The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-05-05

law does not become effective until
| June 9th. Under it's provisions sixty
per cent. of the wages of the head of a
family will be exempt from garnish-
ment. If the pay is $5 per week or
less it is all exempt
1t has been agreed by members of
the State Board of Equalization that
the valuation of foreign freight cars
shall be placed at $235, ,779, which is a
| little less than the amount in 1902.
| These cars are refrigerator, fruit.
meat and other special classes They
are assessed on a mileage basis. Re
frigerator cars are assessed at $3.50
each, a basis of IT'S miles per day;
meat cars at $500. $50 miles; other cars
of the kind, $500, 80 miles a day.
Prosecutions will be begun of a
number of persons who have been sell
ing certain product, designated as
| Iowa butter. Mrs. Mary Wright, the
state dairy commissioner, has found
| that most of this product is really
| oleomargarine. She has had samples
analyzed and finds them imitation but
| ter. Both the government and state
/ laws are violated by the makers and
| sellers of this product. Mrs. Wright
says many are handling it in the cities
| of the state.
/ The state board of lunacy commits
sioners has sent out letters asking the
| architects of Pueblo and Denver to
submit plans to the board for buildings
at the insane asylum in Pueblo which
| will cost in the neighborhood of $780,
| 900. The architects at. this time are
asked to submit plans for two cottages
for men patients. wing to the womens
| building and an amusement hall. The
| board is also contemplating the bulld-
ing of an electric light plant and re-
| frigerating plant to cost 100000.
Acting Governor Haggott has par
doned d. NJ. Conway. who was recent
| ly found guilty in the West Side court
| at Denver on the charge of obtaining
money by false pretense. Conway was
| confined in the county jail awaiting
his transportation to the penitehtiary,
where he had been senteced to serve
a term of from one year to eighteen
months. He was convicted of victim
| izing several people on the representa-
tion that he was the owner of milk
| dairies which he had advertised for
sale.
The militia from Colorado to take
! part in the fall field maneuvers in
Wyoming planned by the government
consists of three companies of infantry.
the field and staff officers, two troops of
cavalry. the medical and signal corps
from Denver. This makes a total of
! 276 men and 116 horses. There will be
one company of infantry each from
Boulder, Greeley Fort Morgan. Cripple
| Creek, Canon City and Pueblo, two
companies from Colorado Springs and
the headquarters. field and staff from
| Pueblo The total of the Colorado
troops will be about 734.
Hon. John w. Springer thinks possi-
| bly, the proclamation against the i'm
portation of Kansas cattle into Colora-
do, signed by Acting Governor Haggott
at the instance of the state veterinary
sanitary board may be retaliatory
measure against Kansas for quarantin-
ing Colorado cattle. Mr.. Springer
said the proclamation could not work
any hardship to Kansas shippers who
have a clean bill, owing to the ruling
of the United States Supreme Court in
the Reed case last fair Under the new
act of Congress, a state could take any
action it pleased concerning cattle
shipped into its boundaries, but could
not do so regarding cattle going
through the state.
The third page in the dispute be-
tween f. NJ. Irish and r. NJ. Colder.
member of the board of control of the
State Home and Industrial School for
Girls, was turned in the District Court
April 27th, when Mr.. Irish demanded
that Golder's answer to the suit for
$4,000 damages be made more explicit.
Mr.. Irish claims that Golders charges
as to his management of the Home
were wholly unfounded and malicious.
Colder filed an answer admitting hav-
ing made the charges, and following
this up with the affirmation that the
charges were true. 1t is this last ale
CATION that Mr.. Irish wants made more
explicit and certain. Mr. Colder has
already pleaded the law of privileged
communication in reply to the charge.
that he, as a member of the board.
conducted the investigation and filed
his report with the governor.
Several Colorado inventors have |
asked the Worlds Fair board to give |
their airships the financial support |
needed to contest in the Worlds Fair |
test, for which prizes of 100000 have |
been offered. William NJ. Morris of |
Monte Vista is the latest of these in |
ventors to write to members of the |
board asking for consideration. He |
has invented several ventilating ma
chimes for mines and other devices for |
this work. and in letter to the lieu |
tenant governor says that he is GER |
tain that his airship would have a
good chance to take one of the prizes. |
Two other inventors have written to
the board. These are Charles Hess /
of Lockett, Colorado. and William T. |
Jamison of Pueblo. Mr.. Morris offers
to demonstrate that his machine is
practicable by giving free exhibitions
in Denver if the fair board will bear
the expenses.
The Denver Republican of April 2Sth
says: Preparations to push the Colo
rado-kansas water right suit to a