The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-04
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS

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tory in that locality as soon us 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.
Colorado's exhibit is likely TO be the |
first to reach St Louis 1t will be sent
about February 18th. and the train Will
consist of eighteen cars. There VIII be
four cars of agricultural products. fiye
of 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 z7th. granted a coal lease 10 |
Harry f.. Mulnix six miles southeast of
Leyden. Mr.. Mulnix to pay n rental
OF 5000 per year and a royalty OF 10
cents per ton ON all coal mined. 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 behali
Of the Arm of Tabor a. Skinner, cattle
raisers. which has been charged with |
trying TO evade the payment of rentals
on grazing lands. MIR. Tabor paid the
amount alleged to be due on all leases
hitherto held by the company up TO
June 6. 1904. total of $5.O6G. includ-
ing payment made about three
months ago.
The Supreme Court january goth
granted a supersedeas to William $. In
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 msnsraughter 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 June
| ton
The State Forestry Association held
a meeting yesterday in the office OF the
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
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| 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 long search for location
suitable for n 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
| board SIS an acre for the use of 640
| 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
range. 1t is a fine location. being sur
/ rounded by lava bluffs. which will OBJ
viate the necessity of building embank-
ments for the targets.
Governor Peabody to-day through
| Clarence Il. Hagar. secretary Of the
State Board of Pardons. has taken ac-
| tion 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
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 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 he 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 DR.. j. r. |
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 wns originally intend |
ed by the medical board TO test the |
statute. and was brought about year
ago. The court quashed the first in