Gilpin observer., 1904-08-04
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

essary to have more room.
improvements that will cost $4,000
will be made at the county hospital In
Denver. A stone fence ten feet high
to cost $4,000, and steam laundry
plant that will call for an expenditure
OF $1,000. will be established. In ad-
dition the grounds will be filled In and
surfaced and the interior Of the build
tngs repainted and altered.
Attorney General Miller has been ad
man of Kansas that the taking Of tes-
timony in the Kansas-C Colorado water
rights case will begin at Wichita Aug
ust 18th. 1t has been hoped to set the
hearing at a later date owing to the
fact that all of the Colorado evidence
has not been procured. but the Colorado
attorneys will accommodate themselves
to the edict and the hearing will pro-
ceed on that date before the refer ee,
Judge Richardson of New Mexico.
The Colorado treasury is to be fur
ther enriched by second oil well sunk
by the Blaney Oil, Gas and Refining
Company of Florence. The new well
already has flow of 100 barrels per
day, giving an income of about $40
day. The first well sunk by this COM
pany pays the state royalties amount
ing from 500 to $25 per day at the pres
ent time. Register Woodruff of the
land board is greatly pleased with the
success of the wells in that vicinity.
He says still a third well will be put
into operation soon.
Frank s. Tesch. deputy superintend
ent of insurance, is carefully watching
the operation Of numerous wildcat in
surance companies thought to be doing
business in Colorado recently. One OF
these concerns wrote a policy for
George Richardson of Sugar City on
some property he owned in New Mexi-
CO. The buildings insured were burned
and Richardson has been unable to col
lect the money due him. Owing to the
fact that the property was located in
New Mexico Mr.. Tesch has been unable
to do anything in the matter. An agent
Of the company formerly made his
headquarters in Trinidad. S. w. Jacobs
and E. A. Shanklin, two managers OF
insurance companies which are sup
posed to have done considerable busi-
ness in this state. were recently ar
rested in Chicago. and are being held
on $4,000 bonds to the federal grand
jury. which will meet in October.
The first decisive step toward the
erection of the new auditorium for
Denver was taken on the Both ult. when
the committee on grounds and public
buildings of the Board of Supervisors
and similar committee of the alder
men met at the city hall in joint ses-
sion for the purpose of perfecting ar
rangements for receiving bids for the
site. Mayor Speer was present during
the greater part of the deliberations.
The two committees were called to Or
der by Supervisor Smith, who was later
chosen permanent chairman of the
joint committee. with Alderman Ma
honey, secretary. Following the organ
ization the committee took up the ques-
tion of the site for the auditorium, and
after considerable discussion 1t was de-
ciced that the ground surface should
not be less than 266 feet by 200 to 300
feet. This means all area of from six
teen to twenty four city lots, with
frontage of not less than 200 feet or
more than 300 feet. extending back to
a depth of 266 feet The sentiment
among the members of the committee
seemed to be that the auditorium
should be located down town. No site
was mentioned by the committeeman.
An opinion that will have great ef-
feet on foreign corporations doing
business in Colorado was handed down
by Attorney General Miller July eth.
in the matter of the Oakland Gold
Mining Company Of Wyoming. The
opinion means that any mining COM
pany or other corporation that fails to
file articles of incorporation with the
secretary of state as demanded by the
law governing such companies cannot
hold any mining property in the state
and lays itself liable to having the
property confiscated. The Oakland
Gold Mining Company has several
mines in the Ward district. Some
time ago the report was made to the
secretary of states Office that the CON-
pany was selling its stock and con-
Quoting business without having filed
its articles of incorporation. Neither
had the company been paying any
fiat tax. Secretary of State Cowie at
once brought the matter to the notice
OF Attorney General Miller and re-
Quested his opinion regarding the
question.
Colorado has opened the eyes OF
the eastern world by her unique meth.
cd Of advertising at the Worlds Fair
in st. Louis" said l.. w. Wakeley, gen.
eral passenger agent of the Burlington
system at Omaha. He had Just re-
turned from an extended visit to st.
Louis, whittier he went to make a sci
entifc study of the various advertis-
ing methods to be seen there. with
out doubt the methods OF Mr.. Thomas
ID. Parker, secretary of the Colorado
Promotion and Publicity Committee,
are attractive. telling and compelling.
OF course, there are other efforts,
along other lines. and they do
much good, but the work OF the
publicity committee is as attractive as
a Colorado summer sunset and COM
p~. IS the attention Of crowds OF visit
ors. The bureau Is always crowded
and one can see visitors all over the