Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-10

| from Representative Aitken's House
bill No. l5G. to abolish the State Board
of Pardons. by q vote OF II to 10. after
a long debate in the Senate.
Governor Peabody has appointed Ja-
cob Fillius, Robert j. Pitt;n and j. c.
Starkweather. all Of Denver. as Colo
RADIO commissioners for the promotion
OF uniformity OF legislation in all the
| states.
The Worlds Fair bill. appropriatins
100000 for an exhibit at ST. Louis
| next year. was first killed In the House
and then reconsidered and passed by a
vote OF "a to 81. There was long de-
bate before its passage.
Governor Peabody has appointed
Rev. J. p. Lucas OF FL Paso county to
be chaplain of the state penItentiary.
vice Rev. T. a. Wheeler. term OF Office
expired. Rev. Mr.. Lucas is member
OF the Christian denomination and has
been n resident Of Colorado Springs for
many years.
Governor Peabody has appointed
William ID. Pierce and DIR. William NJ.
Nlckerson to be members OF the State
Beard OF Pardons. the latter being n
reappolntment and the former succeed
Ing Willis Reid. The other two MEM
bers are William l. Dayton and James
Doyle. The governor Is ex-ofiiclo chair
man and the iifth member.
The board OF control OF the State In
dustrIal School for Boys at Golden.
having been reorgnnized by the addi-
tIon OF new appolntees since Governor
Peabody assumed the executive chair.
has decided that visits OF members OF
to the school are to be made only when
absolutely necessary. This reform or
der came. IL Is said. as result OF the
disclosures recently made OF excess
visits by members Of the board during
the last two years. seemingly for the
express purpose of charging mileage
to the state and thereby making OF
purely honorary appointments jobs OF
considerable profit to the holders.
Attorney General Miller has decided.
In an opinion given nj the request o,
Governor Peabody. that the secretary
of the beard OF control Of III. State In
duSirlal School for Girls Is entItlcd to
no salary. The Supreme Court has held
In two eases. according TO the attorney
general. that members Of boards of
control having no iixcd financial cmoi-
uments cannot attach salaries to the
performance of sccrctaEy'E duties. John
II. Gabriel has been drawing so a
month as secretary OF tho Industrial
school board. but the present state ati-
dItins board will not-aliow this or any
other amount to him in tho future
Steps to recover the amount collected
by him are said 10 be under coas!d-
era,ion.
Til. State Land Board has ordered
Investigations by It's agents into tho
conditions Of dofelt eoneeralns leases
and sales OF many thousand acres of
school land. and issued an uiiimatum
that these dclinquen, holders must pay
up or surrender tho land. Tho total
deficiency to IN. state from these
sources vas reported as being sci. coo.
TIL. Twin Lakes Land Company Of
oisro county. among others. IL charged
with owing ss.er1. and tho Colorado
Farm ani Live Stock Company. also OF
otsFo county. s: 300. while the states
claim for cash against the Colorado
Land and Water Company. doing busi-
ness in Pueblo and O,efo counties. aE-
ErrEatss s.l.ea Altogether icQ.Dpp
acres arc said TO be thus tied up.
Attorney General Miller has handed
10 Governor Peabody an adverse opin-
ion in the case Of the claim Of =. II.
urEwrE. boiler Inspector under Gov
.ruur Waite. Tho claim vas for
ssoi1l. for which he had received a
certificate. afterwards Lost. from At
to, rry General Carr and Auditor Low
ell. Air. Miller says: 4 believe II IL
proper at this time TO say that this
aert.snt is more than ciEh, years old.
and that with tho cyer-shifiinE incuiu-
b-nts In ofiicc and the continual intro.
ducti.tn of n.w officials who arc no,
rontossant with the facts Of former ad-
minisiratiuns. that II is entirely Just
AaE n.s eh n
woke the statute of limitations agains,
state claims. Especially should this
t- done when former administrations
have reused to pay an account.
The state land board Is preparing "a
dispose O. the North and Middle parks
grazing problem. which has bcea
avoided by successive land boards for
several years. The state owns i'm
mebse trac-s Of land In both parks
which arc Naluabis for grazing pur-
poses Before the state acquired the
tracts. certain small areas were taken
up by settlers and these holdings are
entirely surro, ndcd. in half dozen
instances. by the state lands. The
state has had propositions from large
cattle interests TO lease these tracts
at rates which xould return consider
able sums Of money. but no leases
nave ever bcen ElNsn. NFE1use " Nas
feared that the settlers would he en-.
'ircly cut OF from range privileges u
~ the land was leased. Two years
.Eo Register Joyce. Of the land office
appointed Mts. Lucille ieFmy plat
clerk. She took the cot fused records
of the board. and markes down. town.
ship by township. in regular plats. all
land owned by the state. From these
| plat hooks Mrs. Isrmy h.ls been abl,
to make a map of North and Middle
parks, showing all the laid in ques.
tion. Another plat will be made show.
ing all the sections upon viich two OF
more applications to lease have been
filed. with these maps before 1t. ths
board can go ahead and q snt leases
to the settlers of the sections which
will give them outlets to the open
range. and then the remaining lands
may be leased to the larger companies
to he fenced and held as private range
| An eiEhi-hour day has been put into
force in the land Office. which is 'hs
only Office in the state house en- itis
BASIS The step was made necessary
by the large amount Of work on hand
IN the office. and Is one of the REFORMS
iuaugura;ed by the present STATE ad.
niinistration. on the principle thai the