The Holly chieftain., 1900-02-09
DOINGS AT DENVER.
Items of Interest From the City and the
State Capitol

weeks
Professor Edwin Carter. the we'll
known naturalist of Breckenridge. died
at Galveston. Texas. on the Bird. Mr..
Carter was the owner of a very fine
collection OF specimens of Colorado ami J
mails and birds.
L. +. Dunaway. the retiring general
superintendent OF the Colorado &
SUurnern railway. was presented with
a magnificent testimony of the es-
TEEN in which he is held by the EN-
ployes of the system. A costly chest
containing 22j silver pieces, hand
some oil painting of Pixies Peak. water
set of cut glass, diamond ring and q
handsome watch charm set with dia-
monds We're the voluntary gifts of en-
ployes of all departments OF the SER
vice with which Mr.. Dunaway has
been associated. He will leave for
Hot Springs. Arkansas, where he Will
rest for month. 1t is said that three
positions similar to the one he has re-
signed have been offered TO Mr.. Dun
away He has given no intiInatiOn as
to where he will locate
A Chicago paper prints the following
entertaining dispatch from this city:
Governor Thomas is giving attention
TO a bill placing the granting of mar
riage licenses in the hands of board
of medical examiners. The governor
looks favorably upon the measure.
which was prepared by friend. and Is
expected to embody its salient points
in his message to the Assembly. The
bill provides for a board of medical
examiners in each county. to consist
of three physicians. No marriage Ii
cense shall be granted until q certiti-
cate is had from the board that the
man is not less than twenty-five years
old, the woman not less than twenty
two. and that both are free from dip
somania. organic or true insanity, her.
editary insanity. tuberculosis of the
lungs or other vital organs: hereditary
asthma, scrofula and epilepsy. ana
that there is no blood relation existing
between them. In no ease shall a cer-
tiiicate he granted person notorious
for moral depravity or who shall at
the time of the application be on trial,
under bonds or in prison for felony.
Mints of the United States now re-
ceive bullion of a much lower grade
than ever before in their history. of
coin-making in this country. This not
only permits of the sale of their pro-
duct to the government by vastly
greater number of mines, but the nints
will take in more silver alloy with the
gold bullion than has ever before been
permissible According TO the order
of the Treasury Department. mints
will take bullion 300 fine in gold here
after. Ever since the establishment
of the Denver mint no bullion less than
500 fine was accepted. Most of the
gold bullion offered to the mints is al
loyed with silver in the greatest pro-
portion. The acceptance of lower
nf hItIl
the purchase of just that much more
silver by the government. Heretofore
the quantity of silver in bullion was
limited to fifty per cent. Now there
can be seventy per cent. of silver if
there is thirty per cent. of gold. OFF,
GERS in charge of the Denver mint say
the order will affect hundreds of mines
in this section of the country. The
proportion of bullion running thirty
per cent. In gold and the balance in
other metals is vastly greater than that
containing fifty per cent. of gold.
Hence the government gives those who
have low-grade ore chance. Under
the old rule the officers in charge of
the Denver mint We're compelled to re-
fuse a great deal of bullion In fact.
there was more refused than accepted.
This bullion went TO the assayer.
where almost any grade is accented.
but the man offering II pays good
fee for the refining of his metal. There
will be but very little difference in the
refining fee at the mint under the new
rule, say the officers in charge
Register j. n. Chipley and Appraiser
ii. Il. Washburn of the state land Of
flee returned Monday after an extended
visit through the southwestern part of
the state on official business. The Den
YER X Rio Grande will be favoreti.with
report on the right of way through a
school section between Pagosa Springs
and point twelve miles west. But one
section Is tiTversed by the proposed
right Of way, and this will be given Mt
the minimum value of $35O per acre.
though 1t lies in rich timber country.
The Improvement to other property be-
longing to the state and to the sur
rounding territory will be of great
value when the road is built. DIR. Chip
ley filed indemnity list No. at Du-
range. taking in 12,G00 acres of land in
Archuleia county, which was duly ac-
cepted by the government. The state
now has clear title to this tract. Re-
ports Of timber depredations in Monte
yuma and Mineral counties were found
to have but little foundation. How
ever. regular inspection of the states
timber lands will be arranged so as IN
prevent thefts in the future. 1t ia
hoped that the best tracts of timber
land can be thoroughly inspected every
sixty days. II believe this absolutely
necessary to save the timber that be-
longs to the state" said DR.. Chipley.
III we leave the tracts without n reg
ular inspection there is no question that
poachers will take all the timber they
can cut with impunity. We propose es-