The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-01-21

ACTIVITIES
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. Senator William y. RenshaW OF
idaho Springs presented bill in the
upper house which makes traffic laws
uniform throughout the state.
The Republican majority in the
State Senate declined to confirm the
appointment of Booth N. Malone as
public trustee for the city and county
of Denver.
A bill to establish the office Of pub
lie defender In Denver will be one of
the remaining measures to be present
ed to the Twenty-third General Assem-
bly, Of Colorado.
Governor Shoup Withdrew his list Of
recess appointments subject to con-
| firmation by the Senate. He submit
| ted the list to the senators and gave
notice that revised list will be intro
duced later
| A bill that would Increase the salary
of the superintendent Of the state in
sane asylum was introduced by Rep
resentative Morris Penter of Pueblo.
The present salary is $500. while the
bill calls for maximum salary of ST.
500.
| Three hundred and eighty-eight bills
have been introduced In the two houses
so far, as compared with approximate
ly 1900 offered in the last session.
Senate and House leaders predicted
the total for this session will not exl
| ceed 6OO
Senators and representatives from
the agricultural districts are being raj
lied together to support the Republican
platform proposal to fix a minimum
rate Of fifteen miles an hour at which
railroads must convey perishable farm
products and to prevent delay between
shipping point and destination
The judiciary committee is putting
in several hours day trying to catch
up with the great mass Of work be-
fore it. Several bills have been passed
upon and ordered printed. Among
these was the bill by Representative
| A. Thomas Pollock repeating the head
less ballot law.
Governor ShOup resubmitted to the
State Senate his list Of recess appoint
ments. No one as yet is named for
public trustee in Denver. The Senate
in executive session received the chief
| tAcCutlNc hCScuSC anu iCACAlC0 thC
appointments to various committees.
Ratification without debate Is expected
for the whole list
Plans providing for the establish
fnent of six additional game preserves
in Colorado and recommending more
rigid enforcement OF the game laws
will be presented to the State Legisla-
ture within few days, 1t has been an
nounced by John n. Hatton, chief of
the grazing department Of the United
States forest service.
The short appropriation BILL for the
period Dec. 1 through March, was in
troduced in the lower house by Repre-
sentative A. NJ. Wilson of Ell Paso
county 1t provides for appropriations
of $4OO,77946. The House adjourned to
allow the appropriations committee to
consider the proposal, which was re-
ported by the consmittee for printing.
One of the major bills of the session,
In that it is considered a fertile basis
for heated discussion in both houses,
was introduced in the Senate by Sen
ators David Elliot, Ell Paso county, and
John McFadzean of Del Norte, pro-
posing abolishment Of the State Rail-
road Commission. The proposal was
referred to the committee ON state af-
fairs.
Representative David p. Howard of
Grand county, who has been engaged
a number Of times in attempts to col
lect county taxes from the Denver Il
Salt Lake railroad, is sponsor for a
bill which would repeal the present
law regarding collecting of taxes from
corporations and substitute provisions
by which the taxes could be collected
through a court.
Twenty-three of the twenty-four Re-
publican state senators signed petit
tion requesting Governor Shoup to re-
appoint John F. Vivian as member Of
the State Land Board
Colorado mountain lions dead will
be worth 500, If the State Legislature
makes a law out of bill introduced
in the Senate by Senator j. L. Morri-
son of Dolores, who Is chairman of the
executive committee of the Dolores
River Fish and Game Club. The bill
proposes the state pay 500 bounty on
each lion killed when the huntsman
produces the animals skin before the
state fish and game commissioner
| within thirty days after it is killed,
with proper affidavits.
Definite revival of the project for
the construction of the Moffat tunnel
| contained in report made by W. @.
| Evans. as chairman of the State Rail-
road Commission, to Governor Shoup.
/ The report suggests the creation of
state agency charged with the duty of
making clear to the Interstate Com
merce Commission the situation CON
cerning transportation lines in Colo
RADIO and urgent need for the construc-
ton of the tunnels proposed in the de-
feated bond issue last November