The Holly chieftain., 1900-04-20
DOINGS AT DENVER.
fssns of Iatsrss, Prom the City and the
STATE Capitol.

to its Observance he says: The estap
ushment by statue of day deVoteu 10
The planting OF trees and the acorn.
ment OF nature crystalllzed beautiful
and useful custom into law. It's an
nual approach is always joyfuliy an
ticipated and its requirements cheer
fully observed. lis practical results
are already with US; for our chiidren
Its benefits are beyond calculation Ihe
titlZen who plants The tree ana watches
Its constant growth, must love the
land that nourishes 1t, the country
that protects il and the government
that Is over all
Three great railroad systems retired
from Denver business Monday. Not a
train on the Denver 4 Rio Grande, the
Colorado & Southern mail line or the
Santa Fe could move either in or out
of the city. The suspension Of busi-
ness is temporary, as result of the
storm, which railroad men with one
accord. agree was the most severe ever
experienced In April, and as damaging
as any of the most disastrous winter
bliZzards. Snow drifts on the divide
about Palmer Lake ranging from four
10 ten feet and extending for miles
without break, the direct cause Of the
railroads going out of business. All
day Monday men We're at work with
picks and slfovels and snow plows of
every device were butting away at the
great drifts. but with little perceptible
effect
The Western Range Cattle Growers
Association will make a fight on the
brand recording act passed in the last
lie la f,1N --la-
cording of every cattle and horse
brand in the state. At n meeting of
the executive committee of the associ-
alton. held here Wednesday, a sub
committee composed of C. NJ. Ham
mond, Fred Light and II. $. Tompkins,
was appointed TO confer with Secre-
tary of State Beckwith and Attorney
General Campbell. 10 secure their in
depreciation of the law. The opinion
is held by cattlemen that the new
branding law is not operating as it was
Intended, and If the attorney generals
views agrees with theirs, an effort will
be made to have refunded 10 stockmen
portion of the taxes and fees they
have paid during the past year for re-
recording their brands. 1t now costs
s2,G0 to have brand recorded in the
ctSlNtate VI Siblt >
General f. V. Sumner, who is the
promoter OF the National Rough Rider
encampment. To be started in Shenan-
doah valley. San Miguel county, Colo
RADIO, has just returned from a trip to
New York. where he has been in con-
sultation with C. ID. Gurley of New
York, maturing the plans Of the insti-
tuition. The main result of the visit is
n circular. explaining the purposes of
the encampment, and giving the terms
for tuition. In explaining the course
for 19O0-19ol, the circular says that in
struction Is TO be in everything pertain
Ing TO rough riding, sharpshooting and
military tactics, and scouting. The use
of all equipment necessary, including
horse, rifle. saddle, blankets, etc, is to
be given free for one year, and ammu-
milton, tents, kahki uniforms and simi-
lar things are TO be supplied free. The
cost per annum of all the above is $500.
while mess and tentage is to be paid
for al the rate of So per week. Il have
sent these circulars to all parts of the
United States, paying particular atten-
ton to the colleges and schools" said
General Sumner. II desire, to found a
military school, and desire to make it
u place where strong men will be
turned out. The situation of the land
is ideal, and the climate is the best in
the world. You can call the encamp-
ment sort of sanitarium If you
choose | want TO get hold of the weak,
stoop-shouldered men, who have worn
themselves out physically and mentally
by hard work or worry-college men
who have graduated with high honors
and no health, and who need a year of
fresh air and exercise to put them in
condition to begin work. can get
them, too. After the first announcement
in the papers of the Inauguration Of
the scheme inquiries as TO time, place
and terms poured in thick and fast
We have had over 1000 letters, and it
was in response to them that l pub
lished the circular stating the aims and
purposes of the institution. We are
now getting regular enlistments-that
is, getting men to sign our agreements
and pay the first installment on their
tuition fees. When we have 100 men
enlisted then We will begin our work.
We expect to commence June 1st, and
from present prospects we will have
far more than 100 men enlisted by that
time. The spirit of the place will be
one of freedom. do not want any
one TO think 1t prison. They can go
and come when they like, and all 1
want to know is where they are. ex-
pect no difficulty in managing them.
The camp will be pitched on a school
reservation. which shall own, and /
shall have the power to eject any per-
son who Is unruly or insubordinate.
But have no suspicion that there will
be INSTRUMENTATION TO conquer. The
class of men from which the ranks of
my companies will be recruited is an
educated class, with enough good sense
not to be led of into wild pranks, or
unreasoning revolts. Organized into
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