Semi-weekly herald., 1911-07-20

culnted referring this m asure. This.
Is the law that caused 81 a a fight be-
tween irrigation men during the as
sembly. 1t gives senior resei tssss.
priority over junior bitches. -
banks, through their stat association,
| have decided to refer tn entire bank
ing law passed by the last assembly
to the people. This law was drafted
by Banl, Commissioner Pfeiffer and
he announces that if the banks prefer
it, he believes the people viii initiate
mutual guarantee bill and refer it
to the people along with this one and
let them take their choice as TO which
they prefer.
The troubles in the state land board
have, for the time being, quieted
down. The Montezuma valley and the
Routt county oil leases or agricultural
college lands were referred to the
board Of control of the State Agri-
cultural college for final settlement.
This board surprised everybody by
refusing to give Mr.. Davy, who want
ed the lease in the Montezuma county
fields, contract for lands in one
bcdy, and offered him every alternate
forty acres, and the next day the same
board recommended that Gross, wha<
wanted the land in Routt county, be
given a lease on one tract and not
ON alternate forties, The boards po-
sition in the Montezuma county propo-
sition was that if oil was struck the
state would have every other forty
acres to develop itself Its position
in Routt county has not been eN-
planned. Those who have looked into
the matter attach considerable signi-
fcance to the fact that the Moffar
read has corps of surveyors work
ing on proposed line from the pres
eni terminus Of the road to the land
ia question. The question naturally
arises, did the Moffat interests want
the land in one tract in Routt coun-
ty?
That Colorado will eventually Sc
cure the water rights belonging to The
Teller Indian school as well as 1910
acres originally belonging to the res
eivation, which have just been with
drawn from entry, is announced IN
letter just received from Senator Gug-
genhem. Recently, the interior de-
partment advertised these water
rights for sale. Colorado, through its
Republican representative in the SEN
ate, Senator Guggenheim, assisted by
Attorney General Griffith, entered a
protest contending that the Teller.
school grant would be Of no value to
tho state without the water for IT.
rigation. So effectively was thfcase
presented that Secretary Fisher has
informed Senator Guggenheim that. if
| the department finally holds that IRE
water rights were not part of the
original grant, ne viii endorse a bin
for the congressional transfer of the
water rights to Colorado.
Shortly after the Teller school grant
to Colorado was approved 1,240 acres
Of the original reservation was thrown
lopen to settlement. At once, Senato-
Guggenheim championed Colorad-dl
ease, contending that without this
acreage the school property would be
o5 little value to Colorado for the
conduct of a horticultural school. It's
present withdrawal from entry in
d'cates that this acreage will also
come into possession of the state
State Treasurer Kenehan and State
Auditor Leddy are vying with each
ether in abuse over the classification
of appropriations. The facts are, that
neither gentleman has anything to do
with the cassiGcations other than to
follow the law. The law specifically
states where each appropriation shall
be placed and in what order The
trouble is that both Mr.. Kenehan and
Mr.. Leddy would like TO play politics
by advancing ar appropriation to a
position out of its class. lnasmuch
as the two gentlemen belong TO diff
ferent wings of Democracy. each Is
preventing the other from making this
unlawful classification. Had the last
assembly seen fit to appropriate just
the amount of money available, there
would be no trouble, but inasmuch as
the assembly appropriated a million
end half dollars more than will be
available, only the first, second andNa
portion of the third classes will be
paid. Every appropriation that right
fully belongs in either the third, the
fourth, or the fifth class that is placed
10 the first class by either Leddy or
kenehan and payments made thereon,
simply takes away from the first and
second classes that amount of funds.
THREE TO FOUR THOUSAND