The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-02
DENVER GOSSIP.
irEMs OF iMrEREsr FROM the
STATE CAPITOL.

8VA18 CAPITOL
M. w. e. PAbor, the veteran Colo
taoo journalist, has assumed editorial
cnarge OF the Weekly TmesSun Of
ms city. His long experience In west.
ern newspaper work insurcs the max.
ing OF valuable family paper.
A decision rendered Friday by Judge
Jacobs Of the County Court will Der
init saloOn-keepers to sell liquor after
midnight unless the Fire and Police
Board cares to interfere. In effect 1t
70 that the state authorities have NO
right to NEEDLE with saloons doing
business after hours. and that the only
authority in that matter Ii the Fire
and Police Board. This right. the
Judge holds, IL granted the board by
the city charter.
Continued evidences Of the benefits
of the Pinxree gardens about Denver
are reported. One story 10 told Of .
boy Of 13. who until this summer has
Deeo the acknowledged black sheep Of
the South Side boys This year he took
some land at the gardens and sold
enough produce to buy himself . horse
and wagon. Now he has become . full
ned9ed wage Garner and no one hears
OF any more pranks oe wild escapadea.
HIS ambition 10 to buy himself some
land and become q farmer.
The Supreme Court has handed
down an opinion In 4 mining suit by
which the tribunal reverses Itself In
the established precedents on cross
claims. The case Of Branagan against
Dulaney. Eighth Colorado Statutes.
page 4O6. has stood for years as an i'm
portant decision upon which controver-
eies between senior and Junior loca-
tons have rested. According to the
opinion this decision has been looked
upon as erroneous by the best Jurors.
and the court now takes = backward
step and admits Its error. Judge Cab
bert wrote the opinion. which Ii be-
tween 10000 and 1900 words in
length, the lower court being sustained
Pullman shops In Denver, In which
everything but standard sleepers will
be built. employing, when working at
full capacity, $50 men: new shops for
the Colorado 4 Southern, equipped
with the finest Of modern machinery.
estimated to cost not less than $500. 600
these are the results to Denver Of the
three days spent In the city by Vice
President Wickes Of the Pullman com.
pany. The change will commence
almost Immediately. The Colorado 4
SOuthern II now employing only about
800 men In the shops. The Pullman
people contemplate sending a few men
ont here almost Immediately to work
on repairs. The Pullman force will he
gradually increased. while the Colorado
4 Southern will be decreased. until, Mt
the end Of the nine months one COM
pany will have supplnnted the other.
Work on building new shops for the
Colorado h Southern will begin I'm
medlAtcly. There were numerous con-
fercnccs In the Colorado 4 Southern
oficea yesterday and the proba bilities
are that provisional plans Will be SUBJ
mltted within the next week. Large
shops. including round houses and car
sheds. NIL equipped In the most modern
style and with the latest machinery.
are contemplated.
The state land board says the News,
has received a communication from the
general land Office TO the effect that the
survey Of townships ~ and ~ south,
range 73. In Costilla and HuerfanO
counties. the Blanca mining district,
were not legal. and that the survey will
have to be made over again. This de-
prives the state Of the selection OF sesc-
tionx 10 and II out Of the two town.
shiJ~ In the opinion Of the surveyor
Kenefal. aud the state hoard Instructed
Register Chlpley to Investigate and re-
port upon the facts. II may be that
the state will desire TO hxht the matter.
This communication reveals nm inter.
estlnR state OF affairs Under the law
the state cannot select mineral lands
A. such. but In cnse~ where the miner.
nj has been discovered after the trans.
ferx have been made the transaction
cannot b. undone. The sections ss.-
lecte>i by tho s'nte In townships ~ and
- have exhibited mineral since they
came Into the possession Of Colorado,
and rightfuily they might he main.
tained by II. Attorneys Goudy and
Twitchell. however. have gone ahead
and shown 10 the satisfaction Of the
surveyor general that the original sur.
veya were made In manner very com.
mon few years ago. namely, in a tent
and with a sct Of drnu.htsincn's pen.
ellis. instead of In the field. This con.
stitutes the illcxnllty. nnd Il IL sup
posed to have the effect Of making the
states selection of the sections 10 and
32 In each township ns Illegal and de-.
prlvinR II Of the mineral land. Ruch Is
the matter that Register Chipiey will
look Into. The nice part Of the thing
Is that the sections nrc said to contain
valuable mineral claims. nnd tho Den.
Yer attorneys represent persons who
nre Interested In getting possession
when the new survey is made and
proper monuments have been set up.
The mining excitement In the blanca
district makes mineral lands OF consId.
ernble value nj present. and those
which the state supposed II owpcd mny
lr snatchsd AWAY from II. Thc land
hoard met Monday and decided TO
make selection of 5000 ncrcs of in.
demnity school land In Weld county
upon application of John Law. nm *.
tcnsivc stock rniscr. He offers the an.
nual 1ca~c price of : cents mn ncrr. The
land will not is leased To Law until a
further investigation hns iccn made,
for II Is reported TINT II Is valuable for
agricultural purposes.