The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31

cretion OF the state engineer: and. In.
stead Of requiring reservoir owners to
place guage rods at the outlets of the
reservoirs to determine the volume of
water passing out OF the reservoir,
permits them to place the guage rods
near the outlets.
Would LesaIize Racing and Boxing.
An effort is TO be made by Repre-
sentative Walker to amend House bill:
No. IA. which is intended to encour.
age the breeding Of horses in this
state by legalizing racing meets. so
that ii will also legaliZe ten-round box
ing bouts before bona fide athletic
clubs. Mr.. Walker plans to amend the
title OF the bill to make it include two
sect ions legaliZing boxing exhibitions.
According to the provisions Of the
amendment that Walker proposes to
introduce, ten-round bouts may be held
before athletic clubs. No decision is
to be rendered, the principals must be-
over eighteen years of age. and Sub
NIT to Il medical examination before
entering the ring. The boxing clubs
are to pay a license Of 1000 Il year
to the city II located within the limits
of an Incorporated town. or to tn"
county If located outside or the city.
The boxers are to receive 10 money o.
prizes other than a share of the gate
receipts.
Thr Walker amendment Is modelled
something after a bill now pending In
the Illinois Legislature. 1t Is under.
stood that 1t has the sanction and ap
proyal OF the Denver Athlete Club and
that that organization is preparing to
make a fight to secure Its adoption.
After numerous delays the state tun-
mel construction bill has been brought
up for second reading in the House.
The measure as submitted is new with
the exception of the title. The amend
ed bill gives every guarantee n"ces.
sary to the state for the money which
will be expended In the construction
of the tunnel II goes further and
makes the bore through the range an
open gateway" not confined to one
railroad. The Moifat road Is obligated
to share the use of the tunnel with
other roads that seek a shorter route
to and from the Pacific. This amend.
ed bill has been gone over by the hes;
legal minds in the West and they be-
lnve that II Is constitutional That
the state will lose nothing in standing
behind the undertaking is vouched for
by railroad experts and business men
The amount required IS St.ooo.00" To
Denver alone. 4 is claimed. the pass
ac" of the measure and the beginning
OF work would mean an incr"as" Of
values in one year OF far more than
the cost of the tunnel.
The Garman bill for "A wuman's
tn" Senate by vote of eighteen to
fourteen. following debate which
lasted several days and in which I
dramatic climax was reached whcr
senator Arthur COrnforth of FL Paso
administered a scathing r"hmke to Il
delegation from the WOmna's Club aft
"r a few of its members had Missed
him In the midst of a vigorous onposi-
on speech.
yiding for the construction of a state
tunnel through the continental divid"
To the state at large this is an I'M
poriant matter: to Denver it is the
k.onest interest. There is yelled Op-
position to the proposal. II Is pro-
posed to have the Legislature appoint
Il conference committee to confer with
a like committee from the Legislative
assembly Of Utah That Utah should
he interested in this matter is natural
because the proposed tunnel would
bring the principal points in that state
in much closer connection with the
East. But that Utah would be willing
to give funds to aid the actual con
struction work is hardly to he locked
for.
Representative Ardourcl has re-
signed as member of the committee
appointed to investigate the coal strk"
in the northern fields. He declared
that the committee had refused to
work as long rs he remained Nom
bcr Speaker McI.achlan naYcd Rep
rcscntative Hurd to take his place. At