The Lamar register., 1904-02-03
COLORADO STATE
CAPITAL. AFFAIRS

replace the fire hose with what is
known as the underwriters high grade
two-inch linen fire hose. The OLD nose
is rubber and worn out.
Register Woodruff of the State Land
Board has completed the work Oh COM
piling portions of the state laws relat-
ing to dealings in state land ana tne
| rules of the board, which he has pup
| lished in pamphlet which Will be OIL
great service to those who wish TO nave
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 DE
four cars of agricultural products, hve
of the mineral exhibit. two for the ed-
ucational display. four for wild anlmais
and three miscellaneous. The tram
| will be special freight from Denver 10
St Louis.
The State Land Board. at its meeting
| January 18th granted coal lease W
| Harry Z. MulniX six miles southeast OF
Leyden. Mr.. MulniX to pay rental
of 5000 per year and u royalty or lo
cents per ton ON all coal mined. A res
ervoir site of G4s3 acres was sold to
the Water Supply and Storage Com
| pany for so an acre. The site is locat-
| ed in Larlmer county.
! n. MaXcy Tabor recently appeared
before the State Land Board in behalf
of the firm of Tabor a. Skinner. cattle
raisers. which has been charged with
trying to evade the payment of rentals
on grazing lands. Mr.. Tabor paid the
amount alleged to be due on all leases
| hitherto held by the company up 10
June =. 1904, a total of so,O6o. lhciuu-
.Y.ta
months ago.
Nearly / 900 saloonkeepers are 10 pe
sued by the state for the state license
OF SO. which they have failed 10 pay.
| Several months ago those who were at
| that time indebted to the state were no
tifed that they must pay the license.
| Few responded with the money; some
| wrote asking for more time, ana many
ignored the notifications sent to them.
The matter has been placed In the
hands of the attorney general ana ne
will ask the district attorneys oil the
various judicial districts to proceed
against such saloonkeepers in their dis
tric,s as have failed to pay. AS a re-
suit of the notices sent out. the state
got about $4,000 making the total col
Iected to date $4,000. when it should
be near $4,000.
At meeting in Denver January
25th, the Worlds Fair Board selected
Colorado headquarters. named Mrs-
Mary ID. Hughes as hostess in the
building, which will be state head
quarters. and prepared Tor the SNIP
ment of Colorado's exhibit to st. Louis
A brick building at 800 Washington
avenue, about one mile from the main
entrance to the exposition. and exact
ly opposite Washington hotel. Will be
Colorado headquarters during the eA-
position 1t has twelve rooms and the
state will pay 50 500 for the use OF IL
for nine months. from March list to De-
cember LIST. Paul Wilson, commission
er-in-chief. will have his headquarters
in the building and will receive reports
there each morning from department
employees and map out the work eacn
uay. The house is fully furnished. but
some of the furniture will be removed
to make room for some Colorado ad-
vertising Colorado newspapers VIII be
on file in the building. Colorado people
will be expected to make it their head
quarters, and mail for Colorado people
should be sent to them in care of the
building.
| The various insurance companies do
ing business in Colorado are busy pay
ing the fees exacted by the state in re-
turn for the permission granted them
to do business in Colorado. The re-
ceipts up-to-date have been so far in
excess of those paid by the same com
panies last year that large and graft
fying increase in the total amount
which will be paid into the state treas
ury from this source is anticipated. 1t
| seems certain that the increase will not
be less than $40, 900. Last year the
state collected a total of Sl55 .2ol.3O.
This year the minimum estimate which
the insurance department Will collect
$4,000 Companies which have re-
ported thus far have shown heavy in
crease in the total of the premiums
collected by them. which is the basis
of the tax exacted by the state Each
company doing business in Colorado
has to pay two per cent. OF the gross
premiums received in the state to the
superintendent of insurance before per-
mission is granted ii to continue bust
ness in the state. AS the total of the
premiums received varies, the total re-
ceived by the state also varies. There
are three other fixed charges which
each company must pay. One is a fee
of $50 for the filing of its annual state
ment another is an annual fee of So for
its certificate of authority, and the
third is license of 81 annually for
each agent in its employ.
At recent meeting of the state land
board an important report was re-
ceived by the board from l.. Il. Smith,
one of its agents. regarding the pro-
posed sale of the timber in Montezuma
county, lying along the Dolores river
valley. Mr. Smith took into the county
with him. to aid in the investigation.
timber expert who is familiar with
that locality. II. F. Morgan. Both pre-
sented reports recommending the sale
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