The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-03-13
WORKING TOWARD END
WILL ADJOURN
ABOUT MARCH 20.
Much Important Work Vet Unfinished
With Only Few Days Left.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver. Legislators are looking
forward to the time Of final adjourn
ment, which, it is believed, will be
either March 20 or April 5. There Is
4 general feeling that about twenty
days more Is sufficient to pass the re-
construction measures advocated by
the administration, and, in many In
stances, by both Republicans and
Democrats. Up to date none of the
big issues, including good roads
program, the budget system Of eXpen-
ditures by the state, soldiers set
Element plan and blue-sky legislation,
has been passed by either House.
The Steele bill, calling for u
railroad commission to take over
the Moffut railroad and build the
James peuk tunnel, Is an important
bit of legislation to be considered.
There is the general money pay bill
for. administration expenses for the
next two years, and the consideration
of legislation to make operative the
civil service amendment to the cOnsti-
tuition adopted by the voters last No
vsmbsr.
Passage of the Booth bill for col
OnizatiOn and soldier settlement on
Colorado lands Is demanded by the
people OF southern Colorado, accord
ing to Secretary David w. Thomas Of
the agricultural and livestock bureau
OF the Denver Civic and Commercial
Association.
Colorado Is assured Of getting a ST.
5OO,OOO federal hospital within the
next year, according to telegram re-
ceived by the Colorado Development
federation from w. Macdonald Lee,
an influential Virginia newspaper pub
Usher, now in Washington co-opernt-
ing with Executive Secretary Carl
Hinton Of the federation. The hos
pital will be built and operated by
the United States Public Health Serv-
ice, and Will be for discharged sol
diers under the war risk insurance act.
The Senate passed on final reading
the Warren-Andrew bill creating IL
game refuge out of parts Of Larlmer
and Boulder counties, us well as the
Napier bill to validate purchases of
Liberty bonds made with state funds
by Robert II. Higgins. former treas
urer. The Thompson House bin, pro-
vidinx for an exchange Of tracts
owned respectively by the normal
school and the high school in Gunni.
son county. was given final approval.
Measures adopted on second reading
included the Andrew Peterson clnssi.
ficatiOn bill for fees of county off.
cials, the Knauss bill. providing an in.
crease In the percentage OF gross
premiums of foreign fire insurance
companies for the maintenance Of the
firemen's pension fund, and the Rid.
dle-TohIn bill calling for additional
facilities for the State Dairy Commits.
sioners Department.
The House considered favOrably, on
final reading. the Stephen bill prohib.
iting the display Of the "red fling" In
public. There was no discussion. the
representatives being unit In guard.
ing against the encouragement of
anarchistic propaganda through the
waving Of the red flag Of terrorism.
! Colorado il on the point of getting
away from the ''hOOdoO" OF thirteen
judicial districts. the House giving
final approval I" the Girnrd Hous.
hill for establishment Of another dis
trict Z" comprise the county Of Roul
der. The court will sit In Boulder.
The Dunlap-Iinttcnbnch Senate bill
to compel corporations to pay cm
pl0y4s twice II month. was adopted on
second reading. after II was amended
% rcnh that employers could pay on
any two days they chose. and not on
The 9Th and 10Th. rs was provided in
The original bin.
The lower House OF the Asscmbi,
gave It's final approval 10 n bin for Il
constitutional amendment which. /!
adopted by the voters two years honc"
will rcyoluiioniz" Ia II considerable TX
tent III" administration of educational
affairs In Colorado. The proposed
amendment provides for tn" establish
mcnt Of n state bonrd of education I.
he composed or seven members. which
will take the place of the present ox,
officio board and viii he empowered
to appoint n state commissioner oi
education. who viii tax" over tn.
duties ~ present performed by III.
stint. superintendent Of public instruc
rIon. thus nbolishing ns nm elective po
siiion the office of state SupcrInicnd
ent.
The needs Of the various state lnstl.
tutions during the biennial period
which began Dee. last were under
discussion NJ II meeting Of the Senate
finance committee. I'll" demands oi
the hsnds Of III" various institutions
for money wcr" gone over In detail n.
were tn" recommendations Of the spc.
ciul Senate visiting committee. com
possd Of Senators i'uffcr and Dunk.
lee, who visited the various Institu
lions and investigated the clnims nd
vancsd.
The Hous" hns pnss"d on third rcnd
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