The Grit-advocate., 1903-12-25
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

the snowfall in the southern part o.
the state is below normal this yea
| but he does not fear shortage rf
| water as il is a matter of record th.-
heavy snow may be expected in Apr.
| He has not examined into condition
in other parts OF Colorado.
Encouraging replies have been re
| ceiyed from Washington by the De-
| yer Chamber of Commerce relative rn
the erection of a new postofiicc builG-
| ing. The supervising architect, it is
believed, will approve the proposition
| providing sufficient earnest work r-
| done in Denver to convince the al-
thOrities that the city has greatly ouJ.
| grown the present structure.
Considerable interest is being mani
! Tested by poultry and pet stock fanCiers
throughout the state in the coming an
nual exhibition of the Colorado POM
| try FanCicrS' Association. to be held in
| Coliseum hall. Denver. January 1872.
| The recent exhibitions, at the State
| Fair in Pueblo and at the Colorado
| Springs SHOW of week ago, have
stirred up the fanCiers to an even greag
er degree of enthusiasm than usual.
| Colonel Jessie A. Peabody, daughtcr
of Governor Peabody and member OF
| the staff, will be one of the principal
| factors in the governors reception,
| which will be held in the rooms of the
| Executive Department at the Staru
| house on New Years morning. ColouI
Peabody, who enjoys the distinction OF
being the only woman colonel in the
world. will assist her father in receiy-
ing the guests. Others receiving will in
clude Adjutant General Bell and
score of staff colonies. The executive
rooms will be deliberately decorated for
the occasion, and music and a punch
bowl will be among the features OF the
occasion. Brigadier General Frank D.
Baldwin will be the especial guest OF
honor.
The statement is made that Governor
Peabody. with the advice and assist
ance of several other state officials, will
make an effort to raise money enough
next year to avoid deficit. Within
the next few weeks every assessor in
Colorado will be asked to call on the
governor in Denver. When they do
call, the plan will be presented for their
consideration. If it is carried out, the
taxable valuation of the state will be
which will give the state additional
revenue to the extent of $360,OOO and
prevent deficit. Each assessor will
be asked to raise the valuation in his
county certain amount. The total
valuation this year was $332 900, 900. 1t
may be raised to $425 10000
Louis Schwanbeck, the expert ac-
countant who has been checking the
books in the license tax department of
the state auditors office, made formal
report to Auditor Holmberg. The re-
port shows that the only error in the
books of the department is one of $3.50
in favor of the state. The amount
which has been paid to the state un-
der protest by various corporations is
$6,5oo.94. This sum is involved in
suits now pending in the courts Mr..
Schwanbeck suggests the use of record
ledger books in the department, and
praises Michael Waldron chief clerk in
the fiat tax department. for the man.
ner in which the department has been
conducted. The report covers the peri
cd from January 18th to November
30th
Three ministers and the president of
law and order league, all of Cripple
Creek, signed the petition received by
Governor Peabody for the pardon of
a man convicted of gambling. The
governor granted the pardon and the
alleged gambler, G. L. Hutchins was
set free. He recently was convicted
of conducting a gambling institution
and was committed to Jail for period
OF thirty days and ordered to pay a
fine Of $500. The ministers whose
names appear upon the petition are
Rev. c. c. Coulter of the Methodist
| Episcopal church, Rev. c. S. Davidson
Of the Baptist church and Rev. J. Il.
Franklin of the Baptist church: Viii
liam Harris, president of the Law and
Order League, also put his name upon
the paper, asking for the pardon of
the convicted man.
The Court of Appeals has affirmed
the Judgment of the lower court agains:
the suit of the heirs of Elias II. Webb,
former sheriff of Arapahoe county. for
the amount OF an insurance policy in
the Bankers Life Insurance company.
Webb applied for policy in the COM
pany April 16, 1897 representing to the
company's medical examiner that he
had never been declined by another
company. After death the Bankers
company refused to pay the insurance
contending that Webb applied to the
Mutual Life Insurance Company the
year before and that his insurance was
held up pending second examination,
which he refused to take. In the opin-
ion, Judge Thomson holds that while
the deceased probably made the state
ment to the Bankers company in good
| faith, under the impression that his de-
clining to stand for second eyamina-
tion meant the withdrawal of his appli-
cation, nevertheless his statement was
| legally and technically untrue. and,
therefore the life insurance company is
| justified in refusing to pay the policy.
Now that the Bell Santarium for
Consumptive Actors and Actresses is
to he a realit,r yarinllS st 1T nc q 70 10 NJ