The Dolores star., 1903-12-18
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

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quarterly report filed with Governor
Peabody December 9th shows that the
total amount Of warrants drawn for
the quarter was s6Ss. .2S27 10. which in
cluded certificates of Indebtedness dis
bursed at Cripple Creek amounting to
$ls2. CPS. i2. The certificates SOW what
the cost to the state has been for the
maintenance of the military in the
metalliferous fields where trouble has
prevailed. The cash warrants paid
amounted to $500 2S99s
The state historical library and mu-
<eum has been enriched by some val
liable donations made by DR.. Ira W.
La Munyon of Dumont, Colo. These
include over 400 pamphlets and books.
a collection of about 1000 shells and
specimens of Colorado butterflies. The
books and pamphlets are principally on
ornithoiogy. entomology and mollusca,
together with lot of old and valuable
reports. including Fremont's expedi-
tions and owen and Nicollet's and
Marcy's reports. OF the five volumes
of American Ornithology there are two
volumes OF very fine colored plates.
Forty members of the Denver Real
Estate Exchange recently visited the
Carter museum in City park The
party occupied special car furnished
by the tramway company. The con-
illusions of the visitors were that the
museum is of so much prospective i'm
portance to the city, If il is to attain
a reputation as tourist point. that no
time should be lost in completing the
building so that the exhibits may be
properly placed To complete the
building will require about $4,000.
The Carter Museum association prom
ises TO raise s25 ,O0o of this sum IL the
city will appropriate $4,000.
The El Paso county authorities have
notified the governor and state auditor
that it will he necessary to build an
addition To its almshouse if the state
does not take fifty insane patients. The
statement is made that either the state
must make better arrangements or the
county viii have to put up its own
building for the care OF such patients.
II is proposed to charge up the state
with the cost of maintenance and then
try TO secure relief through the legis-
lature The Pueblo asylum is so
crowded that it will be impossible to
place the El Paso patients under state
control. Many patients have been sent
to the Work saritarium at Pueblo on
account of the crowded condition of
the state asylum.
The action of the county superin-
tendent of schools of Teller county, in
revoking the teachers certificate held
by Clarence w. Allen. which action
was later sustained by Mrs. Helen l..
Grenfell, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction. has been approved by
the State Board of Education. Va
rious charges were made against Al
len. who was teaching school at Wood
land Park, the charges including allie
cations of immortality and objection
able habits. which included chewing
plug tobacco while teaching and put
ting his feet upon his desk. Thera H.
Slatterlee. county superintendent. re-
yoked the license. Allen protested
and demanded a hearing, which was
held before the State Board of Edu-
cation.
The state land board has sent a no
tice to the Victor Fuel company that
it would have to pay royalty on all
ccal taken from or through property
of the state Hereafter, according to
TIE edict of the board. the company
must render separate statements of the
coal taken from the land owned by the
concern and the land owned by the
state The policy of the board in pro-
tecting the irrigation interests of the
state was emphasized at its meeting
December 9th, when the application OF
r. L. Sloan of Durango to purchase
a half section of timber land in La
Plata county for sawmill purposes was
refused The hoard Leased . 2g4 acpes
of agricultural land in Montezuma
county TO Edward keating. He will
enter into a contract with the state to
build ditch fifteen miles in length
and place all the land under irrigation
as soon as practicable, making it a
permanent Improvement.