The Holly chieftain., 1900-01-12
DENVER GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM rSss
STATE CAPITOL.

President Hadley of Yale was =
guest of the Candlelight Club at disp
ner given Monday night. He and Gov.
ernor Thomas spoke on Trusts"
The Anti-Saloon League. with Rev.
r. A. Chase at its head, expects within
n week to submit such evidence to the
authorities as will compel the closing
of gambling houses in this city, or, at
any rate, will make 1t SO troublesome
and costly for them to remain open
that they will close until the storm
blows over The league expects also
TO enforce a 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
dence against the keepers of gaming
houses has been gaing on quietly for
several weeks.
General Superintendent T. T. Duna-
way of the Colorado & Southern rail-
way has resigned. Charles Dyer, d.
vision superintendent of the Santa Fe
road. with headquarters at Colorado
Springs. has been appointed to take
his place. The change will take effect
February 1st. No reason for the
change is given. One change was an
nounced yesterday which may be the
result of the new order of affairs. F.
L. Clary. at present manager Of the
railroad hotel nj Como, has been made
superintendent of telegraph. relieving
II. +. Park. who is now filling the
double position of superintendent of
telegraph and superintendent of trans
portation. The new general superin-
tendent is well known among railroad
men. In 1878 he went toiwork for the
Santa Fe and has been with that
company ever since.
The bars have been let down by the
State Land Board and an enormous
tract of COnejos county land leased for
hve years to n dozen men, who. in their
applications. made no concealment of
the fact that they We're Jointly inter-
ested, and that the entire tract was for
the use of one concern. The acreage
of the leased lands exceeds 81 600 acres
and much of it is very valuable, as it
runs along the Conejos river. Colo
RADIO, according to the terms of this
lease. will secure . cents an acre as
annual rental, although on much of
the land where water is obtainable the
amount of cents per acre will be paid.
All the land will be used by large
sheep and cattle interests as grazing
land, and will not be left open for what
Is known as an "open range" The
Newcomb Live Stock Company will
practically control this land, which
has been secured in the names of VIII
liam Neff. s. f. Newcomb, Senator
William II. Adams. ID. +. Nemcomb, l..
d. Eskridge and f. w. Russell.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers,
through its grand officers, has decided
,ff Of
the Colorado & Southern railway is
useless and 1t Will make no attempt at
settling the difference with the rail-
way until the officers of the road make
some proposition to its ofncers. Presi-
dent w. V. Powell of the telegraphers'
organization has arrived in the city
from ST. Louis. and he at once set
about Strengthening the liring lines of
the order. He will make the fight
against he road, he says. more than
ever aggressive. calling to the aid of
the telegraphers all affiliated labor or
ganizations, the Travelling Protective
Association. and the station and local
agents of all North America. He de-
clares that it is not n boycott that they
are placing on the Colorado road, but
they are simply asking their friends,
including shippers and those that
handle the shipping and travel of
others, to help them in the fight to
bring the road to their terms in the
matter of wages to station employees.
By n move just made by Governor
Thomas the state has an excellent
chance to secure an unexpected $685.
600 and an income in the future Of
$4,000 or $1,000 a year from funds now
kept by the counties. Governor Thorn
as has discovered that funds due the
state year after year as interest and
penalties on delinquent state taxes
have been collected and kept by the
counties ever since the formation of
the state. In his opinion these funds
should be turned into the state treas
ury. He has SO notified every county
commissioner and every county treas
urer in the state. If the moneys are
not turned over in full for the entire
period during which the counties have
been appropriating them 1t is probable
that suits to recover will be instituted.
In his letter he says: Il am informed
by the state treasurer that none of your
predecessors has ever paid into the
state treasury or accounted to 1t for III.
terest and penalties collected upon de-
linquent state taxes. In consequence
of this omission n considerable fund
belonging to the state has been divert
ed from its treasury into the general
fund of the respective counties of the
state, and the state treasury has to
that extent been deprived of legitimate
revenue necessary to the carrying on
or Its affairs. The discovery of this
fact has made 1t incumbent upon me to
ask an accounting at the hands of the
I various boards Of county commission
ers In behalf of the state. as to all