The Holly chieftain., 1903-02-20
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL


Arkansas valley appeared before the
agricultural and irrigation committee
to protest against the bill before the
Legislature that abolishes the offices
of the district superintendent of irri-
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-
templated.
The contest of r. w. Bonynge for
the seat of ]. F. 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
fifty, which includes ten days for re-
buttal. Both sides are expected to
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 bill
appropriating $20,000,000 for national
highway construction, has been passed
and sent to the House. The memorial
requests that $145,000 of the $4,000
300 be specified for expenditure in Col
orado, Senator Taylor believing that 1t
could be applied to perfect his long
projected road across the Continental
iivide. which he hopes will some day
be link in the national railway from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast.
The. Senate printing committee has
engaged E. C. Stimson of Ell Paso
county, late Democratic candidate for
governor, to codify the printing laws
of the various states as an index to be
used in compiling new printing law
for this state. Otto Thum, one of the
proprietors of the Colorado Chronicle,
and partner of former Lieut. Gov. d.
c. Coates, was appointed clerk to the
committee. The committee met the
attorney and clerk and laid plans for
the investigation of the printing con-
tracts during the last four years.
Supporters of the constitutionality of
the home rule amendment to the state
constitution have replied in the Su-
preme Court to the brief recently sub
mitted to the court by Attorney. Plat
Rogers. The reply brief is by Senator
John A. Rush and says in part: He
does not disclose what interest or in
terests he represents, except that under
the nom de plume of Anxious Curiae,'
unlimited, he directs his entire argll-
ment in covert attack against one side
of the case in most partisan spirit. But
even this would not require attention
did not the brief of Judge Rogers delib-
erately misstate our position in ma
terial matters submitted to the decision
of this court
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
fee Of a pure food and dairy commits
sioner and prohibits and prevents the
adulteration. fraud and deception in
the manufacture and sale Of all foods,
drinks and dairy products 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
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 a mfsdemeanor and be fined a sum
not exceeding $50 for the first offense
and not exceeding $500 or less than $50
for each subsequent offense.
House Bill No. Sc, by Mr.. Morris OF
Arapahoe, for the pensioning of school
teachers, was recommended for pass
age by the House after a very lively
discussion. It was voted down in COM
mittee OF the whole, but the report
was afterward amended in regular ses-
sion. The bill provides that after
having taught for twenty-five years,
twenty Of which service Is In the state
of Colorado any teacher can, on his or
her application, be retired on one-half
pay. In discussing the bill, Mr.. Nor
ris said: Nearly four years ago, the
labor commissioner of this state sent
out schedules in order to get statistics
of wages. the cost of living and other
data, usually compiled by such officers.
Out Of thirty-two different occupations
which included the different trades,
professions in the cities and mining
and farming, Of these employments,
the only ones that received less pay
than the teachers were the clerks.
walters, gravel roofers and laborers.
The teachers receive an average salary
of $493.280 four industries Just mem
toned receive still less. BARRIERS re-