Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-10-17

Their are fifty or sixty insane patients
at the county hospital at Denver await
ing admiitance 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" Uzzel,
A y. Patton and Alex Sisbet win bring
court proceedings against the state for
the recovery OF damages.
The State Supreme Court. on the 5th
instant In the case of the Platte VAL
ley Irrigation Company against the
Central Trust Company. handed down
an opinion TO the effect that not to
use water granted a ditch does not
necessarily show abandonment. There
must be the expressed intent Of abon-
donment before the water rights can
be said To have been forfeited. The
opinion was written by Justice Cab
bert.
Mark Woodruff state register Of the
Land Board. on the sfh inst. sent no
tice to A II. Gumaer Of Fremont coun-
" that he was delinquent in rentals on
| leases Que the state 81 500. He has
| about 10000 acres under lease from the
| state in Fremont county. He was Civ
en- thirty days in which to make the
| payments to the state. He is one of
the stockholders OF the Boston Land
and Cattle Company. one OF the largest
cattle concerns in the state.
The ease In which Mrs. Elizabeth
Roberts got a verdict for s. 600 against
the Denver City Tramway Company in
| Judge Palmer's division OF the District
| Court. will be taken to the Supreme
| Court as a test case. Attorney c. j.
| Hughes. Jr.. has filed motion for a
new trial on the ground that the court
erred in refusing TO make the plaintiff
undergo a physical examination by
some physician appointed by the court.
| Mrs. Roberts was injured in an acci-
I, dent. Whether or not the court has
the right to compel woman 10 under
| go an examination by a strange doctor
| is a point upon which the laws of the
various states differ Judge Carpenter
| and Judge Palmer have both refused
| TO compel women in personal injury
suits to undergo the ordeal.
State Engineer Carpenter on the 10th.
| inst. examined the bids submitted for
| the bridge 10 be built across the Ar
/ kansas river uine miles from Pueblo
| at the mouth of the ST Charles river
| All Of the BIDS were 100 high. the low
| est being 8 islsg IN exeess Of the amount
| the state has 70 E5,end- The lowest bid
/ ders were - J Patterson * Co. OF
! Denver, and fhe Pueblo Bridge Com
| pany. The frEf vas siZss9 and the
second tiz 399. FfsT a combination wood
/ and steel bridge the Patterson company
| bid slo.syJ and the Pueblo company
| 1880. L Was decided TO take the two
| lowest bids under adsisement and con-
fer with the county commissioners of
| Pueblo county and see II they are will
Ing to pay the difference
/ Health Commissioner Cioagh of Den
| yer has taken issue with several OF the
statements made by the State Board Of
| Health In the set OF regulations for the
| prevention OF tuberculosis announced
| by that dody. He EayE THAT the stats
| tics kept by his Office do not show that
| so large a percentage Of tuberculosis
| cases are contracted here as IL claimed
| by the State Board. Twenty per cent
| the proportion named. Is entirely too
! large an estimate for native cases.
| claims DR.. Cioagh. The statement that
the disease Is spreading nov more than
ever is also question b. the City Heath
| Department One Of the officials said.
l Ouf ItiOf11 Dfof- otif tAihk III tItr
| connection 1t is that there has been
| little increake during the last ten years
| in the number Of cases contracted In
| Colorado"
campaign through influential
| sources is about to be made In behalf
| OF a new government building for Den
| YER And because the present building
Is so lamertabiy inadequate II Is ex-
I q he raj mil x5@f
| fireIy successful Some two weeks ago
| r. E. Armstrong. first assistant secre-
| fary Of the Treasury. was In the city.
and made thorough inspection of the
building II was not an ofiiciai in
| spection. as Mr. Armstrong was In the
| city only incidentIy. but as he was
| next to head OF the department to
/ which public buildings belong. the Gus
i todian Of the building took advantage
| cf the opportunity to give the depart
ment some occult proof Of the truth Of
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