The Monte Vista journal., 1899-05-13
GOSSIP FROM DENVER
AND THE STATE CAPITOL

ceuutOr W OIcOtt anu MS OrOtneF 1en-
~ expect 10 visit Carlsbad this sum
mer.
The Pythian lodges of Denver have
definitely decided upon the erection Of
castle to cost from $4,000 to ST5,-
900.
The consumption Of live stock in this
city for last April was 1894 cattle,
9.a22 hogs and 4.O66 sheep. Since the
drst Of Inst January the local con-
sumption has been 1O.4H cattle, 81 ,342
hogs and l4.17S sheep.
The nav mayor. Mr.. johnson. wants
municipal light plant. In a message
sent to the city council he says that
plant could be built for Sl6S,9lO. The
cost Of lights now furnished the city
by private corporation is about $780,.
900 per annum.
Governor Thomns hns signed Scna-
tor Taylor's road bill. II provides for
the construction. improvement and re-
pair OF state wagon road from Buena
Vista to Grand Junction. Several
other bills appropriating money for
roads and arteslnn wells were vetoed.
All bills have now been disposed Of.
Chief Of Police Farley hns 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 refined too high. The enforcement
Of this order. together with the recent
, enactment Of the law prohibiting the
docking Of horses tails, will prove a
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 nm Increase in the receipts
OF his department of $4,000 a year
because additional companies are tax
ing out Colorado licenses under the
new lnw. Many applications are on
hand. The law requires all companies
to have local license. With the In.
crease In the number of licenses comes
the Increase In the aggregate OF the 2
per cent. Of the gross receipts.
The State Board OF Land Commits.
s6ncrs has refused to sell 10000 acres
TO the Grent Plains Company at $3.50
per mere. The lands lie near Lamar.
Land may be sold yet to this concern
In quantities ms large as II desires. II
the demands OF the board are met.
Some members Of the board are will
I Ing to Sell 10000 acres to the Great
Plains Company at $3.50 per acre. pro-
vlded that instead Of one large tract
the company take every alternate sec-
tion. leaving the Intervening sections
for the state and agreeing to Irriyate
the whole-state land us well MS It's
own.
The indeterminate sentence bill be.
comes law without the governors
approval. II provides for the parole
OF convicts In the states prison. Ac
sOrdIng to this law. sentences shall BE-
passed for an indefinite term. the court
liking a 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 liz held by the people Of
counties where It Ia found necessary to
, vote bonds for the purpose specified.
A deal was closed In Denver Monday
by which the electric road Of the Grip
pie Creek district formally passes into
the hands Of n company composed Of
the leading mine owners Of Colorado
Springs. The road will I've completed
and fully equipped nj once Mt cost
OF N.7JOGD The electric line will
connect all the towns In the Cripple
Greek district. Six passenger trains u
day VIII I've run out OF Colorado
Springs. and steady freight service
Rssil tss. sStu II h...1 rh.. .l..
Springs mine owners. who nre inter.
estcd intend TO build mills and smciiers
at Colorado City at II total outlay OF
<l.OGO.OO0.
Denver people have another Opportu.
nifty to witness those pcrvcrsions 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.
tencc OF Charles J. Kunsmillcr. who
WIS convicted Of making false reports
10 the government while he was a..
sistant cashier Of the defunct German
National Bank of this city. lie will
have to serve II term Of i've years In
the penitentiary. while Rcithmann and
Clinton. his superior officers. escaped
punishment on n technically. II IL
understood that they admit that Kuns.
miller made the reports us he did at
their dictntion.
TIL. nnti.emblcm hill has become q
| law. contrary 10 the general cxpecta. |
tion. II was introduced by senator
Harris. II is nn net amending the sicc.
'ion laws by providing for . ballot
upon which the party emblem does not
appear. Governor Thomas had IL. |
cidcd TO veto this measure. but he
changed his opinion nt the Inst min.
ute. He signed the measure. although |
he says thnt II In objectionable to him. |
lie says: Il signed the hin. d~ferring |
ny objections TO the opinions Of others. |
and particularly che author Of the bin. |
There IL one serious objection to the |
bill ~ II In framed. II tends 20 destroy
the secrecy OF the Australian ballot In |
ihnt II requires ihS 'oter 10 write the
name Of his ticket on Its face. This In |
the only serious objrrsion out Of many
1tbcrr.'
No private poatolncr box scheme can |
be worked In Denver. The isostotiicr |
authorities have declared that II such |
an 0fficr were opened II would refuse |
20 deliver Letters to the conductors II
10 hut few weeks since 4 fight OK. |
CURED tetwcen the officials Of the |
poxtoflic~ In New York aud the private |
letter box mrn and the postoelscr won, |
In that city the custom has crown into |
q Gigantic evil The h0xea were In the |
rear OF drug slorcs, In stationery storps