The Springfield herald., 1903-09-11

trial of Samuel f. Couch, water COM
missioner in district No. 8. Couch was
charged by Horace g. Clark with ne
glect of duty in allowing the High Line
ditch to get water to which it was not
entitled.
State Labor Commissioner w. II.
| Montgomery has received letter from
President Jerome of the Overland
cotton mills, asking him to make
thorough investigation of the condition
| of the laborers at the mills. He in
yites the closest inspection O. the
| workings OF the mill and the treatment
of the employees. Some time ago Mr..
Montgomery received complaints con-
| corning the laborers at the mills. He
| looked into the situation and he found
| that there was no cause for complaint.
! Curator w. w. Furgeson. .of the war
| relic room at the Capitol building has
= received pictures of all the Union gen.
! erals who took part in the Civil War.
He has also received a number of pic
| lures of the chief battles of the war.
! He expects to have all the pictures that
I are published of battles in the war, but
1t Will be some time before he can Sc
4 cure all of them. These pictures will be
placed on the walls of the relic room
and will add much TO the already val
| liable collection.
| Early in the next term OF the SUI
premc Court that body will be called
| upon to determine the rights of the
parties in the case of the Humane So
/ ciety against the Overland cotton mills
! at Denver. The case was first tried in
/ the County court of Arapahoe county
/ and the company was fined $50 for al
legged abuses. Attorney General n. C.
Mlile, on August 29th filed brief in
| the Supreme Court stating that the
, State has the right to impose fine on
a corporation and that the State can,
for cause, cancel the charter of such
corporation.
The first case involving the game
| laws of the state taken to the Court
of Appeals, was filed September 3rd
with the clerk of the court. The case
is entitled e. w Hornbeck against C.
NJ. White. and is appealed from the
District Court of Mesa county. Horn
beck. it is claimed. had 800 hides
! which We're unlawfully In his posses
sion. White, as deputy game warden,
seized the hides, and Hornbeck sued
to recover them in the court below.
The jury returned for the game war
den. The case is appealed on assign
ments of error.
Register Woodruff of the State Land
Board on the 3rd inst deposited the
funds of the Land Board for the month
of August with the state treasurer. The
amount is Il triile less than is usaully
turned over at the end of each month
The total sum was Sl6,692.5 SO. The
school funds share of this amounts to
S1O.74145. Secretary of State James
Cowic also deposited the money re-
ceived through his office with the treas
urer. The total was So, ,309.15. This is
for incorporation and other fees. The
amount shown is about the same as
that of last month.
There probably will be no law suits
between the Board of State Capitol
Managers and the city and county OF
Denver. There has been no end of dis
pute over the question OF whether the
board should pay share of the ex-
penses of paving the streets in the vi
cinity of the state house, the city al
lesing that the share of the state was
$4,000. Rather than have any trouble
with the city. the board has decided to
pay its share without, interest The
board voted to pay the SlS.l70.1J now
due, but not to pay sl,65S interest
charged up by the city.
The State Land Board. at its meet
ing September 3rd. decided to cancel
the land leases of Tabor and Skinner
and put the land up for public bids on
October lst. The firm of Tabor and
Skinner leased over $4,000 acres of
land in south Gl Paso and north Pu-
eblo counties, in 1898. II is claimed
by the land board that s5,514 is due
the state for back rent Demand has
been made for this money. but it is
claimed that no effort has been made
on the part of the firm to pay it. If
the company does not decide to pay
the state its back rent, then suit will
be brought by the land board for S21.-
900, which is asserted to be the total
amount due for rent since 1890, when
the company took possession of the
land.
The list of successful applicants for
admission to the Colorado State Bar
has been completed. Those who passed
the examination held at the capitol
June 26th and 9th. are; J. Garfield
Buell., William b. Thomas. Jr: Fred
erick w. Clark, a. II. Romans, Fran
| els Davy, Walter Stckney. Omar E.
Garwood. benjamin Bassel. James w.
Gault, Roscoe Tracy York, j. Milton
Collins, Frank Il. Baldwin, Joseph C.
Ewing, Samuel j. Sackett, Charles c.
Sackmann, Cecil E. Snyder, Leroy j.
| Williams, Henley Anderson Calvert,
| William A. Riner. Henry C. Teller,
| George C. Deitz, John Washburn, John
F.. Truesdell. Clyde Herbert Stewart, f.
Earle Cooley, Warren NJ. Cox, Goblin
| Stair, Charles w. Rastall Clay Tall
man, James II. Patterson, Harry e.
Robinson, John f. Rotruch, ID. Steele
| De Lappe and Charles l.. Faust. A few
other names are held in allegiance by
| the State Board of Examiners as the
papers have not yet been decided upon.
| Governor Peabody has appointed ad-