Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04
COLORADO's CAPITAL.

The Board of Capitol Managers will
open bids for the painting of the inter-
ior of the capital and the gliding of the
exterior on September 10th.
The Colorado Worlds Fair Commis-
sion has received word from the GEN.
tral authorities In st. Louis to the ef-
feet that the allotment of space for the
sites of the various buildings will be
made September Both and October LIST
and I'd. The event will be special oc-
casion and there will be parade and
other demonstrations. The commits
sions from all the states in the Union
will be present to look after the inter-
ests Of their respective states.
Curator Ferril Of the State Historical
Society has sent communication to
the superlntendents of school districts
in Denver informing them that he will
be ready with the opening of the fall
term of school to begin his classes in
natural history and science. Mr.. Fer
ril says the scope of the historical sOci-
ETY. has increased rapidly during the
last few years. The visitors last year
numbered 1876, 14S, and there were 4,5S4
additions made to the collection during
that time. Mr.. Ferril intends to con-
tinue his lectures and classes for the
benefit of suburban parochial schools
of the city. He concludes his letter to
the superintendent as follows: "Most
of your teachers are familiar with the
plan and system Of work in this de-
partment, but as l am sometimes
asked the price of a lecture to class,
will state that it is free. Neither the
laws of the state nor the rules Of the
society require this of the curator, but
the society and its officers have al
ways been in hearty sympathy with
any work that may be accomplished in
this department along educational
lines. Museums should be as free as
the air we breathe for educational pur-
poses"
This is the way Secretary Of State
Mills proposes to settle the extra SEN
ator problem, according to the Denver
News: Secretary of State Mills said
yesterday in regard to the dispute over
his certifying for new senators to be
elected from the newly apportioned
senatorial districts that he had con-
suited not only the attorney general
but ex-Gov. G. s. Thomas and several
othey attorneys of prominence, and
had found that he would have to keep
WUh1n the number provided Dy statute
in any event. The law allows only 100
members of both houses, and of this
number there shall be but thirty-five
senators. So Mr.. Mills can only certlIy
for that number, including h0ldovers.
In the change from the old to the new
apportionment there Is some little diff
Guilty in doing this. But after looking
the matter over carefully, Mr.. Mills
finds that from district 20, which in
cludes Jefferson, Gilpin, Clear Greek
and Boulder, there will be three hold
over senators, and so he can leave this
district out of the new representation
without cutting them out Of goodly
representation in the next State
Senate. In the Third and Twen-
ty-eighth districts there will be
one new senator each certified for. This
is a fair distribution, and no injury
will result from the leaving out of the
Twenty-sixth district in the new ap-
portionment this time, as they are well
represented as it Is. Secretary Mills
does not wish is to be thought that he
is at all arbitrary in the matter, as he
has to conform strictly to the law, and
the change in the apportionment has
caused the present difficulty of ar
rangement."