Gilpin observer., 1904-02-04
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

eight miles east of Littleton at $40 an
acre. There are 11.2 acres In the tract
purchased and it is stated that the COM
pany intends to erect beet sugar fac
tory in that locality as soon as arrange
ments can be made.
| Register Woodruff OF the State Land
Board has completed the work of COM
| piling portions of the state laws relat-
ing to dealings in state land and the
rules OF the board. which he has pub
lished in pamphlet which will be OF
great service to those who wish to have
dealings with the board. The pamphlet
contains nineteen pages of information.
| Colorados exhibit is likely to be the
first to reach ST. Louis. IL will be sent
about February 18th, and the train will
consist of eighteen cars. There will be
four cars Of agricultural products, five
or the mineral exhibit two for the ed
ucational display, four for wild animals
and three miscellaneous. The train
will be special freight from Denver to
| st. Louis.
The State Land Board, at its meeting
January 18th, granted a coal lease to
Harry E. Mulnix six miles southeast of
Leyden, Mr. Mulnix to pay a rental
of 5000 per year and royalty of 10
cents per ton on all coal mined. A res
ervoir site of 64.S3 acres was sold to
the Water Supply and Storage Com
pany for $40 an acre. The site is locat-
ed in Larimer county.
| N. Maxcy Tabor recently appeared
before the State Land Board in behalf
of the firm Of Tabor & Skinner, cattle
raisers. which has been charged with
trying to evade the payment of rentals
on grazing lands. Mr.. Tabor paid the
amount alleged to be due on all leases
hitherto held by the company up to
June 6, 1904, total of s5.066, includ-
ing a payment made about three
months ago.
The Supreme Court January Both
| granted a supersedeas to William S. La
Fair. convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to term of from ten to
thirteen years in the penitentiary. The
supersedeas was limited, however, and
instructed that La Fair should be held
in the county Jail until the court can
more thoroughly review his case. La
Fair appealed from the District Court
of Mesa county. where he was tried
for the murder of Eben T. Massey. He
was found guilty of mansraughter ana
sentenced by Judge Theron Stevens. La
Fair. who was a small cattle dealer,
| is alleged TO have killed Massey last
summer few miles from Grand juno
ton.
/ The State Forestry Association held
a meeting yesterday in the Office of the
| state superintendent of public instruc-
tion. The association has 100 mem
bers, but only twenty-five were pres
| ent W. G. NJ Stone was reelected
president, E. b. Morgan was selected
as vice president. and Jabez Norman
was reelected secretary. w. n. Byers
was president of the association year
ago. When he died Mr.. Stone. who
was vice president. succeeded to the
| presidency. President Stone read his
annual report to the meeting and ad
| journment followed. The association
is interested in having additional for
| est reserves established in the state,
and has gone on record in resolutions
endorsing the additional reserves un-
der contemplation.
After a long search for a location
suitable for a rife range. the regular
army officers in charge of this district
| have found what they desire in Jeffer-
son county about ten miles west of
Denver. Through Brigadier General
John Chase they offered the state land
1 board SIS an acre for the use of $40
acres over in the lava bed district and
the board accepted the offer. believing
that the annual outing of the regular
| army Of the western states for rifle
| practice would be benefit to the state
and TO the city of Denver. Under the
Dick bill. the Colorado National Guard
being a part of the regular army. the
state militia will have the use of the
| ;r Gn haip
rounded by lava bluffs. which will OBJ
viate the necessity of building embank-
ments for the targets.
Governor Peabody to-day through
| Clarence z. Hagar. secretary of the
State Board of Pardons, has taken ac-
ton looking to a test of the consti
tutionality of the capital punishment
law of Colorado. Acting upon the in
structions OF the Governor Secretary
Hagar requested the attorneys who de-
I, Tended Frederick Arnold. Newton An
drews and Charles Peters. now under
sentence OF death for the murder of
Mrs Thomas Youngblood on last New
Years Eve. Immediately to take an ap-
peal to the Supreme Court for the pur-
| pose of securing a decision from that
| body as. to the constitutionality of the
| law providing the death penalty for
murder in the first degree The gov
ernor is said to be opposed to the car
rying out of the death sentence while
there is any question of the constitu-
tionality of the law.
Assistant Attorney General Melville
is preparing to defend the State Board
OF Medical Examiners in case pre-
ferred against that body by DIR. J. n
Bass. an osteopath. charging malicious
persecution. The case is the outgrowth
of proceedings which the medical board
brought against DR.. Bass to compel
him to take. out medical license or
pass an examination for the practice
| of medicine under the laws of Colo
| RADIO. The case was originally intend