The Lamar register., 1904-02-17
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

inspector to examine cattle at La Neta
pass, Walsenburg and the border line
between this state and New Mexico. 1t
will be the duty of this inspector to
report upon the brands and sanitary
conditions.
]. b. Williams. a special game war
den, has reported to j. M. Woodard,
state game and fish commissioner. the
arrest and conviction of Charles Casta
and Angelo Chini, two Italians caught
hunting without a license. Each was
fined S25 and costs. They were ar
rested February End and each paid
the fine imposed.
The Supreme Court on the 11th inst.
granted a writ of supersedeas to l.. A.
Roland on petition from the 1idg-
ment of the Court of Appeals. Roland
was convicted of grand larceny in OF
ero county and sentenced to from three
to five years in tks state penitentiary.
He will now be released on $4,000 bonds
until the Supreme Court can thorough
ly review his case.
w. ii. Davis, deputy shfrin or Las
Animas county, arrested Chris Salbot
at Hastings. January 14th on charge
Of hunting without license. Salbot
was fined s25 and costs. which he paid,
and all the money was sent to the
county treasurer. One-third should
have gone to Davis, one-third to the
magistrate and one-third to the state
game and fish commissioner.
In the office of the secretary OF state
incorporation papers for the Retail
Merchants Association of Colorado
were filed on the 9th inst. The associ-
alton is practically continuation OF
the Retail Grocers and Butchers AS
sociation. which has been in existence
for n period of three years. The asso-
citation members have planned mu-
tual insurance company and otherwise
have worked in the interests of the va
rious business houses represented in
the membership.
1t is admitted at the state house that
the penitentiary in Canon City is too
small to accommodate the GS5 convicts
there confined. and ii is probable that
the governor will recommend In his
next message to the Legislature an ap-
preparation for the erection of suit
able structure to be used for peniten-
tiary purposes. The governor says he
has received no formal complaint as TO
the alleged overcrowding. He stated,
however. there were about hfty more
convicts than usual in the institution at
the present time.
Mrs. Mary Wright, state dairy com
missioner. has received notice from
Harry Casady. treasurer of the World 8
Fair Board, that there are no funds
available for a dairy exhibit from Colo
RADIO at the fair Inquiries have devel-
oped that it will require $500 to rent
two small spaces at the fair for the ex-
hibit and that the other expenses Incl
dental to the exhibit will be about $500.
Mrs. Wright will endeavor to interest
the manufacturers of butter and cheese
in this state in the matter and VIII re-
quest them TO bear the expense OF plac-
ing samples of their staples at the fair.
A case now pending in the Supreme
| Court involves the question OF the
power OF judges to suspend sentence.
1t is that of A. +. Grundel and G. w.
| Allen, who were convicted upon the
charge of gambling in Judge Overs
| Court in Leadvilie in 1900. Each was
| fined 500 and sentenced to serve TWEEN
| ty days in Jail. The Jail sentence was
suspended by the court, but later the
| same men were arrested upon similar
| charge and the court ordered that they
| should serve out the time imposed in
the original sentence. A supersedeas
was granted by the Supreme Court.
| They had served fourteen days in jail
before the writ was granted. Attorney
| Irving Melville of the attorney gener-
al 5 Office, will file a brief in the Su-
preme Court in the case.
Mrs. Helen l.. Grenfell state super
| intendent of public instruction. has an
nourced the results of :he examina-
tions conducted by the State Board of
Examiners as determined by the State
| Board of Education at meeting held
| February 3D. Mrs. Grenfell has issued
state diplomas to George w. Gould,
John b. Morgan Edward NJ. Traber
and II. E. Smith. Normal institute in
structor or conductors certificates
have been issued to the following per-
sons: J. Lawson Afford. Joseph F.
| Daniels, Miss Martha Hyde, Loui Lep-
per Charles ]. Ling. George h. Nom
yer Daniel Ward, Miss Lulu Barnes.
X. Ernesti, Miss Nettie NJ. Carey, ID.
D. Cutler. Miss Eva V. Riggs, NJ. e.
Shuch, Max Strass, Mrs. Bessie N.
Taylor and Miss Gertrude Wood.
The Supreme Court has refused to
grant the relief sought by Denver in
the effort to prevent the levying of an
assessment ordered by Judge Johnson
to pay those counties for the property
that fell to Denver when Adams and
, Arapahoe counties were segregated by
the operation of the twentieth article
of the constitution. The counties all
appointed referees to fix the amounts
that should be paid, and Adams and
Arapahoe were allowed SlO3,OOO But
the City Council made no provision
for The payment, and Judge johnson is
sued a writ of mandamus compelling
levy sufficient to cover the sum. The
matter was taken to the Supreme Court
and supersedeas asked, but upon
hearing on the Sth inst. the court de-
MED the supersedeas The matter is
now in the hands of the Council.
The Denver News of the 11th inst
says: Every effort of the State Board
of Equalization seems to say as plainly
as words that the assessed valuation