The Holly chieftain., 1903-06-26

"ciS oiouSHl DtiOfe tue court. lWeu-
tyfour boys We're tried for offenses.
and three were committed to the in
dustrial school. Eleven others were
placed in positions in the city.
The state auditor recently issued a
certificate of Indebtedness for 81 100 due
to grovery firms for groceries furnished
the state troops during the late trou-
bles at Colorado City. He will issue
number of others. amounting to
about $4,000, as soon as he receives
the vouchers. These certificates draw
interest at four per cent. . year, and
cannot be paid until the Legislature
meets two years hence, when appro-
priations may be made.
The War Department on the 10th
instant received bids for the erection
and equipment of the gymnasium pro
posed for Fort Logan. The lowest bid
is 1856 in excess of the allotment, but
by elimination OF electric wiring, the
gymnasium can be built for less than
the allotment of $4,000. 1t has been
necessary, however, to alter the plans
in some particulars, and 1t is possible
no contract will be awarded. II this
Is done the erection of the gymnasium
Will be postponed one year, when new
plans will be drawn for less eX.
bensive building.
The Christian Endeavor societies of
Denver have been refused the use OF
the Capitol grounds for monster lawn
service which they intend to hold next
month during the national convention
here. 1t had been planned by the To-
cal committee to have the largest open
air meeting in the history of national
conventions, and the Capitol grounds
were selected for the purpose. The
managers believe that such meeting,
held at night, would result in much
damage to the shrubbery and trees and
so refused the desired permission.
Captain John H. Wholley, acting in
spector general of the Department Of
the Colorado, U. S. A, has made his re-
port of inspection of the Agricultural
College Cadet Corps. This inspection
is required, as the equipments of the
corps are furnished by the government
and the cadets are under War Depart
ment supervision, the same as the state
militia Captain Wholley pays the ca
dets a high compliment for the eff
cheney in drill and in the care of their
equipments, and calls them one of the
finest organizations of the kind he has
seen.
The Inability of the secretary of
state to have the session laws of the
last Legislature printed because the
funds for this purpose are tied up by
the trouble over the appropriation bill,
may cause trouble in the courts of out
side counties within few weeks. Sew
t..t1 hx,f ha 1,act nfriC1 lot
become operative next month, but it is
feared that they will remain inoper-
ative if the justices of the peace in the
various counties do not secure copies
of the laws, which at the present time
they can only do by sending TO the sec
retary of the state for certified copies.
The county assessors of the south
ern and western counties of the state
propose to ask the Supreme Court to
issue writ of mandamus to aid them
in securing fair proportion of the as
sessment on corporations made by the
State Board of Equalization, says the
Denver News The assertion is made
that certain counties are being favored
and that the railroad assessments
should be uniform. Senator Ballinger
who is county attorney of Park coun-
ty, states that the State Board Of
Equalization, instead of making a
unit assessment ef the railroads and
Swing all the counties their share OF
the total. according to the mileage of
the county, assessed the counties sep
arately, according as it thought best.
By a new law, Senate bill No. 149,
by Senator Taylor. which goes into ef-
feet July 10th, filings with the state
engineer for water rights will be
necessary for bitches of all sizes and
for all purposes, domestic. power,
storage. irrigation or other beneficial
uses. Under the present regime filings
are only required for irrigation bitches
exec eding one cubic foot per second.
The Taylor act, covers all bitches or
engagements of canals, feeders or res
eryoirs. Another law of which Sena-
tor Taylor is the author gives the
water commissioners power to dis
tribute water for all purposes, their
present authority only applying to irri'
CATION. Bill 149 requires maps to be
made in duplicate on durable paper for
preservation. State Engineer Carpen
ter is authorized to establish the regu
lations in detail to comply with the
new laws.
Following fast on the news that the
War Department had decided not to
build a gymnasium at Fort Logan. be-
cause the bids did not come within the
allotment for the purpose. came dis.
patch to army headquarters stating
| that the secretary of war had decided
to build the proposed gymnasium. buI
| in order to do so according to approved
plans will be required to omit the cleo
, trio light wiring. This. 1t is stated viii