The Holly chieftain., 1903-02-20

| tions of the convicts. They claim that
] unless these facilities are secured the
state might as we'll abandon the fnsti-
| tuition and confine all convicts at the
penitentiary. reading room and Ii
| brary Is most desired. All the con-
victs there have to read is contrib
uted by citizens Of Buena Vista. The
farm affords no opportunity for en-
ployment during the winter months.
Inc commission desires sufficient funds
| to add shop where the inmates may
| be taught trades
| Another step was taken few days
| ago in the attack by John NJ. Glover
against Judge William p. Seeds of the
| Fourth Judicial district, when circulars
setting forth two charges were mailed
I to all members of the House The cir
| culars, which are signed by Glover, set
up that in few days an address will
I, be presented to the House requesting it
to inquire into the judicial conduct of
Judge Seeds. Accompanying the circu-
| lar are printed copies of afiidavits. The
first. that OF Mrs. Mary E. Barry. is
statement that she was convicted of
larceny of house in Cripple Creek on
May or s, 1901. In June of the same
| year the affidavit AYERS, Mrs Barry.
| while lying i'll in the Sisters Hospital.
I was taken. at the orders of the judge,
and although in a weakened condition,
was carried to the court room. where a
motion for new trial was overruled.
| During the hearing on the motion, the
| affidavit asserts, she lost conscious
ness and did not recover until she had
been taken from the train at Canon
City and was being carried to the pen
| itentiary. In the affidavit Mr.. Barry
| NA-k
haste in having her committed to the
penitentiary was due to the desire to
forestall motion to stay the execu-
ton of sentence. In March, 1902, ac-
| cording to the affidavit, re-trial OF the
case took place before Judge Cunning
ham of Ell Paso, at which a(iiant was
acquitted.
A meeting of ditch owners from the
Clear Greek valley was held In Denver
February 18th. Articles were drawn
for 1.OOOO 900 Incorporation and thir-
teen out of fifteen directors were chos-
en-. The plan of the incorporators pro1
vides remedy for drouths in the val
ley. Beyond the mountains west
Clear creek canal twelve miles lol
will be built and connected with Il
eastern slope by a tunnel three milel
long cut directly through the mounS
tain. Experts have testified to the prac-
ticability of the scheme, and that 1t
will effectively conserve the water sup
ply. Water rights have already been
filed on the land where the twelve-mile
ditch is expected to run. The Clear
Creek farmers believe they will have
no difficulty in getting their supply. 4
They may buy up the claims for a =
nominal sum. The Incorporation is on
basis of 100000. but it is expected
from $3,000,O00 to $5.000.0O0 will be re-
quired before the work Is finished. In
view OF the far-reaching nature Of the
scheme, 1t is probable the state will be
asked to contribute. Several bills have
already been prepared for the Legisla-
ture. one for constitutional amend
ment providing for a more economical
distribution of water in the Clear
Creek valley" and another for an ap-
preparation for the construction of
reservoirs. From twelve to thirteen
reservoirs are planned for the region.
Among the directors of the new incor-
poration are F. F. Struby. Adolph
Zang and Joseph Stanley. The entire
few days. W. T. Wolff of the Rocky
Mountain Water Company and George
E. Richardson have been prominent in
promoting the plan.
The absence from the ofice Of the
State Land Board of material records
has been discovered by the special leg
islative Investigating committee, and
1t found that no data whatever Is
available there to show how much
money was received from sales ana
leases on school lands from 1876 t0\I
1899-a term of twenty-three years. >
The lands came to the state under the
enabling act by which the territory
was admitted into the Union. During
the succeeding years no ledger was
kept with banks where the funds were Z
presumably deposited, and the only ina1
dications in the Office that moneys
were received for lands from time TO
time appear in notes. inscribed with
pencils on some Of the ancient books
which read as follows: Received on
this date (amounts named), dollars for
(here the tracts are named) from (here
the tracts are named) from (here the
purchasers or lessees are named).
There are no cancelled bank checks, or
stubs Of receipt books in the ofiice for
this entire period. neither can be found
any Cancelled checks nor stubs of re-
ceipt books Of any of the succeeding
years under any of the administra-
tions. Until ]. N. Chipley came Into
the Office as register In 1899 full sets Of
books such as are usually kept by bus
mess firms to hold financial transac-
uons under knowledge, were unknown
to the department. In that year he