The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-30

the Pueblo land district.
A reQuisition was honored October
oath by Governor Peabody for X. A.
Chamness wanted in Norton county.
Kansas. for criminal assault.
President John A. Martin of the
state board OF pharmacy is investiga
ting cases of violation of the pharmacy
law. 1t requires that none but regis
tered drug clerks shall sell poisons or
put up prescriptions. The known in
stances of violation OF this law are
said to be numerous. Mr. Martin has
q long list of such offenders and is
about to bring the enforcement of the
law to the attention of the proper au-
thorities.
The state board of equalization met
October 18th for the last time this
year. The board. after short session,
adjourned sine die without taking any
action in regard to the assessments
Of the various counties of the state and
without changing the assessments on
The railroads. The county commission
ers Of two counties had recommended
the reduction of the assessments on
certain railroads of the state, but no
action was taken.
The Denever Chamber of Commerce
was informed by letter which arrived
recently that there has been estab-
lished a museum of foreign products
by the Chamber of Commerce of Jas
sy, Roumania It's officers request the
Denver and Colorado business men to
send specimens of their products for
exhibition In this museum, promising
hs a result that European patronage
Imay be expected by the exhibitors for
such articles as are desired in Rou-
mania especially.
The sanitary bulletin published by the
state board Of health for September
has been published. The report shows
that there were 1872 deaths in the state
during the month. of which 252 were in
the city and county Of Denver. In the
city and county Of Denver during the
month there were fifty cases of diph-
iberia, twenty-three of scarlet fever,
five Of smallpox and eighty-nine Of ty
phoid fever. Throughout the state,
there were 1923 cases of diphtheria.
sixty-two of scarlet fever, forty of
smallpox and 1856 of typhoid fever.
State Game Commissioner J. NJ.
Woodward has established small
park near the Denver fish hatchery for
the purpose of receiving young deer,
elk and antelope, which will be taken
from persons who have no right to
their possession. At present there are
two deer in the park, and it is expect
ed that there will be about a dozen of
them in the park before all the game
law violators have been rounded up.
Certain persons in the state manage
in some way each year to get possess
sion of young deer and try to keep
them for the purpose of tanning them.
This Is strictly against the law, and
Mr.. Woodward, through his game war
dens, gathers these animals in and will
place them in this park near the fish
hatchery.
The Denver Board of Aldermen
adopted the report of the Cherry creek
commission on the title to lands along
Cherry creek between Colfax avenue
and the Platte river and with the ex-
ception of three tracts of land which
have been withdrawn, the city will at
once begin selling the property owned
by it along the channel. In this way
the city will realize profit of $4,000.
A resolution operating as substitute
to the one passed by the Supervisors to
sell all, was presented to cover the new
condition, by Alderman Ross, was
adopted. 1t authorizes the Mayor to
appoint an assistant to help him in
making the transfers of the property
sold. 1t further authorizes him to give
quit claim deeds This is preliminary
to building retaining walls to keep the
creek in permanent channel.
Secretary Of State James Cowie re-
ceived letter recently from a man in
Ell Paso county who is very anxious to
open a saloon on the club plan. He
does not Just know how he ought to go
about 1t and for that reason he has
written to the secretary of state to
learn just what steps he will take to
sell liquor "a la club" The letter it.
self is an interesting document. 1t fol-
lows:
Secretary of State, Denver, Colorado.
Dear Sir, your honor-Pleas, gave
me the laws which will half to pro-
vide by to start club to sell liquor
and what will it cost me. | want the
rules and the laws for SO doing
Mr.. Cowie sent him word that if he
wanted to incorporate club he could
do so and that it would cost him $500.
and then told him to ask the state
treasurer what he should do to take out
license.
Data has" been received at the may
or's office showing that the first mayor
of Denver was John c. Moore. In the
work of gathering early history Of the
city government, Mr.. Moore's connec-
tion with it had previously been cloud
ed with uncertainty. His widow. VINO
resides in Denver during an interview
with Mayor Wright q few days ago,
said her husband was. beyond doubt,
the first chief executive Of the city. At
torney H. M. Orahood has found in his
library copy of the first charter
granted the city, which was by the
Council of the Territory of Jefferson.
in December, 1859 Moore was ap-
pointed mayor under this charter by
Governor r. w. Steele of the Territory
of Iofareop Hou, long Moore served