The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-03-30

water passing out OF the reservoir.
permits them to place the guage rods
Eear the outlets.
Would Le0alize Racing and Boxing.
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 1t will also legalize ten-round box
ing bouts before bona fide athletic
clubs. MIR. Walker plans to amend the
title of the hill to make 1t 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 Us
to be rendered. the principals must BE-
over eighteen years of age. and sub
init to medical examination before
entering the ring. The boxing clubs
are to pay a license OF 81 900 a year
to the city II located within the limits
OF an Incorporated town, or to the
county II located outside or the city.
The boxers are to receive no money or
prizes other than q share Of the gate
receipts, .-t, -. i.t..'.
The Walker amendment Is modelled
aomethins, after bill now pending IN
the Illinois Legislature, II 10 under
stood that It has the sanction and ap
provAl OF the Denver Athlete. Club and
that that organization is preparing to
make . Tight to secure Its. adoption.
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nal construction BIN 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 n shorter route
to and from the Pacific. This amend
ed bill has been gone over by the best
legal minds in the West and they be-
lieve 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 rs $f.000.000 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. t.t
The Garman bill for a woman's
eight-hour law was finally passed by
the Senate by a vote OF eighteen to
fourteen. following debate which
lasted several days and in which a
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 vigorous opposi.
ton speech.
The house has taken up the bill pro
viding for, the construction of 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 veiTed .op
position to the proposal. 1t is pro
I. posed to have the Legislature appoint
conference committee to confer with
a like committee from the Legislative
assembly Of Utah.. That 6tah should
be interested In this mutter Is natura
because the proposed tunnel. yoult
bring the principal points in that statt
in much closer connection with thu
East. But that Utah would be willing
to give funds to aid the actual con
struction work is hardly to be looked
for. '-
Representative Arlourel has re
signed as a member of the committed
appointed to investigate the coal strike
in the northern fields. He declared
that the committee had refused t
work as long as he, remained a mem
ber Speaker. McLachlan named Rep
,resentative Hurd to take his. place. A
the request OF Hurd the mater wa
l'laid over. =.
Representative Ashton has intro
duced resolution in the. House tha
April IL be set as a day ,upon whicl
The Legislature rNOuld adjourn =