Gilpin observer., 1903-02-19
COLORADO GENyEERI! Al ASSEMBLY
.'1-, AND -D0INGS AT THE CAPITAL


House Bill. No. 173, introduced by,
Jesse R. ,Moler-of Arapahoe, is strin-
gent measure intended to prevent food
adulteration. The bill which, covers
the food and dairy problem in. its en-
,tirety. provides for creation of the Of
flee of pure food and dairy commits
'sioner and prohibits and prevents the
'adulteration, fraud ana deception in
the manufacture and sale of all foods,
drinks and dairy productss and pro-
.vides for the inspection of SUCH The
food. and dairy commissioner must be
an expert chemist, likewise must his
deputy, and both must be known to
dealers as well as dairymen. There Is
a provision for the inspectors to insist
in the work and enforce the laws. The
commissioner of his assistants in the
discharge of their duty shall have the
power to enter any, dairy. creamery,
cheese factory, store, salesroom, ware
house Except bonded warehouse for
the storage of distilled spirits), where
goods are stored or exposed for sale,
and open any package food and take
samples. for analysis. Any person re-
fusing to allow the commissioner or
his assistants entrance shall be guilty
of misdemeanor and be fined q sum
not exceeding $50 for the first offense
and not exceeding $500 or less than $50
for each subsequent offense.
Another step was taken a few days
ago in the attack by John M. Glover
against Judge William P. Seeds of the
Fourth judicial district, when circulars
setting forth two charges were mailed
to all members of the House. The cir
.culars, which are signed by Glover set
up that in few days an address will
be presented to the House requesting it
to inquire into the judicial conduct of
Judge Seeds, Accompanying the circu-
lar are printed copies of afidavits The
FIRST that Of Mrs. Mary e. Barry, is a
statement that she was convicted of
larceny of'a house in Cripple Creek on
May or 8, 1901. In June of the same
year the afhdavit AYERS, Mrs. Barry.
while lying ill in the Sisters Hospital.
was taken. at the orders of the Judge.
and although in; a weakened condition,
was carried to the court room, where a
motion for a new trial was overruied.
During the hearing on the motion, the
affidavit asserts, she lost conscious
ness and did not recover until she had
been taken from the train at Canon
City and was being carried to the PEN
itentiary. In the affidavit Mr.. Barry
continues that Judge Seeds extreme
haste in having her committed to the
penitentiary was due to the desire to
forestall motion to stay the execu-
ton of sentence. In March. 1902, ac-
cording to the affidavit, re-trial of the
case took place before Judge Cunning
ham of Ell Paso, at which affiant was
acquitted.
A meeting of ditch owners from the
Clear Creek valley was held in Denver
February 18th. Articles were drawn
for $1,0O0,O0O incorporation and thir-
teen out of fifteen directors were chos-
en-. The plan of the incorporators pro-
vides remedy for drouths in the val
ley. Beyond the mountains west OF
Clear creek a canal twelve miles long
will be built and connected with the
eastern slope by a tunnel three miles
long cut directly through the noun
tain. Experts have testified to the prac-
ticability Of the scheme. and that IL
will effectively conserve the water sup
ply. Water rights have already been
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ditch is expected to run. The Clear
Creek farmers believe they will have
no dificulty in getting their supply.
They may buy up the claims for a
nominal sum. The incorporation is on
a basis of 81, 900 900. but 1t is expected
from 50 3,OOO, 900 to 81, ,000, 900 will be re-
quired before the work is finished. In
view Of the far-reaching nature Sf the
scheme, it is probable the state will be
asked to contribute. Several bills have
already been prepared for the Legisla-
ture. one for Constitutional amend
ment providing for a more economical
distribution Of water in the Clear
Creek valley" and another for an ap-
preparation for the construction OF
reservoirs. From twelve to thirteen
reservoirs are planned for the region.
Among the directors of the new incor-
poration are F. F. Struby, Adolph
Zang and Joseph Stanley. The entire
organization will be made public in a
few days. w. T. Wolff of the Rocky
Mountain Water Company and George
ID. Richardson have been prominent In
promoting the plan.
The absence from the ONCE Of the
State Land Board of material records
has been discovered by the special leg
islative investigating committee, and
1t found that no data whatever ig
available there to show how much
money was received from sales and
leases on school lands from 1876 to
1S99-a term Of twenty-three years.
The lands came to the state under the
enabling act by which the territory
was admitted into the Union. During
the succeeding years no ledger was
kept with banks where the funds were
presumably deposited. and the only in
dications in the ofiice that moneys
were received for lands from time TO
time appear In notes. inscribed with
pencils on some of the ancient books
which read as follows: Received on
this date (amounts named), dollars for
lhere the tracts are named) from (here
hs. a