The Holly chieftain., 1900-05-11
DOINGs AT DENVER.
Itsns Of Intere.t From the City And the
state Capitol.

yer is oyerrun by snakes, long and
short, wiggling fellows that make the
flesh Green. for there are thousands OF
the reptiles that We're brought down
from the mountains by the food from
the water company's dam last week.
Rapid progress is being made in the
setting out OF trees about the state
capitol, and II is hoped TO soon make
the ground handsome park. Such
course will not in the least interfere
with the commanding appearance of
the building from distance, but will
rather enhance 1t, as the capitol will
loom up far above the highest trees,
which are to be set on ground well be-
low 1t.
At its meeting this evening the
Chamber of Commerce will consider
n communication from the CONNER
cial Club of Omaha, asking the Denver
organization TO Join it in urging Cen
gress to provide protection from.
floods, which the Omaha club thinks
should be done by building large stor-
age reservoirs near the head waters
of the rivers in Wyoming and Mon
tana, SO that the water accumulated
during the flood season could be used
for irrlga ing and reclaiming the arid
lands of the West The club will ask
Congress 10 make an appropriation of
S250,0O0 for a preliminary irrigation
survey, to be made by the geological
survey.
The State Land Board will try to Sc
cure the payment of almost 100000
due the state on old leases. The board
has issued an ultimatum that all lease
holders must make payments in full
by August 1st or suffer the penalty of
having their leases Cancelled without
further notice On the leases which
have been examined $4,000 is due.
and the total amount TO be paid to the
state is estimated at $4,000. Governor
Thomas thinks that most of this money
will be collected without much difficult
ty. Many small leases We're granted
by the board, the largest of 1.o2O acres.
the only one amounting to more than
one section. on half dozen small
mineral leases granted the board set
higher rental than has been charged
heretofore. Previously a royalty of 10
cents ton on coal or stone taken from
state lands has been the only lease
charge, but as some of the properties
have not turned out much coal
clause was inserted in the leases is
sued Wednesday of stone and coal
lands, charging 500 Il year rental In
addition to the royalty.
Denver people will be interested in
the following dispatch from Baltimore
to the Republican,: City Solicitor
Whyte submitted an opinion to the
City Council tonight to the effect that
the position of superintendent of public
instruction should, under the charter of
Baltimore be filed by registered yot-
er of the city. The council took no ac-
ton in the matter but filed the opinion
for future reference. The members
of the School Board, which recently
elected James III. Van Sickle of Denver
to the position in question, did not
agree with the city solicitor and are
not inclined to recede from the stand
they have taken in the matter. The
solicitors position is based on that
clause in the charter which provides
that all municipal officials shall be reg
istered voters. The School Board con-
tends that the superintendent of public
instruction cannot be classed as mu-
nicipal officer. President Joseph Pack
ard, who is himself one of the most
prominent members of the bar of this
city, declared tonight that with all re
spect for the solicitor he believed it
could be shown by authorities that the
board was in the right. In the matter.
Thomas $. Baer of the School Board.
who is also lawyer. expressed n simi-
lar view, and 1t Is understood that the
other members are of like minds. The
whole matter will be discussed at n
meeting of the board tomorrow night.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has completed arrangements for ex-
tending its telephone system to all
parts of the state not previously COW
cred. L. b. Field, ST., vice president
OF the company, has just returned from
n trip to New York and Boston, where
he completed the financial arrange
ments for the extension. His trip was
even more successful than he expected.
Not only is the system to be extended,
but the present lines are to be rein
forced in those parts of the state in
which the business has grown too
heavy for the old equipment. Two ex-
tensions of the service will be made
One from Greeley to the towns of
Sterling. Fort Morgan, Brush and pos
sibly Akron, bringing all the large
towns of the northeastern part of the
state into the long-distance system The
other line will be from Glenwood
Springs by way of Grand Junction and
Montrose, to Ouray. From the latter
point wires will be run to Silverton and
Delta, tapping an immense mining dis
trict. This said Mr.. Field, will
bring into our system almost every
town of any size in the state. Tele-
phOnic communication can then be
had from the far northeast to the
northwest. The gentlemen connected
with the company We're very quick to