North Park union., 1901-11-22
coLoRAD0's CAPITAL

W uuh' is ktNth
and not paid for. Such is the sub-
stance OF an opinion rendered recently
by Attorney General Charles &. Post.
The matter was referred TO him by
Secretary Of State David \. Mills.
The attempt TO make ash trees grow
ON the lawn at the capitol building has
resulted In failure. Almost without eN
ception they have been attacked and
killed by insect borers and the board
has ordered that they all be taken UP
and replaced With the more hardy elm
tree, the threein size to bc set out
There are ninety trees OF the ash va
ricty along the Broadway and Grant
avenue sides Of the building.
John u. Cotton of Montana was be-
fore thNBoard OF Capitol Managers nj
their last meeting with another prop
ositlon 10 replace the picture of Kit
Carson In the dome with one showing
the old scout In fronticrsman garb. de-
claring that the present one with n
standing collar and II boiled shirt Car
son looked more like Il dude than
anything else The picture Cotton
wishes to substitute is one taken or
Carson in Taos. New Mexico, many
years ago.
~ q ii'NNtihS WV t'''it Va N''F
! itol Managers last week the plan TO
gild the dome of the state house was
| again considered. but when II WAS cN.
| planned that the cost would he In the
neighborhood OF $4,000 tie board de-
] cided that the result would not be
worth the expenditure. As Il compro-
mise 1t was agreed that the copper coy
/ erinc of the dome should he Furnished
and then lncqucred. 1t is expected that
the effect of this viii be almost rs
brilliant us the gliding.
The last of the Carter collection has
| been removed from the basement Of
the capitol building and will he taken
in hand by the taNidermists employed
! TO remount the animals The iron fence
| which incloscd the collection in the
| basement has been removed and the
! place will be cleaned. The collection
suffered considerably from the dust
| which blew In the basement doors.
Practically every specimen in the col
lection will be rcmountcd before II
will he ready for the museum In city
park.
| Humane Agent Harry T.. Kerr re-
! turned to Denver ON the lth instant.
from Red Gin. where he prosecuted
! Richard Pratt. Il young mining man
I living near Fulford In Eagle county.
charged with brutal treatment of three
burros. one OF which died. The burros
wouldn't 20. and after beating them
/ and building fires under them. he open
ed on them with II twenty-two-caliber
rifle. Pratt pleaded guilty 10 the
charge ana WAS assessed n fine of SlI
! and costs and the costs of the court.
These amounted 10 $50, because the
officers of the court We're obliged TO
| travel Il rather circuitous route to iind
Pratt and bring him To He'd Clin. the
/ county seat.
Specifications for one OF the largest
| electric power generating plants in the
/ country have been submitted 10 State
Engineer McCunc for approval. The
company contemplating the erection of
the plant is composed of eastern anu
Colorado capitalists. but has not YET
been incorporated. and until the for
malitics have been gone through with
the details of the organization VIII nor
he made public. The company Is 10
build n 100000 dam across the Grand
river at Windy Gap in Grand county.
The water thus held bnck Will be car
rIed In huge pipes nine miles to the
top Of a bluf below Hot sulphur
Springs, and from there will run over
/ the huge water wheels of the plant.
I where electric power Will be ecncrnt-
/ ed. Thence the power Is TO be- trans
I mittcd by wire 10 all the mining comps
in the vicinity and 10 many shops in
Leadvillc. The plant itself will cost
SlJO.0oO. II Is estimated.
on the 1lti inst. Register Joyce OF
the State Land Board sold the timber
] iIrrul,I,. land ~ hi.ril,r
price than has ever before been re-
celvcd for timber of like quality aud
/ similarly located The sale embraced
l all the timber In section 3i. township
| 3G south range II west. In Montrzuma
| county. amounting TO GOUn feet,
! which went to Stuhhs X Jackway ~
81 II 1000 feet. X. T.. Sloan bought
/ the timber on section 36, township -
north range $ west, in la Plata coun-
ty. 3OO.OoO feet. nj $50 1000. and
| 4. Il. Sullenbcrger took that on the
north half of section l6 township ~
/ south. range 3 west, 100000 feet. M
| Sl2J The sale was the first one held
| under the new timber law. which pro-
/ vdes n full advertisement of the CON
4 templntrd sale aud imposes restrictions
| on the buyer in regard to clearing the
| ground from brush or dead timber
| Wfllth nllsiit tIHNt ll'S.
| toforc the price paid for the timber has
| seldom been more than 81 II 1000 feet.
For n number of years the state has
been annually losing large sums OF
money through the companies leasing
coal lands not living mp to their con
tracts and paying royalty on every
ton of coal mined. How long this has
been going on is not known by the
officials of the state land office, whos.'
duty II is to collect the royalties, How
much money is due the state. and from
[ what companies Is not yet known.
Those facts are being looked into by
Il committee appointed. for that prr-
pose by Governor Orman. The com
mittee, which first examined the books
of the state treasurer and the register
of the land office has just commenced
to get into the work. and from what
they have told various members of the
land board II Is Judged that there are
large number of companies which
have defnulted in the payment of their
royalties. The matter was first brought
to the attention of the board by Depu-
ty Register Redman, soon after he was
appointed to succeed former Deputy
Register O'Reilly. In going over the
books he discovered that his predcccs-
sor had failed to collect during his two
year term in office. something over S.