The Monte Vista journal., 1899-11-04
DENVER GOSSIP.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Colorado 4 Southern Railroad
Company has secured an Injunction re-
stralninR the commissioners Of Doug
las county from interfering with their
new track up the South Platte.
The City Council has passed and
Mayor johnson has signed bill call
ing for vote OF the people on the
proposition to construct n municipal
water plant ut a cost OF 81, 4,IOO.OOO.
The posse Of deputy United States
marshals having completed the work OF
serving ejectment papers on the stone
waii valley settlers. In charge OF pepu-
" Marshal Davis, has returned to Den
yer.
The announcement was received IN
Denver yesterday that the Federal
Court of Appeals at st. Paul had
granted damages to the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad In its suit against the
Midland because OF a wreck which Oc-
CURED September 10. 1897, on a piece
OF track operated Jointly by the two
roads between New Castle and Rihe.
The appeal was made from Judge Hal
let's decision In the District Court OF
Colorado.
County Assessor AmeT has publicly
announced that he would not obey the
recent order Of the State Board Of
Equalization Increasing the value Of
taxable property in ArapnhOe county
by x2,SOOOOO. This stand he takes In
a letter mailed to each OF the fifty.six
fv lv, hA Mt la u
also mailed a letter to the board Of
county commissioners and another to
State Auditor Temple, each Of which is
of the same import.
The last part Of the certified copy Of
the Senate journal OF the last Iegis-
lature has gone to the printer from the
ONCE Of the secretary OF state, and the
copy us certified may be the ground on
passed by the last Legislature may be
attacked. According to journal Clerk
Ballinger. many mistakes were made
in the Journals Of both houses. The
certified copy will be "A true copy, even
to errors. ms Secretary OF State Beck
with has decided that II is not the prov
ince OF his office to correct errors, but
merely to copy.
At the last meeting of the state mill
tary board II was unanimously decided
that a new armory should bc built Mt
once. Brigadier General Browning, Ad-
5utant General Overmyer and lnspec-
tor General Johnson were appointed n
committee 10 receive bids on rentals
from the parties who have agreed to
build nm nrmory and lease 1t to the
state. The estimated cost OF the struc-
ture will be between 100000 and $i5.-
ODO. II will bc constructed Of brick
three stories In height and modern In
every feature. The site In nll proba-
bility will bc within a few blocks Of
the state house.
Warrants will be issued November
14th to enlisted men OF the Colorado
National Guard who served between
May LIST and 9Th. 1893. before being
mustered into service Of the United
States. There are 900 men entitled TO
pay for this time. to whom will be dis
tributcd <iO.SOO. In making the an.
nouncemcnf Of the date Of payment to
the different commanders Adjutant
General Overmycr adds that a. II will
he impossible for all the men to call at
his once and sign the pay roll. the ac-
counts may Ike assigned to him no that
he may draw the money and immetll-
ately forward II to each man by check.
Superintendent Duna way OF the Colo
rndO x Southern says: Never saw
such business. We have almost nll We
can handle. but Of course we're not re-
fusing anything. It's lucky we have
two lines 10 Pueblo. though for II We
had only one we would he In the SOUP
All this talk about our abandoning the
old Gulf. that we repeatedly denied
two months ago. is now made ridicu-
lous. Why, we're sending more trains
over that line than ever before. OF
course you know Il IL cheaper 10 han
die traffic over the joint track through
Palmer Lake. but that line has much
more than It can take care Of. and
whenever train In ready to start from
either terminal II is sent out over the
route thnt Offers the least chance Of
delay"
The State Veterinary Board has de-
cidcd upon mn innovation which will
affect practically every cattle man In
the state and compel him 10 have all
sheep which are to In. exported inspect.
Ell before they leave the state Here
toforc II has been the custom merely to
have sheep coming into the state In.
spcctcd. the shippers bearing the cx-
pensc. The nction taken viii te to pro.
tect other states. This move was only
agreed upon by the state board because
IL was earnestly requested by the de-
parfmeni OF agriculture nt Washing.
tor. The Idea is that the sheep coming
from this state Will hereafter bring
better prices because guaranteed by
the state authorities to he free from
disease.
The recent vlndication Of Adjutnnt
General John q. Ovcrmycr By the
State Military bonrd wns thought To
have ended the National Guard tro,,i,.
les which were revolving around the
charges against him. but there Il yet
some dissatisfaction among those on.
posed 20 the general and nn effort has
been made 90 secure n complete act OF
expense bills ~ all military matters
since he entered Office. Whether the light
Will liz continued or not win largely
depend. II is said. upon what these
expense bills and other data secured
In the Investigation will show. The
generals friends nrc confident TINT
nothing will come Of this new nt,emDt
to place him In u bad light before the
governor. II In claimed TINT under n
decision by the Court Of Appeals In
1872, expenditures for expenses Incur.
red outside the state arr Illegal.
Judge Palmer hns signed n decree In
the taxation cas-" Of the Colorado Rcn,.
mary against the Board Of County
Commissioners md the county trrnsu.
rcr The decree rxcmpta Is.rlNtunlly