The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
oEnrENN1A1 STATE 1TEl1s

was taken by the House of Represent
atives, when an amendment to the
present law restoring the closed sca-
SON for that period passed on second
reading. The open season was re-
stored by the last Legislature. The
section affecting deer is part of Bill.
making several notifications In the
fish and game laws. and is spon-
sored by Representatives M. E. Bash
or and Robert F. Rockwell. The
representatives of mountain districts
who favored retention Of the open
season of four days each year, from
October LIST to October 4th. mustered
twenty-four votes, while thirty-sev-
en- were cast by their opponents. II
the law is amended. 1t will conform
to the future open seasons on male
mountain sheep with horns. male an
telope having horns and elk having
horns, all Of which are protected un-
der the law until 1924. 1t is pro-
posed to change the dates of the
open season on sage chickens from
August 18th to September 1st.
That business ut the Denver post
office is increasing is shown by the
receipts from the sale In postage
stamps. Receipts from stamps last
month totaled $18S, 1922, compared
with $177 1888 GO In January of 1918.
This Is an Increase Of $15,7O5.58. Al
though the sales last month did not
total as much as the preceding month";
this WAS due TO Christmas, when
many stamps were bought for sending
presents. Stamp sales in December.
1918, amounted to $210,515.4.
The Steamboat Spring Ski Club will
hold a tournament this year. the dates
selected being Feb. 21 and %. Az has
always been the case. the tournament
this year will eclipse all others ~
added attractions are being obtained
and the top notch professionals Of the
world will be In attendance to try
again to lower the worlds record
Jump made on the local track.
The building of roads and trails and
performance Of other needed develop
ment work in the Rocky Mountain
park will be possible result OF = bill
passed by the national House Of Rep
resentatives annulling the limit Of
$4,000 . year placed upon upkeep and
development expenditures by the orig
inal law creating this national play
ground In Colorado.
Resolutions condemning the repeal
of the Sunday closing law and gam
bling on rnce horses were adopted at
meeting Of the Ministerial alliance
In Denver The resolution sxAinst
the Sunday closing Law was aimed At
n bill pending before the Legislature
providing for the repeal Of the stat
utes requiring the closing of places OF
amusement on Sunday.
The State Board OF immigration has
Just completed a statewide survey Of
all uncompleted irrigation projects in
Colorado. This survey was made for
the guidance Of the committee which
IL In charge of the movement for farm
homes for returning soldiers and sail
orr. 1t is the most complete undertak-
ing of its kind ever attempted In tho
state.
A bill by Representative Bashor
and Rockwell, with the dual purpose
of protecting game and migratory
birds and prohibiting foreign-born I'M
naturalixed residents of Colorado
from carrying firearms, was passed
on second reading after several mem-
bers of the House had expressed
doubts NJ to Its conctitutiOnality.
All returning soldiers are invited to
become honorary members OF the
Pueblo Commerce Club. with all the
privileges Of paid members with the
exception of voting. A letter OF invi-
tation and membership card is sent
to each Pueblo man who returns from
the army camps or from overseas
service.
A bill clamping the screws more
tightly upon loan sharks who make n
business of garnisheeing the wages of
working men and women for small
loans il being urged upon legislators
by committee on social legislation,
headed by Henry Van Kleek.
Original Jurisdiction WIS assumed by
the Colorado Supreme Court in the
civil service wrangle arising from the
appointment of two commissions, one
by the outgoing governor, julius q.
Gunter, and the other by Gov. oliver
H. Shoup. The court, sitting en- banc,
authorized writ of custer TO issue,
which compels the members Of the
Gunter commission to make reply as
to why they should not be removed
from office. In announcing that the
| writ may issue, the court let 1t be
known that 1t would consider no dis
puted facts. This will limit the de-
cision as to who in law constitutes the
civil service commission.
Miss Nina Koperlik of Pueblo is the
champion debater of Centennial high
school. She obtains this title for hav-
ing won both medals offered at the