The Elbert County tribune., 1903-07-30

state too full for the safety OF the peo-
pie In their vicinity. This was espe-
cinlly SO In the Poudre valley. where
two reservoirs were filled much above
the safety mark. II. l.. Reid was sent
to investigate the matter. He has made
his report to the Office and there is no
longer any danger anticipated from
this source. Terry's lake, at Fort Col
Inns. was another lake which was not
| considered safe, and while no one In
the State Engineers Office would say
that the lake was unsafe. still 1t was
| stated that the lake had not been in
spected for several years and 1t might
not be in good shape. Professor Car
penter proposes to examine all Of the
dams and reservoirs in the state. but
he states that he is Handicapped be-
cause OF the lack of funds.
The State Land Board has decided
that the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany must obey the instructions OF
Mineral Superintendent Cowdy or lose
| the famous Forbes coal mine. This
mine which is near Trinidad. is of al
most incalculable value to this com
| pany. for Il furnishes practically all of
the coal used In the company's fur
paces in Pueblo. and the cancellation
OF this lease would cause the plant
there to suspend business perhaps for
months. The trouble arose over n ques-
ton of the best way of mining. The
| company wished to leave large
amounts OF coal In the various drifts
to serve as braces Mr.. Cowdy insisted
that this coal be removed and IT'S place
taken by wooden uprights. The COM
pany refused to do this and the order
issued by the land board is the out
come.
| According to Denver reports Adjt.
| Gen. Sherman Bell is said to have
| gone to Oyster Bay TO see President
Roosevelt and induce him to issue or
ders for the holding of army maneu-
vers at Fort Russell. Wyoming, as
planned early in the year. Orders were
received some days ago from the War
Department by General Baldwin OF the
| Department of the Colorado to the eff
feet that the War department had de-
cided not to hold any maneuvers in
this department this year. General
Bell was much exercised over the can
collation. of the program. as he had
spent much time in getting the ma
| tional guard of the state ready for the
event He announced at the time that
he would not give up hope Of inducing
the War Department to change its
mind. and both he and Governor Pea
body have been using every effort in
their power toward this end
In a brief filed in the Court Of APP
peals by District Attorney Lindsey.
Judge Moses Hallett of the United
States Court is designated as tax
dodger. The suit was started in 1899
when the County Assessor of Arapahoe
county insisted on Judge Hallett pay
ing taxes on s350.000 worth OF prop
| erty. This the judge refused to do and
| suit was brought to compel the pay
ment ''If 1t was his purpose to do the
| equitable thing as a Citizen the brief
says In closing. why did not the plain
| tiff prepare statement showing pre-
cisely what money. notes and credits
he did own. and actually paying into
court all the taxes thus shown to be
due? Until he does this he knows as
We all know. that he can have no
standing in any circumstances to en-
join the collection OF that part OF the
tax which may be shown to have been
enormously charged against him.
The coming week. says the Denver
News of July 9th. will be the last one
for the public library of Denver in its
present quarters. 1t will be closed
down next Saturday evening and on
the following Monday the stupendous
| task of moving nearly 100000 volumes,
| to say nothing of the tons and tons of
| magazines. newspapers, pamphlets and
| other matter. will begin. No more
books will be loaned after Saturday.
| but the present quarters will be open
| each day from o'clock in the morning
until at night, for the purpose OF re-
| ceiving books. 1t is expected that the
moving will be completed by Septem-
ber 1st The new quarters include the
four houses in La veta place which
| stands on the corner of West Colfax
avenue and South Fourteenth street.
| All the partitions have been removed
| in these houses. but the brick walls
have been left for the purpose of
strength. The result is series of large,
airy. sunny rooms, much superior in
every respect to those in the present
building.
At the meeting OF the State Land
Board July 22d Register Woodruff
made public his report of collections
made of money due the state from the
sale and lease of lands. When the pres
ent board went into office II was found
that during the preceding administra-
| tion apparently no effort had been
made to collect money due the state in
many instances. The amount due on
certificates of purchase was s94, ,642.7 .76.
| or this amount the register has col
lected s22. 1896. and has completed ar
rangements for the payment of s17,-
033.9S. Delinquent rentals on school
| land leases prior to March 1st of this
year was s35,073.23. The present ad-
ministration has collected s4.1Si.S3 of
this sum, and sl.2s435 of the sum of
s7.1S1. "a due on state land leases. Dur
ing the four months that Mr.. Woodruff
has been in Office the gain in acreage
rented has been s20,SS5.25 for school
lands and the increase of revenue
amounts to S3,6S7.96. The acreage of
state land leased during the same
| period was $14,06l.5S; the increased
| reYenue Wns 81 PCS as He mnde 134 an