The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
STATE CAPITAL NoTEs

fry can hardly be met. but the nsh
commissioner will send out million
rainbow and native fry.
Mrs. Martha A. Shute of the State
Horticultural Society has sent to the
printers the premium list for the state
fair which will be held this year in Pu-
eblo from September 26th to 3Oth. The
last Legislature provided an approprla-
tion for the payment of premiums on
agricultural and horticultural displays.
Chief Engineer A. l.. Fellows of the
United States geological survey left
Denver July goth for Gunnison and vi
cinity to start new surveys on the Gun
nison tunnel project. The surveys are
to be made at Taylor Park and Crest
ed Butte, where reservations have al
ready been made for reservoir sites in
addition to those al Gunnison, should
they be needed in the irrigation prof.
ect.
s. f. Seiberthal, assis tant geologist
of the geological survey. has been dl-
rected to continue the examination OF
the San Luis artesian basin. in Colo
rado. When that work is completed.
he will investigate the prospects for
artesian wells in the Uncompahgre val
ley and at the end of the season VIII
examine the prospects for obtaining
deep seated waters in the area of Den
yer, which has not so far been fully
explored by deep wells.
The new State Industrial School for
Girls, which is to be located near Nor
rison, is to have a very pretentious
building. Plans have been adopted
and drawn by Phillips & Hess. archi-
tects, and work is to begin at once.
The building will be three stories in
height, 30x70 feet, with basement,
steam heat and ample accommodations
for the number of inmates the home
school usually has. At least thirty
can be easily accommodated. The
building will be modern in every way,
and will cost about $4,000.
An ordinance to that effect having
been properly passed and approved by
the mayor, the city of Denver will soon
place on the market bonds to the
amount of 100000 for the purpose OF
building an auditorium. The purpose
is to have the auditorium ready before
July of next year. when the lnterna-
tional Epworth League, bringing 2O.OOO
delegates and visitors from over the
world, will hold its annual convention
in Denver. Mayor Speer says he wants
the enterprise pushed so as to have the
building in readiness by early spring,
If possible.
At the recommendation of the State
Board of Health, Governor James II.
Peabody has appointed an attorney as
a member of that body to succeed DIR.
H. S. Horrence, killed in the Short
Line" wreck July 9TH. David p. Wild
er of Cripple Creek is the new ap-
pointee, and he will assume his duties
at once Mr.. Wilder has been prac-
. lot, haF TAl1ar cntlnty har
several years. In its recommendations
to the governor the board set forth the
fact that as it often found it necessary
to consult a lawyer. that it would
greatly facilitate matters TO have law
yer as a regular member of the board.
Register Mark Woodruff of the State
Land Board has been compiling some
comparative figures showing the re-
ceipts of his department during recent
years. The receipts during the former
administration. from December !, 1900,
to December /, 1902, were 1872 600, and
during the present administration,
from December /. 1902, to July 1st OF
this year the receipts have been more
than s400, 600. At this rate the increase
during the present administration Will
be fully 100000 at the end of the pres
ent biennial period. The increase in re-
ceipts is accounted for largely by the
fact that Register Woodruff has been
necessarily after old debts accruing
to the state, and has collected in many
large sums in this way, notably in the
cases of the Lolita Land and Invest
ment Company. the North Park cattle
controversy and the Tabor & Skinner
lease State lands are also becoming
more valuable from year to year and
rental prices are on the increase.
Director of the Mint Preston is re-
ported as saying that he now feels
confident that the new mint at Denver
will be turned owe. to the mint bureau
by the supervising architect not later
than September list. Such being the
case, he is confident the machinery and
furniture to place the new mint In
thorough working order can easily be
in place before January next. Much OF
the machinery is already in Denver.
and other machinery, which is under
contract, can be quickly completed and
assembled. The furniture for the new
mint has been contracted for, and it.
too, can be placed in position very soon
after the building is turned over to the
mint officials by the architect. When
placed in operation Denver will have
the best equipped mint in every partic-
ular in the United States. Machinery
of the most up-to-date pattern is to be
installed. and practically all gold coins
will be minted at Denver. The coinage
of most of the silver dollars will also be
done at Denver.
In an opinion handed down in the
case of the Illinois Sewing Machine
Company against Mark Harrison,
Judge Johnson of the District Court at
Denver recently decided that unless
corporation formed under the laws of
this state had complied with the laws
of this state with regard t. filing its
articles of incorporation and paying
fees to the secretary of state, that this