Gilpin observer., 1904-02-18
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

The Supreme Court on the 11th inst.
granted writ Of supersedeas to L.. A.
Roland on q petition from the judg-
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 the state penitentiary.
He will now be released on $1,000 bonds
until the Supreme Court can thorough
ly review his case.
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 Grpcers and Butchers AS
sociation. which has been in existence
for q period Of three years. The asso-
citation members have planned q mu-
tual insurance company and otherwise
have worked in the interests OF the va
rfous 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 6S6 convicts
there confined, and it is probable that
the governor will recommend in his
next message to the Legislature an ap-
preparation for the erection Of q 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 fifty more
convicts than usual in the institution at
the present time.
Mrs. Mary Wright, state dairy COM
Harry Casady, treasurer Of the Worlds
Fair Board, that there are no funds
available for dairy exhibit from Colo
RADIO at the fair. Inquiries have devel-
oped that 1t 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 will re-
quest them to bear the expense of plac-
ing samples Of their staples at the fair.
State Engineer L. G. Carpenter Ii
preparing to erect fifteen or twenty
gauging stations on the principal
streams of the state. Arrangements
are beginning this early as the coming
summer Is being looked forward to as
one of many water disputes. and it is
desired to adjust these scientifically.
The stations will regulate the division
of water according to priority rights.
Stations will be placed at Fort Lupton,
Orchard on Clear creek, Bear creek,
Boulder and South Boulder creeks, the
st. Vrain river. the Big Thompson and
the Poudre. The Arkansas Valley As
sociated Ditch Company has offered
sufficient money to the state engineer
to have four gauging stations built.
These will be at Pueblo. Rocky Ford,
Fort Lyon. and the Colorado and Kan
sas ditch.
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
OF all property over the state will be
increased and great part Of the deficit
of the amount appropriated by the last
session Of the Legislature will be met.
1t is toward that end that the members
of the Equalization Board are laboring.
So far they have met with unquestion-
able success. according to Auditor
Holmberg. He, in company with Sec
retary OF State Cowie, Secretary r. r.
Leese Of the board, returned yesterday
from a trip to Glenwood Springs,
Grand Junction, Delta. Montrose, Ou-
ray, Telluride and Durango. In speak
ing Of the work Auditor Holmberg yes
terday said: "All the county officials
with whom we have consulted are will
ing to pay their share and all realize
that they are not assessed as high as
they should be. 1t is our plan to get
the thing on an equal plane. AS 1t is.
come counties have very low assess
ments and others are fair. However.
none are what they really ought to be-"
Adjutant General Bell recently re-
ceived a telegram from the War De-
partment asking him II March 21st
would be a convenient date for the an
nual inspection Of the Colorado Ma
tional Guard to begin. The message
stated that 1t was desired to finish the
inspection by May 1st. General Bell
wired Adjutant General Taylor at
Oklahoma City that the troops would
be ready for inspection on the date
mentioned. General Bell stated that
the officers for the inspection would in
all probability be sent out from Fort
Logan. There are now 1900 troops in
Colorado and the inspection will re-
quire two infantry officers and one
from the artillery and signal corps. One
result of the inspection is that the
Colorado National Guard will in all
probability have added to its arma-
ment about 1000 more Krag-Jorgensen
rifles, two more Calling guns and sew
enty-five cavalry carbines for the new
troop at Telluride. With these addi-
tions General Bell says that the Colo
RADIO guard will be the best equipped in
the United States.
Ten complaints concerning ill-treat-
ment Of animals and other matters
were received in the office Of e. X.
Whitehead, secretary Of the State HUI
name Society. in one day recently. The
complaints are becoming so numerous