The Arvada enterprise., 1923-04-05
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STATE CAPITOL
NEWS LETTER
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The Colorado river compact was
unanimously passed on second read
ing BY the state House of RepreSen-
tatives without discussion or explana-
fion.
Test signals on railroads are pro
hibited by II. L. 20. which passed on
second reading. Another measure ap-
proved on second reading appropratcs
$4,000 for an agricultural experiment
station in Cheyenne county.
Railroads that desire to abandon
service must wait one year before
junking the road and then must deed
their right of way to the state, under
the provisions of II. +. $50, by Repre-
sentatives Louis J. Carter OF Central
City and W. A. SpOoncr OF Park
county The bill wns approved BY the
house on second reading. Rcprcsen-
tative Carter said the bill was intend
ed to protect the mining interests OF
the state. 1t does not change the
present law requiring railroads to OBJ
tain the permission of the public utiii-
ties commission before they abandon
service.
Another sTuall struck the House
when the mines and mining commit
tee demanded a public retractiOn and
apology from Representative A. 2.
Johnson of Denver for stating that the
committee was unduly influenced by
the coal corporations in their adverse
report on the bill requiring coal min
Snl- al tr1
Representative Johnson refused to
apologize in the morning. Following
the noon recess. however, he read
statement from the mining committees
stating that Secretary TOmblin of the
Metal Mining Fund. had acted as
stenographcr in drawing the advcrs"
report. "Evidently there has been II
Misunderstanding in the matter"
The special committee appointed to
investigate the state institutions which
Ovcrdrcw their appropriations made its
report to the House. \ resolution was
| also introduced by the committee call
Ing for the appointment of another
Legislative committee to investigate
the institutions during the next two
years and make Il report at the Twen-
ty-fifty General Assembly. The COM
mittec which reported was composed
of Representatives j. W. Calkins, Re-
publican. and \. l.. lIcadlee and james
J. Eubank, Democrats. The increased
cost in the penal and charitable in
stitutions is caused by Il very large
increase in the number of inmates ac.
cOrding to the report. I'm the case of
our educational institutions" the re-
port reads. Eve find in some instances
very poor business management. in
others we think waste and extrav-
agnnce prevail in greater or less de-
gree. 1t seems to us that the man
agemcnt of the various institutions In
many instances have entirely forgot
ten the purpose for which they were
created" As an example of this the
report states that in the normal school
supposed to prepare teachers for the
public schools that the following
courses are given: costume designing.
artistic development modern drama
Interior decorating, millinery. house
planning, house decorating. heating
sanitation. wood working. shop prob.
lens, cabinet making. concrete con
struction, art metal work. band, or.
chestra. pipe organ. string. wood and
brass Instruments aesthetic dancing
and boxing, tennis. general physics for
engineering. household electricity, mag
netism and electric waves. The total
expenditure" for the educational insti-
tutiOns Of the state for 1919 and 1920
was $500 ,22l 30 and for 1921 and
1922 1t increased to S5,525, 7Si23. nc.
cOrtiing To tn" report. During this
period the valuation of the property
In the stat" decreased i2.OOO,OOO
The bill providing for the repeal of
the half mill levy for highways was
passed by the HouS" on second rcnd.
Ing. II will not be passed on third
reading by the House until the Senate
finally passes the bill raising the tax
on gasoline from | to > cents. An
attempt was made to have the bill laid
over until the Senate had passed the
bill raising the tax on gasoline but
Representative Louis j. Carter said
that the measur" would not be passed
on final reading until the senate had
taken action
one measure granted women all the
rights, privileges and immunitics now
enjoyed by men. The fight on the bill
was led by Representative A. Il.
Mannin. of Denver. He declared the
Dill was the work OF the "so.called
women with brains" who have nothing
to do between sessions OF the Irgis.
laturc but draw up bills. He said the
class Of women behind the bill were
responsible for ninc.tcn,hs of tho
trouble In III" world. The cnactinr
clause was stricken by vote of 10 to
81. The other bin ihn, was killed
was child labor measure 1t was a
duplicate OF measure killed by the
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