The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-01
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

dlel i-D~ 'ptidihs a o.
er quantity Of water than II has ye'
held. The water now measures l3a
feet The fiood waters in most OF thu
smaller streams of the state have moi
yet abated and no great shortage OF
water is anticipated during the coming
summer.
President Hall and Secretary Cooper
OF the Colorado State Board OF Health
attended the recent conference of pub
lie health officials at Washington and
also the conference of state, provincial
and territorial boards of health. A
part of their work was to introduce
resolution providing for the thorough
sanitation of Pullman cars, which will
come up for action at next years
meeting.
Director Roberts of the United
States mint is expected in Denver
within few days to arrange for piac-
ing the machinery in the new Denver
coinage mint This machinery. which
is the most approved of any ever
manufactured. Is now on exhibition al
/, the Worlds fair When the machin-
cry has been put in place employment
| will be given at the mint to between
f, 800 and 6OO people.
Now that the State Supreme Court
| has held valid the inheritance tax law.
| Senator Arthur Cornforth, the local
counsel representing Attorney General
! Miller at Colorado Springs, will shortly
! proceed to file claim against the
| Stratton estate for the amount due
| Colorado. The papers have been ready
| for some time. but, in common win
claims against other estates, awaited
| the decision OF the Supreme Court
The Humane Society at Denver is In
| receipt of some bulletins published by
! the United States Department OF Agrl-
| culture. These bulletins are issued for
| free distribution by the government
and contain much information on the
care of animals and treatment OF thelf
diseases Bulletins have been written
on almost every conceivable subject re-
lating to agricultural topics and the
society recommends that all interested
farmers should apply to the department
for copies of them.
Attorney General Miller of Colorado
and Attorney General Ashbaugh OF
Kansas have notified James P. Doyle
Of Denver that he had been selected Of
fetal stenographer in the Kansas
Colorado water suit. The case comes
up for trial in Washington, August 1st
Doyle's duties begin Immediately. as
there is considerable advance work to
be done for both states before the trial
of the case begins. Doyle will bire his
own assistants and will have complete
charge of his branch OF the litigation.
s. Asbaugh, one of the attorneys in
the Kansas Colorado water rights suit.
representing the state of Kansas, is in
Denver. He lives in the city of Wich-
ita and is here procuring evidence to
be used in the future trial of the cases.
He says the state of Kansas will be
ready to submit evidence to the master
appointed by the United States Su-
preme Court by August 1st. The Colo
RADIO attorneys will be by that time pre-
! pared to cross-examine witnesses and
when the Kansas evidence is all IN will
| follow with the evidence they have
| collected in the case.
| The first move to make Denver the
great convention city OF the country in
| 1905 was taken few days ago, when
the Chamber of commerce. at the head
of the movement. prepared an invita-
| ton to the G. A. X. national encamp-
ment to come to Denver next year. The
invitation is prepared in white vellum
with illuminated cover. First there is
an invitation from the G. A. r. en-
campment, Department of Colorado and
Wyoming; then comes a letter from
| Governor Peabody on behalf of the
state. followed by pressing invitation
| from Mayor Speer on behalf OF Greater
Denver The Chamber of Commerce
comes last with request, and it sent
personal invitations to every delegate
| to the national encampment An az
| gressive campaign will be made to Sc
cure every big gathering possible for
| the coming year, when there will be
an auditorium to meet in.
The secretary of states Office has
| completed the work of reindexing and
| revising the stock brand records. which
| contain at this time some 35 900 brands
| with the result that these valuable rec
! ords are now indexed by system that
will prevent any future confusion and
will make available for record many
, thousands of desirable brands. The
! mere labor OF recording a stock brand
used in state would appear trifling
matter, but when the facts are consid-
| cred that the law forbids the recording
| of the same brand to different persons
\ and that no brand may be recorded ia
| which any other brand in use on the
| same range, or in the same locality
may be changed the aspect Of the work
is altered. Before recording a new
brand presented, the recorder must
know absolutely two things. First
that the brand is not Of record to some
other person in the state; and. second
that it does not conflict with Other
brands in use on the same range. This
necessitates the keeping Of the records
| in such shape that they may be readily
) consulted and II any Of the thousands
| of different characters possible to re.
| cord are Of record or conflict, thos.
! facts must be quickly and positively
, determined. To permit a stock owner
! to record brand that Is already OF rec
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