The Colorado statesman., 1907-02-09

parlng for visit to five of the state
institutions. the trip to be entered on
within week or two. The institu-
tions to be visited are: School for the
dear and blind at Colorado Springs, in
sane asylum at Pueblo, penitentiary at
Canon City, reformatory at Bsena
Vista and the Soldiers and Sailors
Home at Monte Vista.
Senator Lewis bill exempting prop
erty owned by churches from taxation
was first considered by the committee
OF the whole. The object of this meas
ure Is to exempt the buildings or
houses occupied by churches or clergy
men from ordinary taxation, up to a
valuation of $4,000. Over that amount
the ordinary taxation would apply.
Senator Wood amended to make the
amount exempted $4,000 instead OF S5,-
O0O. A compromise was agreed upon
at $4,000, and with this figure the bill
was recommended for passage.
The hotelkeepers' liability bill unan-
imously passed the House on third
reading and is now up to the Senate.
The measure was introduced by Kelly
of Denver, at the request of the Hotel
and Restaurant Keepers Association
1t fixes limit of 5000 on the liability
for valuables left in charge of the land
lord or clerk; 5000 for valuables stolen
from rooms by servants or employees,
| where the guest did not take advan-
tage of the requirement to put his
valuables in the safe in charge of the
| ladlord; $50 liability as gratuitous
bailee for any article lost or stolen
that may be left in the landlords care
| after the owner has ceased to be a
guest at the hotel
Senate bill No. As, Senator Harri-
sons anti-lobby act, was killed in tho
Senate. the enacting clause being
stricken out after a long discussion.
Senator Scott said if lobbying was in
herently wrong, then bill to license
\ 1t was a greater evil. The object of
| the DILL was to prevent an evil, he said,
but it made lobbyist of him who was
not lobbyist. He thought it honor
able, as an attorney, to appear before
the Senate committees or the Senate.
or the individuals constituting the
Senate, in behalf of a ditch company
or a railway, or any legitimate busi-
ness. 1T seems to me this bill is SIM
ply Confession" he said, "of the
moral and intellectual weakness of the
members of this body
Senator Taylor's bill to change the
name of the Grand river in Colorado to
the Colorado river came up Tuesday in
committee of the whole in the Senate
and was, after considerable discus
sion, approved and recommended for
final passage. The author explained
that tourists wonder why the river
should be called the Grand in this
state and the Colorado elsewhere. He
gave a brief history of the stream
He said there was some natural oppo
sition in Grand Junction, which took
its name from the river. Senator Jeffer
| son of Routt and Grand counties said
his constituents were opposed to the
| bill Senator Anfenger said the Sen
ate is inclined to waste great deal oi
| time and the discussion of this meas
ure he considered one of the occasions
He opposed any change in the name
Senator Booth said the proposed
change would be a good one, as i
would furnish additional advertise
ment to this state. Senator Lewis ia
vored the bill He had once endeav
ored to unravel the mysterious course
of the stream for the benefit of some
tourists and found it very difficult
Senator Harrison moved a compromise
by calling the river the Grand Colo
rado river. Senators Campbell, Ba
rela, Drake and Harris opposed any
change in the name. The Harrison
amendment was lost; also a motion
to lay on the table. Senator DeLone
said his constituents were greatly di
vided, and while he proposed to vote
against the bill, he would not fight its
adoption.
The members of the State Agricul
tural College faculty, who hold posi-
tions at the experiment station, and al
experts in horticulture and entomology
in the Fort Collins district, are using
every opportunity to say 4 good word
for House bill No. 311. introduced BY
Representative Hoyt of Mesa county
This bill has for it's object the protec
ton of the horticultural interests oi
the state. 1t is known as the horticul
tural inspection bill, and provides fol
| the inspection of all nursery stocl
coming into Colorado for the purpose
of keeping out so far as possible inju
| rious insects and plant diseases that
do not already occur here. The bill also
provides for the determination of in
sect pests and fruit disease that are
likely to be disseminated to the injury
of fruit growers wherever they may be
found in the state. The bill makes the
entomologists of the agricultural col
lege, state entomologist, and makes II
his duty to look after the enforcement
of the inspection law within the state
1t provides for horticultural inspectors
in the various counties of the state
where fruit is grown, the duty of the
horticultural inspectors being to carry
out the provisions of the act in their
respective counties. The inspectors
are appointed by the county commits
sioners in each county. The bill fur
ther provides for the inspection of all
the nurseries within the state for the
purpose of preventing them from send
| ing out to purchasers any dangerous
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