The Lamar register., 1902-08-06
COLORADO'S CAPITAL.


the governors room are 5. ii. Elbert,
John l.. Rouu. \. w. Mclntire, j. Ii.
Grant and c. S. Thomas.
State Dairy Commissioner Monson
does not agree with the courts as TO
the construction of the new oleo law.
The new law taxes all buffers, artiii-
cially colored. 10 cents II pound, but
nothing is said about ''oleo" that has
been colorcd yellow by the use of
natural yellow butter. The makers of
oleo have discovered this and are using
yellow butter to color their product.
The question has been raised by fed
eral authorities and will be argued in
the United States Supreme Court with
in short time The dairy commits
sioner will next week begin n tour of
the state to examine colored buffers
and detect. If possible, any infringe
ments of the law He will. however,
be guided largely by his Interpretation
of the statutes. and probably VIII not
object to ''oleO" that has been coloreG
by the use of natural butter.-DenHer
News.
More buffalocs are roaming wild in
the mountains of Colorado than in any
other state. So says pioneer David N.
Baker of Park county. MIR. Baker
gave this information to Game Warren
Harris yesterday, says the Denver
News of July Both, and declares that
there are twenty-five wild buffalo up
in Lost and Middle parks. Game War
den Harris heard the news with inter
est. but did not appear ut all surprised,
for he is himself cOgnizant of certain
small herds of wild game of which
the sportsmen know nothing. Mr.
Baker called to see the game warden
and tell of the butfalOcs because he
was incensed at reports that Colorado
had no buifaloes left. These buffalo
are in Lost park" he said. Last fa.i
Il herd of more than twenty-five We're
seen over there The people in that
community are very proud of this
herd. proud to have the buffalo still
running wild there. and If any one
were to kill one of these few remaining
specimens of Il noble race he would he
| lynched." The game warden and MIR.
Baker discussed the care of bison In
Yellowstone park, agreeing that the
| winters were too cold for the proper
development of the young.
Register C. ID. Ford of the United
| States land office has issued official
notice of the withdrawal from public
entry of land in I.arimer and Morgan
counties. upon direction of Binger
| Hermann. commissioner of the general
| land office. The withdrawal of 432
square miles of Colorado land COM
| prises the territory reserved by the
government in the land to be incor-
porated in the Medicine Bow forest
reserve. If the irrigation projects along
the Platte are determined upon, 3SS
miles of land are involved. No bona
| tide settlement or claim will be affected
ny the withdrawal. In Morgan county
| II "A la
Il decision is reached in regard to es-
tablishing reservoir there. This
temporary withdrawal or any perma-
nent reservation which may follow
will not affect any bona tide settle
| ment or claim on the lands which is
properly initiated prior to the date
hereof and duly of record within the
statutory period" concludes the direc-
| tions from Commissioner Hermann.
| The government has also ordered with
drawal from public entry II large tract
of land on the Western slope. The reg
lister and receiver of the land office ut
Montrose have been ordered by Conn
| missioner Hermann to withdraw JJ,-
600 acres of land situated in Montrose
and Delta counties. The directions
| from Washington are taken to indicate
| that the government has decided to
officially investigate the GunnisOn tun-
mel project.
A question of considerable import
ance to the state is discussed as fol-
lows by the Denver News of July 31st:
"One Vaughn was found guilty. on his
own confession. of murder in the sec
| ond degree. and was sentenced by
| Judge Stevens to Il term of fourteen 10
twenty years in the state penitcntinry,
| the sentence being given under the IN
| determinate sentence law. On the
ground that the crime was committed
before the law went into effect, ana
that the sentence should have been
| imposed under the old law and for
fixed term. Judge Mullins granted an
application for a writ OF haDeaS
corpus, and Vaughn was released from
custody. He has left Denver and Of
ficers are now following him in order
10 renrrest him. On this same ground
five other prisoners have been re-
leased on writs of habeas corpus
three by Judge Palmer and two by
Judge Mullins. Other district judges
have refused to release prisoners on
the grounds which Judges Palmer and
Mullins found sufficient in the six
cases referred to. The other judges
have held that the prisoners should
serve at least the minimum term fixed
, in the indetermnate sentence. which in
the case of Vaughn would be fourteen
years All six of the cases were
brought to the two Arapahoe county
Judges we believe. from districts out
side of this county. AT meeting of
the district attorneys of the state Il
few days ago strong protest against
the action of Judges Palmer and Null
lins WIS formally adopted. The dis
trict attorneys suggested that the
Judges of Arapahoe county might well
remain satisfied with attending TO
matters of their own district. without