The Arvada enterprise., 1921-01-27

ACTIVITIES

troduced:
Complete abolishment OF the direct
primary law and Substitution therefor
" the. old convention system for pail
deal campaigns was proposed 10
blu presented by Senator w. H.
Adams of Alamosa. the fourth meas
ure he has introduced 10 his nineteen
terms In the Senate and the last on
the Senate docket.
Drastic changes In the present state
laws governing the labor department
were proposed In series of bills pre-
sented by Senator w. o. Peterson Of
Pueblo.
Senator Hugh r. Steele Of Denver
sponsored bill to Increase by one
the number of judges in the Second
judicial district Denver county, max
ing q total of six.
Senator O. E. Bannister sof Grand
junction proposed In bill that the
state appropriate $4,000 for a statue
Of the late United States Senator
Henry n. Teller at the capital at
Washington.
A drastic measure for the preven.
tiOn Of profiteering was introduced
by Representatives Paul b. Godsman
Of Burlington and John F. Rotruck Of
Denver. 1t defines profiteerins a.
any merchant or corporation charging
an unfair price. The maximum pen.
atty would be fixed at $1,000 fine and
six months imprisonment In the
county Jail
Representatives Robert A. Young Of
Denver introduced bill that would
provide an appropriation for the
building of an executive mansion for
the governor =
Landowners of the Greeley POudre
irrigation district, which includes H..
600 acres north and east OF Greeley
met In Denver where they made plans
to resist tax levy amounting to $27
an acre, which the commissioners Of
Weld county have levied upon the
land. 1t is hoped that some plan will
be worked out under which the dis
trict can be refinanced and placed
under actual irrigation. Thirteen
Denver landowners issued the call for
the general meeting. The Greeley.
Poudre Irrigation district was organ.
lied twelve years ago and 100000
bonds were sold. A large part Of the
irrigation system was completed, In.
4 Guiding the reservoirs, the main canal
and a tunnel through the Continental
divide northwest of Fort Collins. The
mnin source of water supply for the
district was to be the flood waters Of
the Poudre river. which would be held
BY q huge channel reservoir. Add.
tiOnal water was to be taken from
the Laramie river through the tunnel.
Following the rejection by the voters
last November of the proposed amend.
ments to increase salaries Of numerous
state officials, II Is considered likely
that the Senate finance and the lower
house appropriations committees will
turn down nll bills proposing salary -.
posed increases recommended by the
state budget commissioner total ap-
proximntely s2OO,OOO and cannot be
paid unless an additional tnx IL pro-
vitled. Granting Of the increases would
defeat Immediately, they said, the Re-
publican mujorlty's aim to make this
biennial period economical.
Tho first measure to pass both
houses Of the Twenty-thiId General
! Assembly of Colorado and 70 to the
governor for his approval was the
short appropriation hill for approx
mately $4,000. covering salaries Of
state employees and officials from Dec.
through March. This bIM was passed
on third reading In the Senate with q
few minor amendments. These changes
were approved by the lower house. and
the bill was sent to the governor.
A lively fight is considered likely
over the proposals. In Senator w. O.
Psterson's bin for reapportIoning the
four congressional districts. The
changes proposed. On tise jbssis Of the
1870 census. wosld be effective for the
next ten yearA A Senator Peterson
has drawn the bin TIE population 10
the districts would b.: FIRST. $4,000 ;
Second. 28i 900: Third, 2SGOOO: :
Fourth, $4,000. A. prnssossd, El Paso
county would be removed from the
present Second district and placed II
the Third; Clear Creek. 1upin aud
Jaffers0n countIea. now n tlse Third,
would bc placed In the 8ecsoA district |;
Park county wohld he transferred
from the Third to the Fourth, and
Denver would continue to be the First
district. Senator Peter~na does not
favor the proposal 70 place DE aix San
Luis valley counties, NOW In the 1hlrd,
In the Fourth district. hecAuse thsir
business and rniiroad connections arc
closely ahled with th0ae Of the Third
district.
Representative Charles C. sack.
mann introduced measure that
would create state boxing commits.
sion.
Representative David r. Howard Of