Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-01-04
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM TVS
STATE CAPITOL.

\. Buchlrl. the new chancellor nT Dem
Yer University. nt the University Col
.:se OF Music last Thursday night. by
III" Methodist Union or the city. that
WAS attended by hundreds OF students
ot III" University ana old friends Of
l'r. Buchl"l. who knew him during his
FORMER tcsl,icnc" In the city.
The receipts Of the Office OF Secretary
OF Stat" BrclSwIll nr- NOR. than dOu-
BILE I'll. csiiInat. for the year made by
tile auditor. II was estimated thnr
the Office would yield $4,000 Tor each
OF the two years term Of the secretary.
ani appropriations were made Oh this
basis. In the first year. to the hour OF
closing yesterday afternoon the receipts
have been Si:ii,1 <:iJ 600 mare than
the estimate for two years, and $4,000
niorc than the auditor thought the Of
ice would earn during the first year.
During the month OF December there
has been received from new corpora
lions and the other sources Of revenue
OF the Office Si..u51.'t5.
Executive sanction win no; b. given
TO Attorney General Campbcirs
scheme to employ convIc;s In the gold
mines supposed To hc located on state
lands near Cripple Creek. The objcc-
lions OF the governor nrc purely legal.
however. but carry with them d!sap-
probation OF the plan TO work the coal
mines near Canon City with convlcts
or To employ them nt NIL outside OF the
pcnitcn'inry. Governor Thomas has
stated his position In the matter In a
letter 10 the attorney general. basin. q
purely upon the absence OF statutes
covering such projects. There In no
statute providing for such work and
the governor says there might be leg
islniire objection 'o II. Attorney Gen
crnl Campbell still fnvors the scheme.
hut admits the force OF the nr.umcntf
OF the governor. and says the project
VIII necessarily bc dropped until q
statute covering II can be passed.
State Engineer McSunc has deter
mined that his department VIII coop
crate with the federal government ns
much ms possible In gathering data for
the statistics ON irrigation for the
twelfth census. The collection OF irri-
cation statistics viii he In charge Of =
ii. Newell. one OF the government hy.
drorraphcrs. and Mr.. Fellows Will
have charge OF the work In Colorado
So far rs time Will permit. Mr.. Me-
Cunc will also assist and will also en-
deavor TO make the statistics ms conf
plctc ns possible. because OF the many
Inquiries for Information received. II
Is the intention TO give every ditch In
the state. Each stream Will be taken
and the bitches will be given In order
from the source down. The positions
OF each ditch. the quantity OF water
carried In 1t and the acreage irrigated.
together with other information. Will
be gathered. Mr.. McCunc believes
that the compilation OF complete and
correct report will be of great benefit
to the state.
d. NJ. Simpson, coal mine inspector.
says In his annual report TO the gov
crnor that under his administration OF
the office fatal accidents In coal mines
have been go frequent that In addition
to the money and labor cost OF getting
out coal. there has been one man killed
in mine accidents for every 1lT.3il
tons of coal mined. During the year
one In every lis coal miners In tho
state has been killed. In addition
there has been recorded % accidents
which have not proved fatal. There
were In all Al fatal accidents during
the year. Eighty-ninc mines In the
state have turned out i.S0G.ST9 tons
OF coal in the fiscal year and employed
1921 men. Arapahoc county's ton
mage is 439. while Boulder has turned
out 5S2. .GG2 tons. Fremont I2o.325 tons,
Huerfapo GoG.G15 tons. Las Animas
county nulds the banner with an out
put Of 2.122.3lJ tons. The coke ton.
mage for the year reached i51.IS3 and
the increase in the coal output of tho
state shows an increase for the year OF
6I2S12 tons. In transmitting his re-
port to the governor Mr.. Simpson
says: AT no period in the history of
the industry has the increase of pro-
duction been as great and the general
conditions so favorable. Capital is re.
muncratcd and labor is satisfied Dur
ing the year there has been an in
crease OF more than 100000 tons in
the production. which is equal TO
about 10 per cent. The most salts.
factory part OF the situation is that
the demand is far in excess OF the
production
Curator Fcrril of the State lIistori-
cal Society has just returned from Il
three days hunt for specimens Of Col
orado mountains birds in their midwn-
ter dress. He hunted above timber
line, near Alpine pass on the Gunnsson
line of the Colorado Il southern. n an
altitude of 11,52i feet. lie secured II
fine set of specimens OF the rosy finch.
n pretty native bird that is often called
by mountainccrs the red snow Bird"
because of its rusty plumagc. The
rosy finch Is found about timbcrlinc in
the mountains. summer ana winter,
but seldom mt lower attitudes. |, Is
considered one of the NEST beautiful
of native birds. Some have red heads
and others are gray or ash colOrcd. Mr..
Ferril secured also specimen OF
''Clarke's crow" mamcd for Clarke OF
the Lewis and Clarke eXpcditioD. and
the Rocky Mountain jaybird. more
commonly Known as the camp bird
or camp robbcr.' In the early days
this bird was the cause of the loss of
many lives of explorers and prospec-
tors. whose camping places were be
trayed to the Indian by these birds,
which hovcrcd about the camps. The
or mountain quail. which
in the winter time turns rs white rs
the snow was another valuable specl-
men. Mr.. Ferril has made expeditions
to various parts of the state every
week since October. and has, since be-