The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
LEGISLATIVE news and GOSSIP

tnfOu8n the registration OF 00Of8o A.
Hally, president Of the State Fedora.
ton Of Labor. ~ a lobbyist in the
House OF Representatives. Hally 10 the
hrst Lobbyist to register. and his name
probably will remain lon6o00a' untn
that Of President Pulver Of the Dsuver
Trades and Labor Assembly, who 10
now ost OF the city. - entered upon the
book provided for registration OF lob
! lyists. says the Denver News.
The Senate In committee Of the
whole took up Senate Bill No. %. by
Mr.. Dc La vsrgns and save It favor
the act authorizing cities Of the arst
tain parks, 10 the terms Of park com.
missionsrs shall be two years Instead
of six years. The author Of the bill
explained that General Palmer OF Colo
RADIO Springs desires To donate certain
property to that city for park usage,
and its donation depends largely. on
the park board regulations.
Representative Kell OF Pueblo has
bill In the House 70 compel jewelers.
and those selling jewslry to mark all
such in = way to explain its actual COM
position. That IL, an eighteen-carat
teen-carat ring Is sold as an eighteen
carat one, the jewelr may be pun
ished. Any Imitation goods must be
plainly marked. The bill is drawn In
conformity with national law that
was signed last June. European coun-
tries have had such laws for many
years, but the legislation Is new In the
United States.
The bill before the Legislature, ask
ing for an appropriation Of $1b0.0OO
for the construction Of mining tenn
pie in Denver. has the backing of the
American Mining Congress and sew
eral wealthy residents Of Denver. IT
was at first suggested that an eight
story structure be erected and that the
larger portion OF 1t be rented, 30 that,
eventually, the building would pay for
itself. This plan. 1t Is said, did not re-
ceive the approval of David H. Moffat
and others, and go the Legislature Is
asked to Appropriate money for tho
construction of mining temple. to be
used exclusively for a permanent ex-
hibit of the states mining resources.
The bill provides that the money asked
for shall not be used until an equal
amount Is raised by subscription. The
congress also is interested In other
measures of interest to the mining in
dustry, one for the protection OF min
ing investors, and the other for the
creation of mine draining districts.
Duplicate bills now in tho hands OF
the mines and finance committees OF
the Legislature. known as House bill
No. 259 aad Senate bill No. z52, and
providing for q geological survey in
Colorado, are the subject Of much dis
cussion at the present time. The mea-
sure has attracted attention largely
through the iunusncs 1t Will have. II
passed, and thoss aware at Its exist.
ence are awaiting What action will be
taken With more than casual interest.
Forty states Of the Union have con-
Quoted geological surveys, md twenty
nine of these organisations are still
active. Michigan, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and New York have carried on
survey work with but short intsrrup-
tions for over ffty years. The annual
appropriations for the work range a.
high ~ $4,000. At present New York.
Illinois and Kentucky are each spend
Ing from $4,000 to $4,000 year.
The investigations undertaken are
mainly along the line OF economic
geology proper, but In 4 number Of
cases the study Of soils. water re-
sources, water power and other mat
ters of economic importance are in
cluded. In a few. general natural his
tory is made part Of the work.
II the present plans of the State
out. the State Horticultural Board, the
and the State Historical Society will
have to move from the capitol. The
officials In charge Of these ofices are
Mrs. Martha Shute. Commissioner e.
Lyman White, Custodian w. w. Fer
guson and Curator VIII c. Ferril.
They are now preparing to fight the
expected order OF eviction. The capi-
tol board has no objection to these
ofiicials in particular but 1t takes the
position that the files of papers be-
longing to the State Horticultural So
ciety, which are stored In the basement
and sub-basement, are menace to the
whole building on account of the pos
sibilities they offer for fire. Further
more, they argue that the business Of
the state is increasing to such an ex-
tent that the space occupied by the
exhibits of the departments named Is
actually needed for executive purposes.
| The board proposed at an outlay OF
S1l,uUU TO Duy lne Two VdCanl lOtS
across from the capitol building, at
Sherman and East Fourteenth aven-
ues, and upon these lots to erect a
suitable fireproof building In which
the valuable exhibits owned by the
four departments might be established.
A meeting of the Senate committee
on agriculture was held after adjourn
ment Friday to consider S. B. Nos. 219
and 220, b. Senator Drake. These
| bills provide that the land originally
donated to the state by the federal
government, known as state lands,
be taken out of the entire Jurisdiction
of the State Land Board and placed In
the Joint control of that board and
| that of the State Agricultural College
at Fort Collins. Originally these lands
were given to the state by the gov.
ernment for the support Of the Agri
cultural college, but out of the original
10000 acres only 10000 remain. Other
states, as was explained by Eugene
Grubb of the Agricultural college
board, have parted with all the lands
given them by the government at low
prices. Mr.. Grubb urged that the state
! should retain the balance Of its lands
1 for the reason that If 1t does so the
lands will entirely support the State
| Agricultural College and make further