The Springfield herald., 1902-01-17
coLoRADo's CAPITAL,

of public works, and his wife left Den
yer Jan. 2. for an extended trip
through Mexico. They will proceed d.
rectly to the City of Mexico, and after
viewing Diaz's capital will visit Vera
Cruz and return home by way of New
Orleans. Denver will be reached soon
after February 1. Mr.. Speer declared
that the trip was strictly for pleasure.
During December Fish and Game
Commissioner Harris collected S2O9.9
from the sale of confiscated specimens
and fines imposed. The amount was
the largest ever collected by that office
in the history of the state. BY the
time Commissioner Harris has disposed
of five mountain sheep head valued at
$225 and family of sheep worth $500.
confiscated during December the total
will amount to SS54.39.
Corporations and joint stock com
panies in Colorado have no right to
carry on business nor has the secretary
Of state any right to receive their an
nual reports before they have obtained
their certificates of authority from the
secretary. This is the opinion render
ed by the attorney general in reply to
n question asked by the secretary of
state. Recently the secretary of state
corporations in the state We're operat-
Ing without certificates, but knew that
there We're several which would be dis
covered when they filed their annual
reports.
The following figures are from the
monthly report of the state commits
sioner of charities for December: The
state insane asylum reports sos in
m n tnc pt 40 nd Of hn
admitted and four dismissed The
State Industrial School for Boys re-
ports: Inmates. Dec. 81. 1913; admitted
during the month, G; dismissed, 3; pa
rolled, Ia; escaped, 1. The state peni-
tentiary reports 564 inmates; 30 re-
ceived and Is dismissed The Soldiers
and Sailors home reports 1876 inmates;
3 received, 3 died and one discharged
The Home for Deaf and Blind reports
90 inmates and three discharged The
State Home for Dependent Children
reports ~ inmates, admitted, 2 re-
admitted and o dismissed.
The board of directors of the West
ern Oil Company met at the
Denver Wheel Club and conn
pleted the organization of the
body which is TO have control of the
oil movement in Colorado and adjoin-
ing states. George w. Allen was
elected president, Harry Il. Iusley
secretary, and George Il. Ross-Lewin
treasurer. Vice presidents represent
ing all districts We're elected as fol-
lows: Dewey C. Bailey, Denver,
first; w. b. Lewis. Denver, second;
Josiah Winchester, Teller. third; G. II.
Freeman. Archuleta. fourth; f. J.
Crane, Teller, fifth; Thomas Il. Poole,
fxth
enth; Warren Richardson, Cheyenne,
eighth, and C. A. johnson, New
Mexico, ninth. f. w. Zailey, w. b.
Lewis, ID. II. Mcclellan, w. G. Ed
wards and Lee Reynolds, all of Den
yer, We're appointed membership
committee for Denver members, and
@. III. Freeman. Pagosa Springs; J.~J.
Olson; j. A. Cutlery. Ogden; w. Rich
ardson. Jr., and Marion Z. Wheeler.
Cheyenne; b. n. Freeman, Durango;
Thomas Il. Poole, Boulder, commit
tee on nonresident membership.
State Insurance Commissioner How
ON the Sth instant revoked the license
of the Colorado Mutual Insurance
Company of Denver and will ask that
it be placed in the hands of receiver.
The Colorado Mutual Company had
offices in the Steele block. j. j. Harris
was secretary. The company was or
ganized last February 2Sth, and in
sured against damage by hail and
storms. The books of the company
have been under investigation by Com
missioner How for several days. When
Commissioner How began the inyesti-
CATION of the company's books Secre-
tary Harris closed its office. The COM
missioner says he found the company
l,n,, -1,nr, itc fNfi iinn
was closed. He says he understands
that the company had never paid n loss
since 1t was Incorporated, and esti-
mates that Colorado policy holders lose
$4,000 by the company, not only in
paid up premiums, but through the
failure to pay them for the destruction
of their crops by storms. BY the re-
cent failure of the Farmers Mutual
Hail Insurance Company in Kansas
City, Commissioner How says the
farmers of this state lost from $4,000
to 100000.
At the meeting of the State Board
of Pardons ON January 3rd a pardon
was granted David Davis, young
farmer of Sedalia who assisted i'll
driving the substitute operator out of
the Sedalia depot during the Santa Fe
telegraphers' strike. He was SEN
fenced January 20, 1901. to serve from
two to five years for assault to MUIR
der. A similar application by George
\. Anderson was refused. The action
as to Davis was taken in view OF
three others of the same crowd having
been fined 500 and costs each for
simple assault A pardon was also
granted w. Il. Smith, sentenced to two
to four years from Otero county No
vember 90. 1900, for larceny. He was
accused of robbing a drunken railroad
er of his money. George II. Eaton,
Of aip CHI