
against the law. In thesame is
sue of the-Globe we are belaihorad
for having in the office, “an cx
pertat five dollars a day, Sun
day and all, for nearjy a year, in
addition to the l';'gullg‘ foree, aid
an extra force of deputy assess
ors made the assessmgni’’ wid
saying further, “'This subjeet is
already a topic of common ¢ -
a thing that ought not to have
happened, but reformers corie
high sometimes.”’
Let us sce; the first term of ily
office I retained the clerk of ily
predecessor and thereby learned
the routine of the office as it had
‘been carrigd on, then fora tie
we worked on without a clevk,
ledarning in the meantime that
some other assessors offices in
the state had cfficient cpecking
systems, but that there vas 1o
evidenee of any such th 1
this office. On discoverin s -
eral pieces of propurty iho
escaped just taxation, 00l
came convinced that thoee ighs
be others. After some « lay 1
was dceided that help should e
employed and we would systcma
tize the work of the oflice. .
expert at $l5O per month wis
cmployed but not in addiisn o
rhe regular force of the oliiee,
the regular force of this (
had for solne time corss o f
the assessor, the deputy «ndl ore
clerk with sonie exira help at
thetime oY making the as
sessirent, Our force nowv con
sisted of theasscsser, the deputy
and the expert, the total doior
ence in expensce to the county be
ing the difference in salary of o
clerk and the salary of the ox
pert for ten or eleven no:nihs,
making a total extra exponse of
nearly SIOOO. In return forth s
extra expense the sysiciaa ¢
platting of lands and lots in th's
| county enabled” this“office to re
}o;(. 1;:5 ”L!(‘) tne treasurdr; amds
n A 'flfl el va
lue that he, as fimfi%g
assessed and ‘collected about
sooo tor previous years: and the
were other larids and los to the
assessed value of about 0200 (01
that had not been assesso ¢ :
some years put on the tox il
jor the county to derive r
from in future years, 'l -
pense of $1,060 has alrea
made up and o good dezl .
but now the.e are scme who
think it was mean to assces their
property after it had lain for'soo
long without being taxed. low
about the taxpayer who has re: -
ularly paid tax on a just valua
tion, and had been payin: mo. @
than he ought because san
eseaped ?
Possibly we did employ
field deputics than had b tha
custom heretofore, we not
know how many were en| oy -,
but we found several n e v 5o
claimed to have had exjoriorce
in that line in this county, 't
if they were needed it was the
‘llhing to do, for while th: lax
says that the assessor nay (ot
\out, any time after the first of
‘January and deliver or teave -a
schedule for every person’ it
says specifically that: “‘lvery
such inhabitant shall maic vd
'deliver to the assessor betv con
Ithe first day of April and the
twentieth day of May in cich
lyear afull and correct schedule ™’
lete. of all property. We lave
'simply endcavored to comply
|with the law by taking sehied
lales in the time preseribod by
{law, Last year we employed
feur ficld deputies while Ara a
hoe county, with a [ower valua
io an ours and a Republican
assessor - employed eleven and
this year emrloyed twomore, de
|claring that he could do the work
|cheaper with thirteen men than
|with eleven; and Boulder had a
| dozen or more. .
1 We-are thankful -that these.
Ithings have become the '“l”l ic
iof common comment all over this
county ’’ for we know we have
l made good, up to-dateend we be
lieve all honest taxpayers’ will
lappreciate” honest up to date
lmethods on the partof an official.
We most carnestly = igvite
iinvegtigation as to any e¢xira
expense and mctheds ussd. asap
plied. Come in and see us.
' CHARLES EASLEY,
' o Asscssor,