The Elbert County tribune., 1903-12-17
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

State Treasurer Whitney Newton's
quarterly report filed with Governor
Peabody December 9th shows that the
total amount Of warrants drawn for
the quarter was $685.. .2s2.70. which in
cluded certificates Of Indebtedness dis
bursed at Cripple Creek amounting to
s182, ,625.42. The certificates show what
the cost to the state has been for the
maintenance OF the military in i. the
prevailed The cash warrants paid
amounted to $200, ,289.9e.
The state historical library and mu-
2eum has been enriched by some val
liable donations made by DR.. Ira w.
La Munyon of Dumont. Colo. These
include over 400 pamphlets and books.
collection OF about 1000 shells and
specimens of Colorado butterflies. The
books and pamphlets are principally on
ornithology. entomology and moliusca.
together with lot of old and valuable
reports. including Fremonts expedi-
tions and Owen and Nicollets and
Marcy's reports. or the i've volumes
Of American Ornithology there are two
volumes of very fine colored plates.
Forty members of the Denver Real
Estate Exchange recently visited the
SaA tti Anuotah NfitJ Ph4 - AZ
party occupied a special car furnished
by the tramway company. The con-
clusions of the visitors were that the
museum is of SO much prospective i'm
portance to the city. II 1t is to attain
a reputation as a tourist point. that no
time should be lost in completing the
building SO that the exhibits may be
properly placed To complete the
building will require about 10000.
The Carter Museum association prom
ises to raise $25 900 OF this sum II the
city will appropriate s25,o0O.
The El Paso county authorities have
notified the governor and state auditor
that 1t will be necessary to build an
addition to its almshouse II the state
does not take fifty insane patients. The
statement is made that either the state
must make better arrangements or the
county will have to put up its own
building for the care OF such patients.
II is proposed to charge up the state
with the cost of maintenance and then
try to secure relief through the legis-
lature. The Pueblo asylum is SO
crowded that 1t will be impossible to
place the Ell Paso patients under state
control Many patients have been sent
to the Work sanitarium at Pueblo on
account of the crowded condition OF
the state asylum.
The action of the county superin-
tendent OF schools of Teller county, in
revoking the teachers certificate held
by Clarence w. Allen, which action
was later sustained by Mrs. Helen l..
Grenfell. state superintendent of pub
lie instruction. has been approved by
the State Board of Education. Va
rious charges were made against AL
len. who was teaching school at Wood
land Park. the charges including allie
cations of immortality and objection
able habits, which included chewing
plug tobacco while teaching and put
ting his feet upon his desk Thera II.
Slatterlee, county superintendent, re-
voked the license. Allen protested
and demanded a hearing. which was
held before the State Board of Edu-
cation.
The state land board has sent a no
tice to the Victor Fuel company that
it would have to pay royalty on all
coal taken from or through property
of the state. Hereafter, according to
the edict OF the board. the company
must render separate statements of the
coal taken from the land owned by the
concern and the land owned by the
state. The policy of the board in pro-
tecting the irrigation interests of the
state was emphasized at its meeting
December 9th. when the application of
r. f. Sloan of Durango to purchase
half section of timber land in La
Plata county for sawmill purposes was
refused The board leased 1884 acres
of agricultural land in Montezuma
county to Edward Keating. He will
enter into contract with the state TO
build a ditch fifteen miles in length
and place all the land under irrigation
as soon as practicable. making it
permanent improvement.