The Lamar register., 1891-05-09
STATE NEWS.

The bodies OF the men killed near
Crested Butte by snow slides are being
found.
A wooden mill has been started at
Denver 1t viii employ fifty hands and
can turn out fifteen dozen garments per
day.
Fred. Emerson, boy left in charge
of private lake near Arvada, was beaten
into insensibility by two men who wanted
to fish there.
Mrs. E. f. Kokowsky will De secre-
tary of the school board at Silver Cliff Tor
the next three years. Her plurality over
the three gentlemen was sixteen.
Leadville has of late enjoyed the
honor of having two rival police depart
ments, Republican and Democratic.
Judge Goddard has just decided in favor
of the Republican faction.
o. H. Henry, recently appraiser of
the State Land Board has sued the Denver
Nelcs for $50, 600 for libel, the Netrs having
charged that he made improper recon-
mendations in favor of his brother, 4. Z.
Henry.
Another accident occurred in the
western end of the Busk-Ivanhoe tunnel.
A man named John Flicker was employed
near the air drills, when the drill rod few
few min nutes later.
The business men of Pueblo ten
dered a banquet to Senators Teller and
Wolcott and Representative Town send on
the 4th in Acknowledgement of services
rendered by them to the State and Pueblo.
A large number of well-known men from
different parts of the State were in at
tendance.
Professor Headdeu, of Denver. to
whom was assigned the task of examining
the body of the late Mrs. Barnaby for
poison, reports that he finds arsenic. The
Worrels, of Denver, and the mysterious
DIR. Graves will be called to Denver at
once to testify
The county treasurer of Boulder
county has redeemed eleven additional
outstanding railroad bonds of 81, 900 each
To secure these he was obliged to pay face
interest and a premium of per cent, but
as the fund on hand would be lying idle
and drawing no interest, it is figured that
by paying this premium, the county still
saves per cent. This reduces the rail-
road bonded Indebtedness OF Boulder coun-
ty, which was once 500, 900, TO siO, 900 be-
fore any of the bonds are matured.
Ex-Governor Cooper heads a novel
corporation, entitled the Worlds Fair
Savings and Transportation Company
The purpose of the company is to provide
an economical and safe manner of trans
por.ation from all points in the State to
and from the Worlds Far at Chicago,
providing such persons, while in attend
auce at the Worlds Fair, with hotel ac-
commodations. Such transportation and
accommodation are to be paid for on the
installment plan at the rate of rs cents per
| week.
The amount paid out in Colorado
in two and a third years, in bounties for
the destruction of wild animals furnishes
some interesting facts. The total has
been $40, ,622.55. During the year ending
| November 80, 1889, 81, li5 was paid in all
in bounties, an average of sl95 a month.
In the next year, s2l, S47 was paid. an
average of about 81 $50 month During
the past four months of 1891 the to,al
amount paid out was Sl6Gs0. IN the time
mentioned, according to the figures, there
were killed siO mountain lions, sos
wolves and coyotes and l,6e5 bears
A wealthy company has been or.
| -.
Yule Creek. The marble ledge is 500 feet
in thickness. surmouutcd py a white stat
uary marble bed $50 feet thick. They
slope for mile down to the level part Of
the canon and finally disappear from sight
| Enormous blocks of white and verieyated
marble, broken off from the main mass, lie
upon the slope Immediately below the per-
| pendicular marble cliffs. All of the ledge
is in place. The first 10 or 100 feet of the
cliff is composed of exquisite green serpen.
tine marble, bright grass green in color,
veined with white or delicate rosette and
sometimes flesh coIored. Above was dis
covered another cliff $50 feet, formed OF
veriegated marble. 1t is of an immense
variety of shades and patterns, ranging
from soft dove color, delicate chocolate
with veins of white.
Governor Routt has vetoed the bill
passed by the Legislature to pay number
of warrants on account of Collier &
Cleaveland and others which are claimed
| by some to be illegal. The Governor
| says: "a large number of those war
rants were issued on account of services
| claimed to have been rendered TO the
State under contracts, the validity OF
which has been the subject of much dis
cussion and some litigation; and others
were drawn and issued in payment for
services of employees of the Seventh Cen
| eral Assembly, the legality of the employ
ment of such servants being also a matter
of controversy; and the state treasurer
having raised the question as to the valid
| ity of those warrants and as to the binding
effect thereof on the State, 1 do not con-
| ceive that it is proper for the Legislative
| department to assume to pass upon the
| questions which were so raised, and. in
| fact, as 1 am advised, it is extremely ones.
| Iionable whether the Legislature possess
ses constitutional authority to take anv
such action in the premises. In view of
the doubt as their legality and in view of
the fact that the financial condition of the
State is such as to require the rnnst r;o,id