The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-04
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL. AFFAIRS

relics in the capitol. has purchased .
set of twelve reproductions of oil paint
tngs of the most nOtablesbattles in the
Civil War. The reproductions. known
as Prangs war scenes. will be framed
and added to the collection in the capi-
tol.
Denver & Rio Grande trainmen and
employees in the motive department OF
the road have made an arrangement
for minimizing the troubles Occasioned
by the coal strike. There was possi-
bility that 500 men would be laid OF
In Colorado because of the coal strike.
which cut down the extra freight runs.
The mep have planned to overcome
this and>as the matter now stands no
men will be laid OF, but all of the en-
ployes in the train service will work
fewer days during the month than for
merly.
Hundreds OF Mormons are moving to
Conejos county. They propose to re-
deem the arid lands of that section and
to create q prosperous and populous
community. At the State Land Board
meeting yesterday afternoon, Rachel
McGinnis. who is at the head Of the
movement was soldl forty acres of land
which 1t is understood she will use as
2 site for reservoir. Mormons are
experts at irrigation and representa-
tives of the new colony declare that all
the immigrants are men who know how
to irrigate.-Denver News.
Oleomargarine has been sold in Den
yer recently without the plain label
which the law requires 1t has been
sold as butter, and samples which were
purchased by Mrs. Mary Wright. state
dairy commissioner, have been tested
and found to be oleomargarine. In sew
eral samples the percentage OF cotton
seed oil was large. When the tests
were completed Mrs. Wright went to
the dealers from whom the samples
we're procured, and secured their prom
Use to label their oleomargarine under
threat of prosecution II they failed to
do SO.
Three infants, all Of whom are in
the shadow of the bar sinister, were
committed to the State Home for De-
pendent Children November 23rd by
Judge Lindsey in the county court.
One, known as the "nameless child"
is two weeks old. Baby Madison was
born at the county hospital Septem-
her 2sth, its mother dying at the same
moment which gave breath to the
child. Baby Dillon is the little found
ling abandoned at 2508 Stout street on
October 9Th. The known history of
the children, which was made mat
ter of record and which appears on the
papers, Is a sorrowful one.
During the last three days, says the
Denver News of November 26th, 100
volunteers have been added to the state
militia. Applications from many more
young men anxious to join have been
filed. Nearly all the recruits were sent
to Camp Goldfeld. None of them was
examined here, because the examining
surgeons are on active duty. So many
of the new men have seen service re-
Gently, however, that few were reject
ed. The prospect of 81 day and ev-
erything found" seems to have ap-
pealed strongly to many men out of
work, for no effort has been made, ac-
cordirg to Colonel Bloom, to get re-
cruits, but he has been forced to give
nearly all his time to conferring with
applicants.
Judge Palmer dismissed the suit of
W. II. Bryant, chairman of the League
for Honest Elections, to have the court
appoint a receiver for the Office OF Clerk
Aichele of the city and county of Dem
yer, and referee to take charge OF the
registration books. His grounds were
that Aichcle had been charging for put
ting on and striking OFF fictitious names
on the registration books, and that un-
less the court interfered it would be i'm
possible to secure the purging of the
hooks of the 10000 to $4,000 illegal
names they contained. The Judge held
that the complainants had other reme-
dies and could sue on the bond of the
respondent, but that it is not the duty
of court to interfere with a constitu-
tional officer.
DR.. G. E. Cooper, secretary of the
State Board of Health, has caused the
sale of milk shipped into Pueblo from
Fort Lupton by o. E. Frink to be
stopped, because, according to tests
which have been made, formaldehyde
has been used in the milk as pre-
servative. The Municipal Board of
Health has taken similar action with
regard to Denver, stopping the sale of
that milk in the city. Several days ago
several samples of the milk that Frink
has been shipping to Denver and Pu-
eblo were sent to local chemists for an
alysis 1t is said that every test re-
vealed the presence of formaldehyde.
An investigation is in progress now to
determine whether the milk is being
shipped to other towns in the state.
Colorado is in dire need of a pure
food law, according to Mrs. Mary
Wright, state dairy commissioner.
Mrs. Wright says that there Is much
adulteration of food products in this
state, more than there would be were
it not for the fact that other states
hovo cuch 1aws and COlnrado pets