The Dolores star., 1903-07-31
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY

The coming Of the Fifth cavalry TO
Fort Logan has peculiar interest 10
the residents there from the fact that
for the first time In a long while there
will be a regimental band at the fort.
Hereafter dress parade and guard
mount will be rendered vastly more
attractive by music, and the fort is
also anticipating the evening concerts.
which will be given.
Governor Peabody on the 18th inst.
issued a requisition on Wyoming for
d. j. Allen. who was arrested In Lara
mie on the complaint of the officers of
Huerfano county. Allen is accused of
breaking into a sealed car on the Dem
yer and Rio Grande track at Walsen-
burg and stealing goods valued at $500.
Besides three cases of whisky. 1t is
alleged, he took two boxes Of dynamite
and a quantity of bed clothing. includ-
ing blankets. sheets and pillows. Sher-
i'll ]. B. Farr. of Huerfano county.
went to bring back the prisoner.
Special Agent Harry B. Kerr. Of the
Humane Society, returned recently
from Longmont. where he went to in
vestigate complaint to the effect that
the ]. ]. Empson Packing Company
was employing children under the age
fourteen In the factory in violation
of law passed at the last session OF
the Legislature. He found that four
boys under age were employed there IN
doing light work. and called the atten-
tion of j. ]. Empsou to the matter. The
latter said he had no intention OF
breaking the law, and discharged the
boys. promising that he would engage
no more under the prescribed age.
Agent Kerr saw number of the boys
belonging to the juvenile court and
says they seemed to consider the work
In the beet fields more of pleasure
than hardship.
1t was stated yesterday. says the
Denver News of July 18th. that the
railroads would not be as free with
passes during the extra session Of the
Legislature as they were at the regu-
lar session last winter. The refusal OF
one of the railroad companies to honor
a request Of state official for trans
portation is said to have been due to a
desire to shut of on all passes during
the time when the Legislators are in
the city. After they depart it has been
quietly given out that the requests OF
the state officials for transportation
will be honored as usual. During the
last regular session. il is said, between
forty and fifty passes were given out
daily by the roads. Some of these were
sold to ticket scalpers. and the graft
ers" worked so lively that the roads
have decided to issue no transportation
whatever this time.
In brief filed in the Court Of APP
peals by District Attorney Lindsey,
Judge Moses Hallett of the United
States Court is designated as tax
dodger. The suit was started in 1899
when the County Assessor Of Arapahoe
county insisted on Judge Hallett pay
ing taxes on $350.OO0 worth of prop
erty. This the judge refused to do and
suit was brought to compel the pay
ment. IF it was his purpose to do the
equitable thing as a citizen" the brief
says in closing. why did not the plain
tiff prepare a statement showing pre-
cisely what money, notes and credits
he did own, and actually paying into
court all the taxes thus shown to be
due? Until he does this he knows as
we all know, that he can have no
standing in any circumstances to en-
Join the collection of that part of the
tax which may be shown to have been
enormously charged against him."
At the meeting of the State Land
Board July 22d Register Woodruff
made public his report of collections
made Of money due the state from the
sale and lease of lands. When the pres
ent board went into Office it was found
that during the preceding administra-
tion apparently no effort had been
made to collect money due the state in
many instances. The amount due on
certificates of purchase was $94,642.76.
OF this amount the register has col
lected $22, ,738.05, and has completed ar
rangements for the payment Of $17,-
03398 Delinquent rentals on school
land leases prior to March 1st of this
year was $35 5,073.23 The present ad-
ministration has collected $4,184.S3 of
this sum, and $1,284.35 Of the sum of
$7.1S1.S4 due on state land leases Dur
ing the four months that Mr. Woodruff
has been in Office the gain in acreage
rented has been $20,S85.25 for school
lands and the increase of revenue
amounts to $3.68796. The acreage of
state land leased during the same
period was $14.061.6S; the increased
revenue was 81 ,268.3S He made 1874 ap-
| praisements during the four months
he has been in Office and all the old
business which had accumulated dur
ing other administrations has been
| cleared away