Gilpin observer., 1904-03-03
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

pet factory at washington, u. O., re-
Gently arrived at the Federal building
and will be fitted at once to the rooms
Of the postmaster. the marshal's Of
fice and to several other Offices in the
building.
The anual report Of the Colorado
Telephone Company, fled with Secre-
tary Of State James A. Cowie, shows
that the total holdings of the company
are valued at $4.S90, ,426.3O. The in
debtedness Of the concern is placed al.
1892 ,474.07. In Colorado the company
has 1O3 exchanges and S96 toll stations
and the value Of the equipment Is
placed at $S45.019.42. The Underground
conduits are valued at 1854, 1886
and the cables u Underground at $685.
S93.S4.
A class Of seventeen members was
graduated by the Colorado Training
School of Nurses at Denver February
25th as follows: Estella Martin, Ella
Groom, Mary E. Campbell, Frances
L. Dewey. Margaret v. Blackburn,
Clara ]. Edgar. Allie Orton Cooper,
Florence Dillingham;. Myrtle 8. Keiser,
Ida B. Clark, Nellie Rose Seavey,
Katherine e. McKinnon. Mildred A.
Lodge. Amanda Curtis Raidin, Lena
OAoSAuo Oouy auu SuTlStluc 1NhrdIu. III
the past sixteen years the school has
graduated 144 nurses.
At the office of Attorney General
Miller there was held a meeting of all
the attorneys representing the state
and the individual ditch owners in the
kansas-C Colorado water controversy.
1t was decided to file motion on be-
half OF the individual ditch owners
asking the United States Supreme
Court to determine whether or not 1t
was necessary to make various cit
izens of Kansas parties to the suit.
The motion will be filed March Z, and
argument upon it will probably come
up late in April.
The distribution of Colorado liter
ature at the st. Louis Worlds Fair
will be greatly aided by an arrange
ment recently made by means Of
which the Colorado Promotion and
Publicity Committee will supply
the Colorado Fair commission with
all the Colorado literature it needs,
for distribution at the Colorado head
quarters at the fair. The committee
will begin shipping a large part Of its
literature to st. Louis as soon as the
books are prepared. The promotion
committee is also to establish a branch
bureau, for literature and information.
on the fair grounds, and the two will
work in harmony and to the same end
for advancing Colorado. "It is Just
what we want" said Commissioner
Paul Wilson of the fair board. I'VE
we're hoping, at least, to get some spe-
cial literature on agriculture and horti-
culture for that is a subject about
which more should be said to eastern
ers, but these additional supplies In
all subjects will be very. valuable. We
can give the literature out directly
from the state building.
Adjutant General Bell thinks the
state should obtain the full benefit of
the laws relating 20 the military poll
tax, which he says had not been col
lected In recent years. Accordingly
he has issued orders detailing Col.
William H. Sweeney, Jr., retired, to
make a thorough examination Of the
assessment rolls OF Pueblo and Ell Paso
counties for the years 1902-03 to de-
termine the number of persons sub
tect to the tax. Colonel Sweeney also
will examine the treasurers' books to
see how many persons have not paid
their military obligations to the state
for those years and report the names
Of all such to the adjutant general.
This report is to be completed not
later than March 18th. An examina-
tion Of the situation In the city and
county Of Denver will be personally
attended to by General Bell. Pueblo
and Ell Paso counties were selected as
4 field Of operations for Colonel Swee-
ney at this time because they are the
two largest counties in the state out
side of Denver. Test cases will be
brought in the several counties against
men who have not paid the tax, which
Is 81 per year. The penalty for re-
fusing to pay Is not less than 325 nor
more than 500. The penalty for
county officers not doing their duty in
regard to the enrolment and collec-
tion Of the tax is fixed at not less than
500.
BY means Of an arrangement COM
pleted between the Colorado Worlds
Fair Boacd and the Colorado Promo
tion and Publicity Committee. the lat.
ter will supply the board with vast
amounts OF Colorado literature to be
distributed from the Colorado head
quarters at the fair. The committee
has already arranged to maintain a
branch bureau at the fair for this pur-
pose, but the board is desirous. as well,
of helping in this work. and Secretary
Parker and Commissioner-in-Ch Chief
Paul Wilson have completed the
terms by which thousands OF books
and pamphlets which the committees
special writer's are now preparing. will
be given to the people OF the world at
the Colorado headquarters. The con-
summation Of this plan insures. not
only a complete cooperation OF these
two organizations at the fair, but the
most thorough advertising OF Colorado
that Is possible at the great exposi-
ton. The books and pamphlets that
have been ordered to be prepared by
the committee include eight leading