The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-10
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL

National guardsmen are interested
In the bill introduced in the House yes
terday by Representative Shireman to
appropriate $4,000 for sending the
First regiment to represent the state
at the exposition at St Louis.
Under the law which is proposed in
the Legislature, in a bill by Senator
Drake saloonkeepers must procure a
license from either councils of towns
and cities or boards of county COM
missioners, or suffer a severe penalty.
1t is claimed the penalties for conduct
ing saloons outside the limits of towns
and cities were insufficiently severe to
force compliance with the law, while
some towns failed to pass ordinances
requiring licenses for liquor selling.
The State Senate's favorable action
in committee of the whole on the bill
appropriating $3.50 for the Kansas
Colorado water suit was based on
statements of leading attorneys, the
finance committee that should the
attack of Kansas be successfut in
the United States Supreme Court,
similar suits may be expected at the
instance of ten other states for use of
the waters of other streams rising in
Colorado, including the Rio Grande.
Republican, Platte. White, Yampa, Lit
tie Snake, Canadian, Las Animas and
Mancos. Colorados contention is that
if the water in this river was not util-
lied for irrigation it would principally
disappear in the quicksand of the bed
of the stream long before reaching
Kansas western borders.
Senator De Long of Mesa county has
introduced a bill that is intended to
head off any attempts to divert water
from the streams of the western slope
over on to the eastern slope by mean.
of tunnels from the front range. Its
provisions are intended especially to
make the diversion of western slope
water to lands already irrigated on
the eastern slope unlawful until after
all the arid lands and the western slope
have received irrigation supply. Should
the bill become a law it is conceded
that plans already quite matured for
bringing western slope waters over the
range in northern Colorado may be in
terrupted. On account of the fact that
the eyes of irrigation companies are
already set on water to be procured
from the feeders of some OF the west
ern slope streams, on the top of the
range, fight is anticipated from these
influences when Senator De Longs bill
comes up for consideration.
Mark G. Woodruff. postmaster at
Creede, has been appointed register of
the State Land Board, to succeed John
T. Joyce. Mrs. Anna Brandt of Grip
pie Creek was appointed deputy reg
lister. The appointments were an
nounced after a lengthy meeting of
the new board, consisting of Governor
Peabody. Secretary of State Cowie. At
torney General Miller and Mrs. Helen
Grenfell, state superintendent of pub
Redistribution. AS a result of the first
meeting of the new board there was
almost a complete change in the at
taches of the state land office Miss Jo
sephine Marion was retained as chief
clerk. Lucille Jermy as plat clerk and
Miss Franc j. Emperor as stenogra-
pher. All of the others will go Feb
ruary 23rd. The list of the new ap-
pointees aside from those mentioned
follows: Appraisers-F. A. Currie,
Aspen; j. G.. Roberts. Central City; l..
X. Smith, Ouray. Timber warden,
William Cowdrey, Boulder; lease
clerk. Miss Berdie Adams. Pueblo; in
demnity clerk, Mrs. Eliza Gum. Den
yer.
The Senate judiciary committee de-
cided to report favorably the bill by
Senator Taylor to adopt the Torrens
system of land registration in Colora-
do, with provisions permitting owners
to accept titles under 1t If they so de-
sire. In favor of the Torrens system
it is said that the transfer of real es-
tate becomes more speedy and less
costly than that in vogue in this state
heretofore, and that if the new system
be adopted trades in realty may be put
through as rapidly and with as little
inconvenience as trades in cattle and
hogs. The Torreps system provides a
court for the purpose of defining titles
to land as against particular persons
having adverse interests, and also
against all the world. Said courts
make thorough investigations of the
records and when they once issue titles
they are beyond successful attack from
any source. Land carrying a Torrens
title may be transferred without the
buyer looking through endless papers
in county clerks offices. The titles
given by a court operating under the
Torrens system are kept up to date. the
law making 1t compulsory upon holders
of such titles to record all subsequent
transfers with the register of the said
courts at whose Office inquirers may
learn in few minutes the exact status
of the land under consideration.
Senate Eieht-Hour Bill.