The Lamar register., 1903-07-15
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY

The Denver News says: The Tram
way company has virtually decided to
build three important interurban lines
] 10 Golden, Littleton and Boulder. Work
| on the Golden line will begin within a
week or ten days. The Littleton line.
which will be an extension of the South
Broadway, will not be constructed un-
| til next spring, while the building OF
| the extension to Boulder is somewhat
| further in the future. The removal OF
| the general Offices of the company to
| the Majestic building has been ELECTED.
| The following assignments in the d.
vision of geology and paleontology- OF
| the United States Geological survey Tor
the season of 1903 have been an
nounced for Colorado: DR.. William
Cross, assisted by Mr.. Ernest Howe anu
Albert Johannsen. will continue inves-
tigation of areal geology of San Juan
district. S. F. Emmons Will complete
his report on geology of Leadville min
ing district, and DIR. Waldeman LIND
gren and DR.. f. L. Ransome Will be as
ISOLATED in resurvey of Cripple Creek
district in cooperation with state.
The first cases under the new regu-
lations concerning the cutting OF tim
ber on mineral lands were heard IN
the federal court in Pueblo on the Sth
inst, all the defendants being bound
over to appear before the grand jury.
Previous to 1900 the regulations con-
cernirg the cutting of timber on min
eral lands allowed such to be cut ana
sold. In the year named the rules
were changed so that timber might be
cut from mineral lands for private use
of the cutter, but could not be made IN
to lumber and sold. b. r. Dell secured
a contract from the Portland Mining
Company for mine timbers, and is
charged with having taken timber from
mineral lands and sold it. Working on
sub-contracts were c. ii. winters,
George Chubbuck. John j. Serry and
William II. Swan. These were all made
defendants in the cases brought at Pu-
eblo by Assistant United States Attor-
ney Knaebel.
M. o. Hollenbeck was released from
from the penitentiary at Canon City
July Sth on a full and unconditional
pardon Hollenbeck was a partner of
James Brannon. who was released from
the prison last fall. Both men were
convicted in Chaffee county for muir
der and sentenced to the penitentiary
for life. Evidence against them was
purely circumstantial. the facts in the
case being that Hollenbeck, Brannon
and third man were in company one
day in 1886 in Buena Vista. Shortly
afterward the remains of the third par
ty were found beside the railway
track, circumstances pointing strongly
to foul play. and Hollenbeck and Bran
non were arrested. convicted by jury
and sentenced to the penitentiary.
They were incarcerated on October !,
1886. Brannon was pardoned last fall
!, oil nFNh
claimed he was innocent of any COM
plicity in the crime and brooded over
his enforced confinement until his rea-
son became unbalanced. He started at
once for Des Moines, Iowa. where he
will be cared for by relatives.
S. S. Ashbaugh, an attorney repre-
senting Kansas in the Kansas Colorado
water suit, and who began the suit.
with F. Dumont Smith. a Kansas state
senator, who Is also a leader in the
fight against Colorado, were recently
in Denver for several days looking over
the titles and determining the names of
bitches and canals which appropriate
water from the Arkansas river. with
view of making their owners parties in
the suit brought by Kansas Neither
Mr.. Ashbaugh nor Mr.. Smith made
their presence in Denver known until
the Sth inst. when they called on State
Engineer Carpenter and Attorney Cen
eral Miller. Because of an agreement
made some time ago. no obstacles will
be placed in the way of the men from
Kansas. and they will be at liberty to
secure all the information they desire.
Mr.. Smith is specially interested in
learning what can be done in the way
of building reservoirs to hold the wa
ters of the Arkansas for irrigation. 1t
is thought possible that the Supreme
Court may decide that such reservoirs
be built at the expense of one or both
states in order to settle the trouble.