The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

the state engineer Many 5f the roads
in various counties in the state are
| now being constructed but work ON
others has been delayed by reason OF
the fact that contract bids have SO
greatly exceeded the amounts approprl-
ated by the Legislature. In such cases
it will be impossible to go ahead with
the work unless the counties interested
| are able and willing 10 make up the
deficienty.
At Telluride road was provided for
by the last Legislature, 10 run up
Bridal Veil basin. The act calls for
road. but does not require il TO be
wagon road, which would cost several
times the amount of the appropriation,
The people of that vicinity advise the
state engineers Office that wagon
road is not essential, and are urging
the construction of trail. They con-
tend that a trail was in mind when the
bill was passed and that ii will amply
meet the needs of the locality.
Following his decision several weeks
ago to the effect that franchises OF
quasi-public corporations are taxable,
Judge NJ. S. Bailey on The 9th inst. de-
cided that the franchise of the Denver
Gas & Electric Company for the years
since lJbl are tdAdDit. y ulSputt dlbSt
between County Treasurer C. S. Elder
| and the light company relative TO the
payment of taxes. There is due from
the light company $151, ,4S4 SO for the
years 1902, 1903 and 1904 and part OF
| this money includes the tax on the
| franchises of the company. Judge
Bailey gave the company twenty-five
| days in which to pay this amount to the
| treasurer.
| Nine new gauging stations have re-
Gently been established in the vicinity
of Middle park to determine the flow
of water available in the Grand river
and its tributaries for irrigation and
| power purposes. These stations are in
| that part of the country TO be tapped
| by the new Moffat road. Chief Engineer
| NJ. C. Hinderlider of the reclamation
service left Denver about three weeks
| ago over the Colorado & Southern to
Dillon, where he was joined by party
! of government surveyors. From there
| the party went by wagon to kremm-
| ling and surveys were made along the
| Grand river past Hot Sulphur Springs
| to the outlet of Grand lake. Three days
were spent in the vicinity of Grand
lake. and two gauging stations were es-
tablished here, one a, the outlet and
one on the north fork of the Grand.
| In the United States Court at Denver
| Judge Hallett has just closed a case
which is of much Importance to farm
ers in some sections of the state. Sew
| eral years ago some parties from Mis-
souri, tried to collect a royalty from ev
cry farmer who had manufactured and
used certain style of hay derrick, on
the ground that the making and using
was an infringement of United States
| patent. William H. Dickens, a wealthy
| farmer living near Longmont, refused
| to pay and was sued. The case has
| dragged along for over a year, but proof
was eventually made that the patent
held by the plaintiffs, Gerry brothers of
| Missouri, was not good, as the machine
| had been used in Colorado before the
| time of application for the patent. This
| particular kind of derrick i: said to be
more used than any other kind for hay
! stacking apparatus among the farmers
near LOngmOnt.
When Colorado Day Is celebrated at
| the Worlds Fair in September there
| probably will be no one in the grounds
who will not remember the name Of the
state if the plans of the Rocky Ford
| Fair committee are successfully carried
| Jul it Nlop VI ltloHS III lIt AL
kansas River district will this year sur
F., pass by wide margin any which has
ever been harvested, and as a result
when the season is waning in Septem-
| ber thousands Of cantaloupes will 60 TO
waste on the vines. Negotiations are
| now in progress with the Worlds Fair
| commissioners to set the date of Colo
| rado Day at about that time, when the
| committee of the Rocky Ford Associa-
| ton will ship ten cars of iced canta-
| loupes for free distribution at all points
| on the grounds This would make an
aggregate of 2S0, 900 melons and would
be most effectual advertisement of the
| Arkansas valley. In addition to these
ten cars of cantaloupes there will be
several cars of watermelons. The
farmers have agreed to contribute the
| melons and crates and the committee
has collected the money for the distri
| bution.-Denver Republican.
E. H. Long. who was sent on spe-
cial mission by the United States dis
trict attorneys Office three months ago
to investigate into the alleged viola
tion of the timber-cutting statute in
the southwestern part of the state, re-
turned Monday night. He reports that
fraud of glaring character has been
committed and that in one township
which he covered, approximated ST.
900 900. worth of timber had been cut,
and the government robbed to that eX-
tent. Though we have gone but lit
tie way in our Investigations" said Mr.. |
Long, still We have proceeded far
enough for me to see that great fraud
against the United States government
is being perpetrated; 10 less than ST.
100000 worth of timber having been cut