Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1900-10-19
REVIEW OF THE THOMAS ADMINISTRATION

"a 600 acres OF land In ConeJos coun.
~. against the protest OF many OF the
Inhabitants. TO "BIlly" Adams. brother
OF Ex-Governor Aiva Adams. Al ono
sale In Rio Grande county. J.I0O acres
were sold: and n large tract In Otsro
| county was sold 10 the OSnards- The
attorney general voted against this, on
the ground that he did not wish to en-
courage the sugar trust. but tho rest
OF the board oyerruled him. The most
remarkable cnse. however. and one
which Is not decided yet. is tho 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 entcrpris-
Ing Larimer county editor got hold OF
the facts and published them. and 90
aroused public opinion In tn. county
that tho protests Of the people had to
be needed to some extent. That 10, 10
was thought better to heed them until
after election. Tho matter has been
hung up. and II tho fusiea ticket y re-
elected. the people Of Lartnsr county
may expect 10 see the lease . through.
The land board also has charge OF
the timber on the state lands. and 10
supposed to protect Il Itpayx out s..
100 per year In regular salaries. Ard
just now has three extra clerks. At .
sides making Q total Of 81, 900 q year.
With such q force. the board might
perhaps Be expected to do somstAing;
but 30 far A. timber depredntious are
concerned, Il 10 perfectly helpless. A
II cnnnot-or does not-protcct the
state timber lands from depreciation.
II has sold large quantities VI the tin.
Der for ridiculously small sums. Here
arc some OF the snlcs:
Timber Sales.
r. N. Wood. Teller county. tooooo
feet Mt 50 10 S2.5O per thousand.
A. q. Burton. Teller county. 10000
feet Mt $3.50 per thousand.
q. ". Harper. Park county, $50 900
feet nt 81 per thousand.
Sales OF timber on school lands at
$i.S0 to $3.50 per thousand have also
been made In great numbers. Here
are few Of them:
January 10. 1850. to @. ". Bowman.
Woodland Park. all timber on sections
1G-li and iG-i0So.
October 81. 1889. to II. ". Babcock.
FL Paso county. all timber on 1918
ca ".
August I, 1899. to ]. A. Barnett. Tel.
March IL. 1900. TO n. Hockcit. Tel
Ter county. all timber on lG.1I-T0.
April 10. 1900. to Casey & Towers.
200 acres OF timber In Bent county for
$40.
Internal Improvement.
Governor Thomas signed nppropria-
fion bills npproprIa;ine the sum of
s2lG.3CO out OF the Internal improve
mcnt fund OF this state. Al that time.
May o. 1890. the fund contained S2i9.-
SiI. The fund was. therefore. reduced
TO 5000. The money IL being spent
now In building roads 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 rs
follows:
Register. per year. ............So.0o
Deputy register. ........... LOO
Appraiser. LOW
Chief clerk. ............... LOO
Lease clerk. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. loo
Stenogrnpher. ......... 1000
No further salaries are provided for:
but in the fnce of this thcr, have been
for the past four or five months, three
extra clerks on duty, rs follows:
]. T. Joyce. s125 per month.
julius Clark, 500 per month.
II. 4. washburn, 500 per month.
A man named Cresscy Is now en-
ploycd by the board Mt SID per month
and expenses. All these extras arc
paid out OF what Is known ms 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.
Tho land board has had some OF the
remarkhple expense hccounts winch
have been common In all departments.
For convenience OF reference several
paid out Of the general fund.- are