The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-15


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
meeting until after the return OF
Secretary c. Z. Hagar from the confer
ence OF Charities and Corrections. TINS
will be some time near the end OF the
month.
Spencer Penrose of the United
States Reduction and Refining Com
pany has been appointed a colonel on
Governor Peabodys staff. The appoint
ment was made shortly after the gov
ernor's return from St. Louis,
Edward r. Chew of Pueblo was the
first of the new division irrigation
engineers to be appointed Governor
Peabody named him for the position
at the head of division No. 2. which
includes the territory about Pueblo.
The War Department has called for
bids for the construction of two-story
stone gymnasium building at Fort
Logan, to cost, with equipment, $4,000.
The building will contain large
gymnasium, 40 by 90 feet, reading, re-
ception, study and class rooms, and be
provided with modern gymnasium ap-
paratus, a 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
smaller this year than last and Will
make an investigation to determine
1,.I,, ,ie.i if, hp m
to remit the amount demanded by the
state.
On Thursday, May 7th. the State
Board of Equalization began hearing
the statements of the attorneys for the
corporations, whose property valua-
tions are annually fixed by the board.
All OF these arguments must be con
cluded by May 18th. Then the board
will begin the task OF fixing the valua-
tions. Daily sessions will be held to
hear the lawyers.
The sale of timber from the state
lands will be discontinued except in
rare instances. The State Land Board
has passed resolution to this effect.
The threatened destruction of the for
ests is responsible for tho movement
Trespasse.s win be vigorously prose
cuted and the timber inspectors have
been instructed to use especial precau
tions in their work
State Auditor Holmberg has notified
the corporations that have not paid
their fiat tax that they will be liable
to a 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
upon finally
Deficiency claims amounting to $120,-
3729S have been filed with the state
auditor, but he has now on hand only
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 Equaiza-
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 eff
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 re-
hearing of the case in which c. S. Ell
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 it is not likely that it will
be taken into the federal Supreme
Court. BY the ruling of the court yes
terday the former majority opinion
will remain effective without modfica-
ton 1t is said by lawyers conyers-
ant with the case that the government
is so little affected that the Supreme
Court of the United States would hard |
ly consider it even if an effort is made |
to take it to hattribunal. In announc-
ing the decision the court made no |
comment and did not hand down an |
opinion. Only the formal order deny
ing the rplparlng was entered and an |