North Park union., 1901-06-21
COL0RADo's CAPITAL

Curator Ferril of the State Historical
collection yesterday received from
James w. Abbott and ]. J. Abbott OF
Lake City two bound volumes Of the
Lake City World for the years 1SI3
and 1876 and also unbound all the Is
sues up to 1883.
Adjutant General Gardner recently
returned from Idaho Springs, where he
mustered in Company i, First Regi-
ment, with r. b. Crow a. captain; w.
+. Moscfipt, 6rst lieutenant; ]. Ogden.
second lieutenant. The company was
mustered in with thirty-fve men.
The board Of directors Of the Cham
ber of Commerce Of Denver has IN
dorsed the action Of the Colorado
State Forestry Association, asking the
secretary Of the interior to establish In
LArimer county what rs to be known
~ the Medicine Bow forestry reservn-
tion.
Peter Youngers, Jr., Of Kansas, has
written Secretary Shute that he has
gone to Buffalo to attend the meeting
Of the American Nurserymen's Asso-
ciation, and says that he Will do every
thing within his power to see that Den
yer gets the next convention. Mr..
YounEers 10 second vice president.
When tina Board OF Capitol Managers
gets through renovating the state house
the latter will look as neat as Q new
pin, both inside and out. One Of the
most perplexing questions Is what to
do with the exterior Of the copltol dome.
1t II to be painted, but whether the
coating will be silver or . gold one
remains for decision.
Adjutant General Gardiner has start
ed an inspection of the state militia.
Upon his return he Will make a de-
tailed report to the military board. The
guard Is not mustered to its full
strength, and while he Is gone General
Gardiner will impress upon the cap
tains Of each company the advisability
Of recruiting to war footing.
At meeting of the Board of Capitol
Managers T. w. Cook & Co. were
awarded the contract for tiling the
large room In the basement belonging
to the State Historical Society, for
$637. Architect Edbrooke was instruct
ed to prepare specifications for the
cleaning Of all the granite work on the
building, and lead calking of all the
joints on the projecting points on the
outside. While the lead calking will
prove rather expensive. 1t is claimed
that 1t will last for years.
The Colorado State Forestry Asso-
citation, through its president, w. N.
Byers, has prepared petition to Sec
retary Of the Interior Hitchcock ask
ing him to temporarily Withdraw from
entrance certain lands along the Medi-
cine Bow range In Larimer county.
The land is mountainous and covered
with timber, thus forming natural
water shed. Sheltered by the timber,
the snow melts gradually now and the
irrigators have n steady supply Of wa
ter for the entire season. II the TIM
ber Is removed all the snow will dis
appear early In the year.
When the asphalt walks on the north
side of the capitol were laid 1t was
found that the city Of Denver made
mistake in defining the grade, and the
state refused to pay to the city 5000.
the amount necessary to relay the as.
phnlt. That sum WAS deducted from
the amount due the city when settle
ment was made. The Colorado Asphalt
Company refused to relay the walks.
and the last Legislature appropriated
$500 for the work, instructing the
board to have 1t done. In the mean
time the asphalt company notified the
board 1t would relay the walks upon
the new grade free OF cost The propo-
sition was accepted by the board. no
instead of the state being out 1890, 1t
II really 81 500 to the good.
An entire section of state land In FIRE.
mont county. about six miles east Of
Florence. close to the the Pueblo coun-
ty line. has been sold by the State
Land Board to Amman Moore for $3.50
an acre. 1t Is not the policy of the
present board to sell the state lands.
but rather to lease them so that the
school funds will always have a source
Of income in the future. Mr. Moore
appeared before the board and explain
ed that he represented capitalists who
wanted the land to erect upon 1t ce-
ment manufacturing plant, and In or
der to encourage the industry the sale
was made. Mr.. Moore said that within
few days the company would be in
corporated to establish one Of the larg-
est cement plants In the country. G.
Leonharit, n wealthy contractor of
Los Angeles, California, will have n
large Interest In the new company. The
/ shale found In the neighborhood of the
land makes an excellent base for Port
land cement, and cement made from 1t
L. said to be superior to that imported
from Germany. There is already one
cement mill In that locality.