The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
Col IORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

acre. There are II > acres in the tract
purch" ID and it Is stated that the COM
pany is to erect a beet sugar fac
tory l. .a' locality as soon as arrange
ments 1911 he made
Res Woodruff OF the State Land
Board Ha completed the work of COM
pillns Ions OF the state laws relat-
Ing I" ..4.imgs in state land and the
rules VI Jur board. which he has pub
llsheo pamphlet which will be OF
great service to those who wish to have
deallnE- NlA the board The pamphlet
contaiL nineteen pages of information.
Colo4Hu's exhibit is likely to be the
first T. .lrh St. Louis. 1t will be sent
about february 18th and the train will
consisi ul eighteen cars. There will be
four 'II Of agricultural products. five
OF the mineral exhibit, two for the ed
ucationa display. four for wild animals
and tArr' miscellaneous. The train
will bc special freight from Denver to
St. Louis
The state Land Board, at its meeting
JanuarE nth, granted a coal lease to
Harry L MulniX six miles southeast OF
Leydeh, Mr., MulniX to pay rental
OF $2oV per year and royalty OF ~
cents per ton on all coal mined. A res
erNoif STE of CASE acres was sold 10
the Water Supply and Storage Com
pany Tor $40 an acre. The site is locat-
ed III l-arlmcr county.
The supreme Court January 3Oth
granted supersedeas to William S. La
Fair, convicted Of manslaughter and
sentenCed to IA term of from ten to
thirteen years in the penitentiary The
supers IDEAS was limited, however. and
instruC ed that La Fair should be held
in the county Jail until the court can
more thoroughly review his case. La
Fair appealed from the District Court
OF Mesa county, where he was tried
for the murder of Eben r. Massey. He
was found guilty of manslaughter ana
SENTENCED by Judge Theron Stevens. La
Fair. who was a small cattle dealer,
is alleged to have killed Massey last
summer few miles from Grand juno
ton
The State Forestry Association held
meeting yesterday in the office of the
state Superintendent of public instruc
ton. The association has 100 mem
bers, but only twenty-five were pres
ent. W G. NJ Stone was reelected
presideu, E. b. Morgan was selected
as vice president, and JabeZ Norman
was re. ected secretary w. y EyGis
was president OF the association a year
ago. When he died Mr.. Stone, who
was vice president succeeded to the
presidency. President Stone read his
annual report to the meeting and ad-
journment followed. The association
is Interested in having additional for
est reserves established in the state,
and has gone on record in resolutions
endorsing the additional reserves un-
der rontemplation.
After a long search for a location
suitable for a rifle range. the regular
army officers in charge Of this district
have found what they desire in Jeffer-
son county about ten miles west of
Denyrr Through Brigadier General
John Chase they offered the state land
board SIS an acre for the use of $40
acres over in the lava bed district and
the board accepted the offer. believing
that 'h" annual outing of the regular
army Of the western states for rifle
praCtin" would be a benefit to the state
and 10 he city of Denver. Under the
Dick bin, the Colorado National Guard
being a part of the regular army. the
state militia will have the use of the
range 1t is a fine location. being sur
roundoa by lava bluffs, which will OBJ
viatc rNa necessity OF building embank-
ments or the targets
Governor Peabody to-day through
/ n
STATE Hoard of Pardons. has taken ac-
ion IuUking to test of the consu-
tutiona 5ty of the capital punishment
law OF colorado. Acting upon the in
stlucu.us of the Governor Secretary
Hagar -nquested the attorneys who de-
fende4 frederick Arnold, Newton An
drews nd Charles Peters, now under
sentcu.s of death for the murder OF
Mrs. q mas YoungboOd on last New
Years we, Immediately to take an ap-
peal ru ne Supreme Court for the pur7
pose ~. securing a decision from that
body to the constitutionalty of the
law Ur yiding the death penalty for
murlrr in the first degree. The gov
ernur said to be opposed to the car
rving ur of the death sentence while
there any question of the cOns'itu-
tioua. of the law.
At Meeting in Denver January
o5th. tl Worlds Fair Board selected
ColoruH headquarters. named Mrs.
Mary Hughes as hostess in the
buiId1 which will be state head
uuartD- and prepared for the ship
ment 'olorado's exhibit to st. Louis.
A bri. building at 300 Washington
ayeuu. bout one mile from the main
entral. TO the exposition, and exact
" OBJ e Washington hotel, will he
Colora headquarters during the eN-
pOsitior 1t has twelve rooms and the
state pay $1,000 for the use of ii
for niu. uonths, from March lst to De
cembcr t. Paul Wilson. commission
er-in-plrt, will have his headquarters
in the ding and will receive reports
there ph morning from department
employ. and map out the work each
aay. Tie house is fully furnished. but
some o. he furniture will be removed
to maxi room for some Colorado ad-
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