The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-04-15
COLORADO'S CAPITAL.


II. Mulligan county commissioner of
Gilbert county to succeed George Els
ner, deceased.
Governor Orman on the 9TH instant
honored eXtradition papers issued on
him by the governor of Tennessee for
the return to that state of +. T. Dea-
vel. under arrest at Colorado Springs.
He is wanted in Nashville for false
pretenses and grand larceny.
The suit brought by the Florence Oil
and Refining Company against Gov
ernor Orman. the State Land Board
and David How. in which title to
section of oil land at Florence was in
volved, has been decided by Judge
Carpenter in favor of the defendants
Ex-State Senator w. Il. FELTON, of
Canon City writes the State Horticul-
tural Society that the fruit crop in that
part of the state will be one of the big
gest that was ever grown. He says
the peach trees promise well, and that
this is true of all other varieties. The
winter has done absolutely 40 damage
TO the trees or the buds. and unless
there is blight later the yield will be
most abundant.
The Board of Capitol Managers has
been experiencing great deal of
troubble with the young trees upon the
lawn of the state house. This spring
it has been found necessary to take
up 100 of the ash trees that were set
out few years ago, owing to the fact
that the borers have ruined them. The
board has found that ash trees are
much more subject to the ravages OF
borers than any other variety.
IL on the Telluride disaster passed by
the Thirteenth General Assembly. the
Telluride city council has passed n
resolution that among the many evil
dcnces which the city and its inhabi
tants have received because of the re-
cent disaster at the Liberty Bell mine,
none is more sincere in expression, nor
more highly esteemed than resolution
No. 10 by the House of Representatives
of the Thirteenth General Assembly"
Thousands of blank forms for an
nual reports for use by companies and
organizations having property in two
or more counties are being sent out
by the state auditor. Under the provis-
ions of the new revenue law such con
Germs must report to the county asses
sor of the counties in which they have
property full description of the same.
These reports must he returned to the
county assessors by May 1st. Failure
To- do so makes concerns liable to
fine of 500 for each day they are de
linquent
Governor Orman has received an au-
tograph letter from Mrs. William Me
I<inley's secretary. acknowledging re
ceipt of the handsomely bound and en-
crossed resolutions passed by the eN-
ira session in memory of her husband.
The letter reads in part: Mrs Me
I<inley requests me to express her high
appreciation of the magnificent me
mortal resolutions sent to her through
you, dear sir. from the state of Colo
RADIO. They are much admired by all
the friends to whom Mrs. Mckinley
shows them
1t may be five years before the Ar
kansas Colorado water case becomes an
issue before the United States Supreme
Court. and 1t may cost both common
wealths small fortune before the
court is ready to hand down Il decision.
The next step must be taken by Attor-
ney General Post. 1t will be to prepare
and file an answer To the brief submit
ted by the attorney general of Kansas.
The court will specify within what
time this answer must be filed. Then
the other side may demur to the an
swer of Colorado.
Seven officers of the National Guard
called upon Governor Orman Il few
days since and verbally protested
against the removal from office of Adj
iutant General Gardner at the dicta-
ton of the Miners unions of Colorado
ON account of his utteranceS in connec-
tion with the snowslides in the Tellu-
ride district. The deputation was
headed by Brigadier General John
Chase Accompanying him We're Col
onel Barnum. Major Williams, Captain
Xeph T. Hill. Captain Lee. Adjutant
and Qunrtermaster Bert h. Bloom and
Colonel Nerdecllberg.
a decision which will be of interest
to farmers working irrigated land was
returned by the Supreme Court on the
9TH instant in the case of the New
Cache In poudre Irrigation Company
against the Water Supply and Storage
Company of Larimer county. The Wa
ter Supply company claimed the right
10 divert water from certain sources of
supply. TO the injury of farmers who
drew water from the same source. The
lower court granted IL certain percent
age of the flow to the water company.
but the Supreme Court holds that the
value of irrigated land may not be de-
stroyed by the diversion of the water
and remands the case.
Judge Carpenter, in the District
Court at Denver. has rendered decis-
ion declaring invalid n law of the last
General Assembly introduced by Sena-
tor Whitford. The act provides for the
Limitation of time on judgments. de
crpeS or causes of action rendered in
sister states. The acts provides that on
Judgment from the court of another
state. no action can be begun here un-
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