Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-16
'oetstS. NGS AT DENVER.
Items Of Interest From the city and the
state Capitol.

Applicants FOR small parcels OF public
land are again favored In the recon-
mendaIions prepared FOR the state land
board by Governor Thomas nnd Hegis-
ter Chipiey. The lands applied for
are all suitable FOR grazing and asri-
cultural purposes and there Were scores
OF small requests Included In the i5,-
90 acrt> passed upon. The appllca-
tions wer" all In the nature of requests
to the board for the selection of gov
ernmcnt domain. In ail the appllca-
lions included III 900 acres. A. the
stale could only get i5.SD acres. this
amount was divided among those ask
Ing small portions. The land Will h.
selected and secured from the govern
mcnt. then leased To those chosen YES
tcr,iny.
III. Army ani Navy Memorial Hall
Association II now reality. anh
hall will soon L.. built. Al u m,'citn.
In iiir stat. capitol last evening. r-p.
r--.ntntivc- OF the q. \. u. posts ani
auxiliary organizations In Denver
agreed upon u constitution nnd by
laws. Secretary Crawford said that
articles of Incorporation would isc
iii.d. Not until this l. done VIII any
effort l.. uIn,i. iu RAILS. the n-'---ary
funds. hut II l. s-nii-otliclnliy AN
nounc,-i that the committee. In charge
knows Just wh"T- To- rails" substantial
amounts. This new organization VIII
erect u hall for Use 10y all the u, \. II.
posts 81 the city. NIL III" auxiliary 80
ricrics aud naval organizations. The
idea l. To establish snin,' central newt.
lns place "a headquarters for the
rapidly Diminishing q. \. II. as>ocin'
ii"ns.
III. NTH annual conference uf chnri'
Ties ani cotr-'iions will H. held Ht l'u.
-blo Sinfvl 18th Io eth On sunday
evening. Marrh 18th. Mr.. Mari Bal.
IinEton Hoath uf New York viii give
nn. sf iicF interesting iaiLs. on Mon.
day morning the county commissioner,
viii discuss the many problems arising:
In the expenditure nf ii- rn"r relief
FUND. Dn Monday afternoon stat" snt'
iroi OF puhli. charities VIII II. t1nsii'
erred. after which u visit VIII h. made
To- the state iusan" asylum. pu Mon.
.iay evening Child Saving Work" Will
H., considered tli.. i,-V. william pi;y.
an II Denver uiHrninE the hlsru--lon.
pn Tuesday morning Town nnd city
Charity" work win H. considered. In
III" afternoon tile discussion viii L. "n
Juvenile b-linIu"ni-." AMI the cun'
f.rvn,. will cia-- IN the evening with "a
,i-lsa;" on Crime aui Criminals.
For the nr-i time In eleven years the
stat. iutauI ~ equalization VIII make
an effort io get nm exact taxable val
ii- on railroad property. Joseph y.
Israel. former United States mHr.iini.
has i'-rn appointed hy til. i-nIri q"
make an investigation uf Tnilr"ai rrui'.
-riy with the object "f getting Mt the
sns" In another manner ihHn that "uiis
fniur,I la the Trt-rts tu the H--c--cr-.
The iunri viii mg-ri IN regular session
Mt 10 o'clugL the morning II April FL
I, ,.nn LEGALLY consider only the rail.
roli assessments The meetings will
prnlIally continue over two weeks Hs
all the rnilruad representatives viii az.
near i-'fnr,. ib. lsiarl nnd viii H. ~.
lowed tu state their eases. Th" asses.
-nr's legislative committee viii also
apt,-ar iSIHrr 'h- l1lrl aud -nirnNor
a. .r-t,r,, mn iuCr,sn-- IN the railroad a.
easements, Promising. II j. said. to rails"
other assessments Ia proportion.
Th. annual statement If T,-ripiS nud
,l,, ,iisis,-itiuu II funds 10y til" state
land Itlnr,I will I,r rad {" the l'IRr,l
,,r,tiut. next Tuesday. Tile statement
i. az business from Mnprh I. i>,h'. q"
March 1 i,ss The total py'vipIs were
S:sni .ugi. aprnrii"ucl rs follows:
Nppraisrmrui fund ...s....sss .SIl
Agricultural college. permanent ll.'sii
Agricultural college. Income. ..'iE.
Internal Improvement. permit. :..!hs
Internal Improvement. in'"in". I':n,
Land commission. "usis....... LII
Mineral land surveys. ........ 'Esn
I'uI,lig building. permanent
I'ul,lt- building. income. r....... :''
rrniicniinry. permanent ...... ....:.
r,nitrutinry. Income ...s..... ".
school permanent .....-..... 't>..,',
University. iuCuW" .......-... 'h'
s,ii,,., in,,r,u,, ..,......... -,
.,.,ot .SiIs>. i!Hi
innpprnpfintr'i. sI!'sn.
number ur nrr,S NJ school lands snld.
,rn. internal Improvement. i...'s.2'
races. Total. I.:2,Si'.2:, n"r-~.
Area under renewal rrfiih,H,rs; y.
gii ~ Total nrrn patented. ls.3S'.2l.
Town lots said. ~.
ma. ..,,, ,f ,pIpflt,lD il going into