The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-29

OF gross negligence in allowing Austin
T. Vance, alias H. w. Loryedder. to es-
cape from the State Penitentiary,
March S1st.
The Colorado state laws. passed at
the last session of the Legislature. are
now being compiled for publication and
will appear in bound form about July
1st- Attorney John c. Nixon has
charge of the work of editing and COM
piling the report.
Word has been received from the
Postoftice Department at Washington
that Assistant Postmaster T. S. Nc
Murray who is a candidate on the
, Civic charter ticket. may participate
in the charter convention if it will not
interfere with the work of the depart
ment. There had been some question
as to whether he could serve, but this
letter dispels all doubt
Adjt Gen. w. w. Ferguson has sent
written request to the secretary of
war for Confederate flag for the war
relic department at the state house.
General Ferguson says he does not
ant the flag used by the Confederates
at the beginning of the war with a cir
Gle Of stars on a blue field. but the red
flag with the st. Andrews cross, car
ried by the troops in the field-the
one the Union boys always saw float
ing above the gray ranks of their ad-
versaries. The museum has no flag of
this kind.
John Cleghorn. warden of the State
Penitentiary, has been placed on the
retired list of the National Guard,
with the rank of captain, by an order
issued by Adjt. Gen. Sherman Bell. Mr..
CleghOrn is veteran of the Civil
War and has good record in the Ma
tional Guard of the state According
to the register of the National Guard
he enlisted in the Bowen Rifles at Del
Norte March II, 1883, was elected first
lieutenant of the command the same
day. and became captain of the com
pany December 26, 1884. This rank
he held until the company was dis
banded, May 81, 1883.
At the request of the city engineer
the Denver Board of Aldermen has
passed an ordinance removing the
Platte water ditch, the city ditch from
his control and placing it under the
jurisdiction of the park commission.
Khis is the ditch over which there has
with the farmers of Petersburg. The
engineer has refused to sell them any
water pending the passage OF this Or
dinance and it has been impossible for
the farmers to get their water from the
ditch AS soon as the ordinance passes
the Board of Supervisors it is expected
that a committee of the farmers will
wait upon the park commission and
that a settlement of the various dis
putes will be effected.
The Reekeepers' Association of Col
orado is wondering whether the Colo
RADIO Worlds Fair Board intends to
make any provision for an exhibit of
colorado honey at the st. Louis
Worlds Fair. If any exhibit of this
character il to be made. the bee
keepers say, they will have to re-
ceive notice of the fact within the
next six weeks, otherwise they can
not arrange for the display. At the
Transmississippi exhibition, held in
Omaha in 1898, the first prize for hon
ey exhibits was awarded to Colorado.
Members of the Beekeepers' Associa-
ton feel that an injustice would be
done for the state should the fair
board neglect to make provisions for
an exhibit at the St. Louis fair.
1t cost the state exactly $lS,G29.03 to
send large part of the National
Guard to Colorado City in connection
with the mill strike in March. The
military board. on May 23rd, audited
the last of the expense accounts. and
within a few days the entire sum will
have been paid to those who furnished
supplies and transportation. A total
o07. 500 was allowed by the board at
the same time This was for food and
other supplies and for transportation
of the Denver companies to and from
Colorado City. The pay of the men
amounted to $10,S29.03. All received
their money some time ago With the
payment of the expense accounts the
entire expense will be settled. The
military board also approved the pur-
chase of 1000 blankets from the gov
ernment These cost the state $3.2S3. 16.
They have just been received. The
blankets will be Immediately issued as
part of the equipment of the guard
and will be an ample supply for all
uses for several years
To provide for a proper display of
| the products of orchards of the state
| at the Worlds Fair in St. Louis ar
| rangements must be made before next
| winter Under the plan of the State
| Board of Horticulture it will be neces-
| sary to purchase $500 barrels Of ap-
| pies this fall and place them in cold
storage for the opening display when
the fair is ready for the public. No
other method of providing for this dis
play can be pursued. because the ap-
pies can not be obtained by donations.
There would not be enough and they
| would naturally not be of the finest
quality. To prevent the confusion that
existed at the start Of the fair in Chi
cago it will be necessary to make the
purchases early in the fall. With the
initial display obtained the State
Board of Horticulture promises that it
shall be kept up without great eX-
pense. When the new crops of fruits