The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-19
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

granted writ OF supersedeaS 10 II. A.
Roland on a petition from the 1udg-
ment OF the Court Of Appeals. Roland
was convicted OF grand larceny In Ot'
ero county and sentenced to from three
to five years in the state penttenuary.
He will now be released on $1,000 bonds
until the Supreme Court can thorough.
ly review his case.
In the Office OF the secretary Of state
incorporation papers for the Retail
Merchants Association OF Colorado
were filed on the 9th inst. The associ-
alton is practically continuation OF
the Retail Grocers and Butchers As
ISOLATION, which has been in existence
for period of three years. The asso-
citation members have planned mu-
tual insurance company and otherwise
have worked in the interests of the va
riOus business houses represented in
the membership.
1t is admitted at the state house that
the penitentiary in Canon City is too
small to accommodate the 6S5 convicts
there confined, and 1t Is probable that
| the governor will recommend in his
next message to the Legislature an ap-
preparation for the erection OF a suit
able structure to be used for peniten-
| tiary purposes. The governor says he
has received no formal complaint rs to
| the alleged overcrowding. He stated.
however, there were about fifty more
| convicts than usual in the institution at
| the present time.
State Engineer l.. G. Carpenter Is
preparing to erect fifteen or twenty
gauging stations on the principal
| streams of the state. Arrangements
are beginning this early as the coming
summer is being looked forward to as
| one of many water disputes and 1t Is
| desired to adjust these scientifically
| The stations will regulate the division
of water according to priority rights.
| Stations will be placed at Fort Lupton.
| Orchard on Clear creek. Bear creek.
Boulder and South Boulder creeks. the
| ST. Vrain river the Big Thompson and
the Poudre. The Arkansas Valley As
| ISOLATED Ditch Company has offered
sufficient money to the state engineer
to have four gauging stations built.
| These will be at Pueblo. Rocky Ford.
Fort Lyon, and the Colorado and Kan
sas ditch
The Denver News Of the 11th inst.
says: Every effort Of the State Board
of Equalization seems to say as plainly
as words that the assessed valuation
! of all property over the state will be
increased and a great part Of tho deficit
of the amount appropriated by the last
session of the Legislature will be met
1t is toward that end that the members
of the Equalization Board are laboring
So far they have met with unqueetion-
able success, according to Auditor
Holmberg He in company with Sec
retary of State Cowie, Secretary r. r
Leese of the board, returned yesterday
from trip to GlenwoOd Springs
Grand Junction, Delta, Montrose, Ou-
ray, Telluride and Durango. In speak
ing of the work Auditor Holmberg yes
terday said: 'All the county officials
with whom we have consulted are will
ing to pay their share and all realize
that they are not assessed as high as
they should be. 1t is our plan to get
the thing on an equal plane. AS 1t is
some counties have very low assess
ments and others are fair. However
none are what they really ought to be. y
Adjutant General Bell recently re-
ceived telegram from the War De-
partment asking him If March 21st
would he convenient date for the an
nual inspection of the Colorado Ma
tional Guard to begin. The message
stated that it was desired to finish the
inspection by May 1st. General Bell
wired Adjutant General Taylor at
Oklahoma City that the troops would
be ready for inspection on the date
mentioned General Bell stated that
the officers for the inspection would In
all proba bility be sent out from Fort
Logan. There are now 1900 troops in
Colorado and the inspection will re-
quire two infantry officers and one
from the artillery and signal corps. One
result Of the inspection is that the
Colorado National Guard will In all
probability have added to It's arma-
ment about 900 more Krag- g-Jorgensen
rifles. two more Calling guns and sew
enty-five cavalry carbines for the new
troop at Telluride. With these addi-
tions General Bell says that the Colo
RADIO guard will be the best equipped in
the United States.
Ten complaints concerning ill-treat-
ment of animals and other matters
were received in the office Of f. X
Whitehead. secretary of the State HUI
name Society In one day recently. The
complaints are becoming so numerous
that the limited office force OF the So
ciety cannot attend to them all. and
consequently many cases have to be
overlooked. The report FOR the month
of January shows that four convictions
were obtained for cruelty to animals
one for cruelty to children. and that
five other cases involving children
were disposed Of in the courts. Four.
Zen little ones were taken from placas
of misery and poverty and placed In
homes Fifty-eight warnings were
given by agents Of the society These
are Denver cases, and in the state much
good work was done. Mr. Whitehead
has only two assistants in the local
office. One man Is kept travelling in
the interests Of the society through.
ont the state. The state appropriation
for this work is only $4,000. although
five times that amount of cash could