The Delta independent., 1919-02-21
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RockwELL's LETTER
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been grinding away pretty steadily
for the past week The purpose is I
think, to dispose of as many Of the
| in the session the big important bills
like the two million dollor bond issue,
budget system, the short ballot, the
Moffat Tunnel and other important
measures, may be considered without
too much confusion. And for the ben
eft of those who have the idea that
members Of the legislature simply
loaf on the job wish to give sample
of a days work The actual discus
sion and voting on bills is from 10
to 12 and from to 4 every day ex-
cept Sunday His correspondence must
be taken care of before 10 o'clock il
he gets it done Practically every
day between 12 and there is at least
one committee meeting which prob
ably takes at least an hour. and often
there are two. After 4 O'Clock there
are other committee meeting, while
about three or four times week
4 there are joint committee meetings
of the House and Senate in the even
ing to hear speakers discuss the mer-
its and demerits of some of the long
irrigation bills or worhmen's compen-
sation act. or bills. of that character.
In fact most of the members seldom
see their families except for a few
evenings when there happens to be
no night meetings, and on Sunday.
However. the work is of vital interest
and if one can feel that he is really
doing service. he enjoys the work.
At the present time the stock COM
mittee in the house is having quite
problem TO figure out brand bill
which will be satisfactory to the state
board of brand commissioners and al
so the stockmen. 1t seems that the
brand commissioner claims that he
has not sufficient funds to keep the
brand inspection up as it has been
done. unless the legislature make an
arrangement to raise some more mon
ey. II is also fact that practically
every brand which is fit to put on an
animal, has already been issued. II |
recoIlect correctly. there are over 40
600 brands issued in the state of Colo
RADIO at this time. $1,000 Of which are
unused Two years ago the brand
commissioner tried to get he stock
committee to report out a bill requir-
ing a person to designate which side
of an animal he wished his brand re-
| corded on. In this way it was their
intention to use all of these brands
twice; one for the right side and once
for the left This heartily disap-
proved of and we managed to keep
I y, ,t@
the commissioner asks us to pass
bill requiring every brand TO be re-re-
corded at this time, and making an as
sessment OF 81 on every brand each
year, under penalty of forfeiting his
brand II he fails to comply. ! have
steadfastly refused to concur in this
bill in its entirety, because as ! claim
there is so much chance of a man
overlooking or forgetting to have his
brand recorded each year and thus
lose it. However. in order to clarity
the records and give the brand depart
ment the use of the $4,000 brands
which they claim are now recorded
but are not in use. and in order to
raise sufficient revenue to carry the
brand department on the efficient bas-
| is at least for the next two years.
suggested that an assessment of 50
for each brand which is held in use in
the state be made at this time. and If
the person owning the brand does not
care enough for it to have ii re-record
cd within period of six to nine
months. it will be forfeited and given
to someone else. Against the wishes
of the majority of the committee, |
have held this bill up for some time
now. trying TO get some satisfactory
action with the idea of clarifying the
brand records of dead. unused brands.
the department efficiently and at the
same time to protect the stockman
from having to record his brand every
year.
There is another important bill be
fore the committee ut this time. on
which we have been unable to agree
as yet This is bill put in by DR.,
Lamb. the State Veterinarian, to the
effect that no person, may use Hog
Cholera Virus except licensed vet
erinarian. The bill further provides
that an owner may vaccinate his hogs
with hog serum. but not with the vir.
MS. DR.. Lamb claims that one of the
reasons that hog cholera has spread
so much in Colorado is due to the use
OF virus without understanding its
properties and the fact that often 1t
innoculates hogs with cholera. This
not only results in loss to the owner
but often to the killing of many herds
near him.
Among the. bills passed this week
on second reading. are five which |