The Glenwood post., 1904-01-02
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS


o2S acres of land in Huerfano county
Tor grazing purposes, but an examina-
tlon by the officials convinced them
that valuable coal deposits existed in
the territory which Mr.. Pryor wanted,
hence the application was refused.
Ten members of Company A of
Florence called on Governor Peabody
4 few days ago. They wanted money
or work. The men were recruited in
Denver, but were added to Company
A. They returned to Denve- because
their company recently was relieved
from field duty. They cannot get the
twenty days pay due them until the
next pay rolls are made out, and that
Will be in January.
Because the office rents at the st.
Louis Worlds Fair ground are more
than $1,000 a month, Commssioner-in-
Chlef Paul Wilson believes that the
construction of building to represent
the State of Colorado is imperative.
commissioner Wilson takes exception
10 adverse comments which have been
made concerning the expenditures OF
money by the board and says that all
| expenditures have been legitimate and
as economical as possible
Gen. David j. Cook, bailiff of the
Denver Police Court and a veteran
sheriff, police. officer, detective and mi
| litia officer, had a serious attack of
heart disease on the day after Christ
mas. but is now reported to be recover
| ing. General Cook whose experiences
were long ago written up in his book.
Hands Up" is one of the most pic
| turesque characters in the state. to
| which he has rendered services of great
| Importance.
Building permits were Issued De
| cember 22d to the directors of the
| State Home for Dependent Children
| for buildings to cost $4,000, all to be
| erected at Washington avenue and
| llin street. In all four buildings will
| be constructed and will include do
nestle building. boys building, hos.
| pital and twostory brick boiler room.
1t is thought that they can be com
peted by spring. These buildings are
| already in process of construction.
VIII C. Ferril, curator of the State
| Museum. has an idea which is especial
| ly appropriate just now. This is to
use the Colorado kinnikinnick. with its
beautiful leaves and berries, as a sub
| stitute for the time-honored holly in
| Christmas decorations. He argues that
it would keep thousands of dollars an
nually in the state which would go to
the mountain families who would gath
| er and market the kinnikinnick if a
| demand could be created for it.-Den-
Yer News
| Mark Powers, the recipient of a
| Christmas-day pardon from Governor
| Peabody. at once came to Denver to
| join his two daughters, who are young
| ladies. Mr.. Powers has nothing but
words of kindness for the wardens who
We're in charge of the penitentiary dur
| ing his confinement Since he was
committed to the state penitentiary. C.
p. Hoyt served two terms as warden.
jack Martin served two terms, and
John Cleghorn is serving his second
term. All of them he says, treated him
/ hindly, and the only way he knew that
he was in prison was though seeing
the gray stone walls about him and
| knowing that he could not go beyond
| them.
AT meeting held December 9th the
| Denver Amalgamated Trades Assembly
ratified the appeal which is being sent
throughout the state by the Colorado
| State Federation of Labor John Oil
yer and NJ. Grant Hamilton of the
| Typographical Union and Harry B.
W VI lHt SOuho oDlol WtIe dD-
pointed a committee to draft resolu-
tions to be sent to President Roose-
welt and members of Congress. The
resolutions are to embody a protest
against the action of Governor Peabody
and the state militia. and ask such pro-
lection for the mines 'as is guaranteed
under tie constitution of the United
States" The assembly instructed the
various locals to draft similar petit
tions and forward them to Washington
In response to inquiries sent out by
a New York paper to state governors
as to what they consider the most i'm
| portant development in sight in their
states for the forthcoming year, Gov
ernor Peabody of Colorado wrote:
MY opinion is that by reason of Colo
radios natural location and extensive
resources. the irrigation bill recently
passed by Congress will prove espe-
cially beneficial to this state in its
application. That reservoir system
by encouraging irrigation, enlarging
and developing our agricultural field
and increasing and promoting the pro-
duction of the sugar beet will work
untold good. With these developed
comforts surrounding us. we should
and will be free from the blighting eff
Iects OF anarchy and socialism.
Owing to the disappearance of many
= leases and bonds from the files of the
State Land Board. Register Mark G.
Woodruff is unable to bring suits. as
contemplated, against former holders
of coal lands on which rentals are due
and on which the leases were Cancelled
by previous land boards. When a
mixed-up state of affairs in the coal
leases was discovered several weeks
ago. Governor Peabody appointed Har-
ry e. Mulnix to make an investigation
and he submitted his report at the
meeting of the Land Board December
23d. This shows that IN many instances
bonds and all papers pertaining to GER
ain leases are missing from the files.
The papers are supposed to have been
removed during the previous admins
I frations. for all the cancellations are
registered in 1900. 1901, 1902 and the
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