The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1903-10-09

inheritance tax law. On Monday, the
attorney general will petition Judge
Lindsey for the appointment of an ap-
praiser of the estate. A claim Will then
De entered for the inheritance tax on
he estate, and will be combatted, thus
furnishing litigation for the test.
Nominations b. petition were filed
October 3rd with the secretary of state
.or Claiming Sweet for judge of the
supreme Court for the Socialists. Frank
W. Overs for the Peoples party
Charles A. Chapman for judge of the
Fourth judicial district by the Peoples
larty, and Charles l.. McKesson for
Judge of the Fourth judicial district
oy the Peoples party. The lists
showed all the way from 100 to 500
names, Judge Overs having the great
pr number of names on his petition.
At recent meeting of the State
| Board of Pharmacists at Denver the
| following passed as registered pharma-
lists: John NJ. G. Barger, Arvada; A.
". Benson. Pueblo; Guy Butler, Boul-
! Ter; Clarence A. Cassada, Denver; Car
liss u. Charles. Denver; John A. Davi-
! ron, Denver; John T. Dawson, Pueblo;
Ernest i. Freytag, Colorado Springs;
, Edwin johnson, Sugar City; Edward
w. Lloyd. Denver; Charles Schuman.
Denver; Frank G. Thedick, Denver;
Richard Smith. Denver. The next meet
| ing of the board vii! be held in Den
yer December llth and 18th.
To enforce the payment of state
| fair appropriation of $500 granted by
| the LEGISLATURE, the Pueblo State Fair
! Association will shortly institute man
iamus proceedings against State Au-
ditor Holmberg Secretary John X.
| Shireman of the board of directors
| called upon Auditor Holmberg for the
| appropriation, and was refused. Mr.
! HombcrC sors that he will not pay
/ the appropriation, and claims that II
was Illegal. The opinion is Endorsed
| by Attorney General Miller. 1t is
based upon the fact that 1t rewards
| farmers for the eXcellency of agricul-
turai and horticultural specimens. The
case will serve as precedent-Den-
yer News.
State Engineer Carpenter Is unable
to sec how he can build the state road
| between Ouray and a point in the san
| Juan valley. for the minimum bid Is
| 10000. and the appropriation for It's
construction Is only $4,000. Only three
miles of new road are required, the rest
| If the highway being already laid out
but the location is such that the con-
| struction is said 20 be decidedly cost
| ~ proposition. Engineer Carpenter Is
| considering the question OF whether
he can build the road as far as the APP
preparation will carry il. He is also
| trying TO learn II. after doing this, IT
will be legal for the people who are to
be benefited TO furnish the remaining
| $4,000 necessary to complete the work.
| He will. ask Attorney General Miller
| for an opinion upon this matter-Den-
yer Republican.
| The State Board OF Pardons met DC
tober I'd, in the office of the Governor
| No ore was pardoned. One sentence,
| that of John BuZanes, sentenced from
| Teller county. August IL. 1902, was
committed. The original sentence was
| from five to seven years for attempted
| murder. The sentence was committed
to from eighteen months 10 seven
years. This Will give him the right
J TO ask for n parole about next Christ
| mas. John Buzanes was sentenced to
| tie penitontiary for attempting 10
| kill Nicholas Ravedy. In 1902. Pardons
| were refused in the following cases:
! John i. Black. Ventura Lopez. Vol
/ Anderson. Il. Santstivan, L. c. Thomp-
| son, Eugene Clark. Jose Medina, Chas.
| Seastone. Isaac Franco. Santiago Ar
gulo. John Williams. &. S. Duncan and
Michael Brienza.
Attorney General Miller has given
an opinion to County Clerk Frank Lo-
mister OF Leadville. to the effect that
all constahlcs whose terms Of Office ox-
| pire'in January. 1904. must give up
their positions at that time Consta-
bles should be elected ut the next cleo
ton. which will be next month as At
torney General Miller has construed
that this election is general election,
! The last Legislature passed an act to
/ the eject that justices of the peace
were TO hold over until 1905, II their
terms OF Office expire In 1901. by an
oversight the constables were not in
cluded in the act The act provided
that the justices Of the peace were to
be elected In the years in which the
members of the Legislature are elected
In order TO do this 1t would be neces-
sary for the justices Of the peace 10
hold over until 1905. But according to
Attorney General Miller the next elcc-
ton Is general election and the con-
] stables whose terms expire on the first
/ VI January, 1904, must run for re-clcc-
ton.
Omcers of the Colorado Humane So
| riOty are about to begin campaign OF
enforcement of the non-support law
which will make the parents Of chill
| iren who are now In the state homes
who are able In some degree liable for
| the expenses Of the children while they
arc In such homes. For the last few
months the society has been Hooded
with children who have had to be sent
to state homes. Their parents In many
cases have been well able to take care
Of them. This has boon because of
SOM Enlargement In the families. and
| In two or three of the cases the step
mother plays an important part The
officers believe that parents who have
been responsible for the wrong doing
OF their children should he made 10
contribute to the support while they
are confined In state institutions
Parents who live In such surroundings
that thCfr children ought not to be left
with them ought TO be made pay for
tho better treatment which their chill
dron receive while they nre In the
homes OF tho state. II " believed that
the non-support law passed by the
Legislature Is sufficient to cover this.
and the society ~ going after these
| parents who have not done their duty.
II docs not seem right to the officers
Of the society that children whose par
| sntH are well able Ia take cnrc OF them