The Holly chieftain., 1899-09-15

this notice out and paste in your note
book for future reference. Further par
ticnlafs will be furnished on appllc;,-
ton to Miss Nellie ID. Oswald. $40 Peo-
pies Bank building. Denver. Colorado.
The judges of the Supreme Court ara
wondering where they are .'at." All
summer the three members OF the high
est tribunal in the state have been
working hard in the preparation of
eases and the examination of briefs.
Not one of them has had his usual va.
cation because of the great amount
OF accumulated business, and the hours
that each judge has daily put in are
considerably in excess of those allowed
by the eight-hour law which they re-
Gently declared unconstitutional. Not
withstanding all this overwork, the
judges now face the unpleasant sltua-
ton that the court Is about $50 eases
behind in Its work. Deputy Clerk
Cooke says that an average estimate
places the capacity Of the court in dis
posing of cases.at 200 year. The trou-
BILE is not with the judges. but with the
enormous amount of litigation which
has been thrust upon the three mem
bers of the court. while In other states
the same. or II less amount of lltiga-
! tloH. itttlNtS tllt uNe OF
seven judges. In speaking OF the mat
ter. one of the judges, who incidentally
remarked that the eight hour law de-
cisiOn was almost completed and would
soon he ready for the public, remarked
that the movement to increase the size
Of the Supreme court would he success
full at the next regular session. or the
court would soon become so far behind
in its work that 1t would take years to
decide an ordinary case. Even as it is
now. said he, II is necessary to ad-
vance important cases out of their or
der on the calendar in order to give
them proper treatment. The last Leg
islature passed law intended to re-
lieve the strain. but 1t has not done so.
The law ruled that litignnts must
choose between the Court of Appeals
and the Supreme court and not try
cases first in one of these courts and
then in the other. The result was
not to relieve the strain on both courts.
as intended. but to relieve the strain
on the Appeal court and increase the
business of the other tribunal Az
soon as the act became operative the
lawyers rushed 10 the State capitol in
swarms and commenced securing the
transfer of cases from the Appeal
court to the Supreme court. This rush
has been kept up ever since and even
during the last few days a large num-
ber of cases have been sent from one
court to the other
AS the time for the Festival of
Mountain and Plain-Septcmbe 2Jth
to 3Oth-draws near, II becomes evident
from reports from NIL parts Of the state
that the attendance will far eclipse that
of any previous year The elaborate
programme arranged by the board of
direction, taking in, as 1t does, nn en-
tire week and affording variety Of
entertainment, appeals to the pleasure
loving instinct OF everybody In the
state. The design of the board is no
less to furnish week of unalloyed
pleasure than to afford visitors from
all parts of the state an opportunity
to see what can be done by their
neighbors and friends in the matter
of products. The festivities will begin
with the throwing open OF the stree,
fair, which promises to be one of the
most attractive displays of Colorado
products ever witnessed. Then comes,
in the evening. the coronation OF the
queen of the festival. This will he one
of the most elaborate and attractive
pageants of which 1t IL possible to
conceive. The royal pavilion will be
work of art, in gold silver and ivory.
1t will be thirty feet high, gracefully
draped with the festival colors and
national bunting and fcsto0ned in
royal purple and flowers. The maid
of honor who receives the piano will
then be awarded her trophy The fes-
tiyities may now be said to have fairly
begun. and will follow quickly with
each day. First comes the queens M
rade. which Will be n gorgeous spec
tacle with floats and flowers and dec
Grated carriages. knights and courtiers
In handsome costumes. maids of hon.
or on superb floats, and all the an
purtenaliceS that 90 TO make uD n
brilliant pageant Following this will
come the military parade. In which IL
Is confidently expected that the First
Colorado Volunteers will take n prum.
inent part. Then the gorgeous parade
of the Slaves OF the Silver SERPENT
with their twenty floats. bands of mu-
sic, electric lights and brilliant COS.
tunes, all making n pageant that will
outrival the tabled beauties of the
Arabian knights. Carnival Day will
next will be In order with Its jollity
and mirth, and finally the great mask
ball in the evening. 1t Is fully expect
ed that the mask carnival this year
will far exceed In extent any that has
ever yet been given. To close ND the
weeks festivities the horse show has
been arranged. and II can be said that
this promises to be one of the most
successful ventures of the kind that
has ever been attempted. Some of the
finest horses in the United States have
been entered and prizes for which they
will strive are certainly worth having.
The climax of the weeks festivities
will be reached In the grand state ball.
which will be given In the arena, H.