The state herald., 1899-05-12

! senator WOlcOtt anu his brother Hen
ry expect to visit Carlsbad this sum
! mer.
! The Pythlan lodges of Denver have
definitely decided upon the erection of
castle to cost from $5O,OOO to $780,
600.
The consumption of live stock In this
i city for last April was o,364 cattle,
D'o22 hogs and 4,0G6 sheep. Since the
iirst of last January the local con-
sumption has been 1O.4Ga cattle, 81 ,342
hogs and 14,1IS sheep.
The new mayor. Mr.. johnson. wants
n municipal light plant In message
sent to the city council he says that Il
plant could be built for $16s.91O. The
cost of lights now furnished the city
by private corporation is about $780,
600 per annum.
Governor Thomas has signed Sena-
tor Thylor's road bill. 1t provides for
the construction. improvement and re-
pair OF n state wagon road from Buena
vista TO Grand Junction. Several
other bills appropriating money for
roads and artesian wells were vetoed.
All bills have now been disposed Of.
Chief of Police Farley has instructed
his officers to enforce the ordinance
against the high checking of horses.
Members Of the department are
ordered to arrest owners Of horses that
are reined too high. The Enforcement
of this order, together with the recent
enactment of the law prohibiting the
docking Of horses tails, will prove n
boon TO the horses and disagreeable
shock to those wealthy citizens who
are more stylish than humane.
The resources of the state are likely
to be substantially increased by the
payments Of fees Of insurance COM
panies. The insurance commissioner
| estimates an Increase In the receipts
OF his department OF $4,000 year
because additional companies are TAX
ing out Colorado licenses under the
new law. Many applications are on
hand. The law requires NIL companies
to have a local license. With the in
crease In the number of licenses comes
the increase in the aggregate OF the .
per cent. of the gross receipts.
The. State Board of Land Commits.
sioners has refused to sell 10000 acres
to the Great Plains Company at $3.50
per acre. The lands lie near Lamar.
Land may he sold yet to this concern
in quantities as large as II desires. IL
the demands of the board are met.
Some members of the board are will
ing to sell 10000 acres to the Great
Plains Company at $3.50 per acre. pro-
vided that instead of one large tract
the company take every alternate Sec
tion. leaving the Intervening sections
for the state and agreeing to irrignte
the whole-siate land us well ms Its
own.
The indeterminate sentence bill be-
comes law without the governors
approval. Il provides for the parole
of convicts In the states prison. Ac-
2ording TO this law. sentences shall be
passed for an indefinite term. the court
liking maximum and minimum term
of Imprisonment. Another bill which
becomes law without the governors
approval Is Senator Taylor's bill to en-.
able several counties In the state to
Issue bonds In satisfaction OF judg-
ments. This bill provides also for an
election TO be held by the people of
counties where II IL found necessary to
vote bonds for the purpose specified.
A deal was closed In Denver Monday
by which the electric rond Of the Grip
pie Greek district formally passes into
the hands OF company composed Of
the leading mine owners OF Colorado
Springs. The road will be completed
and fully equipped at once at cost
OF Sl,15O.0O0. The electric line will
connect all the towns In the Cripple
Creek district. Six passenger trains
day will he run out OF Colorado
Springs. and steady freight service
will be established. The Colorado
Springs mine owners. who are inter
estcd intend TO build mills and smelters
nj Colorado City nj total outlay OF
81 100000.
Denver people have another opportu-
nifty to witness those perversions OF
Justice that tend To make one suspi-
cious OF the legal machinery OF our
government. The United States court
of appeals has Just confirmed the sen
tence Of Charles j. kunsmillcr. who
was convicted OF making false reports
to the government while he was as
sistant cashier OF the defunct German
National Bank OF this city. He win
have to serve n term Of five years In
the penitentiary. while Reithmann and
Clinton. his superior officers. escaped
punishment on n technicnlity. II Is
understood that they ndmlt that Kuns.
miller made the reports as he did nj
their dictntion.
The nnti.cmblcm bill has become Q
law. contrary to the general expects-
tIon. II was introduced by Senator
Harris. II II M net amending thc elec-
iion lnws by providin. for u ballot
upon which the party emblem does no,
appear. Governor Thomas had de.
cidcd 10 veto this measure. but he
changed his opinion nj the last min.
ute. lie signed the measure. although
he says that II IN Objectionable 10 him.
lie says: Il signed the bIil. dcfcrring
my objections TO the opinions Of others.
and particularly the author Of the biii.
There Il one serious objection TO the
bill ns II IN framed. II tends 10 destroy
the secrecy OF the Australian ballot In
that II requires the voter TO write th.
name Of his iickc, ON Its fncc. This IL
the only serious objection out OF many
Others"
No private poa,off,ce box scheme cnn
he worked In Denver. The po-tofiicc
authorities have declared thnt II such
mn Office were opened II would refuse
to deliver letters TO the conductors. II
II but n few weeks since n fight oc.
Cured between the officials of the
postonicc In New York and the private
letter box men aud the por'oiiicc won.