The Lamar register., 1903-10-21

A decision was rendered by the SUI
preme Court on the 14th instant that
| the election on November 3rd is a
general election" under the law and
| that elections can be held at that time
10 fill vacancies in county Offices. The
decision was on Cripple Creek case.
| but 1t Is said 1t will apply to number
of counties, where vacancies have TAX
en- place by death, resignation or ap'
pointment.
Their are fifty or sixty insane patients
at the county hospital at Denver await
ing admittance to the Pueblo asylum,
to which they have been committed by
the County Court. Unless provision is
made for their reception within the
next few days the county charity COM
mittee, consisting of "Parson" Uzzell,
A. N Patton and Alex Nisbet will bring
court proceedings against the state for
the recovery of damages.
Disbarment proceedings have been
instituted against Frank B. Taylor.
Denver lawyer, who has been advertis-
ing that he could secure divorces le-
gally and quietly for $40. The COM
plant against Taylor is brought on be-
half of the Colorado Bar Association.
The complaint was drawn by Attorney
General Miller. Taylor was given thir-
ty days to show why he should not be
disbarred. There are several counts
against Taylor of alleged misconduct.
Register Woodruff of the Land
Board has completed his report of re-
ceipts for the period beginning March
and ending September 30, 1908. The
receipts amounted to $147, 7,S13.40. which
is $22, ,OSO. .43 more than during the cor
responding period of the previous year.
The school fund of the state has been
increased by this amount. This does
not include payments made to the
board by Skinner and Tabor and other
large delinquent lessees of the state
land.
A campaign through influential
sources Is about to be made in behalf
of new government building for Dem
YER And because the present building
is SO lamentably inadequate 1t is ex-
| pected that the campaign will be en-
tirely successful. Some two weeks ago
r. e. Armstrong. first assistant secre-
| tary of the Treasury, was In the city,
and made thorough inspection of the
building. 1t was not an official in
snection. as Mr.. Armstrong was in the
citv only incidently. But as he was
next to head of the department to
which public buildings belong. the GUS
todian of the building took advantage
of the opportunity to give the depart
| ment some occult proof of the truth of
his representations. He took Mr.. Arm
strong through the building and showed
| him the congested state of affairs. The
First Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury was much impressed by what he
| saw and in conversation with Mayor
!. Wright and, others, expressed himself
mite freely. He said that he had not
realized the congested condition of the
federal building, or the great expense
to the government and inconvenience
to the departments arising from the
necessity of locating offices outside of
the buildings. Denver seems to need
a new building badly" he said. There
| is no city of it's size and business in the
country so poorly equipped to take care
of tie governments busines."
State Engineer Carpenter on the 10th.
inst. examined the bids submitted for
the bridge to be. built across the Ar
kansas river nine miles from Pueblo
at the mouth of the ST. Charles river.
All of the bids were too high, the low
est being 1000 in excess of the amount
the state has to spend. The lowest bid
| ders were M. j. Patterson & Co. of
| Denver and the Pueblo Bridge Com
pany. The first was $12,9S0 and the
second $12,300 For combination wood
and steel bridge the Patterson company
bid $10,690 and the Pueblo company
$3.50. 1t was decided to take the two
lowest bids under advfsement and con-
fer with the county commissioners of
Pueblo county and see If they are will
ing to pay the difference.