Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-06-12

by William Radcliff, against the state
OF Colorado for the destruction OF his
fish hatchery at Grand Mesa lakes.
Liquor dealers OF the state to the
number of 1900 have failed to pay
the state tax OF $25 due on April 4th.
and are deaf to all notifications of their
debt by the state treasurer. Because
Of this the Golfers OF the state do not
contain the sum OF 1880 which they
should have contained since the first
of May. Only few Of the large num-
ber OF dealers In the state have paid
any attention to the notifications.
Ex-Governor Routt visited the cap
itoi grounds few days ago to inspect
the walnut trees which he planted
during his regime as n member OF the
board of capitol managers. The trees,
from the seed of great walnut tree
which grew In the yard OF the home
OF Abraham Lincoln in Illinois, were
brought to Denver by tho governor.
who planted some In his own yard.
and taking slips from these placed
them on the capitol grounds. The
trees were planted five years ago and
are all hourlshing.
The State Land Board Is keeping n
close check on the mines OF the Victor
Fuel Company for the purpose OF en-
forcing payment OF royalties. Measure
ments and maps have been made re-
Gently for the information OF the land
board. The company holds n lease on
GAO acres each In Huerfano and Las
Animas counties. and the board threat
ened to cancel II dclinqucncies were
not settled. Since then the company
has squared matters. but the method OF
screening coal will be watched by state
agents. In order that the full royalties
may be collected.
W. r. Kirkpatrick has turned over
to the state his iish hateheries at En-
erald Lakes and Commissioner Wood
ard has taken charge OF the establish
mcnt. The hatcherlcS will be used this
year, and IL IL probable that the owner
win permit the state to have charge
of them for n number of years. and
pcrhaps permanently. With this cs-
iablIshment and the reopenlng of the
hatchery Mt Steamboat Springs. the
state has flvc Institutions OF tho kind.
The three others are located Mt Dem
yer, Durango and GunniSon. All are
In full working order. and the COM
missioner says the output OF trout Try
should be very large this season.
In accordance with Senate bill
paKsed Mt the recent session OF the
state Legislature and providing for the
establishment OF n system of free tray-
cling libraries in Colorado. Governor
Peabody has appointed iiyc persons TO
compose the Colorado Travelling Ii
brary Commission. Tho members OF
the commission were selected from
list submitted by the Colorado Fedora
tlon Of woman'a Clubs and are as fol-
lows: For n term OF osa year. Mrs.
Mary G. c. Bradford and Nrn. A. NJ.
wcllcS. both OF Denver; for a term OF
two years. Mrs. w. $. Peabody OF Dem
ycr and MrH. T. 4. MeHarg of Boulder:
for a term o, three years. MrH, z. y.
Snyder Of Greeley.
The board Of parions at It's bl-
monthly meeting. May 3Ith. granted
only one pardon. The recipient Is N.
l.. Haulcnbcck. No. 1889. sentenced
from ChaiIcc county. September %.
1856. TO life imprisonment for murder.
Enuicnbcck's accomplicc in the crime
was pardonod last year. lie Is insane
and his father. who lives in Iowa. has
agreed TO take him out Of the state and
care for him during the remainder OF
sentenced from Kiowa county June ..
1909, for n term of from three to 1--WE
years for assault to murder. had his
sentence commutcd to one year. which
libcratcs him Mt once. There are stIll
;hirty-Hix applications for pardon in
Secretary Hagar's hands.
Through tho completion Of the work
Of the State Board Of Equalization IL
IL believed that enough funds Will
reach the state treasurer TO enable
him to make the payment of the ap-
preparation OF 100000 for the Worlds
Fair exhibit and other appropriations
Of the NTH class. The taxes of the
railroads will be slightly lower in sew
eral instances. but the income TO the
state will remain about the same as
II was In 1902 from this source. The
telephone and telegraph companies
will pay the state fifty per cent. more
than in 1901 which will reach the
amount collected last year. Protests
have already been made by several
railroads which contend the assess
ments arc excessive. The Moffat road
will not be assessed, although an cN-
cpptiun Is made in the electric line
OF this road, which runs from Denver
to Lcyden Junction.
Through the efforts OF n committee of
the Sons of the Revolution. OF which
former Gov. ]. u. Grant is the chair
man, n granite monument will be erect
cd in the capitol grounds before the
end OF next fall. The monument will
be constructed of Colorado granite. but
It has not yet been decided whether II
will be simply shaft or whether It
will be surmounted by the figure OF
minute man. The site is to be near the
flagstaff. The cost of the monument
will be 5000. and bids will be received
during the first part of June. After
work Is started 1t will take four months
TO complete the monument. Commit
tees from the Sons and Daughters of
the Revolution are arranging n pro-
CRANE for Flag Day. June 18th. The
18th. The celebration will be held at
City park. and the feature will be the
competitive drill between cadets of the
Manual Training School, the East Dem
yer high school and the West Denver
high school. Cadets from Pueblo and
Colorado Springs are also invited to
take part. A handsome flag will be
presented TO the winner. Invitations
have been extended to 166 Sunday
schools to attend the celebration, and 1t
is thought that there will be about 15.-
600 children, to each of whom n flag