The Holly chieftain., 1899-11-17
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM rHK
STATE CAPITOL.

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State Treasurer Fesler has received
the government check of $31 900 for its
share of the running expenses OF the
Soldiers and Sailors Home.
The Society of the Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution has presented General
Irving Hale with medal. The society
had previously given him sword.
Uintah Indians are reported to be
hunting in the northwestern part -
Colorado. Governor Thomas has.
ordered game wardens and sheri6s to-.
drive them out.
The carefully prepared will Of the
late George Tritch has been broken by
the action of the widow in formally
electing to take half the estate, as un-
der the law she has right to do. 1t
is said that this action Is taken by her
in the interest Of her daughter, Mira.
Snyder, who was disinherited unda
the terms of the will. The estate Is
worth over 100000.
The Supreme Court. in decision
just rendered by Justice Gabberu
holds that Sunday closing, unless ev-
erything is closed, cannot legally be en-
forced against those lines of business
which are not detrimental to the puo-
lie good. Clothing stores are among
those concerns which may be LETT open
on Sunday under present conditions.
despite the ordinance of the city OF
Denver to the contrary.
A new move was made yesterday bN
the Denver Power and Irrigation Com
pany in its efforts to secure its resef
voir site In the South Platte canon. It
began proceedings in the Distriet
Cpurt vocfardav oftarnppu In condemn
the land. The defendants in the suit
are the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company, the Colorado Irrigation.
Canal and Pipe Line Company. the
Denver, Leadville & Gunnison Railway
Company. the Denver. Cripple Greek
& Southwestern Railroad CompanA
and the Colorado & Southern Railroad
Company.
Arapahoe's county commissioners
will fight the proposed increase of this
county'S assessment by the state board
of equalization. A conference was
held yesterday behind closed doors, At
which all the county commissioners
and County Assessor Ames were pres
ent. The situation WIS rehearsed
thoroughly, and decision was reached
to fight the proposition to a finish. This
county attorney will file the assessor'S
reply to the alternative writ Of man
damus within two or three days, u
before the 18th. Outside counsel has
already been engaged to assist him.
About 500 small cattlemen in the
North Park district have sent q COM
munication to the state land board
protesting against any lease of large
tracts in that region to cattle corpora
tions that may be trying to secure con-
troll of the valuable range over there.
1t is intimated that the North Park
Cattle Company is negotiating to get
this range, and tie small growers are
protesting In advance. The range iss
at present government land, but tie
land board may be asked to select It
for the benefit of the company, which
is said. by the way. to be controlled by
large beef men in Chicago.
Antitrust bicycle makers are pre-
pairing to make Denver their headquar-
ters for the West. The representatives
of companies that have combined in
the Bicycle Makers Protective Asso-
citation are gathering in this city and by
Saturday night arrangements will be
completed for n general distributing
agency, and the battle against the
American Bicycle Company will be be-
gun. The latter is the organization
hHoWu us tue TRUST, anu Is tlie COLL
pany formed by the consolidation a
interests Of sixty-five big manufactur-
ers. All the concerns not taken into
the big concern have formed the BicN,
Gle Makers Protective Association.
A dispatch received by the Repub-
lican from Glenwood Springs says:
Advices received here from Rifle are
that Game Wardens w. Il. Lee and
Jay left Rifle for Black Sulplnff
Springs this afternoon. They expect
to meet the sheriffs' posse, which is
going to drive out the Indians. 1t is
not possible for them to reach the first
camp of Utes before Wednesday morn
Ing. All reports coming in confirm
previous information concerning the
presence of Utes and the slaughter of
game for hides. ]. l.. Frank, who
came overland from Rawlings, Wyo-
ming. said that he had passed eight
bands of Indians moving across the
desert to the south. Three groups weSe
met going north with from twelve to
twenty ponies loaded with hides ana
meat. The Indians had the meat
thoroughly cleaned of bones. They an
peared apprehensive of meeting off
GERS. In every instance they refused
to tell from what reservation they
came.
Says the Rocky Mountain News: J.
G. Courtney, prominent ranchman
from Piceance creek. says there is no
doubt but that the Indians are in the
state and are killing deer. but as y
matter of fact there is hardly any time
when the Indians are not In ColoratS,
and SO far as he is concerned he would