CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-10-18

"a 600 acres of land in Conejos coun-
ty. against the protest of many of the
inhabitants, to Billy Adams, brother
of Ex-Governor Alva Adams At one
sale in. Rio Grande county. ti,4O0 acres
were sold; and a large tract in Otero
county was sold to the Oxnards. The
attorney general voted against this, on
the ground that he did not wish to en-
courage the sugar trust, but the rest
CT the board overruled him. The most
remarkable case, however and one
which is not decided yet. is the effort of
the state land board TO lease $1,000
acres in the North park to the Swifts.
members Of the meat trust. This lease
was negotiated, and was going on
smoothly enough. when an enterpris-
ing Larimer county editor got hold of
the facts and published them, and so
aroused public opinion in the county
that the protests Of the people had 10
be needed 10 some extent That Is, il
was thought better to heed them until
after election. The matter has been
hung up, and If the fusion ticket is re-
elected the people of L.arimer county
may expect to see the lease go through
The land board also has charge OF
the timber on. the state lands, and is
supposed to protect it. 1t pays out S.
just now has three extra clerks, at a
compensation of 81 200 a year each. be-
sides making a total of $4,000 a year.
With such a force, the board might
perhaps be expected to do something;
but so far as timber depredations are
concerned. il is perfectly helpless As
it cannot-or does not-protect the
state timber lands from depreciation,
ii has sold large quantities of the tim
Der for ridiculously small sums Here
are some of the sales:
Timber Sales.
F. NJ Wood. Teller county. 10000
feet at 81 TO $40 per thousand
A G. Burton. Teller county, 100000
feet at S1-5o per thousand.
c. W. Harper. Park county, 10000
feet at 81 per thousand.
Sales of timber ON school lands at
S1.5o to $3.50 per thousand have also
been made in great numbers. Here
are a few of them:
January 10. 1899. to c. w Bowman.
Woodland Park. all timber on sections
16-n and $4,000
October %, 1893. to B. W. Babcock.
Ell Paso county. all timber on 1915 S
ca W
August 1. 1890. TO ]. A. Barnett. Tel
Ter county. all timber on 16-13-To
March Il. 1900. to \. Hockett, Tel
Ter county. all timber on 16-14-10.
April Is, 1900. to Casey < Towers
200 acres OF timber in Bent county for
SO.
Internal Improvement.
= Governor Thomas signed appropria-
ton bills appropriating the sum of
S216.3oo out of the Internal Improve
ment fund Of this state. At that time,
May Q. 1899. the fund contained S219.-
Sf4. The fund was. therefore. reduced
to 5000. The money IS being spent
now in building reads and bridges. This
WAS the greatest onslaught on this
fund in the history of the state.
Salaries for Political Workers.
The amounts appropriated for sal
aries by the last general appropriation
bill for the State Land Board are as
follows:
Register, per year. $1,000
Deputy register --....-...-. 1.Jpo
appraiser; -------.--.-.-...- leo
t1ief clerk LOO
Lease clerk. ...-.-............. 100
Stenographer. .---.--....---- 1000
No further salaries are provided for;
but in the face of this there have been
for the past four or five months. three
extra clerks on duty. as follows:
]. t. Joyce. SIPS per month
Julius Clark. 800 per month.
H T. washburn. Slo0 per month
A man named Cressey is now en-
pioyed by the board at S125 per month
and expenses, An these extras are
paid out of what is known as the land
commissioners cash fund. None of
these are provided by law. They have
accomplished nothing. Joyce and
Clark are well-known political work
ers.