The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-01
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

tldl 'A..tN-v coal deposits existed III
the tern -g which Mr.. Pryor wanted,
hence 'm application was refused.
Ten members of Company A OF
Floren alIed on Governor Peabody
fe" .a, ago. They wanted money
or worh The men We're recruited in
DeIVeI, but were added to Company
A. 1h-y returned to Denye- because
their company recently was relieved
from ned duty. They cannot get the
twentE -ags pay due them until the
next pa rolls are made out. and that
will be 10 January.
Becausp the office rents at the St.
Louis Worlds Fair ground are more
than 5 moo a month"; Commissioned
Chief Paul Wilson believes that the
construrIuu Of IA building to represent
the Sta'r Of Colorado is imperative.
CommissIoucr Wilson takes exception
to adrerse comments which have been
made concerning the expenditures OF
money by the board and says that all
expend 'Ircs have been legitimate and
as economical as possible.
Gen David j. Cook. bailiff of the
DenveF Police Court and veteran
Sheriff police officer, detective and MI
litia officer, had a serious attack OF
heart disease on the day after Christ
mas, bUt is now reported to be recover
! ing. General Cook, whose experiences
were long ago written up III his Dook,
Hand lp," is one Of the most PIC
turespUr characters in the state. to
which "a. has rendered services of great
| importaure.
BuilLIug permits were issued De
I cember I'D 10 the directors of the
State Home for Dependent Children
for buildings to cost $4,000, all to be
erected AT Washington avenue and
| Iliff street In all four buildings Will
be constructed. and will include do
| meStic building, boys building, hos
| pital and twostory brick boiler room.
/ 1t is thought that they can be com
| pleted by spring. These buildings are
ALREADY in process Of construction.
| VIII! c. Fcrril, curator of the State
Museum has an idea which is especial
| ly appropriate Just now. This is to
use the Colorado kinnikinnick, with its
beautiful leaves and berries, as sub
stitute for the time-honored holly in
Christ mas decorations. He argues that
II wo,,d keep thousands of dollars an
the mountain families who would gath
er and market the kinnikinnick If a
demand could be created for it.-Den-
ver News.
| Mark Powers. the recipient of
| ChTlStmas-d pardon from Governor
! Peabody, at once came to Denver to
| join his two daughters. who are young
ladies. Mr. Powers has nothing but
words of kindness for the wardens who
Were in charge Of the penitentiary dur
ing his confinement. Since he was
committed to the state penitentiary, I.
| p HOyt served two terms as warden.
Jack" Martin served two terms, and
John Cleghorn is serving his second
term All of them, he says, treated MIN
| kindly, and the only way he knew that
he was in prison was through seeing
The gray stone walls about him and
knowing that he could not go beyond
| them
At a meeting held December 9th the
Denver Amalgamated Trades Assembly
ratified the appeal which is being sent
| throughout the state by the Colorado
| State Federation Of Labor. John OH
veI and NJ Grant Hamilton of the
| TypOgraphical Union and Harry Is.
| Waters of the Cooks Union were ap-
pointed a committee to draft resolu-
! tious to be sent to President Roose-
welt and members of Congress. The
! resOutions are to embOdy a protest
against the action of Governor Peabody
and The state militia, and ask such pro-
| tectlOn for the mines "aS is guaranteed
| under the constitution of the United
| States" The assembly instructed the
various locals to draft similar petit
| tiOus and forward them TO Washington.
IL response to inquiries sent out by
a New York paper to state governors
as 10 what they consider the most i'm
| porrant development in sight in their
| state for the forthcoming year, Gov
ernyr Peabody of Colorado wrote:
My opinion is that by reason OF Colo
RADIOS natural location and extensive
resources, the irrigation bill recently
passed by Congress will prove espe-
! cialIy beneficial to this state in its
aspiration. That a reservoir system.
| by encouraging irrigation. enlarglng
and developing our agricultural field
| and Increasing and promoting the pro-
| ductlun of the sugar beet will work
untold good. With these developed
! conf ofIS surrounding us, We ShouIu
and will be free from the blighting et-
fecl- Of anarchy and Socialism"
owing to the disappearance Of many
| leases and bonds from the files Of the
Stat Land Board. Register Mark G.
Woodruff is unable to bring suits, as
cou'rmplated. against former holders
of coal lands on which rentals are due
and on which the leases were Cancelled
by previous land boards. When a
mixsI-up state of affairs In the coal
leazes was discovered several weeks
ago Governor Peabody appointed Har-
~ Z Mulnix to make an investigation
and he submitted his report at the
| meeting of the Land Board December
23d This shows that In many instances
bonds and all papers pertaining to GER
ain eases are missing from the files
The paperS are supposed to have been