The Holly chieftain., 1903-03-20
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL

signed Senate bill No. 35, appropriating
$4,000 for maintenance OF the peniten-
tiary, and Senate bill No. 70, providing
for an additional district judge In the
Eighth tBoulder) district
House Bill No. 167, Stubs. remov-
Ing the time limit from sessions of ths
Legislature and fixing the remunera-
| ton at 800, IS gaining in popularity.
The awful waste of time and the shelly
| ing of Important measures is proving
better than any argument for the bill
The State Land Board on March 4th
granted leases on the following lands:
Seventeen hundred acres in Routt
county. 932 acres in Saguache county:
| l,042 acres in Las Animas county; $40
acres in Adams county; 800 acres in
costilla county; LAO acres in Sagu-
ache county.
The Colorado State Federation of
| Labor has issued statement calling
| for action in the initiative and refer
! endum bill. In the call 1t is stated that
/ the bill is marked for defeat" A brief
| review of the situation in both houses
is given. 1t is said that four stand by
the bill and that many in the legisla-
! ture are lodging the vote. People are
urged to write their representatives
| urging them to work for the measure
House bill No. 296, by Watson, to
provide for local option by city, county
or precinct as to whether saloons
shall or shall not be permitted,
was passed by the House on second
reading on the 18th inst with but three
votes against it. H. f. Garman Of Den
yer was the only member who openly
spoke and worked against the measure.
He, with c. E. Stubbs and Daniel De-
laney furnished the three votes in op-
position.
The Inheritance tax sections OF the
revenue law have been attacked in
petition for writ of error filed in the
office OF the clerk of the Supreme
Court. In the lower courts a decision
was rendered against the estate of w.
F. McClelland, holding it for the in
heritance tax. The petition for writ
OF error alleges that the law, as
adopted is unconstitutional and void,
and also that 1t is in conflict with the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu-
tion of the United States.
Mrs. James H. Peabody has become
interested in the work that the women
the City Improvement Society at which
the annual election of officers took
place, Mrs. Peabody was chosen presi-
dent. The planting of trees on side
walks, clean alleys and backyards are
some the the things the society will
work for the coming year. The placing OF
small tables about City park where
cheap refreshments may be secured is
another thing that is approved.
The great grocery store of the Hurl-
but Grocery Company in Denver was
burned on the morning Of March 11th,
almost completely destroying the stock
Other sufferers were w. s. Sanderson
& Bro. teas. coffees and spices; John
d. Ross tobacconist, damaged by
smoke; Drs. Bennett and Bagley, fur
niture and fixtures, and several offices
and roomers on upper floors. The loss
is placed at approximately $4,000. OF
this the Hurlbuts sustain the greater
portion. Nearly all the property lost
was well insured.
House bill No. 5S. by Mr.. Tcmkins,
was practically killed in the House
when on adjourning at noon the ma
jority refused to ask leave to sit again
to discuss the bill. thus throwing the
NletSuTe u tue lou OI ILle calendar,
where 1t will remain buried until the
session ends. At the afternoon session
Stubbs tried to have the report OF the
committee of the whole amended SO
that the bill could be taken up again,
but the majority. principally Republi-
cans. refused to allow this and the bill
was killed by vote of 26 to q.
A bill has passed second reading in
the House which provides for divis-
ion of Larimer county. the part re-
naming east of the Rocky mountains
retaining its present name, while the
part west of the mountains shall be
named Mckinley county. in honor of
the martyred President of the United
States. The contention of the resi-
dents of the part of Larimer county
west Of the Rockies Is that they have
an almost impregnable barrier in the
mountains in reaching Fort Collins,
the present county seat. Under the
proposed creation of Mckinley county,
Walden would be the county seat OF
the new county. The Van Horn meas
ure originally provided that the new
county should be named Platte, but
when 1t was referred to the committee
on counties and county lines 1t was re-
ported out with the name changed to
Mckinley.
The following concurrent resolution
was passed by the Senate on the 18th
Instant s. C. r. No. IA. Farwell: Re
solved. by the Senate of the state of
Colorado, the House of Representa-