Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
LEGISLATIVE NEWS and GOSSIP

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bill for an act to submit to the quail
fed voters of the state amendments
to the constitution establishing the
peoples veto through the optional ref
erendum, and direct initiative by Pc
tition.
State Treasurer A. E. Bent has an
nounced the appointment of e. T.
Wolverton, a Grand valley ranchman,
as liquor license inspector for the
counties of the western slope. Mr..
Wolverton lives eight miles from
Glenwood Springs.
President Harper of the Senate has
appointed Senators Campbell, De La
Vergne and Lewis to serve on the joint
committee of seven, which will inves
tigate the estate Of the late Winfield
S. Stratton. This committee will be-
gin its inquiry at the earliest possible
date, as it has but thirty days in which
to work.
An antitrust bill has been intro
duced in the House at the request OF
the Hotel and Restaurant Keepers AS
sociation While it is broad enough to
include all trusts, its particular object
is to prevent combinations for raising
the prices of those articles used by no.
tel men. Provisions, products of farm
and garden, furniture and like necessi-
ties are those that are not to be raised
to high prices.
Governor Buchtel has announced the
appointment of Edward j. Wilcox as
a member of the board of control of
the State Industrial School for Girls,
Ito succeed Mrs. Helen l.. Grenfell, who
recently resigned from the board. Mr..
Wilcox is very well known in Colorado,
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owns and operates what is known as
the Argentine Central Railroad on
Gray's peak. He is a member of the
Prohibition party.
State Auditor Statler has compiled
a list of the outstanding bounty war
rants which have been issued by the
state for the killing of coyotes and
other wild animals. They aggregate
S27,574. An appropriation measure
has been introduced in the Legislature
by Senator Tobin, calling for an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the payment of
bounty claims, but the state auditor is
of the opinion that the outstanding cer-
tificates demand first attention.
Mr.. Parrish has introduced bill in
the House to curtail the power of the
Humane society. 1t will prevent. II 1t
becomes a law, the agents of the So
ciety going on farms and ranches to
demand that stock be removed to other
places. He also introduced bill to
provide that text books once adopted
in a school district, must be retained
for at least five years. Under the pres
ent system, he says, changes may be
made rather often, causing great deal
Of unnecessary expense.
The judiciary committee "Wednesday
reported for favorable action several
measures, among them one that county
treasurers shall not deposit more than
$50, 900 in any one bank; another COM
pelling coroners to extend stenograph-
ers' notes taken at inquests; one ex-
tending the time of chattel mortgages
when a part of the principal has been
paid, and another referring to the guar
anteeing of official bonds by surety
companies. The committee on tenn
perance recommended for enactment
H. B. SO, the local option measure.
A stringent pharmaceutical law will
result II H. B. 277 is enacted into law.
1t provides that the Colorado Pharma-
ceutical Association shall present to
the governor the names OF ten regis
tered pharmacists, from which the gov
ernor shall select board Of three. One
is to be president, one treasurer and
the third secretary. The members
will draw IS day when engaged on
state business, the secretary to have
an additional salary Of $500 a year.
Strong regulations are included gov
erning the sale of poisonous drugs and
prohibiting adulteration. The fines
collected are to be turned over to the
| Colorado Pharmaceutical Association
to be used for educational purposes.
| Favorable action was taken by the
Senate committee Of the whole on s. b.
No. 75, Senator Taylor. which seeks TO
procure a proper division of the ten per
cent. derived from grazing fees do
mated by the government to counties
upon which forest reserves are located.
| There are 14,000,000 acres OF forest
reserves in the state, reaching into
thirty-eight out of the fifty-nine 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.
Mr.. Kelly has introduced bill in
the House in reference to the G: W.
| CLAYTON estate. The bill has been
agreed to, the introducer slater. by
both Moses Hallett. the administrator
of the estate. and r. w. Speer, mayor
OF Denver. The bill provides that the
will shall refer to property in the
county OF Denver. instead OF the
county of Arapahoe, and that the pro-
posed home shall be built in the county
Of Denver, instead OF the county OF
Arapahoe, these provisions being in
line with the expressed wish of the
maker of the will. The bill will also
permit the administrator to hold GER
tain real estate longer than the ten
years mentioned in the will. Should
the sale be forced at the end OF the