The Lamar register., 1904-02-24
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

The Board OF Capitol Managers re-
gently ordered LOO feet of fire hose
at a cost of SSH. Four hundred feet of
the hose will be distributed upon each
floor of the building and 100 feet in the
sub-basement, where are stored the pa
pers and other intiammable material
collected by the State Historical So
ciety.
On the 18th inst. Governor Peabody
appointed two new colonels to fill va
cancies on his staff made by death.
A. r. Rollestone of Victor and James
Doyle of Denver were named.
Through the deaths of Colonel Grey
dene-Smith of Canon City and Col.
Henry Newman of Chicago the vacan-
cies were created. Colonel Rollestone
is cashier of the Victor bank. at Vic
tor. and the representative of David
H. Moffat at that place. James Doyle
is the well known mining man, who
located the Portland mine. and is a
member of the State Board Of Par
dons. He accompanied the governor
on his recent trip through the Cripple
Creek district.
State Engineer L. G. Carpenter is
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 1t 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
ISOLATED 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.
On his return from his recent visit
to the Cripple Creek district and
Canon City, Governor Peabody denied
the rumor that he intended recon
mending changes in conditions at the
penitentiary at Canon City. THE pen
itentiary is overcrowded, It is true, "
he said, "but not so crowded as 1t has
been prior to this time. At present
there are $50 convicts confined In the
institution. Warden Cleghorn has not
requested me to refrain from sending
more prisoners there. While there is
perhaps demand for additional room.
conditions are as perfect there as is
possible in penal institution" The
governor said there is absolutely no
foundation for the report published in
n Denver paper that two attempts
were made to wreck the executive
train between Cripple Creek and Den
yer.
Adjutant General Bell recently re-
ceiyed a telegram from the War De-
partment asking him If March 21st
would be n 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 list. 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-
auire 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 900 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 saws 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 F. X
Whitehead, secretary of the State HUI
name Society. in one day recently. The
complaints are becoming so numerous
that the limited Office force of the So
ciety cannot attend to them all, and
consequently many cases have to be
overlooked. The repor, for the month
of January shows that four convictions
were obtained for cruelty to animals,
one for cruelty to children. and that
five other cases involving children
were disposed of in the courts Four
Zen little ones were taken from places
of misery and poverty and placed in
homes. Flfty-eight warnings were
given by agents of the society These
are Denver cases. and in the state much
good work was done. Mr. Whitehead
has only two assistants in the local
ONCE. One man is kept travelling in
the interests Of the society through
out the state. The state appropriation
for this work is only $1,000. although
five times that amount of cash could
be put to good use Mr.. Whitehead is
planning to have a regular inspection
of horses that have been abused or
starved 1t is his idea to require the
owners OF such animals to bring them
to the state veterinarian once or twice
a week for a certain length of time to
show that the orders of the society as
to proper feeding and care are obeyed
The sick list of the state officials
and employees has been a long one dur
ing the past two weeks, says the Den
yer News of February 18th. From Sc
we're colds to serious malady has the
affliction ranged. Overheating of the
building was said to have caused the
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