The Dolores star., 1904-01-01
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

that valuable coal deposits existed in
the territory which MIR. Pryor wanted.
hence the application was refused.
Ten members Of Company A OF
Florence called on Governor Peabody
few days ago. They wanted money
or work The men were recruited IN
Denver, but were added to Company
A They returned to Denye- because
their company recently was relieved
from field duty. They cannot get the
twenty days pay due them until the
next pay rolls are maze out, and that
will be in January
Because the office rents at the St
Louis Worlds Fair ground are more
than $1,000 a month, Commissioner-in-
Chief Paul Wilson believes that the
construction OF building to represent
the State OF Colorado is imperative.
Commissioner Wilson takes exception
TO adverse comments which have been
made concerning the expenditures OF
money by the board and says that all
expenditures have been legitimate and
as economical as possible.
Gen. David J, Cook, bailin Of the
Denver Police Court and q veteran
sheriff. police officer detective and mi
litla 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 in his book.
Hands Up, is one of the most pic
turesque characters in the state, to
which ne has rendered services OF great
Importance
Building permits were Issued De
cember I'D TO the directors of the
State Home for Dependent Children
tor buildings 10 cost $4,000. all to be
erected at Washington avenue and
lin street. In all four buildings will
be constructed. and will include a do
mestic building, boys building. hos
pital and two-story brick boiler room.
1t is thought that they can he com
pieted by spring. These buildings are
already in process OF construction.
Win C. Ferril, 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
Christmas decorations. He argues that
II would keep thousands of dollars an
nually in the state which would go to
the mountain families who would gath
er and market the kinnikinnick if
demand could be created for it.-Den-
yer News.
Mark Powers, the recipient of a
Christmas-day 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. c.
=. 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 him
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 meeting held December 9th the
Denver Amalgamated Trades Assembly
ratified the appeal which is being sent
the state by the Colorado
State Federation of Labor. John Oil
yer and NJ. Grant Hamilton of the
Typographical Union and Harry b.
Waters of the Cooks Union were ap-
pointed a committee to draft resolu-
tons to be sent TO President Roose-
welt and members of Congress. The
resolutions are to embody protest
against the action of Governor Peabody
and the state militia and ask such pro-
lection for the mines "as is guaranteed
under the constitution of the United
States" The assembly instructed the
various locals to draft similar petit
tions and forward them to Washington.
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New York paper to state governors
as to what they consider the most i'm
portant development in sight in their
states for the forthcoming year. Gov
ernor Peabody of Colorado wrote:
My opinion is that by reason of Colo
RADIOS natural location and extensive
passed by Congress will prove espe-
cially beneficial to this state in its
application. That reservoir system,
by encouraging irrigation, enlarging
and developing our agricultural field
and increasing and promoting the pro-
duction of the sugar bet will work
untold good. With these developed
comforts surrounding us, we should
and will be free from the blighting ef-
fects of anarchy and Socialism"
Owing to the disappearance of many
leases and bonds from the files of the
State Land Board. Register Mark G.
Woodruff is unable to bring suits. as
contemplated, against former holders
of coal lands on which rentals are due
and on which the leases were Cancelled
by previous land boards. When a
mixedup state of affairs in the coal
leases was discovered several weeks
ago, Governor Peabody appointed Har-
ry e. 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 leases are missing from the files.
The papers are supposed to have been
removed during the previous admins
trations, for all the cancellations are
registered in 1900. 1901, 1902 and the
early part of 1903.
Attorney General Miller does not
think that the United States will or
can intervene in the Kansas-C Colorado