The state herald., 1903-03-13

granted leases on the following lands! !!
Seventeen hundred acres in Routt
county; 1872 acres in Saguache county;
1 ,042 acres in Las Animas county; $40
acres in Adams county; 800 acres in
.'ostilla county; LAO acres in Sagu-
ache county
The House and Senate are having
some difficulty in agreeing upon bills.
The Senate refused to agree to the
House amendments to the Clayton bill
to exempt sixty per cent of mans
wages from execution. and has also
refused to. agree to the House amend
ments to sthe Bailey juvenile delin-
Quent bills.
Expert Lewis B. Sciiwanbeck has
made a report to the House committee
appointed to examine into the amount
OF outstanding state warrants, and the
committee has reported the same to
the House. The report shows that
warrants have been issued to the
amount of sS25, ,05316; interest, S775.-
S26.S5; total. s1,G0l ,3795l.
The state board of pardons at its
meeting March 9th recommended a
communication of sentence for Pablo
Lucero, who was sentenced for life
March 90, 1898, for murder. The board
recommended that the sentence be
cut to 20 years. The board considered
several applications. Action on that OF
Antoine CuaZ sentenced from Pitkin
county for life for murder was post
poned.
Public trustees have been appointed
by the Supreme Court for the four lead
ing counties of the state. These posi-
tions pay fees and the sum each in
cumbent collects is equal to good sal
airy. The appointees and the estimated
incomes are as follows Augustus II.
Martin, county of Denver, $4,000,
George W. Musser, Ell Paso county,
$1,000; Alex T. Stewart. Pueblo, $4,000;
William II. Griffith, Teller, $500.
photographer A. L. Fellows of the
State Geological Survey, has been
called to Washington to consult with
Professor Newell regarding the Gunni-
son tunnel. 1t is probable that ar
rangements will be made to open head
quarters here for the western states in
cluded in the Geological Survey. The
state engineer is confident that work
on the Gunnison tunnel will be taken
up by the federal government without
delay.
Fish and Game Commissioner Wood
ward, recently appointed by Gov. Pea
body TO succeed Charles w. Harris,
has appointed Thomas j. Higgins to
be chief game warden for the Grand
Junction district vice Roy Allison. and
w. S. Kincaid to be superintendent of
fish hatcheries vice Thomas ]. Hol-
land. The appointees will assume
their positions April |, at the eXpira-
ton OF the terms Of the retiring Of
ficials.
Former State Auditor Charles w
Crouter has been ordered TO pay into
the registry of the District Court at
Denver the sum of sl2.3G35i, the
amount in litigation In the suit brought
against him by the United States Re
duction and Refining Company TO re-
cover money paid under the fiat tax
law. The order was made on the
motion OF the attorneys OF the plain
tiff. The amount represents the tax
paid by the reduction company. and
the companies which assigned their
claims TO II.
F The Senate passed on third reading,
S. b. No. III. by Senator Rush. to pro-
hibit the sale or lease by the State
Land Board of school land bearing
timber less than fourteen inches in
diameter. The bill carries a provision
making members OF school boards
agents of the Land Board for the pur-
pose OF detecting timber stealing. The
act includes penalty for cutting tim
Der on school land without authority
from the Land Board, Of fine
amounting to three times the value OF
the timber and Imprisonment In the
county jail for from thirty days to one
year. An emergency clause is at
tached.
The House and Senate committees on
state institutions on Wednesday. March
ith. made the trip around the Horn
for the purpose OF visiting the State
University NJ Boulder. the Agricultural
College at Fort Collins. and the Nor
NAL School at Greeley. With the two
committees went other members Of tn,
Legislature, many OF whom were ac.
companied by their wives and children
In all there were about $50 people on
the Colorado a Southern train when Il
left the Union Depot at $3.50 In the NOR.
ming. Al Boulder the eXcurslonisti
were given reception In the Unlyers'
ity chapel. where President Beker mad,
statement OF the needs OF the insti'
tuition. The University cadets were oul
In uniform and Kaluted the party IL
military style. while other students
greeted them with college yells. Tn,
citizens OF Fort Collins gave the visit
ors a magnificent dinner In the Agri
cultural College auditorium. The ca
diets fired an artillery salute AZ Gree
ley the members of the party wer,
taken out TO the Normal School IN car
ringes and treated to reircShmcntS.
Senator Rush's bill to prevent Ia
securing OF public franchises by fraud
ulent means, .s comprised In one sec
tlon, as iollown: Section l,-Whoncyo
any persons who are residents Of an,
taxpayers In the county IA which Euel
action is brought. shall file ycrinol
complaint, settling mp that any fran
uhlso has been. or IL about 10 be-
granted through fraud. bribery or cor
rupt practices or that the terms al sue
franchise violate the rights Of the pco
pie. the DiWre; Court, or any judg
thereof, IN vacation. shall immedlatel
act as In matters OF injunction, an
shall speedily hear and determine th
truth oI the matters alleged And 4
case II nhall be found that any sue
franchise ia about 10 be granted b
any such means. then the court uha
pcrpetually enloin the proper parties I
I the premises; and In ease any sue
franchise shall have been granted. b
any such mcnnH, then the court hha
enter an order nnnulling and dccrccln
such franchise to hc yold. and the coui
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