The Greeley tribune., 1907-01-31

upon which forest reserves are located.
There are 100000 acres OF forest
reserves In the state. reaching into
thirty eight out of the flfty-niae coun-
ties. The federal government charges
certain fees for the use Of these re-
serves. and now Offers to return ten
per cent to the counties. The bill
seeks to divide the bonus according to
the proportion OF reserves in each
county. the money to be turned into
the road fund.
When H. B. 20, the pure food bill.
came up for third reading iE the House |
Mr.. Wilder moved its rscommitment |
for purposes Of further amendment. |
His objection. he said, was to section |
I, which provided that actions under
the law could be commenced only by
the secretary or members Of the State
citizen OF the state should be permitted
to bring actions. Mr.. Kelly replied
that the same matter had been passed
upon by the House twice. and had been
voted down both times. There was.
therefore. he said. no good reason for
recommitment. The House refused to
agree to the motion. The bill was
therefore placed on third reading and
final passage. going through without
vote being registered against 1t.
Two bills by Senator Parks which
have gone through the Senate may
meet with opposition in the House.
One Is to abolish the salaries Of mem.
bers of state boards and commissions,
placing all In an honorary position
and requiring members to draw moth
ing more than their actual expenses.
This is Buchtel proposal and should
have easier sailing. The other affects
county officers, and, it is estimated,
would bring saving of from $15O,OOO
to 100000 per annum to taxpayers
1t is to keep down the expense ac-
counts of county officers to actual out
lay. Under the law they can charge
10 cents mile as mileage, even when
they travel on passes. Under the pro-
posed measure the maximum charge is
8 cents per mile when fare is paid and
nothing when passes are used
An effort to railroad the Werner irri-
cation bill In the House brought vigor-
Gus objections from Stewart of Dou-
glas, vino submitted two letters
asking that action be deferred
until the irrigation interests could
) be heard. One letter was from
, F. A. Meredith, chairman of the
, executive committee of the Irrigation
: congress, and the other from Frank c.
t Goudy. AS explained by Collins of 81
5 Paso, the object of the measure is 'tc
: legalize execution OF large reservoir
scheme without the necessity of begin
j, ming work on all of the reservoirs al
a once" In other words, that when 10
+ Gator shows reasonable diligence" il
:. executing work on one reservoir h,
| r1,on l,s,1 1T -lvlt %1,N ~,
, plan. providing the proper plats ant
q maps are filed with the state engineer
d The Senate Thursday, in committe
d of the whole, took up the long-deferre,
s. local option measure, S. B. No. 40, b.
e Senator Drake. Senators Jefferson
II Wood and Adams led the sharpshoo
ing against this measure. Senator AC
ans offered an amendment to chang
~ the words "anti-saloon territory"
" "anti-liquor territory" If liquor coul
N not be sold in saloons, he didn't wal
n. it sold anywhere. He professed to
H. perfectly honest in his attitude, as d
X. Senator Wood Defenders OF II
es Drake bill. including Senator Boot
IN said the object of the bill was to a
r. low the people by popular vote to st
ty aside certain territories where saloon
Mt tion of the word Liquor" for saloon
would destroy the effect of the entir
measure. The motion to substitut
~ was lost, being supported only by min
- votes.
v The joint committee from the Ser
n ate and House of Representatives me
e. and decided to hold the investigation
1t of the Stratton estate at COLORADO
e Springs where certified copies OF In
S. portant papers in the case may b
y readily seen and there will be less dill
y fculty in getting at the actual cond1
e. tions. Senator Campbell was mad
e chairman of the Stratton investigating
# committee and Representative Collin
was made secretary. They will occup.
these positions permanently during th'
:, investigation. The committee con
u sists OF Senators Campbell, De LII
u Vergne and Barela, and Representa-
$ tiyes Collins. HARRISON. Lines ant
e Young. The committee decided to re
convene in Denver on January 31st ant
d 90 Immediately to the Springs. Sena
3 for Campbell estimates that the entire
= hearing will not consume more thar
q three days.
v Archuleta county comes to the from
+ | with a new rhetHou VI iSAhe .AS
e islature to make better provision 1ol
g tne care of the states insane. Repre-
sentative Wilder introduced bill ask
, ing an appropriation Of $2.Olo.l5, a:
y reimbursement for Archuleta county
= for sums paid out in private instltu
:, tions for the care of the countys IN
sane, Since 1897 the state asylum
has refused to receive patients IRON
,rchuIeta on the ground that the asy
!, INN is overcrowded At a recent meet
ing of the Board of County Commis
; sioners resolutions were adopted urg
inc Representatiye Wilder to secure
n refund from the state of the amount
= specified, and. also, to use his innu
, ence TO get a larger appropriation FOL