The Holly chieftain., 1903-09-11
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY

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ended and State Game and Fish Com
missioner Woodard states that more
than 1000. 900 trout have been put into
the streams of the state so far this
year.
j. j. Armstrong. superintendent Of
irrigation. is preparing to conduct the
trial of Samuel +. Couch, water COM
missioner in district No. 8. Couch was
charged by Horace G. Clark with ne
glect of duty in allowing the High Line
ditch to get water to which 1t was not
entitled.
The duck season in Colorado opens
September 10th and lasts until April
18th. According to the Colorado game
law. not more than twenty-five of the
birds can be slain by one person in =
single day. The open season for deer
having horns lasts from September 18th
to September Both. Each hunter Is al
lowed but one head during the season.
Hunting licenses are required.
State Labor Commissioner W. H.
Montgomery has received letter from
President Jerome Of. the Overland
cotton mills, asking him to make a
thorough investigation Of the condition
of the laborers at the mills. He in
vites the closest inspection Of the
workings Of the mill and the treatment
Of the employees. Some time ago Mr..
Montgomery received complaints con-
cerning the laborers at the mills. He
loc''' d into the situation and he found
that there was no cause for complaint.
Curator w. w. Furgeson of the war
relic room at the Capitol building has
,{<.t,, - all kn Tyrfo
erals who took part in the Civil War.
He has also received number OF pic
lures of the chief battles OF the war.
He expects to have all the pictures that
are published of battles in the war, but
1t will be some time before he can se7
cure all OF them. These pictures will be
placed on the walls of the relic room
and will add much to the already val
nable collection.
Early in the next term OF the Su-
preme Court that body will be called
upon to determine the, rights Of the
parties in the case of the HuEane So
ciety against the Overland cotton raills
at Denver. The case was first tried in
the County court of Arapahoe county
and the company was fined $50 for Al
legged abuses. Attorney General N. c.
Miller on August 29th filed brief in
the Supreme Court stating that the
State has the right to impose fine on
a corporation and that the State can,
for cause, cancel the charter Of such
a corporation.
The first case involving the game
laws of the state taken to the Court
of Appeals. was filed September 3rd
with the clerk of the court. The case
is entitled e. w. Hornbeck against c.
M. White, and is appealed from the
District Court of Mesa county. Horn
beck. it is claimed, had 300 hides
which were unlawfully in his posses
sion. White, as deputy game warden.
seized the hides, and Hornbeck sued
to recover them in the court below.
The jury returned for the game war
den. The case is appealed on assign
mentS of error.
Register Woodruff of the State Land
Board on the 3rd inst. deposited the
funds of the Land Board for the month
of August with the state treasurer. The
amount is trifle less than is usaully
turned over at the end of each month.
The total sum was $16,69253. The
school funds share of this amounts to
$10,741.45. Secretary of State James
Cowie also deposited the money re-
ceived through his office with the treas
urer. The total was $9,3O9.15. This is
for incorporation and other fees. The
amount shown is about the same as
that Of last month.
There probably will be no law suits
between the Board of State Capitol
No oit ntxy r,f
Denver. There has been no end of dis
pute over the question of whether the
beard should pay a share of the ex-
penses of paving the streets in the vi
cinity of the state house, the city al
leging that the share of the state was
$4,000. Rather than have any trouble
with the city, the board has decided to
pay its share without, interest. The
board voted to pay the $18,170.75 now
due, but not to pay $1,658 interest
charged up by the city.
The state of Colorado is now inter-
ested in mining operations, the Board
of Land Commissioners having ap-
proved the application Of J. L. Cooper
for lease of 160 acres of state land
at Camp Bowerman. Cooper agrees
to begin work at once on each of the
sixteen different claims of ten acres
each, and develop them thoroughly.
He is to pay the state fiat rental of
$3.50 year and ten per cent. of the
gross output of the mine. This land is
almost in the heart of Camp Bower
man, and the state officials believe
large rever-e will eventually accrue to
the stat. from this source.
The State Land Board, at its meet
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