Gilpin observer., 1903-11-19
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

1t is held that person appointed "a
an executor may refuse to act, but he
cannot resign for money considera-
ton.
After an investigation Of complaints
that P. H. Sweetman. q large sheep
owner OF Las Animas county, had been
using for years 2,16O acres of land
which he had not leased from the state,
the State Land Board informed him
that 1t would be necessary for him to
secure lease II he wished to continue
the use of it. He complied with the
request, and now the state will get
$4,108 year from Mr.. Sweetman. He
owns 760 acres. The leased land SUR
rounds this.
That an executor cannot resign his
position as such for a money consid-
GRAFTON when such q resignation will
benefit other executors. was the ruling
of the Court Of Appeals in the case OF
Lydia w. Currier ct al. against Horace
G. Clark. clerk of the Supreme Court,
in what is known an the Currier will
case. It is stated that Clark relin-
quished his trust for $500 and took
notes for the same. 1t was held, In
the opinion written by Justice Gunter,
that an agreement for. an executor to
resign was illegal. The Currier estate
ds in Weld county and 1t Is valued at
about 100000.
The State Board of Health is send,
ing out circular letters to the school
boards OF the state, saying that great
care should be taken at this time in
regard to contagious diseases. The lat
ter states that 1t Is the duty of teach
ers to see that all of the children are
waccinated; and that when any of
them have been i'll they are not to re-
turn to school before they are wholly
well. The passage Of regulations of
strict nature concerning, sick pupils is
urged. The letter opens with state
ment from the state superintendent of
public instruction. Mrs. Helen Grenfell,
saying that the State Board of Health
has the right to ask that great care
be taken thAcontagious diseases.
Mayor Wright is making an effort to
have Denver's streets better cleaned,
and without creating SO much dust as
the sweepers. He recently sent Com
missioner of Supplies Alexander Nisbet
and Superintendent Of Street Cleaning
]. K. Stuart to Omaha and st. Louis
to inspect the devices used In those cit
les 6nd they have returned with the
information that in st. Louis q patent
street flushing machine Is utilized with
substantial success. For Belgium block
pavement 1t Is the only device that
works satisfactorily. because water Is
thrown against the surface of the thor
oughfares with such force that all the
dust and debris Is washed out of the
crevices. On asphalt the washing Is
just as complete. The only question
now seems to be the cost of the water.
According to a report made by N.
Underhill. commissioner of the term
inal railway lines of Denver. there were
1850 tickets left in the hands Of the
joint ticket agency over which he has
jurisdiction, when the time limit of
October 31st cut OF the opportunity to
have the tickets used. This is slightly
in excess Of the figures of last year and
is proof that the practice of scalping
tickets is growing less every year. Any
one of the tickets left in the ofice of
the agency would have been worth con-
siderable money to its owner had the
scalpers been able to secure it. The
actual cash represented by the tickets
left ON hand at the close of the season
was 57.525, giving each ticket its value
of a one-way fare to Chicago. There
were numerous efforts made to secure
the tickets at the office of the joint
agency, but SO vigilant were those in
charge that deception was almost i'm.
possible