The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-03-21
col ORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL

House Bill No. 167, Stubs, remov-
| ing the time limit from sessions OF the
| LEGISLATURE and fixing the remunera-
| ton at $500, 10 gaining In popularity.
| The awful waste Of time and the shelv-
ing of important measures 10 proving
bstter than any argument for the BILL.
Governor Peabody has signed House
| Bill No. 175. creating the ONCE OF pub
| lie trustee for the city and county OF
| Denver. which oficial shall perform
| the same functions formerly performed
| by the public trustee of old Arapahoe
county. An emergency clause was At
tached to the bill.
The State Land Board on the 18th
instant notified the Victor Fuel Com
pany that 1t could have q week in
which to prepare further defense Of
charges that the company has violated
| the terms of Its leases Cd 1880 acres
Of valuable coal lands In Huerfano
| and Las Animas counties. A PROPOSE
ton is pending before the board to
| cancel the leases.
Attorney General Miller has con-
sidered the census recently taken IN
Loveland with view Of having the
town become a city of the second class.
and has furnished the secretary OF
state with an opinion to the effect that
the census was not legally taken. the
mayor having appointed the enumer-
| ators, who should have been appointed
directly by the board OF trustees.
Public trustees have been appointed
by the Supreme Court for the four lead
ing counties of the state. These posi-
lions pay fees and the sum each in
cumbent collects is equal to good Sal
airy. The appointees and the estimated
incomes are as follows: Augustus H.
Martin, county of Denver. $1,000.
George w. Musser, Ell Paso county.
| $1,000: Alex T. Stewart. Pueblo. 1000:
William H. Grinth. Teller. $500.
Fish and Game Commissioner Wood
ward. recently appointed by Gov. Pea
body to succeed Charles w. Harris,
has appointed Thomas J. Higgins to
be chief game warden for the Grand
Junction district vice Roy Allison. and
w. 8. Kincaid to be superintendent OF
fish hatcheries vice Thomas J. Hol-
land. The appointees will assume
their positions April 1, at the expira-
ton Of the terms of the retiring Of
hcials.
The inheritance tax sections Of the
revenue law have been attacked In .
petition for writ OF error filed in the
once OF the clerk of the Supreme
Court. In the lower courts q decision
was rendered against the estate Of w.
F. McClelland. holding It for the in
heritance tax. The petition for writ
Of error alleges that the law. as
adopted is unconstitutional and void.
and also that 1t is in conflict with the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu-
ton of the United States.
Mrs. James H. Peabody has become
interested in the work that the women
Of Denver are doing. At meeting Of
the City Improvement Society at which
the annual election Of Officers took
place, Mrs. Peabody was chosen presi-
dent The planting Of trees on side
walks, clean alleys and backyards are
work for the comingyear. The placing OF
small tables about City park where
cheap refreshments may be secured IL
another thing that Ii approved.
Tho great grocery store of the Hurl-
but Grocery Company In Denver was
burned on the morning Of March 18th,
almost completely destroying the stock.
Other sufferers were w. 8. Sanderson
Z Bro, teas. coffees and spices; John
d. Ross. tobacconist, damaged by
smoke; Drs. Bennett and Bagley, fur
niture and fixtures. and several ofices
and roomers on upper floors. The loss
is placed at approximately $4,000. OF
this the Hurlbuts sustain the greater
portion. Nearly all the property lost
was well insured.
Tho injunction against Charles w.
Crouter, formerly auditor of state, re-
straining him from paying over to the
state the money paid him on account
l ~ =. aNA A- -,
Carpenter on the 9th inst. The in
junction was issued several months
ago at the instance of the United
States Reduction and Refining COM
pany, which plaintiff was later Joined
| by other corporations in an action to
test the validity Of the fiat tax. 1t was
ordered that none of the money COL
lected under the new tax should be dis
posed of until the case was settled. 1t
has now been agreed that the whole
fiat tax receipts, about $4,000. should
not be tied up. Mr.. Crouter immedi-
ately paid into the court the actual
| amount involved In the suit, which is
$12.363.64.
A bill has passed second reading in
the House which provides for a divis-
ion Of Larimer county. the part re-
naming east of the Rocky mountains
retaining its present name. while the
part west of the mountains shall be
named Mckinley county, in honor of
the martyred President of the United
States. The contention of the resi-
dents of the part of Larimer county
west Of the Rockies is that they have
an almost impregnable barrier in the
mountains in reaching Fort Collins,
the present county seat. Under the
proposed creation of Mckinley county,
Walden would be the county seat Of
the new county The Van Horn meas
ure originally provided that the new
county should be named Platte, but
when 1t was referred to the committee
on counties and county lines 1t was re-
ported out with the name changed to
Mckinley.
| The following concurrent roaoJution