The Springfield herald., 1903-08-28

Governor Peabody celebrated his
fifty-first birthday August 2lst, and for
one day state business had to yield first
place to private enjoyment.
Mrs. Martha Shute. secretary of the
State Board of Horticulture. recently
received letter from the secretary of
the irrigation congress, to be held in
Utah from September 18th to 18th.
asking that she serve as judge of the
horticultural exhibit, which will be
feature of the congress. Owing to the
fact that the Pueblo fair is to be held
at the same time Mrs. Shute said that
she would not be able to be present at
the congress in Ogden.
State Game Commissioner Woodard
issued twenty hunting licenses on Au
gust Goth. He stated that the demand
for licenses has been large since the
dove season opened. 1t is now the
closed season on everything but doves
and if the number of licenses taken out
for the purpose of killing doves is any
indication of the slaughter of the birds
it is probable that they will be eyter-
minated this season. The season for
grouse opens the first of September
Adjutant General Sherman NJ. Bell
stated few days ago that the people
of the state were paying the military
poll tax rapidly. We expect to real
ize," said General Bell. something in
the neighborhood of $4,000 from this
and the state will be put on good
basis financially as far as the National
Guard is concerned. This ought to
have been attended to before, and il it
had been done the guard would have
had good surplus at this time. We
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last dollar 1t must be paid"
The State Land Board has granted
the request of r. B. Overhold. presi-
dent of the Maybelle Ditch Company,
for an opportunity to purchase forty
acres under the ditch in Routt county.
The land will be auctioned and Mr.
Overhold will probably buy it in at the
sale When the big ditch was built, it
was with the understanding that each
stockholder should have an opportun-
ity to purchase forty acres for home
stead Mr.. Overhold is president of the
company that built the ditch. Every
other man obtained his portion of land
except Mr. Overhold, however. and he
has been trying to get his for some
time A long inspection of the records
was necessary before the sale could be
ordered.
That the life of game and fish war
den is no sinecure is evident from a
report received yesterday from Com
missioner Woodward from Chief Dep
uty Fred A. Gordon at Glenwood
Springs. Last Wednesday Mr.. Gordon
finished an inspection of the White
river districts and was returning to
Parrote's ranch, when his horse STUN
bled into hole on the trail and threw
him. breaking his leg just above the
knee. Mr. Gordon was miles from the
nearest hebitation. and he was COM
PEELED to remount his horse. and with
the fractured bone cutting through the
flesh, ride for nearly six hours until he
reached the Parrotte ranch. He was
then in fainting condition. and when
he was removed was nearly dead with
pain and exhaustion. He was placed d
a carriage and then taken nearly thirty
miles more to Glenwood Springs, the
nearest place where he could obtain
medical attendance and treatment Ac-
cording to the report received yester-
day, 1t will be several weeks before he
will be able even to stand again.-Den-
yer News, August 18th.