Gilpin observer., 1904-04-07
STATE CAPITAL NOTES

Governor Peabody has signed deed
| OF cessation Of Jurisdiction over the
site of the new federal building to be
| erected in Colorado Springs.
A petition for re-hearing In the suit
brought against John l.. Parsons to
test the validity of the state liquor
license has been filed in the Supreme
Court This case is the one in which
the opinion handed down by Chief
Justice Campbell declared the liquor
license tax to be valid.
About 100 liquor licenses were re-
newed at the office of State Treasurer
Newton on April 1st. Most of the sa-
loon licenses fall due between April
l and a. Several druggists are already
paying in their liquor taxes for the
past two years, acting under the re-
cent decision of the Supreme Court,
which declared the tax valid.
Mrs. Helen L. Grenfel, state super
intendent of public instruction, has
just issued to the teachers and school
children of Colorado her annual book
let on the observance of Arbor and
Bird day, which takes place this year
April Is. The booklet includes the
Arbor day law; Governor Peabody's
and letters to the teachers and school
children of the state.
United States Commissioner Sanford
c. Hinsdale, who has long had his
offices in the federal building, has been
forced to seek quarters elsewhere.
owing to the changes in the rearrange-
ment of the rooms and will occupy new
offices which are being made ready for
70 oil nf a
Continental building, at the corner of
Sixteenth and Lawrence streets, but a
block away from the postoffice.
The force of State Engineer Car
penter's office is engaged in drawing
maps of every irrigation ditch, reser-
voir, snowshed and other engineering
scheme in the state relating to irrigat-
ing projects. There will be sixty-nine
of these maps when finished of irriga-
tion bitches alone. No maps of this
nature are now on file, and when COM
pleted the acquisition to the office
files is expected to prove most valu-
able.
Game Commissioner J. NJ. Wood
ard has just returned from a trip
along the Arkansas river twenty-five
or fifty miles south of Pueblo, where
he was engaged in posting Spanish,
Italian and American notices regard
ing the game laws and dates for the
beginning of open season for fish and
game. He reports that the rigid OBJ
servance of the laws against shooting
quail have filled that region with a
great number of the game birds.
Governor Peabody will attend the
opening of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position at st. Louis in an official ca
pacity and participate in the opening
exercises with other of the governors
in states formed from the purchase.
1t has been planned for the governor
and other state officials to go to St.
Louis on a special train and the intent
will be to have Colorado make as good
a showing and be as we'll represented
as any of the state. The official train
will be a private one, privately paid
for, will comprise several cars and
carry several hundred private citizens
as well as the official party. The train
will leave Denver April 81 at 8 p. m;
leave Colorado Springs at 11:30 p. m; /;
leave Pueblo at 1 a. m. April %; ar
rive at St. Louis at 1925 a. M, Friday,
April 90.
The recent order of the State Stock
Inspection Board, resulting from its
last meeting, to the effect that all cat
tie infected with mango in the eastern
portion of the state must be dipped be-
fore August l. has aroused a great
many complaints among stockmen.
There is no disposition to evade the
wishes of the board in regard 10 dip
ping, but there is some objection to
the extended time in which the dip
ping may be done. At the next meet
ing of the board April 10th, the visit
ing stockmen in all probability will
ask that the order be changed so that
all cattle, whether in enclosures or on
the range, must be dipped between
May / and June l. This will make the
dipping more uniform all over the
range and will minimize the danger Of
re-infection.
Articles of incorporation Tor the
Clear Creek Valley Water Protective
Association were filed with the Secre-
tary of State April End. This associa-
ton comprises what is known as water
district No. T. which includes land
owners under irrigation bitches in
Denver. jefferson, Adams and Weld
counties. These farmers have for
some time been endeavoring to perfect
a protective association that would bet
ter equip them to look after their
water rights as body and make gen.
eral agreements with other districts
when 1t is thought advisable. The as
sociation will act for the mutual well
fare of all its members, and is not
formed for profit. The directors for
the first year will be: George Rich
ardson. C. W. Thomas. Hiram G..
Wolff, J. +. Church. Charles c. Welch.
Henry Lee. James Smith, David A.
Rankin, Hiram r. Brown, Jonas Wan
nemaker. A. S. Shock. Phillip Kendall
and Albert Wolf. The principal office
will be in Denver.