The state herald., 1903-02-20
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL

A delegation OF ranchmen from the
Arkansas valley appeared before the
agricultural and irrigation committee
to protest against the bill before the
Legislature that abolishes the Offices
OF the district superintendent of irri-
CATION and puts the work on the state
engineer. The ranchmen were unani-
nous In their opinion that the system
in vogue is better than the one con-
templated.
The contest of r. w. Bonynge for
the seat of j. F. Shafroth, congressman
for the First district. is being heard in
Denver. Under the federal statutes
ninety days are allowed the contest
ant. Mr.. Shafroth may take forty
days for his side and Mr. Bonynge
fifty, which includes ten days for re-
buttal. Both sides are expected tc
take their full allowance of time
which will carry the contest forward
until the middle of May.
A memorial by Senator Taylor ask
ing Congress to pass the pending bill
appropriating 100000 900 for national
highway construction, has been passed
and sent to the House. The memorial
|
900 be specified for expenditure in Col
orado, Senator Taylor believing that IL
could be applied to perfect his long
projected road across the Continental
divide, which he hopes will some day
be link in the national railway from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast.
The worlds fair board is correspond
ing with Daniel Wing. vice president
of the First National bank of Boston.
with the object of securing nugget
| OF Colorado gold valued at $500 for
exhibition at the fair. The gold was
| found two or three weeks ago in the
| Breckenridge district, and is a lump
| of pure metal valued by the United
States mint at $i99.S2. 1t is said to be
the largest nugget known to have been
| discovered in Colorado.
The Senate printing committee has
engaged T.. c. Stimson of FL Paso
county, late Democratic candidate tor
governor, to codify the printing laws
OF the various states as an index to be
used in compiling n new printing law
for this state. Otto Thum. one of the
proprietors of the Colorado Chronicle,
and a partner of former Lieut.. Gov ID.
C. Coates, was appointed clerk to the
committee. The committee met the
| attorney and clerk and laid plans for
the investigation of the printing con-
tracts during the last four years
The bill of G. w White of Lake
county for the creation of the Office of
supervisor of state printing was agreed
| to by the House in committee of the
| whole and recommended for passage.
| The bill provides for a supervisor OF
state printing, who shall hold Office
| for two years and he must have the
qualification of being practical print
| er and he must have been actively en-
| gagged at the trade or in the printing
! or publishing business for five years
and he must be a resident of Colorado
year before his appointment, and lie
must give bond of $4,000. All print
/ ing must be done by contract but the
bill fixes n maximum price for all
kinds of printing and binding. 1t is
made the duty of the supervisor. wher-
ever practicable, to use the label of the
International Typographical Union or
| Allied Printing Trdes Council upon all
work.
At the request of State Auditor
| Holmberg, Governor James II. Pen
\ body has appointed Louis d. Schwan-
beck n special examiner TO investigate
| all books. papers. vouchers and other
matters pertaining TO the fiat tax de-
partment in the state auditors office.
and TO submit his findings 10 the exec
utive. Mr.. Schwanbeck has full auth
ority. and is instructed by the gov
ornor to go into the records of the
department thoroughly. About two
weeks ago there were mailed from the
auditors Office 5000 notifications to
corporations informing them that their
fiat tax was due. and that. under the
law, should be paid on or before May
1st. This number is only a small frac-
ton OF the actual number OF corpora
tions doing business In Colorado. In
1901 State Auditor Crouter sent out
over 22.000 notifications. Those cor
porations who failed to comply with
the law and either pay their tax with
or without protest were advertised out
OF existence. Recent suits Instituted
by Attorney General Miller against n
few OF these delinquent corporations
are Intended TO settle the dispute as TO
the eonstitutionality of the law.
House Bill No. SO. by Mr., Morris of
Arapahoe. for the ponsioning of school
teachers. was recommended for pass
age by the House after very lively
discussion. II was voted down In com
nittee OF the whole. but the report
was afterward amended In regular ses-
sion. The biz provides that after
having taught for twenty-five years
twenty of which service Is In the state
of Colorado any teacher can. on his or
her application, be retired ON onc-hnlf
pay. In discussing the bill. Mr.. Nor
ris snid; Nearly four years ago. the
labor commissioner OF this state sent
out schedules In order 10 get statistics
OF wngos, the cost Of living and other
data, usually complied by Huch officers
Out Of thirty-two different OCCUPATIONS
which Included IN, different trades
professions IN the citlca aud mining
aud farming. OF these cmploymon,s
the only ones that received less pay
than the ,cachcrr were the elerka
walters, gravel roofcfr and lsborera
The teachers receive nm average Enlpry
Of ti93.2sO four industries Just men.
toned receive still less Barb.ra re.
eciye s10i,25. BricklHy.rr receiy. 1860.
nearly double what III. teachers get
Carpenters receive fG1SaT. more than
half aH much more. A locomotive en-.
Einecr gets N.bib, or ns much IN three
teachers, Stcnogrnph-rs receive
sib5sb. or more than one and onc-half
times the ,cnchcru' average, aud this
last " the best comparison, rs Their,
are ms many women emuloyed Ia ,t,n,