The Holly chieftain., 1904-02-05
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL AFFAIRS


| acre. There are l12 acres in the trac
purchased and it is stated that the com
pany intends to erect beet sugar fac
Iory in that locality as soon as arrange
ments can be made.
Register Woodruff of the State Lane
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 a pamphlet which will be oi
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 will be
four cars of agricultural products. five
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 nth, granted a coal lease to
Harry E. MulniX six miles southeast OF
Leyden, Mr.. Mulnix to pay rental
OF $500 per year and royalty OF 1O
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.
The Supreme Court January 30th
granted supersedeas to William S. La
Fair, convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to a 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 mansIaughter and
sentenced by Judge Theron Stevens. La
Fair, who was 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-
ton. The association has 100 mem
ent. w. G. M. Stone was reelected.
president, E. B. Morgan was selected
as vice president, and Jabez Norman
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 adj
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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 location
suitable for 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 $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 part of the regular army, the
state militia will have the use of the
range. 1t is 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 E. Hagar, secretary Of the
State Board of Pardons, has taken ac-
.ion looking to 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 Ans
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 app
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 be opposed to the car
rying out of the death sentence while
there is any question of the constitu-
tionality of the law.
At meeting in Denver January
25th, the Worlds Fair Board selected
Colorado headquarters, named Mrs.
Mary d. Hughes as hostess in the
building, which will be state head
quarters, and prepared for the ship
ment of Colorado's exhibit to St. Louis
A brick building at 500 Washington
avenue, about one mile from the main
entrance to the exposition, and exact
ly opposite Washington hotel. will be
Colorado headquarters during the ex-
position. 1t has twelve rooms and the
state will pay $4,000 for the use of it
for nine months, from March LIST to De-