Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY

| Governor Peabody has accepted the
resignation of John H. Gabriel as a
member of the board of control OF the
State Industrial School for Girls.
| Charles F. Parker OF Julesburg. su-
perintendent of schools for Sedgwick
county, has been appointed by the
governor a member of the State Nor
NAL School Examining Board.
The Board of Pardons will not hold
a meeting until after the return OF
Secretary c. E. Hagar from the confer
ence of Charities and Corrections. This
will be some time near the end OF the
month.
The War Department has called for
bids for the construction of a two-story
stone gymnasium building at Fort
Logan, to cost, with equipment, $4,000.
The building will contain a large
| gymnasium, 40 by 60 feet, reading, re-
ception, study and class rooms. and be
provided with modern gymnasium ap-
paratus, library, etc.
Every insurance solicitor in the
state will be compelled to pay an an
nual license fee of 81 by the State In
surance Department. The officials have
discovered that the number is much
make an investigation to determine
why this is the case. All will be made
to remit the amount demanded by the
state.
| In answer to the requests of the De-
partment of Colorado and Wyoming
G.. A. R. the State Land Board has
| granted lease on Beecher island in
the Republican river, in eastern Colo
RADIO. The island is the scene of a
former Indian battle The G. A. r. pro-
! poses to erect monument on the spot
to the memory of Colonel Beecher,
who commanded and won the battle.
State Auditor Holmberg has notified
the corporations that have not paid
their fiat tax that they will be liable
to forfeiture of their charters If the
! delinquencies are not settled by June
/. The law has not been passed upon
by the Supreme Court yet, however,
and it is not probable that any action
will be taken against the companies
before the validity OF. the act is passed
i upon finally.
The United States district attorneys
! office has dismissed two actions against
Edgar A Keeler, John c. Curtis, the
Denver Consolidated Tramway Com
pany and number of others charged
with Illegal cutting timber off the gov
I ernment land in Platte canon. The acts
complained of occurred about six years
ago. The actions were brought civilly
to recover the value of the timber TAX
en-, valued at about $4,000. A COM
ment, brought about the result named
above.
Deficiency claims amounting to $780,
372.9S have been filed with the state
lx..k l. l. H. 1xr
100000 with which to meet these. The
claims must all be in by June Sth,
under the sixty days limit announced
by the auditor. After June Sth the pay
ments will begin. They will take or
der according to the dates of issue of
the warrants. Six per cent. interest
will be paid. Three of the chief claim
ants are banks that hold large
amounts.
Until it shall be in running order, the
Moffat road is to be immune from tax
alton. The State Board of EQualiza-
tion decided not to make an assess
ment on the unfinished railway, in the
| face of strong opposition from COM
petitive lines. Attorney General Mil
Ter said: Legally speaking. the Mof-
fat road has not yet any property to
assess. 1t has been the custom in this
and other states not to tax railroads
built by a construction company until
they are formally accepted by the rail-
road"
Steps to recover for the state the
land in Pueblo's residence section, now
held by the Hard Land Company, will
soon be taken. The State Land Board
has instructed Appraiser Smith to at
once proceed with the case. Attorney
General Miller informed the members
of the board that he considered the
claim of the state as excellent as far
as the first report of the appraiser
goes. Then the board decided that the
case should be taken up Immediately
and authorized the expenditure of the
money that will be required.
There probably will be no further ef-
forts to attack the validity of the home
rule amendment (known as the Rush
bilD, says the Denver Republican of
| May 9Th. The Supreme Court yester-
day denied the application for a re-
hearing of the case in which G. s. FL
| der and p. j. Sours figured as the con-
testants. This settles the case as far
as the state court Is concerned. and at
torneys say 1t Is not likely that 1t will
be taken into the federal Supreme
Court. BY the ruling of the court yes
terday the former majority opinion
will remain effective without modiflca-
ton. 1t is said by lawyers convers-
ant with the case that the government
is so little affected that the Supreme
Court of the United States would hard
ly consider 1t even If an effort is made
to take 1t to that tribunal. In announc-
ing the decision the court made no
comment and did not hand down an
opinion. Only the formal order deny
ing the rehearing was entered and an
nounced.