The Arvada enterprise., 1919-02-06
ACTIONS
aooD ROADS DlLL STILL HOLDS
CENTER OF STAGE.
One Dill Would Prevent WsIshln.
Hands With Provisions.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-Good roads legislation
probably will not be reached In the
Legislature until the middle Of next
month. according to a tentative
agreement reached. following
point meeting OF the constitutional
amendments committe of the Senate
and the roads and bridges committees
of the House. Hearings. however.
will BE- given to those who are inter-
ested In the $2O.OOO.0O0 bond issue.
Or those who are opposing the pas
sage OF such measure. Legislators
Of both houses will be guests ut a
luncheon to be given by the Colorado
Good Roads Association on Lincoln's
birthday. The matter Of good roads
will be discussed in detail. State Of
ficials and others will be invited to
attend.
Legislators say they have first
hand knowledge of some grocers
wei eighing the scoop with the sugar
and then removing the receptacle be-
fore tying the paper sack. Represen-
tative Charles A. Foster proposes a
legal operation against tho grocery
clerk who weighs his hand with the
article purchased and thereby short
weights the purchaser. His met
weight" bill would compel whole
salers and retailers and all others to
mark every package. large or small.
with the actual weight Of tho net
contents. He says he has facts to
prove that in some instances the
bags or burlap or other covering
used in the purchase Of hams. for OK
ample. total 8 per cent Of the gross
weight. and that the consumer pays
for something which he does not get
Chickens in the vicinity Of Pueblo
may bring 500 apiece in fines-pro-
vidcd the bill OF Senator w. o. Peter
son becomes law. The chickens
must be caught trespassing on ANY
cemetery in. adjacent to or within
three miles" of Pueblo or any other
city Of 10000 population or more.
A bill by Representatives Girard
and Dolan. both of Boulder. to create
a new judicial district to consist OF
Boulder county. was referred by the
House to the committee on state at
fairs and reapportionment Severa,
proposals for rearrangement OF the
judicial and representative districts
are before this committee and will
be considered together,
Representative Ernest Owen OF
Leadville. author of the bill TO re-
peal the Sunday closing act. issued q
reply to the criticism Of him by q
Arthur Holloway. acting superin-
tendent of the Colorado Anti-SaloOn
Lea que. in which he says the fight
Mr.. Holloway threatened to make
against him and his colleagues I,
merely an excuse to keep the league
In existence after its work Of max
Ing Colorado dry" has been done.
The practice Of passing resolution
In approval or disapprovai Of various
actions OF Congress was criticized b,
Representative Downing. 4 Repub
lican. In a debate on such . reaolu
tion introduced by william Mellen
Mellen asked the House 10 indors'
the action Of ConErsSs In amthorix
ing medals for men who served OI
legal advisory boards In the draft.
The short appropriation bills o
five state institutions were passed OI
third reading. and the emsrgenc!
clause added without any objection
The Industrial Workshop for tn
Blind. the State Industrial School
the Training School for Mental De
fectives. the penitcntiary and tn
Home for Dependent Children ar'
granted appropriations totaiing &96.
900.
The House declined TO incorpornt,
In \ bill for the preparation Of 4 di
gest OF Colorado laws an amendn,sn
proposed by Representative John r
Rotruck that the authors Of tn. bool
must be attorneys Of ten years prnc
iics In Colorado. Several sttorn..
members replied ihnt ten ycnrs II
the law business might put u goo,
man In such n rut that he would b.
incapable of doing M well ms h,
could when fresh from college. an,
objected 10 limiting tho governor. I,
whom IN" appointing power is given
ns 10 the class Of attorneys he coult
s"'ect from,
Among those passed on secont
r"aiInr was Representative J. A
Phelps BIN changing the method ol
Dhym"nt OF justices ~ IN" p~ar. and
rons'nblcs A. present they nrc pa Id
from tho fees 81 III" office. which re-.
suits. according ~ Phelps. In constn.
hlcs drumming M" busin"sH I'm.
der this bin their salaries will come
from the general fund Tn. bin only
applies Ia iuafic" pf"rincts of NOR"
than 6.000 population. which prob
ably limits II 10 Pueblo. ~ Dcnvcr'p