Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-01-11
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM TINS
STATE CAPITOL.

ner given Monday night. lie and Gov.
crnor Thoinas spoke on TRUSTS"
The Anti-Saloon League. with Rev.
II. a. Chase nj Is head, expects within
week to submit such evidence TO the
authorities as VIII compel the closing
OF gambling houses In this city, or, at
any rate. Will make II so troublesome
and costly for them to remain open
that they Will close until the storm
blows over. The league expects also
TO enforce u strict compliance with the
letter of the law. which requires sa-
looms to close on the stroke OF mid
night. The work OF accommodating evil
dencc against the keepers Of gaming
houses has been sains Oh quietly FOR
several weeks.
General Superintendent r. i. Duna-
way OF the Colorado 4 Southern rail-
way has resigned. Charles Dyer. d.
vision superintendent Of the Santa Fo
road. with headquarters nt Colorado
Springs. Inns been appointed to take
his place. III. change Will take effect
February lst. No reason Tor the
change Il given. One change was an.
nounccd yesterday which may bc tho
result Of the new order OF affairs. J..
T.. Clnry. M present manager OF the
railroad hotel ut Como. has been uindc
superintendent Of telegraph. relieving
II. T.. Park. who IL now iiiiinE the
double position Of superintendent OF
telegraph and superintendent of trans.
portntion. The new general supcris-
tcn,icnt II well known among railroad
men. In ISIS lie wen, TO work FOR the
Santa Fc aud has been with that
company ever since.
The bars have isccn L., down 10y I'll.
State Land noar,i ani an enormous
irnct Of concJos county land leased for
i've years To n dozen men, who. IN their
applications, made u. sonr,-iifn-nt OF
the fact ihnt they w-r- jointly inter.
cs,ci. aud ,lint the -niirr irnct was for
the nsc OF one concvrn. The acreage
Of the leased lands exceeds .i.oo ncrv-
and much of !; II very valuable. ns u
runs along the concjns river. Colo.
rltin. according TO the terms Of this
lease. will secure = cents Nh acre ne
annual rental. although on much n:
the land wlicr, water IL oh;ninahi- the
amount OF = cents rcr acre viii bc paid.
All the land will bc used by larsp
sheep AMI cattle interests as grains:
land. AMI will no; H. left open for what
IL known ns nn "orcn range" The
N-wcomb Live Stock Company will
practically control this land. which
has been secured In the names of vii.
liam Ncfr. 4. y. Ncwcomh. senator
william II. Adams. u. y. N-mccmb. L.
u. Eskriisr aud =. ". Russell
The Order Of Halfway Tcicsraphcrs.
through It's grand oi'ic-r-. has decided
TINT further attempt at treating with
the Colorado & Southern railway I.
useless aud II VIII make no attempt at
settling the difference with .hc rail.
way until the oiiic-Ts OF the road make
some proposition To- its officers. rrrsi.
dent ". V. Powell Of the tciceraphcTs'
organization has arrived in the city
from ST. Louis. aud lie at once set
about strengthening the uring lines OF
the oricr. lie win make the fight
against he rad. he says. more than
ever aggressive calling 4. the aid Of
the tclcernphcr- all affiliated labor or
ganiEaiiun-. the Travelling Protective
Association. and the station aud local
/ agent. OF all North America. lie lie.
ciRrcs that IL Il not a boycott that they
are placing on the Colorado rua,i. but
they nrc simply asking their friends.
including shippers ani those that
handle the shipping nni travel of
othcrs. TO help them in the usht TO
bring the ronJ To- their terms in the
matter OF wages To- station employees.
By move jus, made ly Governor
Thomas the state has an excellent
chance to scCtirr nm uucNuCriri So.
60 aud rn income In the future Of
$1,000 or SI.sb year from funds now
kept 10y The counties. Governor Thom.
rs has discovered that funds duc the
state year after year rs Interest AMI
penalties on delinquent state taxes
have been collected aud kept by tho
counties ever since the formation Of
the state. In his opinion these funds
should isC ti,Tnpi into the state treas.
TRY. lie has 50 notified every county
commissioner anh every county tr,as-
urcr in the state. IL tile moneys are
net turned over in fvll Tor the -utir'
period during which t.ir counties have
been nrrrOrrIniirg them I; Is probable
ilia; siiits tu recover will br Instituted.
In his letter he says: - nin Informed
iy the state treasurer that none Of your
predecessors has ever ulil into the
state treasury uT accounted to II for In.
tprcst and penalties collected upun de
linuucut state taxes. In consequence
of this omission considerable fund
belonging to the state has been divert.
ci from lis treasury into the general
fund OF the respective counties Of the
state. AMI the state treasury has to
that extent been deprived of legitimate
revenue necessary 10 the carrying ON
Of Its Affairs. The discovery OF this
fact has made II incumbent upon me so
ask an accounting at the hands of the
various boards Of county commission.
crs in behalf of the state. rs to all
moneys heretofore received by them as
interest and penalties upon delinquent
state taxes and utilized 10y them for
general courty expenses. In order to
prevent. II possible. the continuation
Of this practice. which. although doubt
less carried ON in perfect good faith.
seems TO me To- I've unlawful. I have TO
request that In your rcmittanccs OF col
lcctions to the state treasurer YOU in-
cludc therein the moneys collected cith-
cr ms interest or penalties on nccoIInt
OF delinquent taxes. The right of the
state to demand this seems to I've o.