The new era., 1911-03-30

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.
An effort is to be made by Repre-
sentative Walker to amend House bill
No. 474, which is intended to encour
age the breeding of horses in this
state by legalizing racing meets, so
that it 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
sections 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 a medical examination before
entering the ring. The boxing clubs
are to pay a license of $1,000 year
to the city if located within the limits
of an incorporated town, or to the
county if located outside or the city.
The boxers are to receive no money OF
prizes other than share of the gate
receipts.
The Walker amendment is modelled
l.; iy,f, in
the Illinois Legislature. 1t is under
stood that it has the sanction and ap'
proval of the Denver Athlete Club and
that that organization is preparing to
make a fight to secure it's 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 neces-
sary to the state for the money which
will be expended in the construction
of the tunnel. 1t goes further and
makes the bore through the range an
'open gateway" not confined to one
railroad The Moffat road is obligated
to share the use of the tunnel with
other roads that seek shorter route
to and from the Pacific. This amend
ed bil has been gone over by the best
legal minds in the' West and they be-
lieve that it 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 S4,00OOOO. To
Denver alone, it is claimed, the pass
age of the measure and the beginning
of work would mean an increase of
values in one year of far more than
the cost of the tunnel.
The Garman bill for a woman's
eight-hour law was finally passed by
the Senate by a vote of eighteen to
fourteen, following a debate which
lasted several days and in which 4
dramatic climax was reached when
Senator Arthur Cornforth Of Ell Paso
administered a scathing rebuke to a
delegation from the Womna's Club aft
er a few of its members had hissed
him in the midst of a vigorous opposi-
ton speech.
The house has taken up the bill pro.
viding for the construction of a state
tunnel through the continental divide
To the state at large this is an i'm
portant matter; to Denver it is the
keenest interest. There is yelled op-
position to the proposal. 1t is pro-
posed to have the Legislature appoint
conference committee to confer with
like committee from the Legislative
assembly of Utah. That Utah should
be 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 be looked
| for.
Representative Ardourel has re-
signed as a member of the committee
appointed to investigate the coal strike
in the northern fields. He declared
that the committee had refused to
work as long as he remained a mem
ber. Speaker McLachlan naned Rep
resentative Hurd to take his place. AT
the request of Hurd the mater was
laid over
duced resolution in the House that
April II be set as day upon which
the Legislature should adjourn.