Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-05-01
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
D0INGSN AT THE CAPITAL CITY


cent. OF the claims OF the members OF
the Colorado National Guard for sery-
Ices at Colorado City have been taken
up by spectators at a discount OF ten
per cent. Many OF the Eoldiers became
tired OF the long delay In securing their
pay. and disposed Of their vouchers.
While Governor Peabody is absent
In the East to attend the launching OF
the cruiser Colorado and take part In
the dedication OF the site OF the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition at st. Louis.
his salary Is drawn by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Haggott. The chief executive is
the only state officer who ID docked
when absent from his post. his pay go
Ing TO his substitute.
One OF the most Interesting and valu-
able displays from Colorado at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition ut
| st. Louis next year, will be
that OF the State School of Mines. The
school win be represented by a minia-
ture object lesson OF the work OF the in
stitution. Such is the intention OF the
board OF control OF the Institution and
the governor has approved OF the plan.
Among the bills affecting tho work
Ing people OF the state. passed by the
Legislature. Is Senate bill 2i0. by SEN
ator Mcclure. for n constitutional
amendment. allowing the exemption OF
500 worth OF personal property from
| taxation. A similar bill was defeated
In the House. but this bill was pushed
through In the closing hours OF the ses-
sion and is now before the people. and
will be voted on Mt the 1904 election.
House bill 2Ss. Mr.. Delaney. which
Is now law. makes the claims OF en-
ploycs and laborers preferred claims
as against all other crcdItors." In case
OF the failure OF any corporation. indl-
yidual or company. Such persons are
to make n sworn statement OF the
Amount due. the work done. and when
II was done. within twenty days OF the
hling of. any attachment suit. or with
In sixty days after the business may
have gone into the hands OF n receiver.
No claim Is to be paid In advance of
the time set. and II there Is not enough
to satisfy all claims. they arc to be
pro-rat.d. These claims do not. how
ever. extend to creditors who hold
duly recorded mortEas. upon the prop
.rty attached. given for n debt actual
" existing from such mortgage before
tho labor was performed
More than 1900 of the iarrs sum
overdue the state for lands has been
collected under tho direction OF Regis
ter Woodruff OF the land ofiicc during
tho last week. This showing II the re-
suit of the active work Of til. one. In
pressing those whose payments hay.
been allowed TO laps. for many years.
When the new administration took
charge OF the land Once Il required
Erca, deal Of work to determine how
hundreds Of accounts stood. In bring
inE the books up to date IL was found
N.s sl..4
were du. III. state. Thc.. had been
running fror. one TO ton years and car
rird interest at the rat. Of seven per
cent. DclInqurnts were at once no,l-
f~i that they must pay up or the land
board would declare the lands forfeit
ed. As result. the payments arc COM
Ing in rapidly.
There Ia an applicant for nearly ev-
cry hl, Of hhh fry that ~iii be pro-
iur~d In the ha;ch-rics of the state
this year. For this reason large num-
her Of persons d~siruaa Of stocking
ponds and streams viii be dlaappoint-
ed. In distributing the young nsh the
stat. serves those who apply frHt with
their shaica until the supply IL CT
haus,ed. Distribution Of the young
nsh has begun. Under the admins
iraiion Of Game and Fish Commission
-r Woodward care will be taken 10 de-
liver the fry alive and not dead. For
this reason tho supcrintcndcnis of
ha,ehcfics ~iii accompany each ship
fncnt. Yesterday Charles powdy. SUI
pcrintrndcnt Of tho Denver hatchery.
went To Boulder with 5000 young trou,
for Boulder creek. At present the Dem
,cr hatchery has on hand about so.oOo
young fsh. Applications for several
hundred thousand have been received
Another Matching Is expected some
time In June.
House bill No. sos. by Representa-
tive Garman. has now become a Law.
IL is designed to regulate the sale Of
convict-mado goods and provides that
any person wishing TO act as an agent
for convict made goods shall give n
bond Of 5000: that he shall keep con-
spicuously posted n notice setting forth
the fact that he Ia licensed TO sell con-
Wet made goods: tina, he shall report
TO tho secretary of state "all kinds
Of shoe laccs" he has purchased from
prisons. and to whom he has sold them.
annual license fee to be $500; the IL
censc to be revoked at the will of the
secretary Of state. All convict made
goods are to be labeled as such. In good
| sized letters on the outside. Violations
Of not less than $40 nor more than ST.
| 600. and imprisonment OF not more
than one year or less than ten days.
or both. Anybody can testify. and one
half the fines received arc TO be turned
over TO the deputy labor commissioner
"to be used by him in investigating
and securing conviction for violation
thereof"
Judge Lindsey of the Denver County
Court has announced the appointments
made under the juvenile laws passed by
the Fourteenth General Assembly. q.
=. Storrs Ia chief probation officer. Mrs.
Ida =. Gregory. we'll known In Denver
because Of her connection with tho
night school for boys. is one of the
probation officers. Willard p. Hatch is
clerk Of the juvenile court and proba-
tlon officer. Edward SchafIer ia deputy
sheriff to the juvenile court and will
act as probation and trtiant officer.
Charles Mickey McAllistcr. one Of the
wards of the court. Is Office boy and
special messenger. The juvenile court
Is not yet operating under the new law.
but all the details of the work of maxi
inE forms and preparing records for the
court are being rapidly completed.
| Judge Lindsey has been invited by tho