Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
STATE CAPITOL.


Trade to attend the banquet of the
board December 21st.
The November statement of the Union
Stock Yard Company shows that ], ,497
carloads of live stock, including cattle,
hogs, sheep and horses, have been re-
ceived by the railroads in Denver dur
ing the last month. OF this number,
1,169 carloads went into the country.
During the last thirty days 23,51S head
OF all kinds of live stock have been con-
sumed in Denver. While the total re-
ceipts of cattle show gain of 1O,6G7
head for November over the same
month one year ago, there were 1,427
more consumed in the city during the
latter month, as much difficulty has re-
Gently been experienced in obtaining
fat cattle of the kinds desired by the
slaughterers. Dealers expect that even
larger per cent. than usual Of the re-
ceipts during December, as most of the
cattle arriving are good for beef.
Time is being taken by the forelock
this year by stockmen, says the Repub-
ncan, to prevent the ravages of wolves
during the winter on sheep and cattle
ranges. From Wyoming and New Mex
leo word has been sent stock owners
living in this city that both wolves and
coyotes are beginning to appear out of
the hills In unusually large numbers.
The absence of severe weather has
kept the stock in the mountains later
than usual. The most successful meth
cd used by stOckmen to drive Off
wolves is to put trained dogs on the
range and keep the packs moving from
place to place as the wolves appear. l..
s. Lacey recently made arrangements
to take several hounds to Wyoming.
Lions will receive attention and Lacey
expects to rid the Wyoming ranges
of these pests. Dogs will be selected
that have the quality not only to fol-
low and capture but to kill the quarry.
Governor Thomas thinks the federal
government should grant each state
and territory the arid government lands
within Its borders. He will advocate
this proposal before the coming guber-
natOrial conference in Salt Lake City
next week. Governor Thomas says:
IF the federal government acts as l
have suggested, the principal condition
should be that the states should carry
on the homestead feature on their own
account. In this state are fully 25,-
100000 acres of arid land. If owned by
the state these lands could be rented
for grazing and other purposes and at
least the regular rental of 5 cents per
annum per acre could be secured for
them. That rental would bring into
the state treasury S1,250,O0O n year.
On some Of the land a higher rental
might be secured which would equal
iZe the non-rental of other lands. If
the government arid lands are granted
to the states and territories the ques-
ton of irrigation will very rapidly work
itself out"
1t is said to be strong probability
that the next Legislature-will be called
upon to enact n law looking to the in
PRODUCTION of civil service rules in the
state land office. A condition of affairs
has been discovered by DIR. Chipley
the present register, that did little less
than startle the members of the board
at their regular meeting with refer
ence to the files and the slipshod man.
ner in which lenses have been allowed
for years to go without proper super
vision. The doctor made n report in
response to n request by Governor
Thomas in which he called attention
to the jumbled condition of the rec
ords and the difficulty in entering into
the history of coal, mineral and graz
ing leases. After the meeting Register
Chipley said the change Of administra-
ton and clerical force every two years
was undoubtedly the cause of the trou-
BILE, the system of the office being SO
complicated that II required u great
part of m officials term to get in
touch with it. The business of one ad-
ministration was, therefore, seldom
passed on to another with precision
and clearness that the Importance Of
the matters demanded. Incidental to
this particular case Register ChIpley
in vapnrnl xynv upnp tbn
condition of the leases. He showed
that there were only twelve coal
leases in the state that were alive ac-
cording to the records, all others hav-
ing been forfeited, and that there were
seven such leases on oil, fire clay and
stone lands. The doctor informed the
board that as rapidly as possible he
would present similar figures on graz
ing and agricultural and metalliferous
lands, so rs to show the members just
where they stood.
Captain Cecil A. Deane. custodian of
the war relic department at the state
capitol, who recently returned from
further government surveys In south
western Colorado and northern New
Mexico, received yesterday large
quantity of prehistoric relies which he
collected on his trip. Some are of n
character never before discovered in
that part of the country. The lower
half of n human jaw having two rows
OF double teeth and found in an old
grave Is one of the most curious spcci-
mems. But there Is one piece In the
collection which leads Captain Dcane
to believe that 1t is possible that the
cliff dwellers had household goods
which they buried with the dead who
formerly owned them. This Is leg
and foot which may have been part OF
an idol. Among the more valuable
relies nre II double bitted stone aX. n
metate or hand corn mill which has an
oblong depression work by grinding.
circular stone metnie weighing scv-
ontY-fiYe mounds. sixteen inches In dl.