Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-09
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.
About 1o4 liquor licenses were re
newed al the Office of State Treasurer
Newton On April 1st Most of the sa-
loon licenses fail due between April
] and 4 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.
In compliance with its agreement
made at tire recent meeting OF the
county asses sors at the state house.
the State Board of Equalization has
made arrangements 10 have all rail
roads operating III the state file an es
innate on the cost OF reproduction for
the purpose Of arriving at some just
basis for assessment purposes.
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
occupancy on the eighth floor of the
Continental building at the corner OF
Sixteenth and Lawrence streets, but
block away from the postonce.
The force Of State Engineer Car
rentor's office is engaged in drawing
maps cf every irrigation ditch. reser-
vOir. snowshed and other engineering
scheme in the sta.e relating To irrigat-
ing projects There will be sixty
Of these maps when slished OF irriga-
zion bitches alone. No maps Of this
nature are now on file. and when com
pleted the acquisition to the Office
files Is expected 10 prove most salu-
able
The exhibit Of the Colorado School
of Mines at the St Louis exposition
will be a working assay and metallnr-
giccal laboratory. A space twenty-five
by fifty feet has been assigned in the
metal pavilion. directly opposite the
mines and metallurgy building. The
equipment will consist OF one coal and
two gasoline furnaces and the neces-
sary accessories. four desks for chem
ical work and dustproof balance
room inclosed in glass.
Curator W. c Ferrlu OF the State
Historical Department has a puzzle
for pioneers Of Colorado. which Is ex-
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state house. ] S. Randall OF the
Georgetown Courier presented the
historical department with hundred
or more of old photographs obtained
from an album kept by James J.
White who WAS a resilient OF CoItral
City In the early days. and died at
Georgetown about twenty years ago.
This set OF pictures is a collection of
portraits gathered for the most part
before the Civil war and but few or
them have been Identified. Pioneers
are invited TO call and see how many
portraits they can recognize.
The State Board Of Equalization be
gan session April fth which will
probably last until the lst OF May The
board will SIT for the purpose Of re-
ceiving statements from the different
railroads and other corporations OF
Colorado preliminary to making its
assessments on the corporate property
OF the state The valuations to be
made after the hearings are com
pleted are merely provisional, and the
board viii come together some time
In August to hear protests on these
assessments Not until october will
the complete valuation be made. The
board Is composed OF Governor Pea,
body. Auditor Holmberg. Treasurer
Newton. Secretary Of State Cowie and
Secretary Leese.
Colorado Outdoor Life" is the Ii
tie Of the first publication issued b.
the Colorado Promotion and Publicity
Committee in its series treating OF
the attractions INDUSTRIES and re
sources OF the Centennial State. This
was written by Frank y. Warner Of
Florence. whose pen name Is Dan
Defoe." and is finely illustrated. The
booklet treats of camping out. noun
tain climbing. hunting, fishing, coyote
cuursing. polo and numerous other
sports. The committee was organized
only last December. yet it has issued
this pamphlet and has the manu-
scripts Of four others in the hands Of
the printer. The book treating OF min
eral resources. written by Thomas
Tonge. will he the next to leave the
press.
The railroads are making o vigorous
fight on their tax assessment before
the State Board OF Equalization. The
statement presented by II. NJ. Pollard.
agent of the Burlington. contained
some carefully tabulated figures going
to show the disproportion between
the taxes on that road in Colorado and
that Of other states. particularly Ne
braska. In Yuma county Colorado,
the road pays taxes at the rate OF
s375 per mile. while in Dundy. the
corresponding county in Nebraska. the
taxes are s146. A comparison of Phil
lips county, Colorado. and Perkins
county. Nebraska. shows an excess diff
ference in Colorado on the assessed
valuation per mile of $50. A table
was submitted showing that the road
in Logan county paid forty-nine per
cent of the taxes. Adams twenty-four
per cent. Phillips twenty-five per
cent. Morgan forty-nine per cent.
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