Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27

ate with a petition signed by i 900 peo-
pie. asking that no law be passed in
terfering with the practice OF osteo-
pathy.
A delegation OF ranchmen from the
Arkansas valley appeared before the
agricultural and irrigation committee
to protest against the bill before the
Legislature that nbolishes the offices
of the district superintendent OF trri-
CATION and puts the work ON the state
engineer. The ranchmen were unani-
nous In their opinion that the system
in vogue is better than the one con-
teAplated.
The contest of II. w. Bonynse for
the seat of ]. +. Shafroth. congressman
for the First district. is being heard In
Denver. Under the federal statutes.
ninety days are allowed the contest
ant. Mr.. Shafroth may take forty
days for his side and Mr.. Bonynge
nifty. which includes ten days for re-
buttal. Both sides are expected 10
take their full allowance OF time.
which will carry the contest forward
until the middle of May.
A memorial by Senator Taylor. ask
Ing Congress to pass the pending Dill
appropriating s20.000.000 for national
highway construction. has been passed
and sent to the House. The memorial
requests that $4,000 OF the $2V.OOo.-
900 be specified for expenditure In Col
orado. Senator Taylor believing that II
could be applied to perfect his long.
projected road across the Continental
divide. which he hopes will some day
be link In the national railway from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast.
The judiciary committee OF the Sem
ate. after discussing the many anti
trust bills presented and hearing ar
suments from John W. Springer. pres
idcnt OF the National Live Stock Asso-
citation. who has made study OF the
trust question. decided to recommend
for passage Senator BalIinscrs bill,
No. 22s. drafted on the plan OF the
Texas antitrust statute. The bill de-
fincs the words ''trust" and monopoly
and dcsignat.a the classes OF business
corporations and companies that are
to be adludscd trusts for the purposes
OF prosecution. IL then declares that
any such corporation organized under
the laws OF Colorado. or doing business
under state charter. which shall at
tempt to fix or maintain prices by pool
or otherwise. shall be deemed guilty Of
a conspiracy to dcfraud. Upon con-
yiction the corporation shall violate its
charter rights. All companies doins
business In the state shall annually
certify under oath to the secretary of
state that they arc not members Of any
trust or combine.
The bill of q. W. White Of Lake
county for the creation OF tho ONCE Of
supervisor OF state printing was agreed
to by tho House In committee Of the
whole and recommended for passage.
The bill provides Tor a supervisor OF
stat. printing. who shall hold ONCE
for two years and he must have the
qualification OF being a practical print
er and h. must have been actively en-
Ens-d at the trade or In the printing
or publishing business for nvc years
and he mus, be n resident Of Colorado
year before his appointment. and hc
must give bond OF 10000. All print
inE mus, be done by contract. but the
hill nScs maximum price for all
kinds Of printing and binding. u is
made the duty of the supervisor. whcF-
ever practicable. to use the label OF the
International typographical Union or
Allied Printing TrdcS Council upon all
work.
The scra,c FISH. forestry and game
committee decided on an amendment
to take protection OF all fah except
mountain trout. and TO libcraiisc the
Law governing the Importation Of hsh
for food to such an extent that deal
eru will no, be harraSscd a. In the
past. Game and Fish Commissioner
Harris spent considerable time with
tho committee. and advised the
changes. saying II was his Judgment
based on experience tha, this was the
v.4ts -. I'm ttr
trout. The committee also decided to
recommend n provision by which an
arbitrary ,airc II placed on all live
game and the state empowered TO re-
cover by a civil suit In counties other
than those where the game Is killed.
Louis King Of ouray and II. l.
White of Canon City. members OF the
State Board of pcnitcntiary Commis-
sioncrs. appeared before the Senate
finance committee and made a plea for
an appropriation for the State Pcniten-
tiary Of ssss. geo. as against $4,000 a,
the las, session OF the General Assem-
bly,. The commissioners explained
that during the las. two years they
spent s.tl. GOO. of this sum almost
$4,000 was received from the sale of
limc rock. This sum will not be
forthcoming the next two years. for
the land containing the rock has all
been thoroughly worked. and other
land will have to be bought before
further lime rock can be sold. Among
the contemplated improvements is
new lighting and steam heating plant.
which will cost $4,000. II is intended
TO make n hospital of the woman's cell
house and build a new cell house. This
would cost s25.000. Next wash and
bath house will cost 5000.
kt the request OF State Auditor
Holmberg. Governor James II. Pea
body has appointed Louis u. Schwan-
beck special examiner to investigate
all books. papers. vouchers and other
matters pertaining to the Fat tax de-
partmcnt in the state auditors Office.
and to submit his findings to the exec
utive. Mr.. Schwanbeck has full auth
ority. and is instructed by the gov
crnor to go into the records of the
department thoroughly. About two
weeks ago there were mailed from the
auditors Office 5000 notifications to
corporations informing them that their
fiat tax was due. and that. under the
law. should be paid on or before May
ist. This number Is only small frac-
ton OF the actual number of corpora
tions doing business in Colorado. In
1901 State Auditor Crouter sent out
sNtaT 600 -l,..