The Springfield herald., 1903-06-12

ty no valid claim for damages is held
by William Radcliff, against the state
Of Colorado for the destruction or MS
fish hatchery at Grand Mesa lakes.
Liquor dealers of the state to the
number of 1900 have failed to pay
the state tax of $25 due on April 4th,
and are deaf to all notifications or their
debt by the state treasurer. Because
of this the Golfers of the state do not
contain the sum of $37 500 which they
should have contained since the hrst
of May. Only few of the large mum.
ber of dealers In the state have paid
any attention to the notifications
Ex-Governor Routt visited the cap
itol grounds a few days ago to inspect
the walnut trees which he planted
during his regime as member OF the
board Of capitol managers. The trees,
frUm the seed of great walnut tree
which grew In the yard of the home
of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois, were
brought to Denver by the governor,
who planted some in his own yard,
and taking slips from these placed
them on the capitol grounds. The
trees were planted five years ago and
are all flourshing.
The State Land Board is keeping a
close check on the mines OF the Victor
Fuel Company for the purpose OF en-
forcing payment of royalties. Measure
ments and maps have been made re-
Gently for the information of the land
board The company holds lease on
64C acres each in Huerfano and Las
Animas counties, and the board threat
ened to cancel II delinquencies were
not settled. Since then the company
has squared matters. but the method OF
screening coal will be watched by state
agents, in order that the full royalties
may be collected.
w. T. Kirkpatrick has turned over
to the state his fish hatcheries at En-
erald Lakes and Commissioner Wood
ard has taken charge of the establish
ment. The hatcheries will be used this
year. and it is probable that the owner
win permit the state to have charge
of them for number of years, and
perhaps permanently. With this es-
tablishment and the reopening of the
hatchery at Steamboat Springs. the
state has five institutions of the kind.
The three others are located at Den
yer, Durango and Gunnison. All are
in full working order. and the COM
missioner says the output of trout fry
should be very large this season.
In accordance with Senate bill
passed at the recent session Of the
State Legislature and providing for the
establishment of a system OF free trav-
cling libraries in Colorado, Governor
Peabody has appointed five persons to
compose the Colorado Travelling Lii
brary Commission. The members of
the commission were selected from a
list submitted by the Colorado Fedora
ton of Woman's Clubs and are as fol-
lows: For a term of one year, Mrs.
Mary C. c. Bradford and Mrs. A. NJ.
Welles, both Of Denver; for a term of
two years. Mrs. W. S. Peabody OF Den
yer and Mrs T. A McHarg of Boulder;
for term of three years, Mrs. 2. X.
Snyder of Greeley.
The board of pardons at It's BIZ
monthly meeting. May 27th, granted
only one pardon. The recipient is M.
L. Haulenbeck. No. 1899, sentenced
from Chaffee county, September n.
1886, to life Imprisonment for murder.
Haulenbeck's accomplice in the crime
was pardoned last year. He is insane
and his father. who lives in Iowa, has
agreed to take him out of the state and
care for him during the remainder of
his days Floyd NJ. Jackson. No. 5,4S3.
sentenced from Kiowa county June 3.
1902, for term of from three to five
years for assault to murder. had his
sentence commuted to one year, which
liberates him at once. There are still
thirty-six applications for pardon in
Secretary Hagar's hands.
Through the completion of the work
of the State Board of Equalization it
is believed that enough funds will
reach the state treasurer to enable
To al nf the n
preparation of 100000 for the Worlds
Fair exhibit and other appropriations
of the fifth class. The taxes of the
railroads will be slightly lower in sew
eral instances. but the income to the
state wil4 remain about the same as
it was In 1902 from this source. The
telephone and telegraph companies
will pay the state fifty per cent. more
than in 1901 which will reach the
amount collected last year. Protests
have already been made by several
railroads which contend the assess
ments are excessive. The Moffat road
will not be assessed, although an ex-
ception is made in the electric line
of this road. which runs from Denver
to Leyden Junction.
Through the efforts OF committee of
the Sons of the Revolution, of which
former Gov: j. B. Grant is the chair
man, a granite monument will be erect
ed in the capitol grounds before the
end of next fall The monument will
be constructed of Colorado granite. but
il has not yet been decided whether it
will be simply shaft or whether it
will be surmounted by the figure of
minute man. The site is to be near the
flagstaff The cost of the monument
will be s5 900, and bids will be received
during the first part of June. After
work is started it will take four months