The Lamar register., 1899-05-10
GOSSIP FROM DENVER
AND THE STATE CAPITOL.


~ expect to visit Carlsbad this sum.
ner.
A mad dog scare in this city has
brought forth an order that ali dogs
shall be shut up for thirty days,
The teachers Of Arapahoe are op.
iSosed 10 teachers agencies. IL Is
claimed that the agencies bring In out
side schoolma'ams, thus shutting out
the home product
The Northern Coal Company. which
has heretofore had but one competitor
IN the coal fields - northern Colorado.
mas now bought up It's rival and VIII
nave things It's own way.
The consumption of live stock In this
city for last April was 2,3G4 cattle,
a.if22 hogs and tUGG sheep. since the
hrSr q last January the local con
sumption has been iO.4t4 cattle, 81 .342
hcrS and i4.1Ts sheep.
Representative Of nearly all the
state Institutions met Mt the Albany
Monday 20 discuss the deficit In their
Interpretations They adopted resoiu.
Tons asking Governor Thomas TO call
special session Of the Legislature.
The new mayor, Mr.. johnson. wants
a municipal light plant. In a message
sent TO the city council b., says that n
plant could h. built for Sl6SglO. The
cost of lights now furnished the city
by private corporation Is about SloO.-
TOO per annum-
During April Secretary Of State
Beckwith turned SlI.tj2 Into the state
trsaxury The usual monthly pay
neuts from the Office aggregate about
SG.opO. Last Months aggregate WIS
made - much larger than usual by the
p.Drp check from the smelter cotrbi-
nation.
Governor Thomas has signed Sena-
tor TayioT's ruad bill- II provides for
the construction. improvement and re-
ralr OF state wagon road from Buena
Vista 20 Grand Junction. Several
other bills appropTiatinE money for
roads and aTtcsiAn wells were vetoed
Al hlils have now b,en disposed OF.
The hump-i,ackcd drvotee Of the
wheel has received \ setback from the
Distrir- Cogrt Some farmers near
Liffietou over whose land the cycle
path runs have obtnined iujunctious
forbidding Wheclmrn 70 cross their
property hereafter. The land owners
complaint Is that blcyclists trespassed
on their land and stole fruit
Denver rity bonds arr held in high
esteem by local brokers. THIS was
demonstrated by the cagerncsz dis
rlaved By those who attended the
opening or bids for city bonds by the
Hoard OF Pubic y, ks Monday morn
Ing. More bidders were present than
at any time since the panic OF lsssI
and premiums were offered averaging
from two to ave PER cent
me urs-Ideney Of the Stair Agricul-
,rrsI College was formally offered
,vhauc,ilor Mcdowell OF the Denver
University saturday. The chancellor
auI board met the governor In his pri-
yate once and every argument wus Of
y.-,.t ~ lnduge the chancellor TO ac-
r.pt the place. He would not. how
.y,.r egusaut 20 take the presidency.
-, !. s.r,..-d to consider the matter. He
,,,,z told To take his own time In de
Gliding
chief Of Police Farley has Instructed
~. oytr.rs TO enforce the ordinance
,vaIn-t the high checking OF horses.
Mcmb-rs OF the department are
,,-,l.,,.,i 10 arrest owners OF horses that
- r.itat too high. The enforcement
~ this order, together with the recent
..,,,.,nt,.nt Of the law prohibiting the
decking Of horses tails. VIII prove n
boon "a the horses and disngreeable
-bork 10 those wealthy citizens who
ar. tnure stylish than humane
The serious and probably fatal In
iurv OF DIR. Eleanor Lawney by run
nvy,y horse Sunday, calls attention
anew to fhe danger OF horses on the
,I;v streets. Many serious or fatal ac-
.Iicnts OF this kind have happened OF
I'm. ,Iua to the driving Of htgh-spirited
~ uptrninetl horses by careless or ig-
pornnt drivers. When anyone Is run
over by blcyclist great cry Is
rsIs..i about II. but as matter OF fact
the serious accidents caused by horses
ar. the more numerous.
Before departing saturday evening
49, , tbrpe-days' business trip. TO ST.
PAM Guyernor Thomas vetoed large
,,r,n1i,,.r OF bills, the most important OF
which are the indeterminate sentence
,,Iu the auti-emhlcm bill and the boy
- mi lust before leaving the city
~, Governor issued Instructions that
-, ~ his veto messages, with the ex-
.an,Ion OF that relating to the boycott
.ci shoutd lSe given out for publica-
ttnn They were prepared during the
orauiur but were not signed by the
eNecutiye.
The resources OF the state are likely
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