The Delta independent., 1907-01-25

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days ago on an extended tour through
Europe. He will be gone about four
months, during which he will visit
most of the countries OF Europe.
| The pure food bill introduced by
| Representative Kelly in the House is
| drawn in conformity with the natlona!
law covering the same subject. II has
been drafted with great care, in order
that all legitimate enterprises may not
suffer from its operations.
| President Harper Of the Senate has
appointed Senators Campbell, De La
Nergne 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.
Senator Stephen introduced n reso-
luton to have l.5O0 copies OF the mes
sages of Gov. Jesse F. Mcdonald and
| Gov. Henry 4. Buchtel printed in Eng
| lish and 500 in the Spanish language.
They are to be prepared and distrlb-
uted by members of the Assembly.
Upon motion of Senator Barela the
| rules We're suspended and the resolu-
tiOn adopted.
Senator Campbell's resolution to in
vestigate the status of the Winfield ).
StrattOn estate came back from the
House with two amendments. one al
lowing travelling expenses and another
extending the time of the inquiry to
thirty days. instead of twenty. The
resolution was then passed as
n ni nd wi 90 n no
mites.
Senator DeLaVergne's proposed
conference of legislators from mining
counties. to consider bills affecting
that interest has been adjourned to
later date. There seems TO be a gen
eral agreement that such measures are
most needed, which will result in
concentrated action to secure the leg
islation, but the members wish to look
further into the proposed bills. and to
confer with their constituents.
Legislators of the state of Kansas
have assured Representative Parker
that Kansas will appropriate an
amount equal to that given by Colo
RADIO for the erection of n memorial
hall building on Beecher island, site
of the last notable fight with Indians.
The two states have already collabo-
rated on the erection of suitable
monument. In accordance with this
assurance Mr.. Parker introduced a bill
for an appropriation to pay the Colo
RADIO share of the cost for the memorial
building.
Representative Parrish has intro
duced a bill providing for a new judi
cial district to be composed OF the
counties of Otero, Bent. Prowers. Ki-
owa and Baca. At present Otero and
kiowa are attached to the Pueblo dis
trict, while Bent, Prowers and Baca
are in the Las Animas district. The
growth of the five counties and the
Importance of the judicial business in
them has made the formation of the
new district almost a necessity for
the proper conduct of business within
its proposed borders.
In the goodly grist of bills intro
duced there are several old acquaint-
ances. Senator Alexander has rein.
troduced his state arbitration bill OF
two years ago, and Senator Anfenger
has his bill for the protection of hotel
keepers; Barela has his Columbus day.
and his convict-constructed highway.
and the publication of the proceedings
of the constitutional conventions;
Booth has the civil service; Drake
has the local option law, and the now
famous barber bill, and Sapp and Tay-
lor both have Western slope normal
school bills. Senators Scott. Wood
Lewis, Button and De LaVergne have
banking bills.
Two hundred boxes of books belong
ing to the Colorado Travelling Library
Commission are scattered over the
state, and the commission has no
money to bring them back to its head
quarters in the capitol building The
work of the commission is virtually at
a standstill and unless the State Leg
islature comes to its aid it will have
to be either abandoned entirely or car
ried on as an auxiliary of the Colorado
Federation of Woman's Clubs. The
immediate cause of the trouble Is the
refusal of the railroads of the state
to furnish free transportation FOR the
books, as they did before the new
bill went into effect. The commission
has bill presented in the Legislature
which calls for an appropriation of So
900 for the next biennial term. This
is $4,000 in excess of the money re-
ceived from the last Legislature, but
it is desired to enlarge the work as
well as meet the transportation ex-
penses.
A bill will be introduced into the
present session of the Legislature lin
iting to three years after death Of
maker the time when Wills may be pre-
sented for probate. This was the
conclusion reached yesterday at the
meeting Of the State County Judges
Association in Denver. A number Of
amendments to the probate law were
discussed, the one placing a statute OF
limitations upon wills being the most
Important. The present inheritance
tax law was also found to need amend
ment in number of particulars, in or
der to facilitate the collection of the
tax. Many of the judges complained
that the attorney general did not ap-
pear to represent the state, and that
the law should be strengthened so as