The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS

coo high school building at Salida.
ON December 14th hogs sold at
$S.4712 on the Denver market, break
ing all records for high prices up to
that date
After the first of the year every
doctor IN the state must report to the
registrar of vital statistics in his dis
trlct each birth which comes under
his observation.
At a conference of the five executive
Officers of the state, it was decided to
close all offices in the state capitol at
Denver at 1870 o'clock each Saturday
afternoon from now on.
Despite the cold weather, work on
the STANDBY lake ditch from Beebe
Draw 10 Hudson, 100 miles. is pro-
gressing with big steam plows and
about 1000 men engaged.
William ]. Palmer post of the Grand
Army of the Republic has been organ
lied at Colorado City, the officers be-
ing formally installed by Department
Commando j. w. Wingate.
The Colorado Springs Company is
taking steps to park forty acres OF
land lying between Wood avenue and
Monument valley park. The land is
valued at 100000 and is situated in
the moth end residence district.
Governor John F. Shafroth says that
SO cents meal is enough for any
man to pay in Denver and that rs
cents while travelling on the road is
the sensible limit under such condi-
tions. These observations were
brought out by the governor at
meeting of the military board in the
state house, when Governor Shafroth
announced that he would approve no
more meals, in the expenses of the de-
partment over Is cents.
The Grand Junction budget ordi-
nance as adopted by the city commits
s1oners appropriates over 100000 for
municipal expenses for the ensuing
year. This is an increase of $4,000
over last years appropriation. which
was then the highest on record. The
question of street paving and a noun
tain water system confront the COM
missioners and the budget includes an
item of six months interest on $780,
made for the new water supply.
John Hopkins. the first man to drive
the famous pony express from st.
Leafs to San Francisco, a hero of ma
tional reputation in the terrible Chi
cago fire. and for thirty-two years one
of the best known prospectors and
hunters in Colorado, died few days
since at the El Paso county poor farm,
aged eighty-seven. Hopkins was born
in Illinois and came to Colorado in
1873, where he had since made his
home.
n J.. Drew, general agent for the
Colorado Midland at Colorado Springs,
has made an estimate of the number
of tourists who visited Colorado
Springs the past season. His figures
are 125,000, based on the fact that for
ty-four trains arrived daily during the
tourist season and that each train
brought fifteen tourists during the
month of June, thirty in July and Au-
gust, and ten in September, with an
additional 10000 tourists for the
month of October
state Auditor Kenehan has allowed
Governor Slafroth his full salary for
October and November, although dur
ing a part Of each he was out of the
state. Governor Shafroth declares he
will not accept the salary if it is not
legally due him, but he is awaiting an
opinion from the attorney general. The
governor is said to have brought back
with hin, list Of court opinions re-
quiring that governor shall be paid
during his absence from the state if
he is On official business.
Under regulations adopted by the
Denver school beard for the admins
tration of teachers pensions, the
board will possess the right to retire
an instructor without his or her con-
sent. This will be done upon recon-
mcndaticn Of the superintendent of
schools il his reasons advanced for the
retirement gre found sufficient by the
board. Thus teachers who fulfill the
requirements viii not only be allowed
to ask for retirement on pension, but
the school board will have the right to
enforce retireihents. All who receive
pensions must have given at least ten
years service and must have reached
the age required.
Reports received by the State HUI
name Society say that there are sey
eral instances OF cattle and horses
starving on the ranges in the bitter
weather of the last month or two. The
Humane society, under the law passed
last year, can no longer take charge
of the animals and feed them, this
power having been given to the Stock
Inspection board. The Humane society
turned the complaints over to that
body, but will prosecute the owners
for cruelty to sn'mals if the charges