The Elbert County tribune., 1904-04-28
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

Worlds Fair. He expects to be gone
from Denver until about May 10th.
The State Board of Stock Commits
sioners reports that the dipping of cat
tie infected with the mango in Eastern
Colorado. Is now progressing nicely.
The stockmen have developed great
interest in stamping out the disease
and the present spring and summer
season will undoubtedly witness a con-
tinued effort to prevent its further
spread.
Frank S. Tesch. deputy superintend-
ent of insurance. has completed COM
parative statement of receipts and dis
bursements of the Colorado insurance
department, which will be included in
his annual report for 1903. The re-
ceipts for 1908 were S155, POI. SO, as COM
pared with s13s.219.43 in 1902. The
disbursements for 1903 were $2.173.17
less than in 1902. while the receipts
were s16,eSl.94 more. making the net
increase or surplus turned into state
streasurer to be credited to general
revenue in 1903 over 1902 s19 1870.
In the test case brought by Professor
Robert Stockton. one of the former
faculty of the School of Mines, against
the board of trustees for salary from
July LIST to September 18th last, Judge
De France at Golden has decided in
favor Of the plaintiff. The designations
OF Professor Stockton and others were
accepted at the time of the trouble
among members of the faculty last
year. but they claim their contracts
with the board entitled them to sala-
ries until the beginning of the new
term. and the decision OF Judge De
France was in their favor. The board
OF trustees gave notice OF an appeal
10 the Supreme Court.
Eight bids were received at the
state engineers office for building the
proposed steel bridge over the Bear
river at Steamboat Springs. which
were as follows: II. T. Ward & Co.,
of Lincoln, Neb., $1,000; the Minneapo-
lis Steel & Machinery Co.. S6,940; the
Campbell G. Flager Bridge Co.. of
Council Bluffs, s6.64s; the Missouri
Valley Bridge Co.. of Omaha. s6,740;
c. G. Shelley of Lincoln, s6.s32; Hugh
es G. Stewart of Denver, $6,S00; the
M. j. Patterson Construction Co. of
Denver. $6,007. The figures submitted
are all over the appropriation of $4,000
allowed for building the bridge. The
county must donate certain amount
for this purpose or the bridge cannot
be built.
The recent meeting of representa-
tives of the associated bitches of the
Platte valley with State Engineer Car
penter has resulted in an agreement
to establish a rating station above the
intake pipes of the Denver Union Wa
ter Company in the Platte for the pur-
pose of securing actual measurements
of the water used by that corporation.
rha gta xtIl1 In tho
situation and see II such station can
be established at a cost not to exceed
$500. The water company and the as
sociated bitches, which comprises dis
tricts No. 2. Z, and 8. will bear the
expense of the station. By this ar
rangement 1t is hoped to bring about
measure of good feeling between
the complaining farmers and the water
company.
1t is probable that through a person.
al letter written by Governor Peabody
to Secretary Moody of the navy, an old
bell which once adorned the frigate
Colorado as early as 1861, will be
placed on the new United States arm
ored cruiser Colorado" This bell has
inscribed upon it the name Colorado"
and the year 1851" When the fri
gate which carried 1t originally was de-
stroyed the bell was placed on another
frigate called the Puritan" where it
is at this time. Learning OF this fact
the governor wrote to Secretary Moody
and received reply stating that the
secretary would be glad to render his
services in securing the transfer to the
new cruiser and that he had turned the
matter over to the bureau of instruc-
tion, where the transfer, If fous1 prac-
ticable will be carried out.
The Denver News of April 18th says
The streams of Colorado are now be-
ing rapidly stocked with trout fry.
Yesterday 10000 small trout were
shipped to Green Mountain falls by
Game Commissioner Woodard, and as
many more are to go to Manitou, to
be placed in Ruxton creek. To-day
10000 will be sent to Colorado Springs
to be emptied into the Little Fountain
creek. In Bear creek, just above Nor
rison, 10000 have just been liberated,
and an equal number have been put
into Clear creek at Georgetown. 9th
er recent distributions are: Cache lie
Poudre river at Fort Collins, 10000;
Empire, on a branch of the Frazier
river, 10000; Fort Lyons, in the
through Estes park, 10000; the South
fork of the South Poudre, and the Big
Thompson near Loveland. 10000 each.
The fishing season will not open until
June, and Commissioner Woodard IAN
.nounces that he intends to see that the
law is strictly enforced to that time.
When Thomas w. Parker. secretary
of the Colorado Promotion and Publici-
ty committee, returned from st. Louis
few days ago. he said: "Coloradans
will be amazed at Colorado's showing
at the Worlds Fair. We will take, l
am convinced. first prize for our mag
nificent mineral exhibit. and a second
first prize for the manner in which it
has been installed. We will run Cali
fornia hard for first prize in the hor-
ticultural exhibit. We have been par