The Lamar register., 1904-06-01
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

balmers will be held at the office OF
the State Board of Health at the Capt.
tol building at l O'Clock on June. 4th.
A large class of undertakers will be
examined.
The dairy commissioner. Mrs. Mary
Wright, is conducting an investigation
of the cre.meries and cheese factories
of the state, of which there are about
$50. Some of the factories have never
been Investigated by the department
and as some butter and cheese is being
manufactured which is no. up to the
legal requirements, Mrs. Wright is en-
deavoIing to locate the factories
where it is made.
Three water commissioners were ap-
pointed May 23rd by Governor Pea
body W. r. Donnell of Saguache will
act as commissioner for District No.
20. vice w. A. Johnson, resigned. &.
Ii. Smith of Coventry has been ap-
pointed commissioner for District NO.
60 in place of j. w. Glandon. who re-
signed, and A. j. Baxter of Olathe was
given the position of commissioner for
District No. 62.
1t is stated that Adjt. Gen. Sherman
Bell says that he will resign his office
within thirty days. He has turned in
no resignation to the governor as yet
and says he doesn't expect to hurry
himself about doing it. The reasons he
alleges for this action are that he ex-
poets to take charge of a mining COM
pany in Old Mexico. which offers him
better thing financially thas he has
now, and which it has long been his
hope to take under management
Fish and Game Comm ,ssioner Wood
ward is preparing to place additional
vardens along the Platte, st. Nrain ana
other streams of the state, to prevent
crowding of the fishing season, opening
June 1st. MIR. Woodward says he Will
insist upon rigid observance of this ex-
act date. and any violations Will be
prosecuted. The streams are compara-
lively clear for this season of the year
and when the fishing season opens.
which will be a week from to-day, 1t Is
anticipated that the sport Will prove
interesting.
The United states district attorney
has brought a suit in equity against
/ Jacob Borah. Elmer Stevenson and
Mark Love for possession of tract of
land in Garfield county which has been
| used as summer resort The land has
been in possession of the defendants
for good many years, being at a
great altitude and close to Deep lake.
MIR. Borah has built a hotel and con-
a
business. The land is found to be on
the White River forest reserve, hence
the suit to compel the occupants to va
cate.
Labor Commissioner w II. Mont
Eomery is making gentle protest con-
| cerning popular superstition which
las gained circulation regarding the
work of his office. According to about
ninety per cent. of the requests which
| come to his department comprising al
| together not less than twenty calls per
| day 1t seems that the justices of the
peace. judges of the District bench and
the lawyers of the city regard his Office
as a collection agency. This is an
| absurd idea said Mr. Montgomery
yesterday 1T is not the intention OF
| this department or its privilege to col
| lect money due persons from their en-
| ployers. We have done a good deal of
| this in a charitable way. but as a mat
| ter of fact our duties do not begin un-
| ii, some sort of injustice has been done
| the employe. Then we take an inter-
| est In righting matters. but this is not
| collecting agency and the line VIII
have to be drawn soon."-Denver Re
| publican.
The Denver News of May 26th says:
| The state engineers office is pleased
at the crop outlook for 1904. Reports
| have been received which show tho
| Platte and all its tributaries have
| enough water to supply all the bitches
which draw water therefrom. This is
| the first time for over year that this
condition has obtained. Orders were
| given yesterday that the High Line
| and Burlington bitches be permitted
| to turn into the canals full head. Or
ders have also gone forth that all the
| reservoirs on the Boulder. st. Vrain,
| Thompson, Poudre and the Platte be-
| low the mouth of the st. Vrain be al
| lowed to store. There is plenty OF
| water flowing in the Arkansas river at
Pueblo. and eleven of the districts
along the river are being supplied and
some of the flood water is being !
stored The flood waters in the vicin' |
-ity OF Julesburg and Sterling did not /
measure as high as was expected. The |
report of an expert sent out a few |
Gays ago shows that at Sterling there |
were from 500 to 1000 cubic feet flow |
ing down the river. The only scarcity |
of water noted on this side of the |
range is in the districts supplied by
the Upper Grape, st. Charles. Huer
fano, Apishapa and Purgatoire creeks,
the western slope.
State Labor Commissioner William
II. Montgomery will soon leave for the
East to gather information which will
test the validity of the new law regu.
lating the sale of convict-made goods
in Colorado. Mr.. Montgomery has been
collecting evidence for some time but
has found that he will have to go to
Nebraska, Wyoming and number OF
for OF N