The Ordway new era., 1921-02-04

ACTIVITIES
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- kusuSS. has been PIiNseu-
- ..--ss,fsb e securities comInls-
-, .,,,4r.,sad Of. the attorney gen
s-.f vls5 wouid De president oil 'i'e
t.,.ty. ths secretary of state ana q -
&c. commissioner 10 be appointed
bv he governor al SS-si'1 salary year
sr5 under 4 5000 bond No firm sell
r. .-5r. ,senId Do business In the state
xfr,sogt d certificate from the commls-
So FEDERAL. foreign government To-
rsl fmurovemen; and numerous othet
securities specified would he exempted
Tie p7posal to abolish the Railroad
f,o-.--7sSi1r : considered certain 10 I
hri1. out the same alignment Of iorees
which marked the campaign last NO T.
vellbsr concerning the proposed CON .
.FirursonaI amendment 10 permit build .
frc of the Nofflt ami two other rau- +
road tunnels with state bond issue F.
That :. REPRESENTATIVES Ia the TWO .
houses from the southern part OF the .
safe. which was largely instrumental .
in defeating the amendment. are eN-
psrred -o support the measure >'lld'y'
while The majority OF the northern
COUNTIES sol1ns will be as >oi.diy
against it,
Any Colorado municipality Of the
=-~- 1r second class could acquire Or
establish public parks or pleasure
grounds within thirty miles OF lis cor
pa-are limits If Senate Bill No 70, by
senators GoIdlus. Fairfield and
HnaUSS- now printed becomes law. The
bill provides that the mayor OF city
sIerrin- 10 create such grounds would
lppolut park commission Of SIX mem-
bers. t1 serve without pay. and the
commission coulI hire % secretary at
SI.-lu salary year- Tie parks would
bv provided for ly 81 bond issue, tp be
voted upon by die people.
Eer-.saurariy-, consider lt possible
.hu- rus rvo bills hy Representatives
e. r. Bond and Charles e.. Saesuaul,
regarding the State Highway C0umis-
sion. viii be consolidated in gE effort
10 Llrl6uize differences over highway
legislation Both have been reported
cu- Of tie roads and bridges committee
for printing by unanimous vote. The
bond bill provides for "a single highway
. cpumlSS-Uuer, 20 be appointed Jy the
governor, and'a secretary and d deputy
highway commissioner To be named by
I the commissioner.
= lower house bill which, it is said
will meet with The opposition Of guard
tans OF county treasures, is that in-
Z Iroduced by Representative John J..
/ Yandemoer of Grand Junction. as No.
y. and providing that county commis-
sioners shall authorize payment from
county funds for the hotel. travelling,
eating and other expenses of county
and Juvenile court judges when they
attend annual conferences or conven-
ticHS called 10 consider matters with
N the jurisdiction OF county and juye-
uiIe courts.
House Bill No. 151, by Representa-.
tive H H. Harbaugh Of Greeley, would
permit counties 10 lease state-owned
lands needed for highways and would
provide for condemnation proceedings
( By a board Of three appraisers to b,
named by the county commissioner t,
obtain pTivaJely-owned land required
for roads \ majority OF resident.
along any proposed route would be re
quired 10 petition the county commits
SiOners for the condemnation proceed
inss.
\ bill intended TO prevent exuctior
ot pledges from legislators when the,
are running for election has hrough
= flood OF protests from the Anti-Sa
loon League 10 State Represenrat,v
Morris A Penter. sponsor of the meas
ure- The bill would fix a penalty o
500 10 $1,000 fine. six months imnrj.
onment, or both, for every person seel
ing such pledges and for every cand
date asreeing 10 them.
Representative D. p. Howard q
Grand county, who sponsored bill I
Increase the membership of the Leri,
larure TO $50. from the present 10,
; said his proposal would not be uncor
surutlonal as declared to he by som
opponents, because it provides for
constitutional amendment to make ii
Increase legal.
Railroads would be forbidden TO n,
trains backwards except in case ,
: wreck. accident. making up trains. i,
work trains between sunrise and su
set, undera bill. No, IS, by Represent
tives Charles H. Cowan and c. L. Gi
bert Penalty of SlO0 to 500 for ea,
ofrense is fixed by the measure.
Representative James Hunter w
son bill, No. los. would require ra
roads TO erect shelter sheds for .,
and engine repairmen in all plae
where more than three are employe
Fine % $50 to SlOO FOR each Ten da,
delay in providing the sheds would
: fixed
Seventy-four of the Senate's 4
bills have been printed and a uumb
, reported out favorably for consider
fion on second reading Of ,b, i.,,.