Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
LEGISLATIVE
ACTIVITIES

(Wsstan NssspsDss Union Nsws SsrsScs.)
Following are some Of the bills in
reduced:
Complete abolishment of the direct
primary law and substitution therefor
of the old convention system for poll
tical campaigns was proposed In a
bill presented by Senator w. II.
Adams of Alamosa, the fourth meas
ure he has introduced In 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 a series of bills pre-
sented by Senator w. o. Peterson of
Pueblo.
Senator Hugh R. Steele Of Denver
sponsored a bill to increase by one
the number of judges in the Second
judicial district (Denver county, max
ing total Of six.
Senator o. E. Bannister of Grand
Junction proposed in bill that the
state appropriate $4,000 for statue
Of the late United States Senator
Henry NJ. 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 profiteering as
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 IT,
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 rehnanced and placed
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Denver landowners issued the call for
the general meeting. The Greeley
Poudre irrigation district was organ
lied twelve years ago and $2,000,OOO
bonds were sold. A large part Of the
irrigation system was completed. in
Guiding the reservoirs, the main canal
and q tunnel through the Continental
divide northwest of Fort Collins. The
main source OF water supply for the
district was to be the flood waters of
the Poudxe river, which would be held
by a huge channel reservoir. Addi-
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, it is considered likely
that the Senate finance and the lower
house appropriations committees will
turn down all bills proposing salary in
creases. Members contend that pro-
posed Increases recommended by the
state budget commissioner total ap-
proxlmately 100000 and cannot be
paid unless an additional tax is pro-
vided. Granting Of the Increases would
defeat Immediately, they said, the Re
publican majority's aim to make this
biennial period economical.
The first measure to pass both
houses Of the Twenty-third General
Assembly of Colorado and go to the
governor for his approval was the
short appropriation bill for approx
mately 100000, covering salaries of
state employees and officials from Dec.
through March. This bill was passed
on third reading in the Senate with
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.
Peterson's bill for reapportioning the
four congressional districts. The
changes proposed, on the basis of the
1920 census, would be effective for the
next ten years. AS Senator Peterson
has drawn the bill the population in
the districts would be: First, 256OOO;
Second, 261,OOO; Third, $4,000;
Fourth, $4,000. As proposed, Ell PasO
county would be removed from the
present. Second district and placed in
the. Third; Clear Greek, Gilpin and
Jefferson counties, now in the Third,
would be placed in the Second district;
Park county would be transferred
from the Third to the Fourth, and
Denver would continue to be the First
district. Senator Peterson does not
favor the proposal to place the six San
Luis valley counties, now in the Third,
in the Fourth district, because their
business and railroad connections are