The Lamar register., 1902-08-13
COLORADO'S CAPITAL.

Company came before the State Land
Board on the 9TH inst. and said the
company WAS willing TO pay the royal
:ies long in dispute ON coal mines and
the board appointed General Post and
Mrs. Grcnfell IA committee to draw up
new lease for the company to the
land ON which the mines are situated.
The lease will be granted as soon as
the Old royalties are paid. These
amount to about $4,000. The lease is
to cover coal lands in Huerfano
county.
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 espc-
cially to look after children and dumb
animals. The governor, the state su-
perintendent of public instruction, and
the attorney general are eX-otiicio men,
bers of the board, while Walter Chees-
man is president and Il. X. Whitehead
is secretary. The society is about to
inaugurate reform in Denver, having
for Its purpose the more humane trent
ment of dogs. 1t is alleged that own
ers of dogs do not care for them as
they should.
State Auditor Crouter insists that he
will not pay the warrants for the liqui-
dation of the states debt to the Den
yer clearing house banks. Mr.. Crouter
is reported to have said: Il do not
see, in the first place, that there is any
law under which they can be paid, and
if had do not know why the Denver
clearing house banks should be given
preference over other creditors of the
state who have right to be paid Just
rs well as the Denver clearing house
banks. | am the man who Is respon-
sible for the payment of money here.
am the man who Is under n bond and
| do not intend to pay the warrants.
My vote at the meeting of the board
shows my position exactly. l have op-
posed the payment from the begin
ming
Game Commissioner Harris received
from the attorney general an opinion
recently. in which that official sustains
the game warden on nearly every point
in the controversy with TnNidermist
Stencil of Salt Lake. The opinion
holds that the warden acted legally in
seizlng all the game heads and hides
of Stencil except those of game that Is
not native to Colorado. Acting on the
advice of the attorney general and In
order 10 avoid unnecessary litigation
the game warden will return the heads
of those animals that We're caught out
side the state. These are two goat
heads and two Alaska sheep heads.
The attorney general holds that the law
means to prohibit the importation OF
game from one state to another Tor
taxldermic purposes, and that by the
same rule il cannot be taken out. He
holds that wild goats are not game
quadrupcds and can therefore be killed
anywhere and everywhere.
The Denver Republican of August
9Th has the following report: The
Auditing Board of the state of Colo
RADIO. composed of State Auditor Crout-
er Attorney General G. G. 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
S. Thomas. for the purpose of conduct
ing the staIe penal institutions. the
asylum and the State 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
iV,N.t oil p fnl
willie the other $4,000 which is still
due the Denver clearing house banks
will be paid Mt 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 SOL 900
was to be used as incidental and con
tinsent expenses of the executive, leg
slative 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. Un-
der the Thomas administration 1t 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 10 secure money to run these insti-
tutions. No funds We're available, so
it was borrowed on the credit of the
state from the Denver clearing house
banks and citizens. There was no Sc
curly 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 OPP
poriunity the board had to act on this
demand AuIifor Crnufpr has iuSiStpu