The Glenwood post., 1904-08-20
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

". D otOTTS Ol tHe S.ty bOdTu Oh
Charities in Denver has received an as
surance from the officers of the State
Insane Asylum at Pueblo that the con-
geston at the insane ward of the City
hospital will be relieved within the
next lew weeks. On Monday next thir-
ty-hye women are to be taken from the
City hospital to the State Insane Asy
lum, and about the middle of Septem
Der nifty men are to be removed. The
taking away of these unfortunates will
give the city better opportunity to
give proper care to those left. At pres
ent the ward for the insane is over
crowded so much that the inmates do
not receive the care due. AT Pueblo
they can be kept out oil doors a greater
, part of the time. giving those who can
be cured much better chance for re-
covery.
A meeting of the State Board OF
Stock Inspection was held at the state
house on the 10th inst, at which was
considered the matter of cattle dipping
in districts of eastern Colorado, where
tie mango is prevalent. it was report
ed at the meeting that most of the
stockmen in the affected districts had
dipped their cattle according to the
. ruling of the national government,
which has taken a big interest in the
matter. Dr. Charles G. Lamb report
ed to the board that he had caused the
arrest of three men in Yuma county
and one man in Washington county for
failure to dip their cattle. The men
were tried by magistrates and bound
over to the District Courts. The board
instructed DR.. Lamb to continue max
, ing arrests whenever the dipping is not
4 properly done In this way only can
the mango be entirely eradicated and
the stock of Colorado be rated well at
all shipping centers,
Reports coming in from Golden indi-
cate that very successful rifle shoot is
range near there. The men are using
the new Krag-Jorgenson rifles and SO
far have made lower scores than usual.
1t is possible that Adjutant General
| Bel, who is said to be very fine shot
particularly with small arms, will par
ticipate in some of the practice work
later At present Colonel Verdeck berg
has made the best scores He made 81
out OF a possible so at 200 yards, and
3S out of so at 300 yards. Other scores
are as follows: Sergt. C. w. Holly
company l., Sc at 200 yards and "a at
300; Sergt. P. j. Hamrock, company L.
35 at 200 and "a at 300: Private A
Smith. company L, 35 at 200. "a at 300;
Private Ed Croft, "a at 200, 33 at 300.
Col Leo Kennedy. 81 at 200. "a at 300;
Private G. w. Getty, company NJ, 80 al
200, "a at 300; z. w. Underwood. 81 al
200, II at 300, and Captain Williams
company NJ. 5 at 200 and 81 at 800.
The government project to construct
the Gunnison tunnel and canals, in.
volving an outlay of $2,000,000, has hi
another snag. But the government of
fcials who have charge of the matte
believe that it will not prove LASTING
obstacle In the preliminaries leading
to the letting of the big contracts, the
opposition in the district has succeeded
Certain requirements of the secretar.
of the interior were defeated for the
time being at a meeting of the share
holders last Wednesday, as two-third:
vote was necessary to adopt. The mi
nority of the landholders in the
irrigation district seek to over.
throw the federal government
plan and return to the state
law. Around Grand Junction feeling
is being created or manufactured tha
the construction of the canal and feed
ers could be done better and cheaper
through local control. The state law
gives permission to community tt
form an improvement district and dis
pose of bonds to raise money to NEE
the work. This plan is being advocated
1t is claimed that the local persons who
want to dispose of the bonds are at the
head of the project to depose the fed
eral government officials.
Henry ]. Hersey, assistant attorne.
general, is engaged in preparing pa
pers in the case of the Hard Lane
Company of Pueblo, in which the state
will bring suit for title to about twen
ty-five acres of land in the city OF
Pueblo. now held by the company. The
Hard Land Company claims ownership
to the property through the laws of ac
cretion, which state that when land is
owned along the course of a stream
and through some cause the stream
changes its course the ownership OF
the river bed vests in the party which
owns the adjoining property. The
case, which will come up before Judge
Dixon or Judge Voorhees,, is one iT
which the twenty-five acres in ques
tion were added to the holdings of the
Hard Land Company through the con
struction of levees by the city and
state. The company built houses upor
the property. and is at present valued
at about $1,000,000.
Extensive preparations are being
made by the Woodmen of the World
for big fall jubilee and festival of the
order to be held in Denver from Octo
ber 18th to 18th. The jubilee will
take the general nature of the usua
fall festival that has been given in this
city by the Festival of Mountain and
Plain committee and was only decided
upon when it was decided by the festi
val association not to give such a cele