Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
DOINGS AT DENVER.
stsas Of Iassssst Sron the CITY sad the
state Capitol.

state Capitos.
During the month OF April the Of
nee Of the secretary of state took IN
$500 In fees FOR interpretations, The
total receipts of the office for the bi-
ennial period Will liz more than double
the. estimated 100000.
At It's meeting this evening the
Chamber OF Commerce will consider
communication from the CONNER
ciai Club OF Omaha, asking the Denver
organization 10 Join II In urging Con-
.rcss TO provide protection from
Hoods. which the Omaha club thinks
should b. done by building large stor-
age reservoirs near the head waters
Of the rivers In Wyoming and Mon
iana. so that the water accumulated
during the flood season could be used
for irrirntlnI and rrciaiminI the arid
lands OF the West. The club Will nsk
I Congress to make nm appropriation OF
S2JU,OOO for preliminary irrigation
survey. TO he ma'ie by the geological
survey.
Disciples OF Joseph Smith will make
a systematic cndcavor to spread the
faith OF the Church OF Latter Day
Saints. the Mormon Church. In Den
yer. BEGINNING this week. mission
aries OF Normonism will hold public
7 meetings In halls and on stree; corners
for the purpose OF pruselitins To their
| faith. James Griggs and Robert ii.
| Sidtiaway Of Salt Lake City and VIII
B liam Crawford OF Baker City. Oregon.
are three OF the missionary priests that
I will work In Denver. hut Il Is probable
/ that as many more wal remain In the
city under direction Of John Taylor OF
Pennington. Utah. one Of the twelve
! apostles Of the Mormon Church aud
president OF the mission OF Colorado.
Denver papers are considerably aIi-
taicd about the safety OF III. Castle
/ wood dam. near Castle Rock. II Is
/ feared that the recent Hood may car
/ ry II out and cause great damage To
/ property below.
Dundns ". Simpson. whose commits.
1 sion as state coal milne inspector was
/ revoked by Governor Thomas on Feb
! rtiary NH last. has taken his ease to the
, Court Of Appeals In M action In the
nature 81 quo wnrrunio proceedings TO
| try the title to the office from which lie
has been ousfci and To which Cover
! nor Thomas appointed Henry Dcnmnn.
Simpson In his briefs holds that the
governor acted wholly wiihoui author.
ity Of law In removing him from tho
Office. and further contends that the
governor I. without the power to re-.
move him for any cause. The rciaior
further cuntcnds that. II the governor
had the powcr Of removal. the removal
In his ease was not legally effected.
1 That he was not nj amy time appris.d
Of any charges against him Of incum.
potency. neglect of duty or maifcasancc
IN office: that he Ind not nj any tim.
ls...t ttaN "a .tsa. "a. u
been preferred against him. and that
no time or place had been fixcd by the
governor when the charge or charges
woild be heard.
The accounts OF State Treasurer Fcs-
Ter have been Inspected by the special
examiners appointed by the governor.
and their report that the accounts OF
the office are la excellent condition has
just reached Governor Thomas. The
report shows that large sums have been
Invested In buying state warrants OF q
few departments with money on hand
10 the credit Of other departments. This
has been done under the power given
the treasurer to invest tn. money Of
certain funds In safe and profitable
manner" These Investments include
the buying OF S30O.0OO worth Of capitol
building warrants with money from the
that. us there IN no money available
with which to meet the seven per cent.
interest on the investment. the school
fund. while holding the warrants. Is
not receiving the Interest due. The
failure nt present to secure this interest
Is said TO bc only temporary. as the
money will bc forthcoming in due time.
when the Legislature makes provision
for II.
The State Land Board will try TO sc-
cure the payment Of almost $4,000
due the state on old leases The bour,i
has issued an uliimntum that all Icns.
holders must make payments In full
by August LIST or suffer the penalty OF
having their leases cancelled without
further notice. ON the leases which
have been examined S2I.UO is due.
and the total amount to he paid to the
state IL estimated ut SiO.OOD Governor
Thomas thinks that most of this money
will he collected without much ,Iitficui.
+ ~. Many small leases were granted
by the board. the largest Of 1.O20 acres,
the only one amounting to more than
one section. ON half n dozen small
mineral lenses granted the board set a
higher rental than has been charged
heretofore. Previously royalty OF 10
cents n ton on coal or stone taken from
state lands has been the only lease
charge. hut as some OF the propprtirs
have not turned out much coal n
clause was inserted in the leases Is
sued Wednesday Of stone and coal
lands. charging 500 II year rental In
addition to the royalty.
w. 8. Stratton Is now owner Of the
Catholic cathedral property. which in.
cludes two small stores on Stout street.
the tifth and sixth lots from sixteenth
street. the premises occupied by the
rcctory. the church proper. and n row
OF two.s,ory stores extending one-half
block up Fifteenth street from the
corncr-a tract Of land 3pOyI25 feet.
almost In the heart Of the business
center OF the city. The price for the
whole Is S1GD,0OO. A check for this
n Nyns pIu..I Ia,