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R.J'A iy & :’\'\ -4 R. oy LR.‘;“. - c-,,____”\-“ B “zv i i 4 ¥y \5-;"'- g y ;n' 3 -'141';53 gN I » i?}. %o WDR I S N g, YR LS Fo ie W ]-Pgo G R P - % 4 fag: BeeyS T o, {. BECAUSE WE SELL LOTS OF THEM. THAT IS WHY WE KEEP THEM FRESH. WHENEVER YOU WANT ANYTHING TO EAT COME TO US AND GET IT AND YOU WILL GET GOOD FOOD. YOU OWE THIS TO YOURSELF AND TO YOUR FAMILY. WE WILL NOT SELL POOR FOOD AT ANY PRICE. LOOK FOR BUSTER BROWN ADS, THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING NEW FOR EVERY WEEK. Yours for business, J. G. Bischoff Meats Vista, Colo. Mente Vista Journal---$1.50 per Year CHAPTER 129 An Ordinance Repealing Chapter 127 of the Ordinances of the Town of Monte Vista. "Whereas no indebtedness has been contracted under and by virtue of Chapter 127 of the ordinances of the Town of Monte Vista and no bonds have been issued thereunder, and this Board now deem it advisable to repeal the same, Therefore, BE IT ORDAINED By THE Board of Trustees of THE Town of Monte Vista: Section 1. That Chapter Number One Hundred and Twenty-seven of the ordinances of the Town of Monte Vista, being an ordinance entitled, “An Ordinance providing for the issuing of Bonds for the purpose of constructing a Public Sewer,” passed and approved May 6, 1900, be, and it is hereby repealed. Passed and approved, this 13th day of August, 1900, WILLIS H. FASSETT, Attest: [s] W. C. Saxon, Town Recorder. CHAPTER 130 An Ordinance Providing for the Issuing of Beads for the purpose of Constructing a Public Sewer. It Ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Monte Vista: Section 1. That a public sewer be constructed by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Monte Vista for the use and benefit of the citizens thereof, of such capacity, extent and magnitude as to said Board of Trustees may seem proper for the needs of the inhabitants of the said Town, which said public sewer shall be owned, managed and operated by the said Town. Section 2. That the proper officer of said Town shall procure by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, such necessary rights of way and outlets for said sewer as shall be found to be required in the construction thereof. Section 3. That for the purpose of providing funds for the construction of the said sewer, the Town shall issue its negotiable coupon bonds in an aggregate sum. Gate not exceeding the sum of Five Thousand, Six Hundred Dollars ($611,000) in denominations of Two Hundred Dollars ($900.00) each, payable in lawful money of the United States, and bearing interest from the first day of September, 1909, at the rate of five percent (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of March and on the first day of September of each year, and the said interest shall be evidenced by coupons attached to the said bonds. The said bonds shall be numbered in regular and consecutive order, commencing with No. One (1), and shall be payable in order of their number, at the pleasure of the Town of Monte Vista, at any time after Ten (10) years from date thereof, and shall be absolutely due and payable Fifteen (15) years after their date. Said bonds and coupons attached thereto shall be payable at the office of the German American Trust Company in Denver, Colorado. The said bonds shall bear date of September first, 1900, and shall be signed by the Mayor, and attested by the Town Recorder, and under the official seal of the Town, and shall be recorded in the book to be kept by him for that purpose, and all coupons shall bear the lithograph signature of the Treasurer of the said Town. Section IV. The said Bonds shall be substantially in the following form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF COLORADO Town of Monte Vista Rio Grande County 2200 MONTE Vista SEWER COMPANY. The Town of Monte Vista, in the County of Rio Grande and the State of Colorado, acknowledges that it is indebted and promises to pay to the bearer Two Hundred Dollars ($2200), in lawful money of the United States of America, for value received, redeemable at the option of the said Town after Ten (10) years, and absolutely due and payable Fifteen (15) years from date thereof, with interest at the rate of Five percent (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of March and the first day of September of each year, upon the surrender of the several coupons as they severally become due, both interest and principal payable at the office of the German American Trust Company in Denver, Colorado. This Bond is one of a series of bonds of like date and tenor, and numbered from first to last, and issued by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Monte Vista, for the purpose of raising funds for the construction of a public sewer in the said Town, under the authority of and in full conformity with Chapter CXLVII of the revised statutes of the State of Colorado, and under the authority of the vote of such qualified electors of the said Town of Monte Vista, as had in the year next preceding the general election held in the said Town on the Sixth day of April, 1909, paid a property tax within the said Town, and voted thereon. The faith and credit of the Town of Monte Vista is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of the principal and interest of this bond, and it is hereby recited, and represented that all the requirements of the law, pertaining to the issue of this bond have been, by the officers of the said Town, fully and in all respects complied with, and that provision has been made for the levy and collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on this Bond, and also the principal thereof, when they become due. It is further represented and hereby declared that the indebtedness of the said Town, including this series of bonds, does not exceed any limitation prescribed by the Constitution or the statutes of the State of Colorado. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Monte Vista, have caused this Bond to be signed by the Mayor of the said Town, and attested by its Town Recorder, under the seal of the said Town, this first day of September, A. D. 1900, Mayor. Attest: Town Recorder. That the Coupons to be attached to the said Bonds shall be substantially in the following form with blanks properly filled: 500 On the first day of............19...., The Town of Monte Vista, in the County of Rio Grande in the State of Colorado, will pay the bearer Five Dollars (65.00) at the office of the German American Trust Company in Denver, Colorado, the same being Six (6) months interest on Monte Vista Sewer Bond. 10 o 5 0000 Treasurer Section V. That the said Bonds shall, as soon after their issue, be delivered to the purchaser. thereof, and the proceeds shall be used solely for the purpose of constructing said sewer for the use of the said Town. Section VI, Whenever the said Town of Monte Vista shall elect to pay any of the said bonds, at any time during the period when any of the said bonds are payable, and before they are absolutely due, according to the terms thereof, the recorder of the said Town shall cause to be published for at least four successive weeks in a newspaper published in the town of Monte Vista, a notice, specifying the number or numbers of the bonds proposed to be called in, and the date of such redemption. Payment of the interest of such bonds shall cease sixty days after the first publication of such notice, and the bonds so-called, shall upon their surrender be paid by the said Town, and when so paid, the unmatured coupons attached thereto, shall be cancelled and destroyed. Skorion VII. That there be and there is hereby levied upon each and every dollar of valuation of taxable property within the said Town annually, in addition to all other taxes, a tax sufficient to pay the semi-annual interest on all of the said bonds outstanding and also after four (4) years from date of said bonds, such a tax shall create a yearly fund equal to Ten per cent (10%) of the whole amount of such bonds issued, for the purpose of extinguishing the principal of said bonds within fifteen years from the date thereof, which fund shall be called the Sewer Bond Redemption Fund, and the taxing and collecting officers of the said Town are hereby authorized, empowered and required to levy and cause to be extended and collected, all such taxes annually, as shall become necessary for the purposes aforesaid due under this ordinance, and such taxes shall be collected and levied as other taxes, and shall be applied only to the principal and interest of said bonds, respectively, and not otherwise, until the said indebtedness, contracted under this ordinance shall be fully paid, and the sums hereinbefore provided for to meet the interest of said bonds, and discharge the principal when due, are hereby appropriated for that purpose, and the said amounts shall also be included in the annual appropriation bill passed by the Board of Trustees of the said Town, in each year while any portion of the said sums remain unpaid. Section VIII. The Board of Trustees of the said Town shall, annually, at the time and in the manner provided for by law, for levying other town taxes, if such action shall be necessary to effectuate and carry out the provisions herein, with reference to the levying and collection of taxes, and shall require the officers of and for the said town to levy, extend and collect such taxes in a manner provided by law for the purpose of creating the redemption fund for the payment of the interest and principal of said bonds, and the said taxes, when so collected, shall be kept for and applied to the payment of the interest and principal of the said bonds, as hereinbefore set forth, and shall not be expended for any other purpose. Section IX. This ordinance shall be and remain in full force and effect, and shall be irrevocable until the said bonds and interest thereon, shall have been fully paid, as herein provided. Section X. Immediately after the passage of this ordinance, it shall be recorded in a book of ordinances of said Town, kept for that purpose, authenticated by the signatures of the presiding officer of the Board of Trustees of the said Town and of the Town Recorder, and shall be published in a newspaper published within the corporate limits of the said Town of Monte Vista. Passed and approved this 12th day of August, 1900, WILLIS H. FASSETT, Mayor. Attest: (sxar.] W. C. Baxter. Town Recorder. Damage to the amount of $3,000 was caused by the cloudburst and flood in West Colfax Saturday night. Five hundred people were made homeless and reduced to wint and hanger. Many lost clothes, money, and all their worldly possessions. The ownership of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company has passed into the hands of John D. Rockefeller, Henry M. Flagler, William Rockefeller, and associates, known as the Standard Oil interests. Taylor Shilling and party returned from Lake Fork Wednesday, while they spent a week camping and fishing. 