North Park union., 1901-08-30
CoLORADO's CAPITAL

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| q. p. Anson Z Son have begun wash-
ing the face Of the state house. Under
their contract they must caulk all the
| open Joints with lead and wash the en-
tire building before November 1. 1901.
Under the direction Of Secretary Lue-
dersl of the State Board Of Capitol
Managers. they ilrst began cleaning
the north side Of the building. When
that is done they will begin on the
east side. That plan of work was
taken In order to put the building IN
| carnival.
Preliminary sketches have been sub
| mitteti to the State Board Of Charities
! and Correction for new hospital and
inflrmary for Teller county which Is to
be erected mt Cripple Greek. The build
ing Is designed by G. r. Troutnan.
1t will be two stories high. The do
nestle department will be on the main
floor with n ward for aged and infirm
women and arother large one for men.
The dining room. laundry and kitchen
will be on this floor. A large veranda
will surround the room. On the sec
ond floor will be the hospital room and
private wards.
According to State Land Register
Joyce desirable agricultural land Is.
growing very scarce In this state. The
board has more land under lease to-
day than ever before in the history Of
Colorado. The last biennial report
shows that on December ], 1900, the
end of the fiscal year, there We're L.
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der lease, from which the state de-
rived revenue of about $1O4,O74. At
the present time the number OF acres
under lease is over 100000. from
which the state will receive $4,000
In rental. The state has had granted
to 1t 4.110.OO0 acres OF school lands.
about $50. 600 acres of which have been
sold, leaving 3,S0O,OO0 acres.
Attorney General Post has decided
that Auditor Crouter would not be
justified In paying members of the
Stnte Board OF Assessors their salaries
and mileage fees until he Is satisfied
from the returns made by the ASSESS
ors that there will be sufficient funds
this fall to pay theprior appropriations,
the fund from which they are to re-
ceive their money being fourth-class
one. He also held that the modus op-
erandI Of drawing the st. Louis Fair
vouchers Is legal but advises that the
treasurer should not cash the same un-
til he Is assured by Auditor Crouter
thnt there will be enough money to
pay the previous appropriations, the
Fair fund being a fifth-class one.
Within the next few days life-sized
portrait of Governor Cooper will be
x, tn ha ,rjv tn Off{po nf
Governor Ormnn. ON the walls Of
which now rest fine oil paintings of
every governor excepting four, the
state has had. The four are Governors
Cooper, McIntire, Thomas and Grant
When nsked IL he was going to have
his picture painted and placed in the
office which he has occupied so long,
Governor OrInan said It was matter
to which he had given much thought.
He expressed the opinion that after
his term of office had expired he would
do ms the majority OF his predecessors
on the ground that 1t Is moral obli-
cation each governor owes to the state
that posterity makes such demand
upon them and they should not iE-
more 1t. Tie collection OF gubernn-
torlal portraits now hanging on the
walls OF the private office Of Governor
Ormnn is, owing to Its completeness,
very valuable. 1t is said that no stnte
in the Union has SO complete collec-
tIon of fine oil paintings Of It's gov
ernors.
The Humane Society. through Secre-
tary Whitehead. will begin n war on
those cattlemen who allow stock to
stnrve on the range. Agents are now
being appointed In every town In the
state whose duty 1t will be to arrest
those cattle owners who make prac-
tice of turning their stock loose on the
range during all seasons Of the year
and allow them to go without feed ex-
cept what they can find, the year
round. Secretary Whitehead declares
that the owners do this with the ex-
pectation that much of the stock will
perish during the hard months of the
winter, but believing that 1t Is cheaper
to lose n portion Of the stock than to
nay for feed. "If man In the city al-
lows a, COW or horse to starye to
death he Is arrested and prosecuted"
said Mr.. Whitehead. "If n cattle own
er on the range allows 1000 head of
cattle to die he Ia that much more
nmenable to the humane laws. We In
tend to see that such cattlemen are
prosecuted to the full extent Of the
law" Agent Kerr of the society has
gone to Routt county. While away he
will nominate agents who agree to en-
force the laws against the big cattle
men in that section of the stnte and
they will later be appointed. Recently
the following were appointed agents OF
the society, upon Recommendation of
the residents In their respective neigh
borhoods: NJ, II. L.aybourn of Wind
sor, Emory l.. Holland of Kersey. l..
w. Kimball Of Boulder and w. G. Fen
ton of Berthoud.