The Dolores star., 1903-09-11
col ORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY

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irrigation. is preparing TO conduct the
trial of Samuel +. Couch. water COM
missioner in district No. s. Couch was
charged by Horace C. Clark with ne
glect of duty in allowing the High Line
ditch to get water TO which it was not
entitled.
State Labor Commissioner w. II.
Montgomery has received letter from
President Jerome of the Overland
cotton mills. asking him to make
thorough investigation of the condition
of the laborers at the mills He in
! yites the closest inspection o. the
workings of the mill and the treatment
| of the employees. Some time ago Mr..
Montgomery received complaints con-
cerning the laborers at the mills he
| looked into the situation and he found
that there was no cause for complaint
Curator W. w Furgeson of the war
! relic room at the Capitol building has
T, received pictures of all the Union gem
! erals who took part in the Civil War.
He has also received number OF pic
| lures of the chief battles of the war.
| He expects to have all the pictures that
are published of battles in the war. but
! it will be some time before he can Sc
/ cure all of them. These pictures will be
placed on the walls of the relic room
and will add much TO the already val
I liable collection.
Early in the next term OF the Su-
preme Court that body will be called
\ upon to determine the rights of the
parties in the case of the Humane so
i ciety against the Overland cotton mills
! at Denver. The case was first tried in
4 the County court of Arapahoe county
and the company was fined $40 for al
| legged abuses. Attorney General \. c.
Miller on August 29th filed brief in
the Supreme Court stating that the
State has the right to impose fine on
a corporation and that the State can,
for cause. cancel the charter of such
a corporation.
The first case involving the game
laws of the state taken to the Court
of Appeals. was filed September 3rd
with the clerk of the court. The case
is entitled L. w. Hornbeck against c.
NJ. White and is appealed from the
District Court of Mesa county. Horn
, beck. it is claimed. had 800 hides
which We're unlawfully in his posses
sion. White. as deputy game warden,
seized the hides, and Hornbeck sued
to recover them in the court below.
The jury returned for the game war
den. The case is appealed on assign
ments of error.
Register Woodruff of the State Land
Board on the 3rd inst deposited the
funds of the Land Board for the month
of August with the state treasurer. The
amount is trifie less than is usaully
turned over at the end of each month.
The total sum was s1G,692.53. The
school funds share of this amounts to
$40, ,741 As. Secretary of State James
Cowio also deposited the money re-
ceived through his Office with the treas
urer. The total was 50 .309.l5. This is
for incorporation and other fees. The
amount shown is about the same as
that of last month.
There probably will be no law suits
between the Board of State Capitol
Managers and the city and county of
Denver. There has been no end of dis
pute over the question of whether the
beard should pay share of the ex-
penses of paving the streets in the vi
cinity OF the state house, the city al
leging that the share of the state was
100000 Rather than have any trouble
with the city. the board has decided to
pay its share without. interest, The
board voted to pay the S1S,170.75 now
due, but not to pay sl.65S' interest
charged up by the city.
The State Land Board. at its meet
ing September 3rd, decided TO cancel
the land leases of Tabor and Skinner
and put the land up for public bids on
| October 1st. The firm OF Tabor and
Skinner leased over 10000 acres of
land in south FL Paso and north Pu-
eblo counties. in 1898. 1t is claimed
by the land board that $5,514 is due
the state for back rent. Demand has
been made for this money, but it is
claimed that no effort has been made
| on the part of the firm to pay it If
the company does not decide TO pay
the state its back rent. then suit will
be brought by the land board for s21.-
900, which is asserted TO be the total
amount due for rent since 1890, when
the company took possession of the
| land.
| The list of successful applicants for
admission to the Colorado State Bar
has been completed. Those who passed
the examination held at the capitol
June Goth and 9th. are: j. Garfield
| Buell., William b. Thomas, .Jr: Fred
| erick w. Clark, A. II. Romans, Fran
| els Davy, Walter Stickney, Omar Z.
| Garwood, Benjamin Basel, James w.
Gault, Roscoe Tracy York. L. Milton
| Collins. Frank Il. Baldwin, Joseph c.
| Ewing, Samuel j. Sackett, Charles c.
Sackmann, Cecil +. Snyder, Leroy j.
Williams. Henley Anderson Calvert,
William A. Riner, Henry c. Teller,
George C. Deitz, John Washburn, John
F. Truesdell. Clyde Herbert Stewart, E.
Earle Cooley, Warren ID. Cox, Goblin
Stair. Charles w. Rastall Clay Tall
man. James r. Patterson, Harry E.
| Robinson, John f. Rotruch, ID. Steele
| De Lappe and Charles l.. Faust A few
other names are held in allegiance by
the State Board of Examiners as the
| papers have not yet been decided upon.
Governor Peabody has appointed ad-
ditional attorneys in the Kansas Colo
| RADIO water suit. These ATTORNEYS are