The Lamar register., 1904-03-16
STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

The State Board of Pardons mas
committed the sentence of Lizzie Frey
TO from one to five years. She WAS
sentenced from Pueblo county, May ~.
1909 to from three to five years III Ihe
penitentiary for larceny OF i've stoch'
At the meeting of the State Board OF
pardons resolutions commencing war
den John Cleghorn of the penltentlary
at Canon City, were adopted. me
board recently visited that institution
and in spite of its crowded cohui.ion
found it in a cleanly and sanitary coh-
dition. with the highest order OIL dls-
cipline prevailing.
John II. Knaebel, special counsel ior
the government in the timber case
against the Denver G. Rio Grande fali-
road Company, recently lnlorfneo
Judge Hallett that the government de-
sired to amend the complaint by en-
larging its scope. The petition LOT tne
amendment names many counties ~
addition to the thirteen covered py the
injunction. The day of hearing was
fixed for April 4.
Through an order issued March 7th
by Judge Moses Hallett. Henry Baugn'
United States commissioner at Waiu.
ron, Larimer county, was reuloFeu
from office on the charge of embeZzlinE
government funds in charge. Baugh
was appointed in June, 1901, and was
also made receiver Of the land ONCE
In this capacity he forwarded money
from entries to the Denver land once
and is said to be about 5000 short In
his accounts, a portion of which he mas
refunded. The hearing has been set
for March 2Sth.
A large number of newspapers in
the United states and Canada will be
furnished with timely news items
about Colorado every week by means
of the new press service which the
Colorado promotion and publicity COM
mittee has organized and instituted.
The newspapers include at least one,
and usually all, of the papers In every
town of % 900 or more, in the United
States. Canada and the insular poses
sions of the United States. Even Ha-
waii. Porto Rico and the Cubans will
be hearing and reading about Colorado
every week.
The board of directors of the Sons
of the Revolution at their monthly
meeting in Governor Peabody's office
decided to push to speedy completion
the monument to the Colorado soldiers
who fell in the Civil and Spanish wars.
If will be erected at a cost of $1,000. A
special effort will be made TO erect
monument that will ftly commemo-
rate the death of Colorados heroic
sons. More than half of the amount is
already. 1t will be placed
on the site on the capitol grounds
where the American flag is always kept
floating by the same patriotic society.
The governor was appointed commit
tee to invite Admiral Dewey. who is a
member of the society, to be present on
Flag Day, June 14th.
Peach trees which have been laid
down and covered with straw and earth
for protection should have the earth
at the first approach OF spring,
but it is highly essential that the un-
covering should be done gradually so
as to temper the wind to the shorn
lamb. The frequent warm days which
have occurred recently have given a
warning to those orchardists who COW
cred their trees too deeply The cover
ing of earth should at all times be
only sufficient to hold the straw well
in place and should be removed little
at time as warm weather approaches,
TO give the trees more air Ventilation
is also an important consideration as
DuuS may ne tdzIly lHJul Su ny tOo Hluih
heat if not given air at the proper time.
An extra amount of straw or old hay
should be hauled out at this time TO
have at hand when extra protection
may be needed after the dirt is re-
moved.
After discussing an interesting and
instructive address on reclamation
work by A. l.. Fellows of the federal
;1s,
try and irrigation of the Denver cham
ber of commerce decided to prepare a
memorial upon the subjects of forestry
and irrigation for presentation to con
gress and to begin determined and
thorough campaign of education in or
der to awaken the people of city and
state to the Importance of the prob
lens involved Perhaps the most
novel suggestion for the prevention OF
destructive forest fires yet made was
broached at the meeting. and will be
considered. 1t provides for stationing
federal troops from the forts in the
arid regions at points of vantage in
the forests during the dry summer pc
riod when the danger from fires is
greatest, in order to prevent disas-
trous conflagrations and to save the
timber. Since the period of greatest
danger of fire falls in the summer,
when the troops could be given this
form of recreation, no
serious objections to the plan are an
ticipated from the war department.
All members of the special commit
tee appointed by the Denver city coun,
Gil to investigate the padding of the
registration lists signed the report pre-
sented to the board of supervisors
March 10th with the exception of AL
derman John d. Ross, who is charged
with completely in the work. He not
onIy refused to sit with the committee.
claiming that it was not legally ap-