Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

tary of state July 27th. increasing its
capital from 100000 to 100000
The company paid fee of $500 for the
change, the fee being 20 cents on each
$1,000. The company is the same
which is planning to build in Grand
county an immense power plant, the
power to be secured from dam across
the Grand river near Hot Springs. The
president of the company is r. G.
Mum, and its secretary is R. L.Parker.
Scores Of large corporations in. Den
yer have refused to pay all of the taxes
assessed against their property on the
ground that they did not receive the
benefit Of an alleged horizontal cut of
| twenty per cent. in all valuations
| which they say Assessor Alexander
| made when he assessed the property
of the county last year. The latest
of those to demand the benefit Of this
| supposed cut is the Colorado & South
ern, which refuses to pay all of the
tax assessed against it. Mr.. Alexander
| says that no such cut was ever made.
Attorney General Miller has advised
the state auditor that in cases where
the appropriation for a department is
| fixed by statute and the general appro-
| priation bill both, he should pay only
the amount fixed by statute, holding
| such a provision higher than the ap-
preparation bill. In adhering to this
| decision, some of the departments will
| receive less than the appropriation and
others more. Notably is this the case
in that Of Assistant Boiler Inspector
Lord, who, when the appropriation bill
was tied up, insisted that his was
statutory Office and that therefore he
| should be paid. The statutes allow
Oo1xr xrvhf fhG. n
preparation bill allowed him $1,000
year.
Under an opinion given by the attor-
ney general it is claimed that the state
| will be saved several thousand dollars
which have been lost during previous
administrations through the careless
! ness of the commissioner of printing.
The attorney general says that the Gus
tom heretofore in vogue of ordering
supplies not in the contract must be
discontinued at once and that future
acquisitions for supplies must be made
by the heads of departments and not
by a clerk, as has been the custom
heretofore. The firm doing the print
ing will also be required to furnish
samples of all the articles mentioned
in its bid. No substitutes will be per-
mitted. In this way the heads Of de-
partments can go to the commissioner
Of printing, look over the samples and
order only those things which suit
them.
]. w. Woodward, state game and
fish commissioner. stated few days
ago that the last of the trout fry of
the Denver hatchery had been put into
the trout streams of the state. These
eggs were put into the Denver hatch
cry the goth of May, this year, and up
to yesterday over 200. 900 fish had been
deposited in the streams of the state.
This" said Mr.. Woodward, "is what
we consider pretty fast work. People
generally do not believe that fish can
be bred so quickly as thus shown, but
we have done it and have put over 200,-
900 fish in the trout streams of the
state, the last shipment going out to-
day (July 2Sth). when we sent out
10000. We have just received 10000
native trout eggs for the Denver hatch
cry and they will be fish in an equally
short time, and we shall put them in
the streams of the state when the time
comes"
Thomas ]. Maloney has filed COM
plant against the city and county of
Denver in the District Court, asking
a peremptory writ of mandaI1us to
COupcl tu0 utlCuuduL " luIul5A ulA1
with certain blank books for the pur-
pose of transcribing the records of old
Arapahoe county. 1t is alleged in the
complaint that under the law passed
by the Legislature at the last session
that bids were made for the TRANSCRIPT
ing of the records, and that he had
been the lowest bidder and the con-
tract had been awarded to him. He
states that he went ahead with the
work and deposited his bond of $780,
900. He then demanded that these
books be provided, and this, it is al
legged, was refused. He now asks the
court to compel the city and county of
Denver to furnish these books SO that
he can go on with the work of COM
pleting the records.
Judge Bailey at Canon City, July
30th, granted the release of Michael
Quinlan, the life-timer who applied for
release under writ Of habeas corpus.
The writ was granted on the ground
that when Quinlan was sentenced from
Park county, for murder In 1889. the
statute specified that a life term
should not exceed twenty-five years,
and under the prison rules. deducting
time for good behavior. Quinlan had
served his life sentence. Quinlan has
been a model prisoner. never having
been reported or punished since his
| entrance to the prison, a period of
thirteen years and nine months. AS
| soon as released he took the first
train for Trinidad. near which point
he goes to ranch with relatives.
Quinlan says his trouble was caused
from overindulgence In strong drink
and his last word on leaving the prison
was that never again would he touch
q drop of liquor.
Alex w. Miller. the agent for the
Equitable building in Denver, has In
dicated in letter written to Treas
urer Elder that he will secure an in
junction against the county II an at