The Holly chieftain., 1902-08-15
coLoRADo's CAPITAL.

the 3rd of September 10 file reasons
why they should not he denied the
land which they are now occupying.
The Maybell valley is in the southwest
corner of Routt county. The colonists
have not complied with the require
ments of the law of the state. 1t Is al
legged, and the board has threatened to
cancel their right to the land. q. j.
Ellis, one OF the cOlonists. has been
taking care of the case for the Maybell
people, and appeared before the board
on the 9th inst. The matter Will come
up next month.
The Colorado Humane Society has
filed amended articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state. The So
ciety will hereafter be known as the
Colorado Humane Society, Bureau Of
Child and Animal Protection. The OBJ
ject Of the society is to promote edu-
cation along humane lines and espe-
cially to look after children and dumb
animals. The governor, the state su-
perintendent of public instruction, and
the attorney general are ex-otticio men,
bers of the board, while Walter Chees-
man Is president and Il. X. Whitehead
is secretary. The society is about to
inaugurate reform iI Denver. having
for Its purpose the more humane treat
ment of dogs. 1t is alleged that own.
ers of dogs do not care for them as
they should.
The worlds fair board a: a meeting
held August 4th, decided, II practica-
BILE, to erect permanent building for
Colorado on the site allotted to this
state. The building is to be of Colo
RADIO material. Its erection hinges on
two contingencies: The donation Of
proper material and the security of
low freight rates from railroads going
to st. Louis. Commissioner G. w.
Thatcher was authorized to start out
at once soliciting materials and con-
ferring with the railroads as to low
freight rates for transportation from
Colorado to st. Louis. The chairman
was also authorized to visit the vari-
GUS counties and ask the county COM
missioners for special tax levy to be
used in getting proper exhibits and in
furnishing fancy window represent
ing some bit of scenery, the same to
be a part of the new Colorado building.
These windows, II they are made will
be brought back and placed in per-
manent Colorado museum which the
state is some day to erect.
The Denver Republican of August
5th has the following report: The
Auditing Board of the state of Colo
RADIO, composed of State Auditor Crout-
er, Attorney General C. c. Post and
Governor James B. Orman, yesterday
afternoon decided to pay the outstand-
ing debt Of the state incurred under
the administration of Governor Charles
8. Thomas, for the purpose of conduct
ing the state penal institutions, the
asylum and the Stale University at
Boulder. Mr.. Crouter insisted to the
last and SO voted that the state could
not lawfully pay this money to the
Denver clearing house banks and
those persons of Boulder. who loaned
money to the state The other two
members of the board. however, could
see no reason why this debt should
not be paid. Eighty-six thousand dol
lars Of the sum due the Denver clear
ing house banks will be paid immed-
lately, and the $4,000 due to private
parties will also be pair Immediately.
while the other $4,000 which is stiu
due the Denver clearing house banks
will be paid at the discretion of the
board. The money to be used for this
purpose will be taken from the funds
that came into the possession of the
state government, and it is, therefore,
passed at the session of the Thirteenth
General Assembly. Under the terms
of the act 1t is provided that $251 800
was to be used as incidental and con-
tingent expenses of the executive. leg
islative and judicial departments of the
state government, and it les, therefore,
argued that the state has the right to
pay this amount to the Denver clear
ing house banks out of this fund. On
der the Thomas administration it be-
came necessary through the lack of
appropriation on the part of the Legis-
lature for the maintenance of the state
penal institutions, and for the contin-
uance of the State University at Bould-
er to secure money to run these insti-
tutions. No funds were available, so
1t was borrowed on the credit of the
state from the Denver clearing house
banks and citizens. There was no Sc
curity given for this money except the
credit of the state in general Recent
ly the banks have demanded that they
be paid. The meeting Of the auditing
board has been postponed from time to
time and yesterday was the first op-
portunity the board had to act on this
demand. Auditor Crouter has insisted
that this money could not be paid un-
der the constitution. as there was no
law authorizing him to do so. He main
tained this position until the action
Of the board yesterday and still holds
to his original opinion. Governor Or.
man and Attorney General Post